Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-12-03 | Page 9 | Local School Teachers Take Trip to New York

lOCAL SCHOOL SOOL TEACHERS E TRIP TAP TO NEWYORK Initial Showing of Educational Travel Film at Liberty Theatre Telegram Is Host More than one hundred school teachers teach teach- ers of Salt Lake made the Initial Trip to New York at the Liberty theatre yesterday morning by special arrangement arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- I ment with The Telegram No one can possibly afford to miss the film It gives a most exhaustive and thorough study of Greater New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City life and scenes Greater I New York consists of five boroughs which were united in 1898 Most of gf the attractions filmed are aren are are I n e rio ugh of Manhattan which was the original New York City and was named that by the Indians I Peter 1 a Dutch trader made the first permanent settlement in 1626 He purchased the land from the In Indians Indians Indians In- In with a few strings of beads and other trinkets valued at twenty-four twenty dollars Upon this land now is the second greatest city In the world covering square miles with ten billion dollars' dollars worth of property and build- build Ings The parks alone cover eight thousand acres and the length of the streets is miles The theatres of New York attract attracta a weekly attendance of over a million Broadway the most famous street in America la is really a part of the old Albany post road which extends to the city of Albany a distance of one hundred and fifty miles mUes These and many other interesting statistics given In the course of the production are authentic authentic and w were re supplied by the various commissioners expressly for this production which is produced and edited by C. C Post Mason The picture takes one by successive steps from Ellis ElUs Island presided over overby overby overby by the Goddess of Liberty through every one of the five boroughs which comprise Greater New York and gives glimpses of every phase of New York life from Governor Whitman In action to the happy bootblacks of the Bowery plying their trade with great gusto and and song Bona fide pictures are taken from scenes s which would probably not be seen een by a visitor to the city in person and every step and view is explained by lectures and statistics It is of more educational Interest and a great great- greater er and more varied area is covered than could be seen seem by one making the trip in person unless he were to de- de vote vole an unusual amount o of time and anda a very e exhaustive study to the subject Theatrical life is touched upon and andone andone andone one has glimpses of the gayety of or the cabaret and the Bowery population where washings aro are strung across the streets from one h house use to toan an another t er high in the air The advantage of this film cannot be overestimated and no Salt Laker adult or school child can afford to ml miss ml's s it It