United labor bulletin., 1914-01-24
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

Thou can'st ner to life be true.
Half the wrecks that strew life's ocean
If some star had been their guide,
Might have now been riding safely,
But they drifted with the tide.
Live for something and be earnest,
Though the work may humble be,
By the world of men unnoticed,
Known alone to God and thee.
Every act has priceless value
To the Architect of Fate;
'Tis the spirit of thy doing
That alone will make it great.
Live for something-Go and angels
Are thy watchers in the strife
And above the smoke and conflict
Cleans the victors crown of life.
Live for something-God has given
Freely of His stores divine;
Richest gifts of earth and heaven,
If thou willest, may be thine.
One of the best skits pulled off at
the first annual "Brandiron' dinner
given by the Denver Press Club Mon
day night was the arrest of Mother"
jones by General "Huerta" Chase.
Four bad invincibles," with fixed bay
onets. corralled the old lady as she
was about to express her sentiments
to Governor Ammons and Roady Ken
chan, and marched her off to a mill
tary bastile. James Garland of the
Times impersonated Mother Jones and
Harvey DEUEL. of the News caricatured
'Huerta" Chase with great gusto. The
pitiable plight of the governor, with
a bankrupted treasury and an expen-
sive army in the field, was made true
to the newspaper story by George Ok
ley of the Times. Leo Gibbons of the
Post made a most ferocious appearing
militiaman and carried his gun like II
hunting for rabbits. Governor Am
mons had front seat in the audience
and seemed to enjoy the burlesque.
O o o
A "trip out to the Stock Show this
week was really an event, forgetting
the mud caused by clearing off of the
Great Snow. 1t clearly demonstrated
no section of the land has any edge
on Colorado when it comes to produc-
ing cattle, sheep and babies. First
choices were there in abundance and
all looked like prize winners to the
o. p. The only persons carrying
around worried faces were the judges
1t was up to them to perform the task
of distributing the ribbons. In the dis
play OF live stock. human and other
wise. this years show surpassed all
predecessors, and more visitors came
from distance to see it.
Few people, even those engaged in
the business, realize the yastness Of
the governments big print shop at
Washington, which is easily the larg-
est establishment Of its kind in the
world. It represents an investment Of
s1G,OOO,00O has 1000 employees con
tinually at work and the payroll aver
ages $1,000 per hour or $4,000 each
day. Every. day an average of thirty
five tons of paper is fed into the maws
of the presses, and the type from
which impressions are made each day
weighs 10000 pounds. In year a to-
tai of 63.o00.00O copies of every
thing published, from congressmen's
speeches to census reports, are turned
out, The machinery, all of the most
modern device, covers sixteen acres
of floor space. There are 1G7 mono
tyne and eighty-four lintoype machines
in use. And just to think, once upon
a time the o. p. refused to accept q
regular sit" in the midst of all this
wonderful activity!
"There's a divinity that shapes our
ends" sings the poet. And here's
something to prove it. Last week at
the Tennessee State Federation of La
Dor convention in Knoxville, proceed
ings were suspended while Delegate
Tom Gam, secretary of District 49,.
United Mine Workers of America, was
presented with a baby carriage by
John Fry of the international MolGers'
Union, on behalf of the delegates pres
ent. One year ago at the State Fed
eraticn meeting in Nashville the pro
ceedings were likewise interrupted
when Tom and one of the fair dele
gates were married in the convention
hall. The usual climax arrived oil
time this year, at the Stratford hotel,
headquarters of the convention, when
on the first night there Tom rushed
downstairs and announced to the gang
in the lobby: Boys, the coal digger
has just arrived" meaning the stork,
of course. Very coincidental, but Just
what the boys wanted to hear Next
day Miss Bessie Dalton. one of the
Nashville delegates, quietly pushed n
baby carriage down the center aisle
of tho convention hail. and paused in
front of the blushing but happy Tom.
while Fry made the speech Of his life.
Pandemonium reigned for few min
utes. and the session concluded with