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! learned how To bake stuffed tomatoes
at the movies last night"
The origin Of moving pictures is
not clear. Some say they were the
result ofran after-dinner discussion be
tween Sir John HerSchel and his friend
Charles Babbage as long ago as 1926.
1T appears that. Sir John making in
CURRY of Babbage as to how he would
show both sides of a shilling coin at
the same time, the latter replied by
holding coin before mirror-a shift
however. that did not satisfy Sir John
VINO proceeded TO afford his guest "a
better example. This he did by spin
ming the shilling on his dinner plate
at the same time inviting Babbage's
attention to the peculiar fact that if
the eye We're placed on a level with the
rotating coin he could see both sides
at the same time. The result of this
little diversion was that Babbage i'm
parted the Information to scientific
friend. DR.. Fitton. who Immediately
constructed working model based
upon the idea
Fitton's device consisted of a disk
on one side of which was shown the
drawing of Il bird while on the other
side was depicted an empty bird cage
80, when the disk was ia - dly revolved
on a SILK thread. the bird was made
TO appear imprisoned in the cage Here
Tor the first time. was shown that ner-
slstence of vision Whereon all moving
pictures depend for their effect The
eye retains the image of the object
seen Tor a fraction OF a second after
the object has been removed Fitton
called his model the 'thaumatrope."
The next step in the development of
the idea was the construction OF the
wheel of life" or ''zoetrope." Il device
consisting of a cylinder perforated
with q series of slots. Within this
cylinder was placed a band or draw
ing CT dancing men. When this device
was caused to rotate slowly the figures
seen through the slots gave the effect
of d dancing molten However, the
first systematic photographs of moving
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dangers of tuberculosis and other infec-
tious disease. and pointing out how they
might improve their living conditions. the
agency physicians report that sanitary
conditions have greatly improved among
the Indians on the reservation and that
the Indians, instead of being reluctant
to seek the physicians of their own ac-
cord are now visiting the physicians Of
fees in way that shows their real in
terest in their own physical conditions
and welfare.
NO class of people anywhere on the
face of the earth have so much done for
them calculated to increase their popu-
lation as the Indian said DR.. Br4id.
head Of the medical division of the Indian
bureau. and who has charge of the NOV
ing picture campaign. There is no rea-
son why he should decrease and every
reason why he shouldn't. In the Indian
medical service there are regularly en-
ployed more than 300 persons, doctors,
trained nurses and field matrons, whose
duties are solely to look after the health
of the Indians.
The duties OF these doctors and nurses
are much more extended than those Of
the ordinary practicing physician or
nurse. They not only attend the SICK
bat they keep Il constant watch upon
everything that will tend to increase the
hyGienic welfare of the Indian 1t in
-cIudes instructing them in matters of
diet. house sanitation. all prophyiactlc
methods against disease and epldenilcS
We not only teach them what to do but
we have to unteach them. II L may Use
such a word Among many OF the II. pes
the medicine man still yields powefful
influence. and il is one of our harvest
tasks to eradicate this evil influence
cot course, these medicine men are
frauds; they look with evil eyes t.::on
US as our work means the eliminatio. of
his soft snap. For Years it has f.een
uphill work to get the majority OF I'm
dams 20 allow themselves To be properly
treated: but, thanks to perseverance, We
are weaving them away from their m$Hfi-
cine men and making them see the bene-
fits accruing from hygienic living. II Is
only within the last two or three years
that we could induce an Indian 10 go to
Il hospital. Now our HOSPITALS, one al
Phoenix. AriZ.. and the other III idaho'
are always full.
