Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-16
AS YOU LIKE IT.


 AS YOU LIKE IT,
 Some Stray Leaves from . Reporters
 Note Book.
 The thing which is now troubling the teddy bear admirers Is whether they should have the teddies dressed or bare.
 That St Valentines day Is beconl- ing more popular yearly was made plain during the week. when the sale of valentines was by far greater than for any previous year. One store in this city which deals in valentines from tho lowest to the topmost price cn Wednesday took in $169 from the sale of the cards, from which sum one may realize the number of val entines that must have been sold.
 Although the lend seat hog" is not very conspicuous as rule in this city, there is man who patrOnizes the Waterville line who must be a charter member of the end seaters. The fellow, who is no lightweight, takes up as much room as two or dinary mortals, but notwithstanding the tact he demands additional room for an armful of bundles It is not so bad when car has only a few passengers, but when a woman Is compelled to stand, while q heavy weight is allowed to stretch himself to his hearts content, some one should give the man a gentle re- hinder of what he really is.
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 The cheap melodramas continue to draw we'll in this city and the mat inees of these performances are just as popular if not more so than ever before. Although the plays are hammered right and left, yet the au- diences seem to take as much enjoy rent from them as those theater- goers who attend the high price pro- auctions. Of course there are a few vho attend the "melos" just to have some fan and to give every utterance the glad hand, but the majority of the audience really enjoy the produc- tions. As long as they like these plays let em have em, as they think they are getting their moneys worth. When we have our new theater-this is no .oke--then let the manager dare to darken its stage with any of these blood and thunder tragedies.
 Some of the fair sex who have a strong liking for dancing at times fail to realize how late the hour and continue to trip the light fantastic until the early hours of the morning. or course this does not matter much if the young lady has an escort to make the homeward trip. But the As You Like It man recently saw a young girl in a hall about a. m., and although she lived almost on the outskirts of the city. she was alone. Moreover the night was a stormy ore. The young lady had been a member of party of girls who were present. tut while she was enjoying delightful waltz which she stayed to finish they had left the hall home, ward bound. The As You Like It man is not aware of how she reached home or whether she. stayed at the house of one of those in the hall when he left, but it brought to his mind fhe thought of how fascinating dancing aDpears to the eyes of young girls.
 One writer gives the following re- cipe for keeping young; Never retire from active life if you can possibly avoid t; keep ''in the swim;" keep the mind active; never refer to your advancing years or say "at my age" To preserve youth you must have n variety of experience The country woman at forty, although breathing a purer air and living on n more healthful diet than the city woman, often looks fifty, while the latter at the same age does not look more than thirty. But her mind is more active than that of her country sister: that is the secret. Nothing else ages one more rapidly than monotony-a dead level existence without change of scene or experience. The mind must be kept fresh or 1t will age. and the body cannot he younger than the mind. Few minds are strong enough to overcome the aging influence of the monotonous life which rules in the average country home. Townspeo- pie have infinitely greater variety of life. They enjoy themselves great deal more than country people. They work hard when at work, but when they are through they drop every thing and have q good time. People who laugh must retain their youth longer.
 The As You Like It man, like hun dreds of others was astonished on hearing of the downfall of w. F. Walker, of New Britain. His ac- quaintance with the absent treasurer goes back to the early seventies when Walker was newspaper pub fisher. At that time lie printed weekly called "The Soldiers Record" The As You Like It Man was comp in those days. or at least he thought he was. having worked few years on the case. and started out as jour" at an early age. The pa per was supplied with copy by Walk CT and his father. who was Baptist minister in New Britain. It was print cd in Hartford. although Walker like tho As You Like It Man lived in New Britain, both were commuters. Ever since that time the career of the bank treasurer has been watched by the As You Like It Man. and at no time was fhnr,a d flinuc-llf fhaf his nh cmnInrer