Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05


ers, like myself, who claim to have
seen the sun, and having seen him, try
to convince the others of his existence.
They come back at us and say, SHOW
him to u.s." and we can't produce the
corpus delicti. l am vociferous in my
efforts to convince the doubters, say
ing that last year in Denver saw the
sun 1854 consecutive days, but that S
not enough. But, say others, that
doesn't prove that Cherry creek is a
river, and there you are. They are
even going SO far as to exhibit pic
lures of the sun in the department
stores to satisfy the people. Joe
Proebstle, secretary of the Brewery
Workers, whose magnificent home
office is on Vine street across from the
sunken garden, tells me if this wet
spell goes much longer, he's for the
drys. By the way, Joe told me con-
! fidentially at the end of a long and
interesting visit, that l was the first
and only man in many years who had
honored them with visit and re
mained sober. This, | take it, is a
great compliment to the round table.
Mrs. Thum is very much improved
in health She certainly is booster
for Denver and Colorado. If you
could hear some of the stuff she puts
across in crowd. none of whom have
ever been in Denver, you'd think she
ought to hit the lecture platform at
once.
With great respect,
Yours truly,
OTTO f. THUM.
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FIT pays to advertise, whether it be
in poetry or prose. A few weeks
ago there appeared in The Bulle-
tin poem written by Oscar Langford,
poet laureate of the Union Printers
Home, entitled Lady Nicotine" 4"
These verses attracted considerable
attention of tobacco dealers and manu-
facturers thruout the country and are
being utilized, with credit given, in
several smoking tobacco publicity
campaigns Brother Langford, the
author, has been the recipient of nu-
merous tokens of appreciation from
these sources, among them being
handsome briar pipe and packages of
tobacco from the Osborn Tobacco
company, and a pound jar of Velvet"
from the Denver branch of Liggett &
Myers. Oscar Langford is one of the
veterans of the Home, and his occa-
sional poems printed in The Bulletin
are always read with interest.
A LII Denver is singing "Mollie's
n Hero at the Front" this week. 1t
is the newest patriotic song out,
and has made a decided hit The
words and music are by Jennie E.
Wright, well known Denver musician
and composer, and is dedicated to
American men and women who ''are
doing their bit" 1t is being sung in
several of the theaters and each day
at noon the Fort Logan band plays
the air when heading the recruit pa
rade in the downtown district. Upon
the back page of thousands of printed
copies run off the press this week ap-
pears a fine half-tone engraving of
President Wilson, accompanied by the
following extract from his memor-
able address to congress: "There is
one choice we cannot make, we are
incapable of making: We will not
choose the path of submission and
suffer the most sacred rights of our
nation and our people to be ignored or
violated. The wrongs against which
we now array ourselves are not com
mon wrongs; they cut to the very
roots of human life" This song is
bound to have wonderful influence
in bringing men to a sense of their
duty to our common country. Copies
are on sale at all music stores at the
nominal price of fifty cents.