Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-21
Public Invited TO Witness Making of
"Oltlahoma's Greatest News
paper" Tonight.
MARKS NEW ERA IN TULSA
Directors of Chamber of Commerce
WIN BE in Receiving Line 10
Welcome Visitors.
TO GO THROUGH BUILDING
All Asked to Come To World Tonight
10 See Most Modern Plant
in Oklahoma.

The new home OF "Oklahoma's
Greatest Newspaper" will be for
mally ouGnod today and elaborate
preparations have been made to re-
ceive the thousands who are expect
ed to avail themselves of the oppOr-
tunity TO witness u newspaper In the
mailing, between the hours Of ana
II o'clock tonight.
Recognizing the opening OF The
World building as the beginning Of
new era in local newspaper his
tory, the officers and directors OF
the Chamber OF Commerce viii be
the guests of the publisher at
luncheon today at ~ o'clock in the
editorial department of The World.
1t will be IA buffet luncheon after
which the guests viii be escorted
over the plant
Directors in Receiving Line.
Tie Chamber of Commerce di-
rectors and their wives Will be in the
receiving line at the formal opening
tonight, beginning promptly at Z
o'clock Every enploye of The
World viii be on duty all evening
and many of them viii act is guides
to show the visitors through the va
IiCus departments ana explain the
different processes through which a
newspaper must so before 1t Is
ready for circulation.
An orchestra will play on the
main floor throughout the reception.
Young ladies from the business Of
flee will serve punch. Unique souve-
Mrs will be given out They VIII
be products of The World plant
visitors will " taken first through
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they will see the various editors,
desk men. copy readers and report
ers at work They Will be shown
the telegraph room, where the AS
sociatcd Eress news Is received from
all parts of the world by leased wire.
| They will see the 'morgue." where
| thousands OF photographs and en-
| cravings are on file.
Everything Modern.
Then will come the composing
room, with its modern steel furni
tnre, its monotype machines tha'
cast type out OF metal that can bt
melted and used over and Over
agnin, its battery of linotype ma.
chimes that turn out work as ingeni
ously as human beings. Here they
will sce the steam tables and othel
machines used to make the matrice!
that are taken eff OF the forms o
type, later to be used In casting th'
! cylindrical plates from which tn,
paper is actually printed.
They will then be taken TO the
basement by elevator, and there
shown the balance of the stereo
typing equipment, and the Eian
press, which will be printing papers
all evening . Great rolls of white
paper will be fed into one end oI
this mass OF machinery and viii
come out of the other end in Tho
form of complete folded newspapers
at.the rate of ~ coo per hour Au'
tomato carriers convey the papers
to the mailing room. The visitors
will see how the 10000 or moro
newspapers are wrapped and ad-
dressed in a few hours time and
sent to tho trains.
Then they will visit The big bust
ness office, where, the advertising
auditing, circulation, and want ad
departments are located. They may
listen to the music and be served
with ice cold punch before leaving
The souvenirs will he given out by
young ladies' in the main lobby,
Men. women and chiidren-every-
DoLy--can spend a profitable hall
hour or hour in The World plant
this evening, and /. will be both a
revelation and an education to them
Few people have ever been afforded
such an opportunity to follow the
evolution Of daily newspaper
through every stage,
! Don't forget the hours 7 unit
II o'clock.