Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-04
FREE TOAST AND CANDY
Live Exhibits Attract Attention
of Thousands Who Pack
the Line of March.
MACHINES IN OPERATION
CARNIVAL ATTENDANCE.

Omaha's industries were on parade
yesterday afternoon.
The busy centers where wheels
hum, engines churn and chains clank
in the manufacture of the thousands
of products in Omaha, strutted forth
upon the streets in magnificent in
dustrial parade.
This was the first of the series of
three great parades to be staged this
week in connection with the Ak-Sar-
Ben festivities.
Twenty-six companies of manufac-
turers, wholesalers and numerous re-
tailers came forth with handsome
floats typifying their respective ac-
tivities or industries. Implements and
machines were in operation on the
floats throughout the parade. Bread
was baked and ice cream was distrib-
uted to the crowds of spectators.
Overalls and shirts were manuiac-
tured on the floats before the eyes
Of the on-lookers.
Thousands Throng Streets.
Tens of thousands thronged the
streets long before the parade was to
start. The postoffice steps became
popular seats two hours before the
parade was scheduled to start, as
these steps are always popular van
tage. points from which to view pa
rades. The principal streets along
the line of march were roped off with
steel cables, so that the crowd could
be more conveniently kept back of the
road while the parade was in process
sion.
A platoon of mounted police head
ed the parade, clearing the way of all
stragglers who had not yet found their
way behind the steel cables on the
side lines.
Then came the twelve members of
the board of governors of Ak-Sar- Ben,
mounted on handsome horses. riding
in uniform of white, with Ak-Sar-Ben
icolors flying. Bands at intervals
throughout the parade lent spirit: to
the whole affair, and shortly after 2
o'clock i led off from the starting
point at Sixteenth and Cunning streets.
The battalion OF high school cadets
followed.
Shirts and Overalls.
The Byrne & Hammer Dry Goods
company had model shirt and over
all factory on wheels. Though the
machinery was silent, the twenty-five
working girls in white were at their
places at the various tasks of manu-
featuring the shirts and overalls, and
on the float were two pyramids Of
the finished product, one of overalls
and the other of shirts. The float
was forty feet long and drawn NV six
black horses. .
Paxton & Gallagher had almost an
exact fac-simile of the kings float,
with the addition of a>>huge pan OF
Butternut coffee A beautiful canopy
was arranged and under this sat a
queen on a throne The words,
Queen of Coffees," were worked out
In colors of the forest, with butter
nut trees in evidence. Four black
horses drew the float.
Stock Yards Float.
The Union Stock Yards company
had "a float that combined industry
with humor. A huge mounted steer
occupied the front center of the float.
A fantastic barber shop was repre-
sented, in which a barber was shaw
ing hog, and in another compart-
ment tailor was adjusting a corset
on the form of lamb, these two
representations being intended to give
the idea of dressing hogs and sheep.
Eight men occupied the float, which
was drawn by six iron gray horses.
The Harding Ice Cream company
had fve-ton truck, upon which a
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