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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14

Der has the slightest conception OIL lHe
manufacture of the very pictures tnat al
ford them so much pleasure and amuse-
ment," said a moving picture pnotogra-
pher as he showed the writer through the
plant of one of the well known producing
companies and explained In iayhen
terms some of the why's and WnereIores
of the moving picture business.
Every trade has its tricks, contin-
ued the moving picture man. ana In this
connection the moving picture business
is i'm no way different from the rest. III
fact. tricks play very important part
in our business and without them IL Is
doubtful if the moving picture lnous'rs
ever would have grown to its present
magnitude.
Seating himself on a pile of properties
while several scene shutters arranged the
settings for a portion of civil war
drama that was being produced the
moving picture man related IN prieI
way the changes that have taken piace
in the moving picture industry curing
the last ten years and told OF the value
of tricks in his business
X
1t appears the first moving picture filings
shown in houses in this country were LOT
the most part Of foreign make. Few OF
them showed the scenes of the comeoles
and tragedies of everyday life. such as
is the case of the picture plays now In
vogue They were either out-and-out
trick films that depicted mysterious hap
penings, not unlike those of the fairy
stories. or were of the slapstick and
horseplay variety manufactured by the
French producers. moving picture
program IN those days was not complete
without a film showing a policeman
chasing nlischievous boy while an ex-
cited crowd brought up the rear or
runaway horse scene. Invariably the boy
would escape from his pursuers. VINO
in the end always persisted in falling on
top Of one another.
In the runaway film the horse general
~ managed to knock down lamp 1osts,
tear through the sides of buildings and
cause other depredations on private and
public property. Unless these types or
films were shown the moving picture pa
tron was disappointed.
These films were for the most part pro-
duced by means of the many tricks
known to the moving picture business.
Those Of the fairy show nature were
tricks from beginning to end. Such films
would show a magician making myster1-
Gus passes over an egg. The next in
slant the egg would burst open and a
beautiful girl no larger than your finger
would step out and begin to dance An
other pass by the magician and there
would be flash OF smoke and the girl
would disappear. This is but one in
stance of the many hundred trick films
that were shown.
The last few years, however, have wit
messed a great many changes in the NOV
ing picture business. The industry mas
been elevated to a much higher plane
The runaway-horse type OF MIN mas en-
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He gets a hundred feet or SO of what
he believes to be the most interesting
views. II the picture Is one Of national
interest portion Of 1t may be used in
the next issue Of the company's
weekly The negative is then stored
Perhaps two months or two years later
the picture company accepts scenario
which has train wreck as it's big scene.
The production Of such a film would of
course be impossible were 1t not for the
fact that the company has stored away
the wreck picture taken some time be-
fore. In the foreground of this picture
trainmen, track laborers and other spec
tators are shown. The picture no doubt
shows some one searching about the
wreckage. 1t may be doctor, a news
paper reporter or the ever present souve-
mir hunter. The man is about twenty-five
years old and has a small moustache. He
is neatly dressed and wears derby.
The actor who is to play the part of
the hero in the picture play then dresses
and makes up to resemble the man in
the wreck picture. The scenes Of the play
which lead up to and follow the wreck
scene are then made. The actual wreck
scene is inserted in the proper place In
the film. A week or SO later the moving
picture theater patron sees the play re-
produced on the screen before him. He
witnesses the lovers quarrel and sees
the fair heroine steal away from her
the villain. An actual scene taken at a
time of day when the depot platform Is
not crowded shows them boarding the
train The next scene, which may either
be faxed or real, shows them seated In
the observation car. In an instant the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
SHo0JING HANDLES By MEANS OF Which CAMERA
Is OPERATED AND TMTlNG AND PANORAMIC HANDLE.

throughout the country. which distribute
them to the moving picture houses.
The speed with which some companies get
their weekly" films on the market is re-
markable. OF course, the period of time
that elapses between the actual taking
of the pictures and their presentation be-
fore the public depends entirely on the
distance the film has to be shipped. A
good example Of speedy production was
recently demonstrated by we'll known
eastern firm. A spectacular fire broke
out in a lumber yard in city about 800
miles from the home office
A camera man stationed in that city
was on the scene within a half hour from
the time the first alarm had been sent in.
He hurriedly set up his camera and got"
about fifty feet of the scene. The film
was Immediately shipped to the home
office and developed. The Thursday fol-
lowing the Saturday afternoon the fire
occurred the weekly which included the
fire scene was released in the city where
it was taken. Several portions of the
area burned out by the fire. which laid
waste to several squares of buildings,
were still smoldering.
