Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

riety' and now one Tor stock VIII lead the populace to believe that the city Is surely growing. There is no reason why the new house should not be a paying venture without in- terfering much with the other the aters. It perhaps will help stimu- late the theatrical business in this city and not only help itself but in the long run prove beneficial to the theaters now Tn town.
 Speaking about standing in car and holding onto strap, an incident rather different than the ordinary was noticed on the West Main street line during the past week. A man, middle aged, entered the car with a bouncing baby in his arms. There was no seat so he proceeded to clutch a strap with one hand and hold the baby with the other. He was stand ing less than minute when a pretty young woman in the car stood up and offered him her seat. The man would not take 1t but he surely must have admired the young woman for the readiness with which she was willing to give her seat to him and his child. Such thing is a rarity.
 The As You Like It Man extends his sympathy to the young fellow who had asked his girl friend to go to the game in New Haven to-day and then was unable to procure the tick cts. One young lady was so sure of going that she had purchased an en- tire outfit from head to foot, only to be informed Thursday night that no tickets could be procured. Up until that time her friend had assured her everything was all right" as he was confident of getting his tickets, although he knew there was some chance of his not going. The above is perhaps only one of many similar cases. But the fair sex should not be angry with their youthful lovers as they undoubtedly did their best to obtain tickets for the game.
 With the Oratorio association pre- pared to give their big festival the coming week, the Daughters of Isa- bella rehearsing for its production of The Mocking Bird" and St Johns Singing society practicing weekly, the singers of this city are not given much spare time. Although the ef- fort of the Oratorio association is a tremendous undertaking in all proba- bility the concerts will be we'll pa tronized and the proceeds should at least meet the expenses. The pro- gramme arranged Is excellent and should go a long way toward reviv- ing the interest in this kind of mu- sic. St Johns society will no doubt make as big success of their annual concert as in past years, while it looks as though the Daughters of Isabella would do very we'll with the opera which they will produce.
 There is no reason why the asso- citation formed by the school teach CTS of this city should not be a sue cess as similar associations are oi much benefit to teachers in other cities. But the association will per haps incur the displeasure of the edu- cational commissioners if they dc nothing but look for an increase in salary. But the teachers are not likely to do that. They no doubt believe they are deserving of lar ger salary and in due time will make an effort to better themselves finan- cially, but it is not probable they will cause much annoyance to the board of education. Neither is the associa- tion likely to become engaged in poli- tics as rumor has it. The wise heads in the association will perhaps see the wisdom of keeping the organiza- tion from dabbling too much in the political puddles.
 Whats in name?" At times there seems to be a big attraction in it. This undoubtedly applies to 'tThe Devil" which appeared in the city during the past week. In all prob- ability the fact that the play had a big run in New York attracted many people to the theater on Thursday night: nevertheless 1t is, perhaps, true that the name of the drama and because it was suspected of be- ing somewhat different" than any other play in which his satanic majesty appeared brought a goodly per cent of the capacity audience to the house. It is surprising to some how such a play as "The Devif' ap- peals so strongly to the American theater goers, for not a redeeming feature can be found in the produc- tion. And when played by medi- ocre company it is real bad. indeed. Why is "The Devil" permitted anl prize fights prohibited!
 "I don't know whether it Is gem orally acknowledged" said woman while wrestling with the composition of a telegram the other day, but II you want to put great deal into a little, use word of Latin derivation. Words so derived may be longer and cIumsier than those of Saxon pedi- gree, but they are certainly more con- centrated. They contain more. For instance, at once is two words, and is reckoned in telegraphic rates. But immediately which means just the same thing, is but one word. It is the same way with lots of others. Put up with is synonymous with endure as is plotted out with 'can- eel speak to with 'accost,' and many more. It is so much the fash ion nowadays to decry the word oi Latin ancestry, to accuse 1t of being pedantic sand heavy. and ill-suited to the best, because of the clearest ex-