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Show ABOUT THIS, 1 THAT AND T'OTHER Bv D. J. G. 4 Temptis fugits right along. The! i ommerclal Traveler' convention this I week recalls the big U. C. T celebra j (Ion here in T906. You remember tha' event. Strings of colored lights were Btliing across Washington avenue I from Twenty-third to Twenty-fifth I Streets, and thai old slogan of "Twen I ty three for You" made its appearance. I The west side of Central park was j still a dirt field, the circus grounds I The car line was Just being completed lio the mouth of gden canyon. "Ex CUrsion" wagons still carried passen-l passen-l gers from the canyon's mouth to the resort. There were no movies. The ll'tahna theatre was playing stock. Og-Iden Og-Iden had onl six blocks of street paving. pav-ing. Girls were wearing those hats which sal perched on the top of their halt Goggles and linen dusters were i the costumes of the few motorists, j Women riding in autos had to tie their ' hats under their chins You entered the auto from a rear door The crank was about midships and motorists still boasled about going down to Salt Lake and back in one day. Saloons were open day and night Lawrence Dee,. Willard Gllson. Roscoe Gwilliam, Her bert Hinley and Joe Eecles had jus; been graduated from the eighth grades! of the public schools Wrights were remodeling the Z. C M I. building into their now modern departmen; Store The dancing crowds went to Toller's. I tahna or Glenwood ' In j My Merry Oldsmobile" was the aong hit of the day. Seems like another age, doesn't it ? i Onl 16 years and many of the com-j mercinl travelers of thai day are as full of pep today, selling more goods ' than ever and not looking a day older There is only one person more mis erable at this season than the victim of hay fever. That person is the one i who is extravagantly fond of straw- berries and cream but cannot eat them because the dish gives him the hives From the headquarters of an asso ciation of morticians comes an appeal to newspaper men. Don't make the un-dertaker un-dertaker the subject of your jest oi Jibe, says the appeal You would not see anything funny if the undertaker was called to your home, goes on the request and the letter adds that the mortician Is engaged in a useful and dignified profession. Therefore he should not be caricatured or Joked ) about I Thus the mortician joins ihe ranks I of those who object to assaults upon their dignity The cops were among the first. They reproached the movie folk for picturing the police officer as a clownish, clumsy acrobatic boob in KeyBtone comedies Then the Pro testant ministers opened up, not only upon the films, but upon the speakiig ! stage The ministers complained that j they were made to appeal ridiculous in ' many plays or scenes. Who will be the next to complain'' Will It be the butcher, who is always pictured as weighing his hand with the meai he has cut for the patron" Or will it be the lawyer0 It seems: I really should be the lawyer For i what abuse is heaped upon ihe legal! profession! It is seldom that one! hears a good word spoken of a lawyer We often hear that Altorne So-and So is clever But did von ever h-ai them say thai Attornej So-and-So is I honest'' et the lawyei performs Useful service and usually is a high type of citizen. Soon the bar will ge' busy and conduct a campaign of edu-j iaiion like Ihe mortician I The quaint custom of pooling gaso 'j line upon persons they don t like mil Lhen striking a match 10 ihe soaked clothing is another Irish contribution to the world's fund of wit and hti ; tnor. Ogden has a prettv good start in connection with plans to make the singing of Haydn's "Creation" an an nual event. It is interesting to know what other cities are doing John W . j Hyslop. rector of the Church of the, Good Shepherd, formerly resided In b erdenn. N'orth Dakota Aberdeen, he says Is about halt as large as Ogden. j Yel Aberdeen brings ihe Minneapolis Symphony orchestra to that city each jear lo plav the "Creation1 All the choirs of the city join for the chorun and such soloists as Arthur Mlddleton and Sundelius are imported to sing 1 ihe solo parts. Preity good for a town Ot 16.000. The report that a milk dealer found al his cream turned lo butter after he had traveled over the pavement on Grant aenue between Twenty-fourth: and Twenty-fifth streets at a rapid rate of speed is denied in all quarters ! oo |