Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-15

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force to the educated and to the niterate,
TO the young and to the old, to men and TO
women. 1t has revolutioniEed the amuse-
ment bushes in American cities. In China
1t has worked a social revolution by bring
ms women and men together on a plane Of
equality for the first time in centuries.
In India Il has been used in political prop
Uganda, and has been. a powerful engine
in bringing about political revolution. In
Europe it has transformed the character
OF the theater and has enlisted in its sup.
port the highest dramatic talent Of the
day.
In any city in the wcrld one can repair
to the moving picture theater. seat him
self in a comfortable chair and look upon
the actions Of the people Of all the world,
real and unreal, true and untrue. He may
see the boiling lava in the throat of a
Hawaiian volcano, without experiencing
any Of the sufferings Of the asbetos-clad
photographer who risked the fires OF the
jaws of hell to make the film. He may
see the lions Of the African jungle coming
down by night to drink at the water hole,
without having a tremor Of sympathetic
fear for the safety of the photographer
who took his life within ten steps of the
hirg of beasts to obtain this flashlight
photograph.
Then, too, he may see pictures whose
only value is to be found in their capacity
for measuring the skill Of ingenious fakirs.
For instance, one may see a moving pic
ture of Theodore Roosevelt lion hunting in
Africa. The picture was made in Chicago.
An enterprislng film maker purchased a
decrepit lion from a busted" circus. A
wild bit Of African Jungle was rugged I'D
In a back yard, surrounded by a llon-tght
fence, twelve feet high. The I. r.. bag
gage was brought in, T. r. came ashore,
shook hands with everybody and did eveuy-
thing one might expect the real T. r. 10
DO Beaters had been engaged from among
the denizens Of South Chicago. A few bird
shot fired into the king OF beasts quick
ened his temper and it was not long until
there was a very real lion hunt in prog
ress' with a score Of Illinois native heaters
scared within an inch Of their lives. hui
the lion was shot, skinned and his carcass
left for the birds of prey. 4. II. kent the
center OF the stage all the time. out ON
the Him circuit the picture attracted great
attention.
Prize fighting is now prohibited in the
greater part OF the world, but prize fiVht
moving pictures are to be seen e~yerywbera
films taken Of the Burns-J ohnson
night In Australia earned more money than
any actual prize fight ever did. The peo-
pie or the Atlantic coast cities saw the
recent Johnson-Ketche fight within five
days after 1t had actually taken place in
San Francisco. The deciding game of the
championship base ball series between
Pittsburg and Detroit is being played over
again on the canvass screens of a thousand
scent theaters.
Photography, however, has not proved
itself to be a handmaid of truth. A
clever fakir in the Photographic business
can produce some astonishing effects. A
recent photograph showed the passengers
landing from a Transatlantic liner in the
middle OF North river and walking on the
water to the shore of Manhattan island.
Photographers in their dark rooms, en-
ploying none but mechanical devices, have
reproduced over and over again spirit
photographs such as have been used to
support the contentious Of those who claim
to have communication with the spirit
world.
The largest photograph ever made is in
Germany. 1t Is a panoramic picture OF
the bay of Naples and is forty feet long
by five feet wide. 1t required a Ferris
lAO AOAAg -Olb AGGk III circumference 10
develop it. The washing tank was fifty
feet long, more than six feet wide and
over two feet deep. No dark room large
enough for the task was available and a
dark, cloudy night served the purpose.
Eighty thousand gallons Of water was re-
quired to wash the print. 1t was enlarged
from six smaller pictures. The smallest
photographs taken are to be found in mi
crosoopic laboratories. and microscopes
must be used to distinguish them from
mere black points upon the white paper
background.
Photography is becoming increasingly
popular and it's uses are being multiplied
from year to year. 1t is impossible to pre-
diet its future, but its very existence Is
assurance that all posterity will know this
age better than we know any age Of the
past. Our fathers bequeathed to us their
written word and their sculptured monu-
ments. We will bequeath to our children
living pictures OF ourselves, moving pic
lures Of our deeds and, with the aid Of the
monograph, the very expression OF our
voices.
ny frederick J. aaskin.
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