The patron Of the moving picture the
alter often wonders how the picture play
containing a spectacular railroad wreck
scene is made. He knows that the pictures
which lead up to the big wreck scene are
faxed" some Of them having been taken
in the studio and others in the open
What excites his curiosity, however. is
the wreck scene, which shows four or five
passenger coaches piled one on top of an
other. The hero occupies prominent
part in the foreground. He is shown
dashing lady about the wreckage, In
search for the fair heroine. The follower
of the movies is completely mystifed
Could it be possible that some obliging
railroad company has wrecked one Of its
ing picture producers?
The true explanation of this very puz-
zling scene is probably as follows: A
wreck occurs on a railroad and the
moving picture man covering that terri
tory is Immediately hurried to the scene.
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brought to the Police Court by officers
and there placed in the charge or
deputy marshal. He is then made entire
ly responsible for the prisoners and.
should they escape, which has seldom
happened, the deputy would be subject
to $500 fine, the loss of his office ana
perhaps Imprisonment. There Is one
deputy marshal at the Juvenile Court,
and his duties, like those Of the Police
Court deputies, are connected almost en-
tirely with the courtroom.
After court hours the deputies in the
municipal and supreme courts must
begin their work OF serving Writs. ms
often means some twenty-five to thirty
writs to each man. and most or them
must be served that day. which Is the
day Of their issue. In the criminal
courts alone there are about fifty sum-
monses to be served each day. The past
week there were some four hundred
landlord and tenant summonses issued
at the Municipal Court and about one
hundred writs for debt cases.
There are three ways in which a
writ may be served, and it Is the duty
Of the deputies 10 state with each pa
per just how it was served. The writ
that is served personally is perhaps
the most difficult; every possible OBJ
stacle is usually put in the way Of the
marshal to prevent him seeing the de-
sired person. Other writs may be
tackled upon the door II no one responds
from within, and the third manner of
serving a writ is by leaving it in the
hands Of some member Of the house
hold not under sixteen years of age
The deputies are not generally au-
thorized to force their way into home
when serving q writ or summons, and
without this power they often md 1t
difficult to gain access. There IL a
law, handed down from old English
statutes, to the effect that "a mans
home is his CASTLE" and today this law
must be regarded. In writs of restitu-
ton, however, the deputies are author
lied to force their way into house
and a rather interesting supply OF
skeleton keys and jimmies is kept on
hand at the Municipal Court for this
purpose. There are other cases. too
when the deputies are vested with this
power, though they frequently take
their lives in their hands in carrying
1t out.
A deputy must not only be physicall,
strong to perform his duties, but he mus
possess cunning and ingenuity to outwi
those who are unwilling to see him. II
one instance a deputy's duties continued
for several days before he was finally
successful in personally serving the writ
1t was suit for damages against
wealthy woman Of the city, and 1t wa.
necessary to place the summons directl.
in her hands before she could be com
manded to appear at court. Disliking tn,
possible publicity Of the affair aud con
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Deputy Marshal With Writ Is Always Unwelcome

ment Two or three of the deputies make
their way to the saloon and one of them
slips behind the bar and grabs the cash
register. If the place Is filled. as Is fire.
quently the case the situation IS, 10 say
the least, unpleasant. In several cases
here they have had to fight their way to
the door and suffer serious injury.
Another incident OF the outWitting OF a
wealthy woman. upon whom writ was
to be personally served. was related re,
Gently by one OF the deputies. Several
attempts had been made to gain admit
lance to the house and to see Its mistress.
but they had all been unsuccessful. AS a
asst resort the deputy went to florist ,
shop and bought large flower box. This
he filled with stems, allowing the ends
to protrude from the box. He rang the
bell at the house, and when the maid
came to the door asked for the mistress.
He finally persuaded the maid that his
reason for wishing to see the lady OF
the house personally was the prospect OF
a tip. The woman appeared, and instead
Of the supposed box Of flowers received
q summons to court.
One deputy earnestly remarked not long
ago that when he was unable to serve
writ personally on woman in the
weather. parts Of the city he always OBJ
tanned a description Of her and making
his way to the corner of 11th and F
streets, waited for her to pass.
Nearly every woman goes by there
once in twenty-four hours" he said.
Though sometimes have to wait most
of the day, I generally see them .
The deputies are not without humor out
side. of their work, as Is attested py
theY joke" that one deputy pulled Off on
a cdmrade. They were both seated In a
train bound on a pleasure trip. SO the
story goes. Just in front OF them sal
very attractive young girl, and after
they had been travelling the greater part
Of the day she turned to the younger
Of the two men and made some inquiry as
to the scenery. This led to a converse
ton, and the young man slipped into the
seat beside her. After q while he rose
and walked to the water cooler for a
drink. He stood for quite a little while
gazing out of the window. but when he
10 his amazement, she Indignantly re-
fused to allow him to sit beside her OF
to talk to her. So he rejoined his COM
rade
What in the world do you suppose Is
the matter?' he asked.
