Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-07

hesn are SHOWN In the picture IL
Us the hardening effect upon young
people that Is TO be deplored I'm the
exhibition OF such moving pictures.
hlllingl generally are to be dis
couraged from an educational stand
point There Is plenty OF action
DOS ible Of a dramatic character.
without Introducing actual slaughter
before the eyes OF the rising genera
tlon ns suggestion I'm the direction
or committing crimes. The newspa-
pers are compelled 10 print too much
or the grlsley without reproduction
I'm pictures.
Lessons of Cruelty.
One OF the favorite stunts at the
electric theaters for the past few
weeks was picture nlm that showed
| the fate OF n poor pussycnt that WIS
great pet or n lady. The first p'c-
ture shows puss tapping milk out OF
n saucer, sleek, well-fed creature
and the object OF objection by IFS
mistress. Then the boy as practical
'oNor )uts IN appearance. He hooks
me cat IN the air. sails the cat with
n Kite, blows II M with bombs and
az final act OF entertainment cuts
II open before the audience and dis
emhowells rIT'y and cuts her up
into quarters and throws the flesh IN
TO the pot that the old lady has set
boil for broth. All this Is considered
witty In the slums of Paris where
cats are frequently dlshed up az rab-
biz stew. But the lessons I'm cruelty |
practised as ioke sink deep into /
the minds OF children. and the sug- |
ges'ions OF cruelty are readily acted \
upon by n class OF boy7 who are al !
ways ready 10 torture animals Such \
llms should he forbidden.
Too Many French Pictures.
Many OF the moving picture film7
are manufactured I'm France and for |
the entertainment of the population !
I'm he poorer districts The French !
standards of art are different from
| the American, aud require a great
/ deal OF the sdacious and sugge tive
to please tho morbid tastes OF the
FurOncon thoatorgoors So most of
t., .l.r.t.,i biml are on lower
nlane OF morality than Americans
are UCcu toned 10. The drinking
scenes, the pleasure-seeking the re-
. laNOns of the sexes toward each
other, ore all I'm aU atmosphere whicn
Ils really MOI 0tfo1 TOR tho eyes of
American youth and children. Now
20 soCma no them am innocent thing
foT o'rl to place q cigarette he
tween tho Tins of her lover and lirht
M for him. hut 10 's NOT the stand
.arl of conduct in oUr conntry pni
'1ro ,' WIN nrycr become g-n-
.orol nut tho picture shows mako
'ose thing inmlllpr, md 40 g. not
thair flN'f because thnN iHka fNc
0Im ih1t ore sent to them. ana
offn the lessee has no control over
.fE. .N9ron'pr Of 'hc pictures which
ONO nredoo. saor has engaged. nHt
, m8nr of lho scenes are 700 Fen.hv
rf.r american women 1Dl children
. rn1 oven fov some American men
land ought io Doe nrohih tcd
Sntyri.m Too Common.
Tho writer has recently visited
picture shows in pondletnn and I'm
, Portland. aud the Inevitable conclu-
2 lro fom many of the French pi'-
, urr is chat the principal industry
%. midiiaasel men IS to make ape
2 nolnimoOta W M ynnpe W0mD ANA
gat ihem drunk, ana that The aver
ae' uan ,s ready ,o make Rove to hi
/, Itnnt of 7.ca a man w,n pointed
p .h.nr7 one En'tlc7 dress formine
. NNN NNN N.N..'UN NIN NN IN NNN. h "..Ai
d taking her fo wine han or hoef
r earden. treating her ana mkine no
critics With hor unt1 detl D. become
o'mosi undcscrihohlo The hc VII
= r0N is ovortaken ana probably com-
y mus suicide ON the floor OF IAN
r aoo noe holm matters from moral
% standpoint. The familiarity with
? such vice, the false Impressions that
are given 90 che young, are what doe'
,- the HARM The plcifre shows have
a become the greatest places OF amuse.
"a ment OF the masses, aud furnish en-
4 tertainwent for the multitude, and
n the peOple should be protected
/. asninst dehlement In wholesale oi
a the high standards OF morality that
| Is Characteristic OF Americans.
q "Nmeteen and Twenty"
r That r. the title OF moving pie
!. ture show that Is on the stage al
e Portland, Four youths sauntel
q through park. They Oass a grouI
. of girls at fountain. The girls ogl,