Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-22
EDITORS HAVE GREAT TIME
Spend Day as Guests Of City and
Evening at the Den.
AK -sAR.BEN READY FOR THEM
woodmcn of world NiRht Also, and
some Lively Doin-s Are Noted
when Novices Are Put
Through Works.


when Novices Are Put
Through works.
one hundred editors from all parts OF 4
the state we're sood neturedly whired I
through the mystic maze OF Ak-Sar-Ben's /
initiation at the Den Monday night IL |
vas "a fitting climax 90 a DAY ot enter !
tainmeut for the editors set aside in
Omaha. II is not the first time the |
editors have been entertained at the Den |
Nor will 1t he the last For the more |
they see it the better they like it. They |
said so, and who makes bold to dishe !
lieye an editor?
Large troops OF sturdy Woodmen OF
the World also were man-handled in the /
, initiation, for il was Woodmen OF the
World night as we'll as editors night. |
The Woodmen were at the Den with
large golden or semi-golden buttons SYM
bolizing the typical stump of the woods.
These they pinned on the coat lapels Of
the candidates as they filed in. w A.
Fraser, sovereign commander OF the
! woodmon of the World. presided at the
| speaking after tho initiation was over.
Three Cheers for Rainey.
! Poor Rainey Wells When he goes back
to his native town of Murrey, Ky, little
| will his friends there dream what a har-
| rowing experience he had at Ak-Sar- Ben
Den with the tango lady 'Twere better
not told, and yet at that Rainey had per
| hsps tangoed before for he held his own
well. At home in Kentucky and among
| the Woodmen Of the World with whom
/ he ranks high, he Is known as Mr.. Raj
ney T. Wells. But what Of that? TO the
| tango lady, and to the boosters at the
| Den he was just Rainey. And he was a
\ good fellow all the way from Kentucky
After calling the list of speakers TO the
platform Chairman Fraser called for Dad
| Weaver of Ak-SarBen. and for Il. v
| Parrish, manager OF the publicity bu-
| reau These two worthless did not know
| they were to be placed on the stage on
| exhibition, but they were. They were in
| troduced as the famous Dad Weaver. and
the second prize baby. Manager Parrish
| of the publicity bureau, who had made
the editors day possible in Omaha Both
we're given time enough to bow to the
audience and then relegated to the rear,
for brevity is the soul of wit at the Den
| speeches.
Edgar Rings the BELL.
Then came Edgar Howard of Columbus
Those who have read the swapping and
biting editorials of the famous Edgar
might never dream Of the length of time
1t might take him to read one OF his own
editorials. Edgar is not a rapid talker
! He dragged and drawled, but oh how he
| got there. Some were wicked enough to
suspect he was simply rehearsing as a
preliminary. TO his chautauQua engage
ment which begins in Illinois August 9.
Then A. V. Shaffer of Republican CITY
spoke. He praised the booster spirit,
trumped up the value OF Ak-Sar-Ben and
gave his views on the value of publicity.
Al Adams of Humboldt, Ia, humored
the crowd with some semi-sober remarks.
and even ventured to jolly the politicians
He explained that he once had the itch
himself, but that the voters at the polls
gave him so thorough r scratching that
he was cured.
Hammond, state and Omaha.
Ross l.. Hammond of Fremont, YEA
verify, a candidate for office was al
lowed to speak And yea, verify, he re-
Trained from boosting himself or even
announcing that he was running for
governor Of the commonwealth.
Even by his silence did he gain friends
| He did however, tell some stories in the
true Hammondesque style. He also made
a get together talk and coughed ND some
good material in regard to the friendly
feeling that had recently been growing
throughout the state toward Omaha.
Then WIN Maupin of Lincoln, climbed
the platform and ripped out some OF his
peculiar comedy in fegning q knocker
talk The target for his knocks was e
V. Parrish, manager of the publicity
bureau. and the man who planned the
Editors Day. Still his knocks were not
deep rooted. for the next moment he
, hooked unto the arm of Parrish and
led him to the pulpit where A. B. Shaffer,
: in behalf of the editors presented the
, publicity manager with nice silver cup
as token of the appreciation of the edi-
tors for the entertainment afforded them
in Omaha.
Lively Day for Scribea.
The editors had great day in Omaha
Arriving early in the morning they
, lunched at the Commercial club. were
} entertained at the Field cab in the aft
ernoon and for dinner " the evening.
and were then hustled to the Den. No
business, all pleasure. 1t was the other
that made Jack a dull boy
Before the afternoon was over the
editors prepared and adopted the follow
ing resolution:
In behalf of more than one hundred
= newspaper editors and publishers Of Ne
; braSSa, the undersigned members Of the
| executive committee OF the y q braskR
state Press association acknowledge with
T deep appreciation its indebtedness 10 the
r bureau of publicity of the Commercial
club of Omaha and the knights Of XIX
Sar- for a day in the metropolis filled
4 with entertainment, enjoyable, instructive
n and beneficial
The unanimous verdict Of the visiting
editors is heartily i'm keeping with this
brlct expression Of the appreciation they
6 II feel for the courtesies which Omaha
through the bureau of publicity, has al
ways shown the visiting scrbes who
! from one end Of the state to the other
are now anticipating with much enthusi,
asm the next regular meeting Of the asso
e citation which will be held in Omaha.
II. A Branerd T. r. Purcell
. Charles w. Pool, A. V. Shaffor
/ John NJ. Tanner, Horace NJ Davis,
n g. ;. FOXWOrthy, Henry G. Richmond.