"Well, Til tell you,' replied his friend
while you were up there / slipped into
the seat beside her and talked with hel
for q little while. asked her II she was
sure she had her watch and pocketbook
and then I showed ner my badge"
What! Why did you do that?' said
the younger man.
"Oh, just told her that 4 was deputy
marshal. and that you were my prisoner
and q notorious pickpocket."
And the young lady got on at the next
station firmly convinced that she had beer
spending several hours OF her time con-
versing with most desperate criminal.
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In an Epigram.

n IRIS. j. G. PHELPS STOKES Rose
IVA Pasto) stated systematically at
dinner in New York the value of an
education.
MANY poor old people," she said. ARE
spending their second childhood In the
almshouse because they spent their first
in earning instead Of learning"
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aft in the still hours of the night.
~ broken only by the low click Of the
poker chips being heaped into red, white
and blue stacks. there flashed across the
mind of Campion the thought that his
wife would have divers and sundry re-
marks to make the next day.
Campion was the host at this all-night
session. He and Ave companions sat
about the dining room table in the Cam
pion home Jacks or better weren't the
only kind of openers that had been in
use throughout the night: empty bottles
were scattered all over the sideboard. the
rugs and the window sills-to say moth
ing Of cigar ashes smeared all over pretty
much everything within reach.
The atmosphere was as thick as Cam
embert cheese. Campion realized all
these things, even while he was intent on
filling out a flush or afull house. as the
case might be. For he we'll knew that
the bunch was going to stick on until
morning, and there wouldn't be any
chance to straighten things up before
Clorinda, the maid, arrived to get break
fast.
Campion pondered over this. but the
bunch stayed on. In all sincerity he
would be able to tell Mrs. Campion that
he wanted them to go sooner. for he
had been three stacks Of chips ahead
two or three hours prior to sunrise.
But a host can't drive his guests out OF
the house just because he's been lucky
enough to take away some Of their
money. But they all decided presently
that it was a good time to quit, inasrnuch
as things had Strengthened out 30 that no
one was more than seven or eight dol
lars in the hole. They placed their re-
spectiye fevered brows beneath the faucet
in the bathroom and went away, leaving
their host to fight his own battles.
Campion knew that 1t would make mat
ters all the worse II he should 90 to bed
and sleep all day. thus showing that ne
was neglecting his business. He made
up his mind to get through the day some
how. notwithstanding his mucilaglnous
eyelids. He also prepared for the inev-
table and altogether nOn-cheering OBJ
seryations about the looks of things that
would be volunteered by his wife when
she came down to breakfast.
But surprise OF surprises! Mrs. Cam
pion came down as smiling and pleasant
as a kitten. She asked Campion II hi
was tired from being up late. Campior
said he was feeling fine, as he had jus
got up after q nice nap Of four hours Oh
the lounge.
Apparently it went. She continued
pleasant and smiling until Campion start
ed for his office.
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INTERIOR VIEW OF TYPICAL
MOVING Picture cANERA
A-NAGAZINE HOLDING UNI
EXPosED FILM
B:uAGkzNE WHICH RECEIVES
TXPOSED FILE
ct-cA-TOcUSINI TUBE
D-SHUTTER NEcHArASN
z FILM

heavy. as a general rule. The massive
Office safe that plays such an important
part in the robbery scene is easily car
ried about on ones shoulders. Its COM
ponent parts are mostly thin strips OF
wood and canvas. which have been treated
with many coats of paint. In the same
way the marble balustrade over which
the lover climbs in his haste to meet his
lady-love can easily be carried about
with one hand, for IL is generally made
of thick cardboard.
Although the making of picture plays
and the taking of current event pictures
are the most important uses to Which the
moving picture camera is put, 1t is also
utilized for many other purposes. Recent
ly in Washington a moving picture
camera was used for recording lectures
delivered in the sign language at Gal
laudet College. Every move made by the
lecturers hands was so well pictured
that when the film is reproduced on
screen it is easily read by those who un-
derstand the hand language. Several
reels. including series OF lectures on
being shown at similar institutions
throughout the United States and can
ada.
Recently moving picture camera
played an important part in the settle
ment of a claim for damages instituted
against a street car company. A pas
senger claimed that he had been thrown
from a car as the result of negligence on
the part of the motorman and that he
had been crippled for life. The attorney
for the railroad learned that the claim
was fraudulent and determined TO beat
the man at his own game.
One morning a delivery wagon drove up
in front of the home of the man making
the claim In the rear of the vehicle, hid
den from view, was a moving picture
man with his camera. BY means OF
hole in the side of the wagon he focused
his apparatus on the front door of the
house and then waited for developments.
Shortly afterward the man who claimed
he was hopelessly crippled walked out or
the house as spry as any one, ana,
mounting bicycle, rode down the street.