Il would say that the morbidity of the
partially civilized INDIAN mean by that
his tendency TO contract disease-is
greater than that of the white man
This is due. think. TO the too rapid
transition from the wigwam To the
house, and this ignorance OF hygiene
living in a house. The benefits of light
and fresh air are things ii has been dlf-
iicult TO make him appreciate. He cares
nothing for windows. and less for fresh
air We have not only taught them In all
the schools ard agencies the rudlments
of hygienic living, but we have also con-
Quoted q campaign of education by
means of pamphlets on the subject or
sanitation and disease written in d PLAIN
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day after DAY 10 gaze in rapt fashion at
some particular rainting. thare was
no record of any actual jrGic"tiCr OF in
fstUafion s'lc:l a. hHc bee:t motel IN the
Louvre. ana certainly no love letters had
i,een received by any Of the Galier~ beau
ties moi eVe-. by The newly acquired We
lasGils-~ -Ee1sis, sFi:o o5.At = inspire. an
epis:ia o.: that sort # an canvas beauty
could. IL f&ct. tbs oticia, was inclined
to thina thsl- slcl. manifestations could
be found ONLY anaE.g tne more emotional
folk across. the channel.
At the Tate Gallery. however. there was
remarkable ana well authenticated in
stance of. falling i'm love with "a picture a
few wears ago and. what is more. the
victim sought ont the original and mar
ried her re was Harold Abhptt Tit
comb. an American mininc engineer and
the picture was Ralph Peacock's The
Sisters" Titcomb fell in love with the
younger of the two girls. Ethel Brisnall
and il II wen he did, for the elder was
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say every family present was we'll repre-
scented at the lecture
"A substantial screen was erected in
front of the grandstand and the indians
We're directed to seat themselves so that
the CheyenneS We're on one side of the
grandstand with the Arapahoes on the
other. Two interpreters We're used, each
standing in front of their respective tribes
and repeating the substance of what was
said after each paragraph of the lecture.
On account of the necessity for tranSlat-
ing every word into two languages, the
delivery of the lecture was greatly length
ened.
1T would be difficult to estimate the
immediate results CT this particular lee
ture. but | believe it to be fully worth
all the time and money spent in pre-
pairing it. l believe that education by the
use Of pictures of this sort is one of
the most valuable means in our posses
sion for teaching sanitary truths to the
Indians, but ] am greatly in favor of
continuing and extending this class of
work. | have received many favorable
reports from all the reservations visited. -
Closely following the Indian bureau,
the Department of agriculture has begun
active work along the same lines The
Office of public roads was the first to have
series of moving pictures made, show
ing how public highways are improved
by the oil treatment of niacadam roads,
thus laying the stone dust raised by au-
tomobies and prolonging the life of the
roadway.
The pictures already taken by this office
show automobiles passing over a dry
macadam road at a high rate of speed
throwing stone dust in the air with the
wind blowing it way. This destroys what
as known as the bond of the road and
permits water to seep down into the road
bed between the larger stones which are
left exposed. The remedy which the road
office has for this deterioration and which
is shown in the pictures is an oil treat
ment which lays the dust and packs it.
Ten pictures We're made showing the
methods employed in this treatment. Sew
eral pictures show automobile going
over the road at rates of speed varying
from five to sixty miles an hour. These
pictures show the dust rising and blow
ling away Other pictures. show men
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Although the idea seemed at first too
fantastic for credence, the writer found,
on questioning the officials at the Louvre.
that they by no means laughed at IL 1neH
admit that since the transfer of this great
portrait from the kings palace at F'on-
tainebleau to the Louvre IT mas cast d
hypnotic effect on certain indlX1duals Oh
a highly strung temperament. In answer
TO ii question whether these people UNI
der the spell'' had really sent love letters
to the portrait of La Joconde, one OF
the officials at the Louvre unhesitatingly
replied
There have been quite number OF
anatoI.y epistles couched in the most
extravagant terms. that nave been ad-
dressed to her in care OF the Louvre
crazy people, of course,
Where are these letters? Can they be
SEEM
-.Oh. i'll this present upheaval no one
can get at anything. the letters We're
kent for a while and they circulated
around among the personnel OF the gal
iery but they were such wild cHuslons
that they no doubt have found their way
into the waste basket.
