Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-15
COMET WITH A PUG NOSE
Working Crew Puts on the Near
Comic Opera with Eclat.
STEREoTYPERs ARE GUESTS
EnrOlIment In Ak-sRr-Ben is Nearly
TO the Thousand Mark and Moving
Fnst-state Speakers Boost
Omaha.

"Haliey's Pug-Nosed Comet" near
comic opera in seven acts. played by the
Ak-Sar-Ben cast at the Den Monday,
hair-raising auto-aero ride by Otto
Nestman, and the limitation of class OF
$50 candidates, made last nights celebra-
ton one that will not soon be forgotten
at least not until next Monday night The
evening was given over to the special
entertainment of delegates attending the
annual convention of the stereotypers and
eectrotypers and was, literally a bowling
success.
The number initiated last night, not in
GLIDING the visiting delegates, swelled the
enrolment of Ak-Sar-Ben to a grand total
of 949 Colonel ]. c. Root, master Of cere-
monies during the latter program" an
nounced the total, telling how 1t is the
aim of the knighthood to bring the MEM
bership up to 1900 between the present
time and the dates Of the fall festival
With such a membership. he said, the
board Of governors would be able to eclipse
any previous efforts of entertaining visit
ors and in putting on the fall festival.
The den was packed; and every man in
the place, including the visitors caught
the spirit had the present welfare and
the future improvement of the city of
Omaha at heart. Everyone had the boost
ing feeling, and everyone showed 1t. After
the ritualistic part of the program a num-
Der of prominent men were called upon
for brief addresses. First of the list was
d. e. Kilen of Adams, Neb., aspirant
for governor.
Killen Likes Omaha.
Mr.. Killen expressed pleasure at being
able to come to the city of Omaha just to
watch the progressiveness and ambition of
Omaha citizens. your city," he said, with
its S70OO,00O in new buildings alone is a
great incentive to us from the smaller Ne
braska towns to come in and get a little
! inspiration from what you are doing. You
who live here do not realize the Importance
! of your city to the state of Nebraska, but
we who live out in the state are able to get
a clearer view of conditions.
| Merchants from other towns may come
here and buy anything they want. With us
out in the state Omaha is a household word
and / want to predict for Omaha that it
will be greater in the future than it has
ever hoped to be in the past"
H. Scheele of Seward, state representa-
tive from Seward county, compared the
growth OF Omaha with the growth Of other
state municipalities, saying; Omaha has
been built UP to its present stage by its
| own Drain ana us own citizenship furInor,
you are still building and with greater
enegy than ever before. I hope you peo-
pie will all pull together for Omaha; for
get your politics long enough to work hand
in hand for your own home town, and pull
together like brothers,
L. p. Straub of Chicago represented the
stereotypers and electrotypers and handed
the city several generous bouquets on the
| treatment the delegates have received dur
ing their stay, MY love of fair dealing" he
said, "compels me to say: New York may
be great and Chicago greater still, but we
must take off our hats to Omaha. Every
man who has attended the convention will
take something home with him that he has
learned In 'yottr city. not alone from meet
ing men of his own profession, but from
everything he has seen in the city sc
courteously thrown open to u.s."
The talk Of A. C. Wakeley of Omaha
concluded the program. He testified t
the good work done by Ak-Sar-Ben il
! years past and spoke of the great field Of
labor before 1t. He said: THE real in
fluence of Ak-Sar-Ben lies in the fact tina
| it has bound us together with the COLDER
bands of friendship and camaraderie.
has taught us to extend the helping hanC
to others"