The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-06
DALLAS IS MAKING l ELABORATE PLANS
Moving Picture Films Will Be Made of All Chief
 Convention Events

Dallas, Tex, May -(Special)-With the eighth annual convention of the As- sociated Advertising Clubs of America, to be held at Dallas, May 19 to 23 drawing near preparations for the entertainment of the many delegates and visitors who will attend, are practically completed and from the present indications, this will be the greatest gathering of business and advertising men ever held in the world.
 Arrangements have been completed with the Pathe Freres Motion Picture company of New York and Paris, to make com plete reel of the convention. This reel will be 1000 feet long and will contain all of the important features of the con- vention. The big parade of 1000 automo- piles will be especially staged fer this picture. Main street, the principal thor oughfare will be cleared for more than mile, side streets will be roped off and the 1000 cars will move up the street four abreast while the moving picture is being taken. The automobile ride over the city immediately following and the Dalylas News al fresco luncheon at the new Golf and Country club at l230 will be another feature of the picture. The reception to President Coleman and wife on Tuesday night in the big coliseum, will be another. The last session of the convention, which will also be held in the coliseum at which will be the cleo tion of officers and the selection of the next place of meeting, will be in the picture, showing the intense rivalry of Toronto, Baltimore and San Francisco for the 1913 meeting. It will also contain portions of the entertainment features of Fort Worth Day and several of the circle tours of the state, showing scenes at xxr- Ca1 ton, nd ton.
 Pathes Freres, who will take moving pictures of the convention for their reg ular weekly service. which extends all over the world, have promised to lend the film to the national association to be shown to the various ad clubs over ,ne United States and Canada. This will en- able all advertising men who do not att tend the convention to see and know just what a good time they missed. and Will give them some idea of the vast work done by the meeting By taking this convection for their weekly service, Pathe Freres have placed the annual convention of the associated Advertising clubs of America on their first list of current events of universal importance.
 Among other big features of the con- vention that will appear in the film are the Cattalo barbecue rendered by Col Frank P. Holland of the Farm and Ranch Publishing company. This barbecue will be spread at the State Fair grounds inn mediately after the final business session of the convention on Thursday. The Times-Herad luncheon will be served in the Scottish Rite cathedral at noon Tuesday following the departmental meet ings.
 The display of advertising which will be exhibited in the big auditorium of the public library will make an interesting portion of the picture, as will the Round Up.' which will be rendered visiting newspaper representatives by the Dallas Press club. Elaborate preparations are being made for this feature and visiting pencil pushers'' will be give1ra rare treat.