Did you ever personally know of "A
case of a person falling in love with
this portrait?
:; Z;
Well" was his response. "a few
years ago there was 4 painter named
Rameau. | believe. who was noticed
lowering around the portrait continu-
ally He was poor. forlorn. detected
looking man. who, ! WAS told, made
.potboiiers for Il living. He would
stand for an hour. like one petrified.
aud just stare and stare at Mona Lisa
His visits became nuisance, and then
it was seen that his mind had become
unbalanced by the pictures strange
sbeauty orders were given that he
WAS not TO be allowed to enter the
gallery What has become OF him Is
only surnised. All sorts OF rumorS
were ahoat at the time. one 20 the eff
feet that he had committed suicide
This was an extreme case, OF course.
There have been exhibitions of milder
forms of this hypnotic influence. which
has not been confined to men. Women
have been attacked as Well. We did
shippers but If they came TOO often or
fingered too long before the portrait
we were instructed to watch them
carefully. Generally these folk We're
anxious to escape notice, so that when
they saw the eye of the guard upon
them they fled in confusion.
Not only love letters but gorgeous
flowers were Surreptitiously thrown
on the floor at her feet during her life"
and the guard chuckled as he used
the term-'and since her death we
have been kept busy picking up bou-
quets and punches of Vioiets that the
mournful admirers scattered before her
vacant place upon the WALL
Even the great Napoleon fell Il victim
to Mona Lisa's" haunting smile. When
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WILL Include All the
w Various Activities of
the Nation-Used in Health
Campaign in Philippines and
Among the American In
dams - Bureau of Indian
Affairs First to Take Up
Moving Picture Campaign
Indians Show Great Interest
Department of Agriculture
Follows With Picture Road
Work-Will Illustrate Other
Work of That Department
War, Navy and Interior De-
partnents viii Also Get in
Line-Origin of Moving Pic
lures.
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sweeping leaves and other debris. off the
road, the oil machine applying the bitumen
or road oil. the screening from the stone
crusher. and the rolling process. which
packs the oiled stone dust, making
hard, smooth substance. from which no
dust can rise. A few days later soon
as the oil had sufficient time to dry. an
other picture Of an automobile running
oyer the road was taken.
The effects of good and bad roads will
also be shown. In the case of the latter,
the films will show the farmer trying to
carry loads of produce over a bad road;
how he becomes sick; how the doctor Is
unable to reach him, and how, because of
the mud ruts, the undertaken finds it eX-
:ceedngly difficult to get him to his grave.
Another film will show another farmer
carrying his produce-twice as much
over a model road constructed under the
supervision OF the government, and the
general improvement of the surrounding
country.
The Department of Agriculture also eX-
poets to show, in an entertaining as Well
as instructive style, the effect of pure
food and impure food. The War De-
partment intends to show the advantage
OF army life, while the Navy Department
will follow with pictures showing the
advantages of life on the bounding
waves. and the Interior Department will
teach how forest fires are fought and en-
tombed miners are rescued.
BY these means Uncle Sam expects to
kill two birds with one stone To i'm
prove the tone of the moving pictures and
eliminating those that have a bad effect.
while educating the public to the work
being done by its government. The time
is not far distant, apparently, when the
first nighters at the movies instead of
jublatng over the way the tramp cap
tured the Indians will be rema rking.
learnedly, Il never knew why the sailors
Wore their trousers wide at the bottom,
but ! saw by the films last night that il
is to enable them to roll them up when
they want to swab the deck And his
girl will remark: ''Oh. and they are show
ing how the government teaches cooking.
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The Under Doc.

COL. T.. ii. r. GREEN, discussing with
~ New York reporter his 600 pro-
posals OF marriage said
My female wooers appear TO be or
mild shrinking nature. They are not at
ali like the wife OF a friend or mine
down Texas way.
This man belongs To the ial1oh LUZ.
and I once heard two clubnen talking
about him
Poor George tells his wife everything
he does said the first clubman.
