El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-20

~ Pc moderns-heirs Of all the
NJ ages and foremost in the files
of time-have ceased to mar
vel ct the wonder Of the moving picture
camera which has brought the four
winds Of heaven and the four quarters
of the globe together in the five cent
theater around the corner. There we
may visit the wild African jungle and
the frozen Alaskan mountains all in
the space Of half an hour, but 1t is no
longer wonderfuI-it is commonplace.
These achievements Of the moving
picture as we see them every day were
tnarvels, but never were they so won
derful as the feat OF the camera man
who has made moving pictures Of life
in the modern world that we are
pleased to call civilized '-the daily
walk and work Of the people Of New
York and London, Of Los Angeles and
Rome, Of Chicago and Birmlng nam
wooded dens and mountain businesses
where live the wild men not yet come
into their inheritance Of the knowledge
and the wisdom OF mankind
Garry CiviIiEluE Views star.
Scarcely less wonderful has been the
work OF the moving picture show IN
showing to the civilized peoples OF the
Orient the manners and customs OF the
newer. order Of civilization In the Occl-
dent. So highly was this service appre-
cfated that the moving picture sprang
into instant popularity among nearly an
Of the more enlightened peoples OF the
great Asiatic continent
In the philippines, as pas Deen re
lated, the moving picture was success
fully utilized by American teachers 70
convince the savage lgorotes that u
would be to their physical ana material
advantage to accept measure OF tne
civilized social order.
Moving Pictures IN the Jungies.
A Chicago publisher VINO led an eA-
petition into the central African jun
giles tells an interesting tale Of the
moving picture and its erect upon
primitive man. He had a complete NOV
ing picture apparatus, including gas
tanks and furnishing sufficient light 70
prOiect the picture He and his party
made friends with the Inhabitants or a
negro village and one pitch black night
the village chief and his subjects ac-
roeDted an invitation to come to NOV
ing picture show in an lmproflseo
equatorial AIR dome.
The Chicago man, anticipating an IN
terest,ng event, put up captive DallOOns'
each with a camera attached the cam
eras pointing toward the canvas screen
that had been erected for the moving
pictures Three OF theS5 balloon came
ras were connected with one swllcn,
and two with another, the whole being
so arranged that, with aid OF a dry pat
terry, turning the switch would not only
open the shutters OF the cameras but
set off a large quantity Of flasnighI
powder.
Some 200 villagers assembled before
the screen and the operator showed
them reel after reel Of films depicting
life in the western world steamships $
railways, street scenes in New YORK
wheat fields in Dakota, soldiers on the
march and the like. Awe stricken, the
savages drank in this knowledge OF
world that heretofore had been 10
them an impenetrable mystery. Inen
Z they were given some knock-aDouls
slap-stick comedy, and IL Is asserted
that they enjoyed II Just as nuCM =
the typical tired business man, 70
whom the American theaters cater en-
Joys similar entertainment
When nearly all of the reels in stock
] had been exhausted, the most turned q
switch and touched off the flash lights
of the three cameras Two hunoEe0
mighty screams escaped from @yg
frightened threats, ana then the most
turned on the two remaining cameras.
! Two Of the negatives when developed
were good pictures, one oL tne - .
set showing the people gazing IN open
mOuthed establishment at the pictures
on the screen, the second showing IHeIn
every man with his face buried IN the
dust, praying for mercy ana appa,r 2 NY
believing that the end Of the world nau
Americans Receive a Surprise.
Some three or four years ago COM
many of American journalists ana com
merciaI travellers, lingering over In6
dinner table at the Imperial motel IN
Toxic. fell to talking about moving pic
lures. Someone suggested that IL would
be a -reat thing TO introduce tne
movies into Japan. The idea was
hailed with acclaim and when the party
broke up along toward midnight Ins
Moving Picture company OF Dal nippon
Ltd. had been organized and the pro-
mOters had already collected an mag
mary profit of 100000 each
Next afternoon the same party, sun
excited with the prospect OF fortunes
to be made in the new enterprise, took
] richshas and Jared forth to Asakasa
temple, the COney Island OF TOXIC. me
Americans wandered through the temple
grounds. bought rice Tor the sacred pig
CONS and then strolled down Theatef
When they had recovered from the
shock of what they saw there eacn on
them produced two sens-one cent IN
limited States mOney-and paid ms way
into the moving picture show. Iner95
were only eighteen running IN Iuii
blast in that particular narrow lane
Indeed. it is not surprising tnau Jne
JaDanese should have been among the
first to take up the business OF produc-
ing and exhibiting moving pictures
Long ago the Japanese had placeu
Themselves in the front ranks OF the
Photographic world, and the moving
and seven nights he asked the blind
How are you getting along, my
And the blind boy replied: -.
Father, the woman VIII IIie
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