Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
MERCHANTS WEEK
TO BEGIN MONDAY
Hundreds of Dealers from Four
States Ready to Come to Omaha
with Families.
STYLE SHOW AT AUDITORIUM

Hundreds of merchants from all
over four states have already written
that they will attend merchants
market week in Omaha, beginning
Monday and continuing until Sep
tember 4. Special arrangements
have been made for the entertain
ment of their wives and families.
The merchants market week idea is
growing, and the merchants all over
Omaha S trade territory each time
are more and more pleased with the
opportunity of combining pleasure
with the business of laying in the
seasons supply of goods for their
trade.
1t has been found that by bringing the
merchants all In at one time and making
a week of festivity of the event the va
rious wholesalers and manufacturers are
able 10 combine their efforts and their
Tunes 60 provide some really classy en-
tsttainment for them, including the big
style show, which is In itself of real in
Tinsic value to the merchants, as It
gives them the opportunity to see every
garment worn to its best advantage, ana
for that reason gives them an oppor-
tunity to judge just what stock they
wish to lay in and which stock will take
best with their customers.
Entertainments Planned.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings have all been pre-
pared for free entertainment of the most
lavish sort for the visitors. On Monday
evening the isiting merchants will meet
at the Commercial club at 7:SO, together
with their wives and families. The mer-
chants will be taken directly to the Ak
sar-Ben Den, where they will be guests
of honor and will be given all the regu-
lar diversions, as well as few special
ones that have been prepared. The
women and children will be entertained
on that evening at a theater party at
Brandeis theater. On Tuesday after
noon the merchants with their wives and
families are to meet at the Commercial
club corner at 4 o'clock sharp, where
special street ears will be In readiness
to take the entire party to Lake Man
ava, where the evening will be spent
in a pleasUrable way A number Of IN
teresting athletic contests have been ar
ranged and all the concessions of Lake
Manawa are to be at the disposal of the
visitors. This will insure several hours
crowded full of entertainment Supper
will be served there and the party will
return to Omaha late in the evening.
Valuable style show.
The Style show at the Auditorium on
Wednesday evening will be the most pre-
tentious of the entertainments and the
one that will be attended by the most
people. The fact that the show this year
is held at the Auditorium enables it to
be witnessed by a great many Omaha
merchants and their families, together
with other representatives Of the whole
sale market who heretofore had been un-
able to secure admission.
Following the style show a dance will
be held in the Auditorium. at which ali
the guests will be entertained by the
Omaha market. On Thursday evening
the visiting merchants and their families
viii assemble at the Commercial club
corner at 5:45 D. m. and proceed by spe>
cial cars to the Omaha Field club, where
dinner and dance win be held. This
will conclude the list of formal entertain
ments to be given this week on a large
scale.