Yes. said the second: ana he uoeS
everything she tells him.
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great beauties immortaiized by the old
masters. spending so much time in wor
ship before the painting as to- draw at
tention 10 themselves, and in d few cases
actually writing love letters which have
fallen into the hands OF the gallery Off
Gals.
The suggestion has been made III all
seriousness that as LeonardoS MASTER
piece at tie Louvre had been known to
haze turned the heads Of a number of
men in the last few years. and had been
the inspiration of three or four love let
tiers from folk who had been SO Fascinated
by her teasing smile that they had come
10 look upon her a living being. il was
quite possible that some one of these
crack Drained lovers had clopcd with the
lady without any other idea than to haye
her to himself.
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plant and animal industry, road buldin &
work among the Indians and many other
things will be shown the canvas
Uncle Sans moving picture campaign
Will also include Illustrations of his health
crusade in the various sections of his
vast domain. The government has al
ready used moving pictures to advantage
in teaching the FilipinOs the difference
between the right and the wrong way OF
living, with such great success that Il
moving picture campaign has just been
started TO show his coppery wardS-the
Indians in the United States-how they
should live.
The bureau of Indian affairs at Wash
ingtOn was the first to call to its assist
ance the fascinating moving picture film
To further its campaign of saving the
remnants of Poor LO. and To give him
the proper idea of the correct way TO
live. The picture scheme. as outlined by
Commissioner Valentine. will include
graphic illustrations. by the comparative
method. of pictures showing the wrong
way of living followed by photographs
showing the correct way. The Indian of
flee intends to have ii regular travelling
picture show, passing from one reserva-
ton to the other. with competent lectur-
erS accompanying each show.
ITO protect the American Indians from
rapid extinction by disease which now
threatens them. l believe it is necessary
that IL vigorous policy be pursued in i'm
proving hygienic conditions among the
wards OF the nation, ana with THIS OBJECT
in view it was decided to apply the most
modern methods 10 present conditions of
Indian life. This is d matter vital to the
progress of the Indians and to the useful
ness of the educational. industrial and
other activities IN which the government
j. now engaged in their behalf. And
believe the moving picture method il tho
best in the. world for the purpose. This
IS the statement made ny Commissioner
of Indian Affairs alentne. when asked
about his plan 10 use moving pictures
The bureau has for several Years. in
its efforts to preserve the Indians &rom
being entirely cbliterated by tuberculo-
sis, trachoma and other infectious dis
eases which are attacking them. peen
pushing with vigor health camoaign,
and now We intend TO add to our other
efforts the influence of the moving pic
ture film, continued Ar Valentine. by
those means we expect to show them
proper and sanitary methods of living
which. together with the houSe-to-house
canvas by physicians and the open air
sleeping at the Indian schools and sana-
forums, We hope and believe will do
much 70 better conditions among them.
During the past year the house to-
house campaign by physicians was start
ed ON the White Earth reservation. in
Minnesota. and with such good results
that the work will be pushed. As a result
OF travelling over the reservation awak-
eninS the Indians To a realization of the
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HERE mas been one
rather astonishing
outcome of the at
tent.on that has
been drawn by tho
Mona Lisa theft
10 the mana geinen:
Of tie world )
great pictIre gal
lerieS. 1t sc ms
that there have
il, en- many we'll
attested instances
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always closed, Leonardo's great lady
was left without guardian-and it
was on Il Monday night that she disap-
peared from the Louvre.
But Mona Lisa is not the only lady Of
the Louvre who has made victims. She
had rival on the opposite wall of the
Salon Care. and who. happily. is still
there-Titian's Laura de D'anti. The great
Venetian pa inter- lavished upon this beau
tifuI picture all the skill that love could
prompt. for it is said that he was as en-
raptured of the original as Leoqardo was
of Mona Lisa, albeit she was his friend S
wife. Although her figure is sumptuous
in its Ines and in its wealth Of warm
flesh color. the facets OF wonderful purity
and innocence
Titan reproduced his Laura in his
other notable painting at the Louvre.
