The Denver Jewish news., 1924-09-04

Abnpr Wagman. Secretary of Denver
| Lodge B'nal Birth, sat imposingly at
the wheel Of his beloved winton Six as
II came to an abrupt stop at the corner
of Broadway and ColfaS With him
were Louis Shuteran, the real estate
wizard. and Charlie Roscnbaum In we
hopped-that is, the fair-faced Philip
Zinn, with whom the subject of gaso-
line has become mania, and |, your
most humble servant.
But our party was not yet complete;
for. how could we leave without Isl"
/ Quiat? We are but human and must
have in the party someone TO hear the
brunt of criticism. So on we went TO
/ the home of the belated Simon and bur
dened WaG's Winton with an extra one
hundred fifty-fve pounds ayoirdupois,
The news came to us that Arthur
Friedman, Percy Morris, "Bill" Gold
berg and Sig Strauss would come
steaming into Trinidad the next morn
/ ing and meet us there So with hip,
/ hip, HOOray" we began our motor
journey to the mountaintown-for lest
we forget, the Fourth Annual Conyen-
tion of the B'nai Birth Tri-State or
ganization was to take place there the
following day.
Along we rambled. The early morn
ing air was just wee bit biting and
we hugged our garments u wee bit
tighter A few miles of pavement,
then thickly sand-covered roads; but
on rolled the Winton, speed unabated,
sl,idding here and there. now and then
poking its long nose a bit beyond the
road and neatly shaving its curyaturcs.
ready said our prayers (D--and with
Wag's confidence and our luck We're
sure that no i'll could befall us. So
merrily we rolled along oyer chuck
hole, thru sand, up hill, down hill,
around sharp curves. cutting corners
eXpertly, If not carefully.
I man engines had already given word of
lack of fuel. In just two hours and
fifteen minutes we found ourselves
speeding over Colorado Springs beau
/ tiful driveway and soon our car made
q hurried stop in front Of the Anne
Louise"
The conventional happened we ate
I Then came philosopher Shuteran's sug-
! ges;ion that we go on to Manitou and
/ Quaff its most famous beverage We
couldn't just exactly see how that
would chime in with an eighty-cent
breakfast, and we don't know yet-but
our philosopher is most anxious to
answer the query privately. We went
anyway, drank. loafed around a bit
snatched few moments of conversa-
tion with some Denver friends, and
then on to Pueblo
The morning air was invigorating ;
cur cares We're cast 10 the wind and
our voices raised in musical glee.
4 Rotten" muttercd Was, our chauf-
feur; but this was merely an outburst
Of envy, for he was intently watching
the road thru colorcd discOlored Cog
giles. Then before us loomed up Pu-
eblo and our singing quickly ceased ;
we were simply afraid, that's all.
And wonder of wonders; after such
an expensive breakfast at the Springs
we were ready to gobbc some more.
As there was no Y. NJ. II. A. we choose
the next best and ate there. Isl" was
not exceptionally pleased with the
water; .rotten," said he, and we hum
med the same tune, Sc ice-tea came into
vogue.
Somehow, Nag lost himself and the
rest of us were obliged to wait. But
waiting for Wag was not such a pleas
ant thought, and TO countcract the
anxiety, we tried our hand at the cue.
one round hour passed when in popped
our chauffeur with face flushed and
bank balance increased We suggested
speedy departure as the Pueblo au-
thorlties were alert. An expression of
fear was plainly visible which resulted
in hurried goodbye to Brother Grein-
itz and a dash for the southern sub.
urbs
Our chests expanded; we brenthed
more easily and sang more heartily as
The great open expansc came into view.
Safe at last! Miniature towns were
discovered suddenly and were lost al
most as suddenly. Then Charlie acted
the good fellow and suggested a drink
Il soft drink. We stopped at Walsen-
burg to accept the most gracious in
vitation. "A drink" he said. and we
ate icc-crcam But in the whlrl Of hill
nrity that followed he forgot his cares.
Besides. Trinidad was not so far off and
perhaps someone else would suggest Il
drink.
/ The sun had already swung itself to