The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-20

stamped upon all their product BY
this means all reputable proprietors
are now able to know for a certainty
that film secured through this agency
are above reproach, and need not the
inspection Of any local committee in
order to pass muster. And another
great advantage is that the public need
no longer be fooled by a Snowman.
if upon complaint of improper pic
lures, he pretends that he vas i'm
posed upon. He cannot be imposed
upon if he will secure only those
films that are guaranteed to be re-
spectacle.
Along with this censorship has
come q higher use for these pictures.
they are being utilized more and
more for educational purposes, in the
way Of history, exploration and art
teaching. Recently q splendid means
of Illustrating Biblical history a
been adopted in Greensboro by the
presentation Of actual scenes Of the
life Of Moses on Sunday afternoons
and evenings, in connection with a
sermon emphasizing the spiritual sig
nificance Of the events and pointing
the moral for present individual
guidaIDe. The latest good use Of
moving pictures is their enlistment
in the fight against the great white
plague. The National Association for
the Study n Prevention OF Tubercu-
losis is raising a fund TO finance the
campaign by the seal|oT the red cross
Christmas and New Year seal. To
facilitate the sale Of these little stick
ers and as a means Of education to
all as to how tuberculosis is contract
ed and how it can be cured or pre-
vented in ali parts of the United
States, beginning today, a film to be
exhibited for the first time. The film
IS a thousand feet long n socal
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tuberculosis organizations and work.
ers are urged. to induce their local
theaters ito secure and exhibit this
picture drama. It illustrates q story
Of New York life. The plot centers
for the best design Of the red cross
seal for 1910. A poor girl of the
tenements. Ellen Williams, who makes
her living by decorating lamp shades
for very small pay. desires to i'm
prove her talent and applied to the
Art School to be admitted to d course
of study. She finds it costs 800 and
leaves in disappointment. A wealthy
young man in the office notices the
beauty and refinement Of her face and
is struck by the resigned pathos OF
her features as she goes sadly back
to her humble work. He determines
to see how the other half" live. So
hS ~ SSS1S as o1t y ~ 49,
rents a room IN the same tenement
Ellen innabits, and takes note Of the
lives of all the occupants. He secret
" watches Ellen struggling TO win the
500 prize offered for the best design
for the red cross sea with which she
hopes to pay for her purse at the Art
School. She wins it. Then he sees
her renounce all her ambition. by
the money to q poor nefghbor
in order that her consumptive boy
have a nance Of life at Il SAM
tarium.
The young man. overcome by his
sacrifice unknown to Ellen.
the whole tenement block, re-
novates every apartment. secures the
cooperation of q district nurse, and
the pictures show how this is done
and how soon health succeeds sick
as the numerous consumptives
are taken to better nvironm and
the evil Of infection removed from
those not yet affeoted. And the story
is good to sc to sleep on, for the