United labor bulletin., 1914-03-21
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER


On drinks and cigars he was certain
tight
And to tip gave him really pang.
He never 'threw money around like n
prince"
Or played 'the good fellow" at all.
At the club he was known as lime"
and 'quince,"
And the sums that he squandered were
small.
But his family had what his purse could
afford
boys.
He'd lend to comrade in need all his
hoard
Without any boasting or noise.
He would help any chap in the Down
and Out Club
Though the fact was not blazoned
to fame,
But walters declared him cheap
skate and dub"
And spendthrifts considered him
tame
Well, here is the moral, too potent to
miss,
And one it is wise to recall;
"A sport is sport, but piker like this
Is the bulliest sport of them all!"
80:
Frederick Neil Innes, composer and
he Il atnt. he. f,aa I'D
concerts at the City park this summer,
is in Denver this week preparing to move
his family here next month. Music low
ers of Denver are to be given a great
treat at the Auditorium May rs. 30 and
%, when Innes will conduct monster
May festival under auspices of the Dem
yer symphony Orchestra Association.
Prof. Henry Houseley will lead chorus
of 400 adults and Prof. w. j. White.
man, with 1000 school children, will give
what promises the greatest municipal
musical affair staged in the United
States since the Boston Jubilee in 1872
For this occasion Bandmaster lnnes will
write an oratorio entitled Americana, :"
which is to depict the time before and
during the Civil War. Innes has led
band at every worlds fair since the Cm.
cago exposition in 1893. After the City
park concerts close next fall he will
take the Denver Municipal band on
three months tour OF the principal
cities throughout the United States
Innes is a large and powerful man.
standing over six feet and weighing 225
pounds, and leads band like a Samp-
oh bn II lnglx- IN
stead OF arms for weapons OF assault
And the melody is all the sweeter be-
cause it is made by union musicians.
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Denver will lose its last remaining
vestage OF q country village when Com
missioner OF Improvements John j.
Hunter tears up the railroad tracks on
Seventeenth street in front OF the Union
depot. Visitors coming and going
through the Welcome Arch have for
years been discomforted by shunting
trains OF box cars, and are sometimes
put to the Inconvenience OF missing
trains The City Council has decided
this nuisance must go, and ii the Union
Pacific and ID. x X. q. companies do
not remove them j. B. will look after
the job in person. Then will the words
"Welcome" and 'Mizpah' have their
true significance to all who treat them
selves with the pleasing privilege of Wis
iting the Queen City of the Plains.
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Down in good, old Alabama the union
printers evolved plan OF inducing pro
prietors to sign new wage agreement
that brought material increase which il
worthy of emulation. Birmingham Typo
graphical Union No. l04 had adopted a
new scale and the proprietors entered
the usual demurrer. For three months
the matter took on all the aspects of
what is described by our legal brothers
as status quo Then Il brilliant idea
percolated the minds OF the union Of
ficers. banquet was arranged for ut
one OF the leading hotels, the members
assessing themselves to dcfray all eN-
penses. Appetizing viands, rich wines
and ncrve-soothing musical jingles were
provided. All the employing printers
were invited and responded. 1t was a
social success and verbal bouquets were
handed around without stint. Next day
the scale committee visited the various
bosses and the new scale was signed
without single protest.
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Everybody in Denver is going crazy
over the dance, and the o. y. is threat
ened. Tuesday night he visited the
grand opening ball of the Trades Union
Club given as housewarming for the
new ballroom to be operated in conjunc-
ton with this o-the-minute head
quarters for organized labor. The music,
decorations, lighting effect and parquet
floor made the feet tingle and brought
desire to tango without regard to age
or previous condition of inertia. There