United labor bulletin., 1913-08-09
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

Without your woes. No path is wholly
rough;
Look for the places that are smooth
and clear,
And speak of those to rest the weary
ear
OF earth, so hurt by our continuous
strain
OF human discomfort and grief and
pain.
Talk faith. The world is better off
Your uttered ignorance and morbid
doubt
If you have faith in God or man or
self,
Say so; if not, push back upon the
shelf
OF silence all your thoughts till faith
shall come;
No one will grieve because your lips
are dumb.
Talk health The dreary, never
changing tale
OF mortal maladies is worn and stale;
Your cannot charm or interest or
please
By harping on that minor chord, dis
ease
Say you are well, or all is well with
you,
And God shall hear your words and
make them true.
O O O
Sometimes good comes out of Is
rael. Last Sunday al a meeting of
Denver Typographical Union. a prop
osition was submitted to absolve GER
tain officials from paying dues on the
plea that they were doing work for
the organization l.. d. Hosman then
arose and said something worth
listening to. Briefly stated, his con-
tention was that these members
should not only pay dues, but were in
fact indebted to the union for having
advanced them to positions where op-
portunity was presented for awaken
ing dormant brain cells and thereby
afforded a chance to disclose whether
they were worth while to themselves
or any One else. 1t was also said
many men now well known in the la
heard of had not their local unions
first placed them in position to dis
close their mental calibers. The prop
osition was voted down, as it had
right to be. Paying dues is privilege
in which every union man and woman
should be proud to participate.
O O q
This has been busy week in DEN
yer. Everybody has been hard at
the knights Templar conclave< next
week. The decorations are on scale
perhaps never before achieved by any
American city. Thousands OF men
have been employed day and night
beautifying every part of Denver. In
the downtown district every street
and each separate building viii have
special attraction. 1t has made another
wise dull season for mechanics in
these special lines one of unusual pros
perity Tonight all the new electric
lighting effects will be turned on for a
full dress rehearsal of what the ar
tisan has done. When the big event
begins next Tuesday everything will
be in readiness, and Denver will keep
open house for the thousands of visi-
tors who are coming from every
point of the compass.
q q ~
James P. Egan, editor of the Toledo
Union Leader for the past seven years,
has resigned and will come to the
health-giving mountains of Colorado
H1Iz Jr~
Union Leader is one of the strong and
well edited papers in the labor world,
and has hewed close to the trade
union line-courageous and agre ssive.
The periodical crop of isms has al
ways been dealt with by its editor in
accordance with trade union philos-
ophy. The trade unionists of Toledo
are the loser by the resignation of
Editor Egan, for his long experience,
clear conception and persistent efforts
for the common uplift have been fac
tors in bulwarking the trade unions of
his home city as well as the movement
as a whole.
There was genuine pathos in an
event pulled off in Denver last Sun
day afternoon. A benefit performance
was given at the Auditorium Tor the
performers and other employees Of the
stranded Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill
Wild West show, which went on the
| rocks here two weeks ago. These
people had been camping at Overland
park since the break came, and were
furnished rations by the city. 1t is
understood sufficient money was rea'
| lized to take them to their respective
| homes. The troupe was made up OF
| nearly every nationality on the face
of the globe, and presented pictur-
esque though PATHETIC appearanee Buf-