Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-18
AS YOU LIKE F.
Some Stray Leaves from n Reporters
 Note Book.


 saw a couple of men attend a
 temperance lecture in City hall on
 last Sunday evening. To all appear
 ances they were much impressed
 with the speaker 1 had to look
 twice therefore when after the lee
 ture saw them carolessly drop into a doorway and ascend the stairs to a club where they could indulge in
 the beverage which short time be-
 fore they had heard so vigorously denounced. But maybe they were simply going up to see if any of their friends were imbibing, and if so, to persuade them to leave the beverage alone.
 It is peculiar the manner in which a vaudeville performance will inn press an audience. If one takes the trouble to inquire he will hear many opinions of widely different nature concerning the weekly bill of the two day. What seems a mighty good performance to some is consid- cred one of the poorest shows of the year by others. This holds good week in and week out. Not among those who go to vaudeville occasion ally but, the persons who seldom miss week. True, some weeks the opinions of many will coincide in de- claring whether 1t is good or poor bill, but as regards most of the per- formances the criticisms are rather diversified. Try it some week and you will hear some rather original terms used in describing the per formance.
 The As You Like It man is of the opinion there should be some redress for the persons who are often shame fully treated by the officials in a po- lice station. The case of the man ill Hartford during the past week is only one of many, some of which never come to the cars of the pub lie. A man bubbling over with his own importance and using his posi- tion to bully others should never be behind the desk of a police station. Prisoners lave some rights as well as others and should when acting rationally be treated in a manner. Waterbury, how ever, has not had much to complain of in this respect from its efficient desk man. It is hard hearted of- ficial who throws every man arrested into a cell without giving him the opportunity of communicating with outside friends so that he will not have to spend the night in a police station, which is anything but an at- tractive lodging place.
 The AS You Like It man, while coming from New Haven by way of trolley, saw an incident on he car which made it very embar- 'assing for the couple concerned. She was on the car when it left the Elm city, but he did not get aboard lntil the rolling stock arrived at Cheshire. She, seated towards the ear of the car, looked rather come y, and he was not such a bad look l ng chap, either. He took a seat di- 'ectly back of her. The few busi- less men on the car still continued 1 o doze. The only thing which pre- 'ented them from enjoying a nap vas the manner in which the pole | vas working. The car would travel | 'nly short distance when the pole ! would lose it's bearings and the car would be in darkness until the con- luctor hastened out to readjust it. | After one of the dark scenes the few 'assengers in the rear of the car mo- iced that the young man and equal , y young woman had struck up an | It was during the ! ext dark scene that the climax l anne. The passengers as we'll as | he conductor were evidently sus- icious and out of curiosity had heir eyes in excellent condition 'hen the pole again left the wire. ome one remarked later 1t was a re-arranged plan of the conductor t any rate the young man leaned yer the seat and the young woman i'd not object and, well when hey saw the passengers had seen hey certainly did look anything but appy. They did no talking after hat. The young woman alighted n East Main street and her embar- assed suitor followed. It had been
 long time since the As You Like It ian had witnessed similar occur ence on trolley car and he could ot but laugh. It was most anus lg.