The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1911-04-28

n,,,ro evervwhere. you find them. In the
1,ni,od States YOU will have to hunt Town "
,, than . 600 inhabitants il you WISH " e's"p
the moving pictures an, ,s,, thesa
rive millions of Americans daily WISH 'n'''
shows o.ooo .oar for their
films The public pays s57o00,o0o year " ''N
them. ,t,v ROYALTY
Mr. Edison has an average weekly 'o'a''
therefrom OF $4,000 .o.tv thor.
ca Il is a pretty big business pretty 'hol'
oughly organized, quite universal IN 10
soap-bubbly in its universahty ,.o
nh. child of the poor with clay pipe anu 'ne
a from the weekly wash, can nave JUST "S
GOOD time as any rich young fellow WIN oil III,
norted meerschaum and the best CASTLE
so Il is with the moving picture SHOWS 10
oufres little capital to run them. y 'ons - -.
easily darkened a ninefeet square patch u "h'to
18th come benches for the spectators al ope''
ator at ten dollars week, and rehteu Ill., nv"
takes the place of company OF ACTORS s'"se
snonorv nroperties, lights and a properly
.;nn.a building And the poor boy gets as
much value for his nickel as 'he 'ich wv N"A
for any number of dollars.
Yet they run into dangers that no soap-ounDies
live Fire ia of these the most patent.
n, ,ho mora, dangers we will speak later ~
:. tbrouxh the moral soap-bubble that we can SEQ
more clearly the moving pictures gossamet
.insel.
Fro n,w.v-r w the first and most vital aaii
oar The Charity Bazaar fire in Paris. IN WHICH
an MANY women were tramped TO DEAN Wy ~"
ardly men, was caused by the fah OF spa
upon some celluIoid moving-pictufe MUS wa eo
had been dropped into basket. IN .ah'on w
men, Cinnamon. were burned TO oeath III Al
IN a moying.picture show house. In Quto' neu'
dor, fifty men and women lost theT h'e' IA
:. similar calamity. M
o II sneaks we'll for the widespread ana CO
% s,ort vigilance of the fire departments OF u
Irni..d States that no great catastrophe has y
II come to the movingpicture houses o' III
=. country. ,io,r
IL lives have not been lost in the moving plctu
Is shows Lives have been lost through the mo''i
picture shows -
u,hara once the dime and nickel novels 81
casted ways Of crime to unbalanced !ou'"
moving picture has come to make more iea
'es .na more potent appeal. The printed worn
he never 80 ardent with an impressionaole hihu
o' the acted word ,. :, - ,os,
the +hase obvious evils Charles Spragae oniitn,
res x;st ~ tho peoples Institute in New le
INT. .ha,,ah, no had solved the problem when ne
hip a,,naa tho manufacturers Of the moving pictt
.aroe IN a national board OF censorship.
sinc Tho manufacturers good trade dipiom
any readily assented, and then saw to that
nv" hoard Of censorship should be advisory anu
,ns' ontagonistic The result is that many pct
Eau .hst create havoc among youthful minds
s,ns shown on the public screens get by inc
MN t,ona, hoard of censorship.
M This bubble that Edison mas iooseo
'ooa no will pay itself out just so far as the inst
. =. Of the whole people of this country VIII pei
plor- no TART NJ 49,. =. nr,ya apht Only
'a ~ we're present The casual observer m'sht
said they were all tough men. After Tue
canvas was erected in the ring ana al
' us. nouncer said, IAN exclusive film VIII no
s .aa,a shown to the members Of this club"
orsr The picture proved to be OF French MAJ
wa tire and portrayed a vile situation IN
pod instantly Kisses and storm OF execfauo y,
y, from the audience The running OF the h'l
10. nv y. Stoned and the picture removed before
am. all shown. Grim silence greeted the reno
,on of the canvas. "a.
'oA y The crowd that gloried in the action