From the time he appeared at the door
until he disappeared from view, the NOV
ing picture camera was merrily grinding
out foot after foot of pictures. After
these had been thrown on a screen before
the jury hearing the damage suit it did
not take it long to know just what ver-
dict it should return.
Manufacturing concerns making huge
pieces of apparatus that cannot easily be
carried about for demonstrating purposes
are using reels VI moving pictures to ad-
vertise their goods. Every salesman is
furnished with reel showing the opera
ton of the piece Of machinery. When he
wishes to make demonstration he car
ries the reel to a moving picture theater
before the opening hour and pays so
much to have it reproduced on the screen
for him. AS 1t is being shown he ex-
plains the mechanism to his prospective
buyers.
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tirely disappeared and the trick film
partly SO. In their place have come pic
ture plays of an instructive nature. Some
of the best playwrights in the country
ing Of scenarios. Well known actors
have given up the stage for the moving
picture studio. The stories of mythology
and of ancient Greece and Rome are
being produced by companies Of actors
that number in the hundreds.
Only recently the type of film showing
pictures of current events throughout the
world, which is known to the moving
picture trade as 1.-The weekly has be-
come the vogue 1t has brought along
with it still further innovations in the
moving picture business. 1t has made
it necessary for the moving picture
camera men to be equally alert as the
newspaper reporter and photographer.
The time has come when the reporter
and moving picture camera man work
hand in hand. The former repeats scenes
in word pictures, the latter in actual pic
lures.
rent events of interest throughout the
world, the larger producing companies
have established representatives in many
cities. These representatives are held
responsible for the happenings In their
respective territories. No matter II the
event is the dedication of monument of
national interest, a spectacular fre. the
launching of battleship or ocean liner.
a riot or a train wreck. the moving pic
ture man is expected to be on the scene
with his camera.
=
y
When once the picture is taken the un-
developed negative is hurriedly packed
in a !lightproof tin box and mailed by
special delivery to the home Office of the
firm for which 1t has been taken. The
f1rn ;S tbon deyolOned the portion OF
greatest interest selected. and then
rushed to printing machines. In less
than an hour racks holding the finished
films are in the drying rooms The dry
ing process lasts but few minutes, ane
the films are then assembled. packed ant
shipped to the various film exchanges
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sidering It all more or less Of a nuisance,
she evaded the deputy for several days.
He was always politely admitted into
the house by the butler, and frequently
saw other members Of the household.
He spent a greater part OF each DAY
there, and when, he inquired for the lady
he was always. Informed that she was
either out OF resting, or so engaged that
she could not be seen. The house nad
three doors, and the deputy became aware
of the fact that she was using one OF
them while he sat in the front hall. An
other deputy was then stationed to Watch
the back door, and this ARRANGEMENT
finally met with success: The grocer boy
appeared at the door with some bundies,
and the deputy questioned him.. He OBJ
tanned description of the woman ana
found out just which door she USED.
..She is coming out In just few min
utes." said the boy, land she'll get In
that carriage across the street there.
This was enough for the deputy When.
after few minutes, the lady described
appeared at the door and started to make
her way to the waiting vehicle, he called
her by name and presented the paper.
She pretended to know nothing about It
at first but soon perceived that she could
evade 1t no longer.
Quite humorous story is told OF one
of the deputies at the Police Court, and
its truthfulness Is vouched for by a wit
ness of the scene. The deputy, as was
customary, held the book while the clerk
was swearing in the witness. The deputy
was particularly abrupt in speech and
had a set phrase with which he always
followed the clerks remarks.
kiss the book and look at the judge,
he would say. swapping his words out
without waste Of time. On this par
ttcular day a number of witnesses had
been sworn in and his patience and
tongue were both nearly exhausted.
Finally q huge colored woman stepp ed
up to the stand and took the oath.
kiss the judge and look at the book.
snapped the deputy.
But the incidents connected with the
daily work of the deputy marshals are
not always humorous; in fact. they see
nearly as much Of the poverty and miser.
existing in some portions of the city a.
does the missionary or slum worker. II
one instance the deputies were forced t.
move every stick Of furniture from Il
house and even some. articles Of wearing
apparel called for by the writ. Thu
mother was there with several small
children, and they were all in tears. cry
ing and begging that some OF the thing
be spared to them: Though the deputies
were heartsick over the affair, their dut!
demanded that they take everything. ant
they departed, leaving the mother ant
her children on the doorstep.
Frequently the deputies are ordered t,
collect debt owed by saloonkeeper
The cash register Is. Of course, the mos
valuable thing IN the latter's establish
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HE average daily
attendance at the
aters throughout
the United States
where moving pic
lures are exhibited
is estimated to be
between six and
ten million people.
and yet I'll venture
TO say not even a
small proportion
of this great num-
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It was q hard pull getting through that
day at his of1cs. Fully 1000 times Cam
pion had to grit his teeth. rub his eyes