Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
BOOSTING FOR CONVENTION
Omaha Letter Carriers in the Show
Business This Week in an
Effort to Raise Funds.
HOLD FORTH AT AUDITORIUM

Every afternoon and evening tuls week
at tho Auditorium The Letter Carriers
association Of the city will play host to
the public. There and then the carriers
are putting on a show. tho proceeds OF
which viii he used for financing tho con-
vention Of the National Association OF
Letter Carriers that will be brought to
this city in September.
II is going 10 take a lot OF money to
handle the big convention I'm a proper
manner. and the putting ON of a show
at the Auditorium Is one method that the
local men have hit upon to raise some of
the necessary cash.
Each afternoon and evening the Omaha
men assert that they will furnish three
hours of good wholesome amusement, in
terspersed with features that will be in
teresting. entertaining and right up to
date.
For several weeks tho Omaha men have
been corbing the country for big things.
and they feel confident that they have
been able to secure about the best. on
their bill they will have six big. refined
vaudeville stunts, the Gulger Goats. the
Pepper Twins. the Tri-State quartet. the
Mysterious Kings the Three Greens and
Cameron. the Iron Jaw. Last, but not
least, Su,VlV ENHODl NUliuTfHi VI NilH ivy
will take part in the program at each
performance.
Omaha Boys and Girls In Movies.
The Omaha boys and girls will be seen
each afternoon and evening, not that they
will all be on the stage in the flesh and
blood. but they are going to be there in
the movies. There will be not only those
OF the public. but also the youngsters
from the parochial schools, and in all in
stances the children of all schools will be
accompanied by their teachers.
The probabilities are that there is not
a parent in the city who will miss these
shows, for If they attend they will be en-
abled to see just how their young hope
fuls acted when they posed for the
movie-
Those persons who have seen the films
In action assert that they are most won
derful productions and that in not one
OF them is there any still life. Every
thing is snap and go from start to finish.
The High School cadets appear on dress
parade.
The pupils of the grade schools appear
in their fancy drills, doing school work,
playing their games, and even the little
tots of the kindergarten get into the
movies, showing just how they perform
when in their rooms in the respective
schools
The moving picture features are worked
In between the vaudeville acts, so that
there will not be a dull minute from the
timo the curtain goes up on the first act
until 1t Ia rung down at the close OF the
entertainment.
While in the business OF securing NOV
ing pictures, the letter carriers did not
let the operators stop after they secured
the school children. They kept them
right on working until they got good pic
lures OF how the daily round is conducted
In numerous of the big wholesale and re-
tail establishments. in public places and
the manufacturing establishments of
Omaha and South Omaha.
At the Packing Houses.
On one reel will be shown the conduct
Of business in the Union Stock yards and
the packing houses OF South Omaha On
| this reel will be seen the parade of the
commission men. the employees and many
other features In connection with the
stock yards and packing industry that
heretofore, so far as the public is con-
cerned. has been on the order of a sealed
book.
The carriers themselves get into the
movies, for the film will show them
starting out on their routes delivering
mail. II viii show them as they make
their rounds and it will also show them
In the office. working up the mail and
getting It ready for delivery. This fea-
ture will give the public something OF
an idea OF how the work is conducted.
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Wharton in his office and then further
along will be shown all of his assistants.
busy at work. and in this way the pub
lie will get something OF an idea OF the
daily routine connected with conducting
a postoffice. In the movies the postmas-
! ter has permitted all OF his assistants
and the office employees to pose in front
of the camera. Thus a lot of familiar
faces are going to be shown.
Last Flag day the Omaha Elks went
into a parade. but there are a lot OF peo-
Pile who did not see them. They made a
fine appearance and It so happened that
the moving picture man caught them in
action. Their film will be shown at the
Auditorium.
Parks and Residences.
Scenes in the Omaha parks, all OF the
moving variety. together with large
number of public buildings, private resi-
dences and activity on the busy streets
will be featured.
BY no means will everything be local.
There win be 500 feet OF film OF the San
Francisco exposition. showing a number
of tho buildings. the parking. interiors