The Winslow mail., 1910-08-20
CONCERNING THE
MOVING PICTURE
Observations By Ray0n, the Veteran Writer and
Esteemed Authority.

the adventurer of unlimited means We
see achievements of men so stupen-
dous that no description Or ordinary
picturing would avail to give even
faint conception thereof The famous
show places of the world, that the very
small minority alone have hitherto
been privileged to admire, are brought
before our eyes for nickel or a dime,
expanding our knowledge of the world
and its strange inhabitants, both
human and animal, as nothing else
would enable US to grasp the reality of
its vast and incomparably interesting
diversities.
One incontesta BILE advantage of the
moving picture is that it is compre-
hensible to all races. No matter what
the language of the spectator may be,
If he possesses any intelligence what
ever, he is able to get mental grasp
of the subject portrayed.
What the moving picture means to
millions of foreign born citizens who
see scenes of their homeland on the
screen can only be understood by those
who speak many tongues; who hear
parents tell their American born child
rem OF the countries and the people
from which they came; who see the
deep emotion of the expatriated at
sight of familiar scene, of groups of
men and women, among whom may be
loved ones they will never see again.
Whoever will take the trouble. as
have, to listen to comments and to
enter into conversation with enough
patrons of the moving picture theater
to obtain correct opinion, will retain
no doubt as to the worth of these pro-
ductions as factor, powerful factor,
in improving the minds of men and
women, of boys and girls, who have
neither time nor money to inform
themselves otherwise; who find in the
moving picture the only available mo-
dels to fit them to become good citi-
zens. Every such earnest student of
social problems will agree that the
benefit derived from the moving pic
ture has been manifested beyond
questioning.
Eminent educators and clergymen
in constantly increasing mum bers de-
clare the moving picture to be most
aid in their respective fields,
and some of these are so convinced of
its value that they strongly advocate
the installation of projecting 4ppara.
tus in the schools and churches, realiZ-
ing that studies that can be entertain
ingly illustrated are more fruitful in
good results than instruction that is
taken solely as duty and is considered
irksome and laborious.
To be cheeringly entertained is one
of the absolute needs of the people
The comedy" film provides that enjoy
ment and relaxation in proper measure
at far less cost and risk than it is else
where obtainable.
In view of the indubitable aim of the
leading producers of moving pictures
to raise the standard of this industry
with most commendable persistence
no less in the aspect of its art than in
its utilitariar possibilities-and, more
over, in view of the uudenia BILE fact
that no class of business men has been
so ready to conform to regulation by
civic authority, however unreasonable
in some instances, it appears to many
to be high time that the rightful claims
of those engaged in this popular busi-
ness be given as fair hearing as the
of it's fanatical enemies.