The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-01-21
MYSTERY Of MOVING PICTURES.
all the many illusions o. motion ple


! of all tbs many illusions OF motion ple
] lures.
CHRIS va#ssa.
The EFrand Girls Dream" shows
another way OF working a little trick
on the audience. Ia the first scene the
} girl Is shown leaving her home TO es
TO the shop where she IL employed. In
! the second scene she IL shown At werk
J In the shop aud afteFwaFd starting one
with big box to deliver some gooda
TO customers. These two scenes are
shown with their natural ckgrounds.
having been taken without pFeparatlom
In typical sections Of Paris Buf after
the girl starts on her errands the oper-
ator Of the kinetoseope leaves her ana
returns TO the theater. wheFe he fnds
an actress made up TO look like hog
and scene painted 20 represent the
street through which the girl Is likely
TO pass
In this scene the actress Is saunter-
Ing along the street Seeing a beach.
she sits down. places her Dor beside
Der. and is soon LOST In day dreama
Suddenly the box opens and CT Of II
comes party Of fairy creatures abs
bow prettily to the girl. and then Jump
ing down. so through a merry dane@
There Is more TO the story. bot this
shows the triek.
When the girl ats down on eAs
beach the ilm Is stepped whIle the real
boz rs removed and a piece q scenery
painted to iook like II IL uncovered.
This ls opened from wifhla Ia sneA =
way that Il seems 10 be epened By tie
fairies The apparently dlmfnaff#s
size OF the fairies Is produced By placs
ing them 30 er 40 feet farther awsv
from the eamera than ls the xsrl. maA
ss they are seen through fA@ ep@nsmx
which the spectators regard as sA@ ia
OF the boz the lliaslon ls eoapless
Most Of the~@ tricks are asrompss2h.
ed mneh an similar fliunanms 90 she ress
stage are peodnc~d except that the d.
fusion Is the more perfect 10 the mso8-
Ing picture because Of the possibilities
|of change Of properties whirA tAe
-arref' provides. bot the ability % s~s
the scene and produes tbs eT~rs ID
based upon tbs Sans aoxf ef knowiedxs
and skin that 10 resnirsxa ia prep~xsv
staging any sheafrleal p~rgagassmcw
@~~as@se~I @m~s~ts.
Mechanically. the kineto&eop@ y De-
roaming rather weii known. ne pse.
lures are tak~u On . s~nsiftz~a elsa.
y Inches whi~. and varying IN l~axsA
rom Too 10 i.1pO fret The aha PASS.
"a IN frOnt % an ap~rsrrw ! lnrA b.
hres' quarters u an lnrh Ia size. afnss@
lsad still for fhe fractlanal p@rs o. a
econd. and pssa<s %. tie proc~mm BE-
~ - rapid that 81 the norsaal ras~ -
Pred Of operating the marhin~. sdxtr~n
xposure@ are mads sv~sy saved ~
lme
when shsse pssfnrr~ are rrtTodse~zs
nd passed thrcaxh TIE machin~ whsrA
r"ie-ts thea uton tho srrw~r. sh~v are
Sually shown Al exactly the sam~ rate
sgsri a. whleh they wefw tAkwu. snzg
'us the natarai sr~rt - pfudaopsa
10 showing tbs pietarrs th~ elm.
hleh for reprudsrfiao las b~~n
ianxri from q arxztive 10 : positive
~ probably eoiorvd n gh~ saaaa wmg
at or'iiuary lantern siifr4 are russr.
= passed from one Fvei e. mno8h~w
Irr an aperture % the esnae Aln~ ass
iape az that through whicA sh~ pse.
~ was originally faksu. snd the ~a.
rEement Of the projrrsrd picture i
eompliaficd by mrans ~ s~nsm IN
oui % TIE picture. f4xhs ~ fmrniah.
~ electricity and. ss In al stnrwop
'ots. passes through the pscsnrr intn
g lens. where u h rxfrarsed 10 sorum
Srsas spot Of lishs upon tbs ssrwwm.
Is the Municipalities u .shas lixnk
1T is the daagrruas feasusu - naw.
pictures The alm u e~girsaas ana
shly explosive. snd the possf az stzhs
~ TAILS upon 4 Il 80 insrnw~ fAaf n
rmitted 20 rest for = ainxi. an#smas
90 the hlm. the beat prosnc~1 wsll
use an explosion. While the atm ~
wing there 4 no danger. bar n ram.
be stopped wifhout danerr. sas~~m
machine IL stfes3 with an ans.
tic shutter. which falls ov~r ths
srture as soon Sc the ernnk xsnsw
ming.
Sfsisticaily the clnemAtoeraph 10 g.
oplng with amazing rapldisy. wh~m
wing picture shows werw er~s ou~m-
In the cities Of this country tnev
e regarded rs rather sow orsrr At
Iiscuient resorts Already shey have
noed several CLASSES. and the chmr.
~ OF pictures the best ores are
wing now brings them almost om
ne with the grst.clasa playhnuass
Worlds owspws of s~smsx