United labor bulletin., 1913-10-18
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

Or a trouble is what you make it;
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt
that counts,
But only-how did you take it?
You are beaten to earth? Well. what's
that?
Come up with smiling face;
It's nothing against you to fall down
flat.
But to lie there-that's disgrace.
The harder you're thrown, why the
higher you bounce;
Be proud of your blackened eyel
1t isn't the fact that you're licked
that counts,
It's how did you fight-and why?
And though you be done to the death.
what then?
If you battled the best you could;
If you played your part in the world
of men,
Why, the critic will call it good.
Death comes with crawl, or comes
with a pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry.
1t isn't the fact that your dead that
But only-How did you die?
o O O
There is no reform that reforms
like self-reformation. Try II once and
see how easily it can be done. 1t
may hurt just bit for a day or two.
but there is great comfort and joy
when you get from under the burden.
Then surround yourself with an at
mosphere of cheer-up, and you can
look anybody and everybody straight
in the eye. You can even smile and
talk pleasantly to your creditors
when you meet them on the street,
and perchance they will have con-
fidence some day you are likely to pay
them. Will power and determination
to do beats all the sanitariums and
doctors in creation.
Judge Ben Lindsey gave out some
personal history in his talk to the
Trades Assembly last Sunday that
was real news to most of his listeners
and perhaps will be to some readers
of The Bulletin. He began his career
in the law office of the late Chief
Justice Steele as office boy and jani-
tor. When Lawyer Steele came in
from court one day he found Ben dill
gently reading-not dime novels, but
law books. Lawyer Steele at once be-
came interested in the boy, and 1t
was in his office that Ben received
his legal education. Later when
Judge Steele retired from the Coun-
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preme court, he requested the county
commissioners TO appoint his former
office boy to succeed him. and it was
done. During the twelve years Judge
Lindsey has had charge of the Juye-
nile court, he has sent 600 boys to the
Buena Vista Reform school-275
miles from Denver-alone on their
honor, and only five have taken ad-
vantage to escape. Another interest
ing revelation was that he received
$4,000 from Everybodys Magazine for
Beast and the Jungle" which he used
to pay back campaign contribution
made in 1908.
Favored residents of Colorado are
just now enjoying the most ideal sea
son of the year-Indian summer. The
atmosphere has a balmy. exhilirating
effect that makes the old feel young,
and the suns effulgence is SO temp
cred by hazy vapor as to cause even
the most active to want to bask in
1t all day long. A visit to the parks
is better than anything else. for there
Nature discloses her superiority over
man with the many tints of foliage
that artist could never portray.
O O O
Yes, dear reader, skip-stop when
applied to the tramway service, means
that car jumps over one street and
lights on another a block away from
where you are waiting However,
there is no cause to get angry. be-
cause If you cross the street. the car
going the other way will stop at your
street. when you can get aboard, ride
to end of the line. turn right around
and come back. You will have oodles
of fun watching other people get
skipped at places where the car does
not stop. It's worth the extra five
cents fare-provided you have moth
ing else to do.
O O O
That was rather mean trick played
by the Rev. George Gallup. assistant
to Dean Fl. Martyr Hart of st. Johns
Episcopal cathedral. 1t will be re-
membered that week ago last Sunday
the dean, who leads the richest and
most aristocratic flock in town. sur
prised his parishioners and the COM
munity generally by preaching n
warning to the over-rich and pre-
dieting a revolution II they did not
get good. incidentally he extolled la
Dor unions. Then he left for trip
to New York. Taking advantage of
this absence. the Rev. Gallup last
Sunday delivered the most feryent