Jupiter and AntioDe. and she also posed
for the two figures in the famous Sacred
and Profane Love; which is at the Bor-
ghes' Gallery at Rome, the painting for
which Morgan vainly offered the Italian
government million dollars.
1t was Laura de Dianti's portrait that
brought trouble few years ego to a
certain count. who out of cons deration
for his family shall be nameiess. Dis
sipation had weakened his brain and he
literally fell in love with the picture. Day
after day he lowered before < until his
conspicuous figure and strange manner
drew the attention OF the authorities OF
the museum to him. In u rounda bout
Way his name was learned. and his fam
lily notified of his queer behavior From
that moment the loVeSck count has been
seen at the gallery no more
Several women have become euamored
of Titians great portrait. The Man With
the Glove" As the attraction of oppos.tes
is one of the laws of nature. it is the
tempestiious. unrestrainad young woman
who finds her ideal in this portrait of an
evident dreamer An American girl who
had come to Paris to study painting was
for a time thrown off her balance by the
MAN With the Glove. At every avail
able chance she went 70 the Louvre to
be near this one portrait. and pnoto-
i. graph of the beloved one was lncased i'll
a soft leather travelling frame which she
carried with her wherever. she w.silt Sits-
frankly confessed the queec Ease. nation
the picture had for her. and at tir@t he
friends laughed at her: hut, finally tnei-
to keep her out OF the Louvre unit! she
had recovered her equilibrium.
On receipt of the above story in Lon
don q writer went 10 the National Cal
lery to see if anything Of the sort had
ever been noticed there. The official to
whom he applied said that while many
cases hae occurred of people returning
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he became emperor lie found the pic
ture in the palace at Eountainebieau and
had it removed to his bedroom, where
it hung until mis- fall, when it was re-
moved 10 the Louvre.
On tho other hand. there were people
who seemed to be tainted into hatred
by Mona Lisa $" smile. They used
sometimes TO shake their fists at her
and after a young goVerness had
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Y ERYTKIING to-
cay is portray
Dy the moving
picture show. You
can go to one of
the little shows
a n d be trans
ported To n Y
part of the world
YOU care to visit.
In one evening you
can see the great
pageant Of the
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siashed with a penknife another of the
Louvre pictures, a few. years ago. the
officials became. alarmed for the safety
of Mona Lisa and put Il glass cover
over the painting, and for time kept
"A guard within a few feet of her from
morning till night, for fear ore of the
folk whom she seemed to madden
would try to do her an injury. Cnilap-
PLY, on Mondays, when the gallery was
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nlnSS cOrOndtlOn III LONUUIl, tfIttl tIs!I
the wastes OF Siberia in Russia, from
here to Rome and ramble among the
oldest ruins in the world. then on 10
china. Japan, India. the Philippines. and
finally wind up with trip around the
world. with total cost of few five
cent pieces for Your world tour.
And now Uncle Sam has entered the
ZANE with the greatest picture show of
Them all He has started in a small way,
hut in short while he viii have thou
sands OF films passing back and forth
over the entire country. being exhibited
at every picture show in the land. And
al Of them viii illustrate what ne is do
Ing for the benefit OF his people.
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OF persons. not apparently crazy. failing
literally in love with some one 81 the
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At one Of the illustrated lectures given
before a mixed audience of Cheyennes
and Arapahoes, DIR. Joseph A. Murphy
says the interest shown by the Indians
was intense. More than thousand In
dams attended this lecture. which was
given while fair was going on at Wa
tonga, Okla. In commenting on the in
terest displayed by the Indians Dr. Muir
ply said:
The grandstand holds more than 500
people and it was filed from start to fin
ish. Probably about two thousand In
dams attended the fair, and il is safe to
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Mrs. Peacock. As far as is known the
marriage has been an eminentiy happy
one.
Copyright, 1911. 10y Curtis Brown