United labor bulletin., 1914-11-28

ILlAN "S
draws a salary from Golfers Week
=. ly for rowing about the country and
" writing observations abroad at
home" in most unconventional style, IN
a recent issue covered some four pages
OF that paper with what purported to
be impressions gained by a few days
visit IN Denver. 1t made interesting
reading. though precious little was sald
about what he saw in Denver OUTSIDE
the exclusive Denver Club. Practically
the entire article was devoted to an
automobile trip over the mountain PARK
roads and the view OF Golden from that
eminence, together with speculation as
to how far he would fall II the car
should skid on the narrow pathway
hewn out of solid rock on the moun-
tainside. Mr.. Street concluded this lit
erary gem by saying the most remarka-
BILE thing he saw here was one night at
the Denver Club, when he met an eN-
Governor OF Colorado, and describes this
unusual event of his visit thus; we
sat around the open fireplace. Every
now and then the former governor
would spit and hit the very center of
a cuspidor which stood 10 feet away
The remarkable thing about it was that
he didn't look more than 10 years old
/ have since wondered how a man OF
bilitv as governor. vet have found time
to learn to spit 20 superbly." Thus the.
reader l. left in the dark as to just
what impressions OF Denver Journalist
Street gained while here. The incident
related may have proven a singular to
him A. would that of seeing horse carr
in New York City to a provincial
from Denver.
Then. in a later issue OF Golfers, Mr..
Street moves on TO Colorado Springs
and Cripple Greek. where he begins his
adventures by visit TO the exclusive
Fl Paso Club. Here he finds that the
best society Is made up OF tubercular-
or OF families who have moved there
to be- with tubercular relatives. "ruber-
culosis > taken quite a. a matter OF
COURSE" writes the New York journal
i-t. "and ~ spoken Of upon occasion with
n lichtness and freedom which Is likely
60 surprise the visitor They even give
Do what uur man designated AZ q pet
maine. calling it r. b.. he then
make a trip 10 the Camden of the Gods,
which irritated him. and declared 1t To-
be- utIag,-ou-ly oyrrunmcd say
street A. a little park in the C9tskIlls
u might be- Wen enough. but a. nat
uraI wonder Zoo the Rocky mountains,
With Pike peak hanging overhead IT is
a pale pink Joke Then, presumably TO
regain his mental equilibrium. be takes
a -ide trip 10 Cripple Greek over the
short Line, which be describes really
worth while Cripple Greek, he di-coN-
ers. l. not only above the timber line
but also j. above the eat line, meaning
domestic cat-. which cannot live in that
high altitude. Here his explorations
wcrc confined to Meyers avenue. and
concludes with description OF deserted
cribs and = visit to Madam Leo.
on. 81 the remnants OF former glitter
and tusel Concluding his impressions
OF Denver with expert splitting OF for
mcr governor and of Colorado Springs
with vi-ii to Madam Deo's" in Grip
pie Cr,sel. may explain why the daily
papers have not been printing generous
extracts, from Mr.. Streets vivid literary
accounts Of his excursion into high so
cicty circles in these two provincial
cities.
Con nyland il in danger oi losing the
record claimed about a year ago of saw
ing the working people OF Denver hall
a million dollars annually by leading a
valiant assault against movement to
wipe free lunch Off the boards in "a.
looms. At Mondays meeting OF the City
duced an ordinance. by request OF the
Liquor Dealers Association. abolishinc
the hope OF the hungry and thirsty
That 1t was not adopted forthwith was
because the prosperous insisted ON tie
ing on = safety clutch" making the
ordinance operative at once instead OF
after the usual 30 daNs' advertising
Commissioners Thum and Perkins. the
temperance members OF the City Coun-
al, opposed such undue haste. claiming
the discuutinuancc Of "a old an cstab-
lished institution did no; constitute an
'cmerrcucN' II was explained the
salocnkecpr> were anxious FOR the city
to help them stop something thcy had
started themselves in order to save A.
much money as possible during the one
year and one month they are vet per
mittcd Ia do business. In opposing the
safety clutch" appendix Commissioner
Thum said: Il fail TO see where anv
especial emergency exists that has not
always existed since saloons were
founded in Denver IS years ago. | do
not look for any social caiaclysm ii we
allow this ordinance the usual 30 days
for the people affected to fully consider
it." DIR. Perkins, commissioner OF So
cial welfare, then added his objection by
declaring the ordinance to be health
measure, and asked that his inspectors
might have weeks time to investI.
gate the culinary mysteries OF free
lunch departments of the saloons. While
the liquor dealers promise to show that
free lunch constitutes an 'insidious
enemy OF social welfare and therefore
presents case for cmergcn, action.
Con Hyland is expected TO bring his
hattalions forward for the conflict when
y is renewed at the City Hall next Non.
day.
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