El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-10

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of the kitchen things were packed and
/ the whole apartment upset
| Warren took his hat from the boy
1 at the door and passed on. calmly I'M
conscious of that youths resentful
| stare. Never tip 'em unless they've
! got pockets" was his creed.
He pushed Helen through the re-
! volving door, and for a moment they
stood outside, gazing down Broadway
| with its myriad of flashing signs.
which way? Want to go over and
Lets walk up here a few blocks
! first proposed Helen. I'VE don't
have to go back just yet do we?"
! heartily. for he, too. had visions of
/ the disheTeled apartment. But I've
walked about enough for one day. let's
! go somewhere where we can sit
I down. How about this? Want to go
/ in here for a few minutes.
! He paused before a place gay with
highly colored Autographs. "Admis
sion 10 cents read the sign over the
ticket window a., "A huge Toda billboard S5
| Outlaws Revenge" A girl in a pink
I evening dress with flowing yellow
/ hair was bound to the tracks, while
| around a curve an express train came
! sweeping down upon her.
why, Warren, this is moving pic
wen. what if it is? You are too
good to go to a picture show. are you?
! Some of them have mighty good pic
1 lures"
/ Helen had, of course, seen moving
| pictures in vaudeville, but she had
\ never been to the regular ten cent
movies
As Warren thrust his hand into his
pocket and approached the elaborate
| " coiffured and blondined lady at the
ticket window, Helen hastily drew him
back.
"Oh. dear. let's not go in here-at
least not tonight" alphabetically.
why not?" CURLY.
"Oh, I've read they're so crowded.
I'm afraid it would be so close in
there-it,s so warm and sultry. any
way"
well. what about an open air
| place? Lots of those uptown"
In a few minutes they were on the
| elevated speeding Harlemward. Even
though Warren had only a general
| idea of where to go. they had little
| trouble in finding an outdoor show"
Helen was amazed at the size Of the
place. The whole of a large vacant
lot had been used.
There were row after row of rough
board benches. At the end was a plat
| screen, and a young woman strum-
ming popular airs or a long-sufferinS
piano.
Evidently they entered just at the
end of a wild west sketch, for a group
of cowboys were throwing a rope over
a limb, while beneath stood a young
! man (of the hero type) with his hands
bound behind him.
They were pulling the moose over his
head, when in cloud of dust in the
distance two men and a girl came
dashing along the mountainsiGe.
Jumping off their horses, the girl
I waving a paper, they ran up just in
time. The hero's hands were IN
bound, the girl fell in his arms, and
the picture flashed off the screen.
This way out! This way OUT
shouted the usher suggestively, hop
ing to make room for more newcom-
ers before the next pictures.
Helen glanced around the audience
with much interest Mostly women,
few of them wearing hats. There were
many children Several baby car
riages stood back against the fence.
Plainly people of the neighborhoodE
choosing this way to spend sultry
summer evening.
The name and trade mark of the
company and the notice, This picture
passed by the board of censors," was
now flashed on the screen The title
of the next sketch, The Bankers
Scene in a banking house. evident
ly at night. Clerk taking ledger from
safe. Chances around fearfully and
alters entry. Discovery of THEFT
ledger. Guilty clerk at desk. unsus-
pected.
Next, letter on the screen-a bank
presidents son asks father for $500
loan. The son suspected Arrested.
stern father refuses to shield him.
Prison scene, bankers son visited
by his fiancee. Then the girl seeks
detective and implores aid. Detective
follows clerk. Finds him betting on
races. Clerk arrested-confesse
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scene-father repentant, consents -
wedding.
But DEAR" whispered Helen, why
don't they have more realistic stories?
The pictures are so good, they're so
steady and so wonderfully taken! But
it's all so unreal"
Don't want realism in place like
this, romance and melodrama is what
they're after Most of these people
get enough realism at home But 1 60
object to a hundred dollar butler in a
$37 flair IS new picture now showed
the interior of what was evidently 4
cheap Harlem apartment.
young woman seated self-con-
sciously at the piano, while a solemn
faced butler, who would have graced
a Fifth avenue mansion, brought in
the mail and with naughty dignity
laid it on the cheap looking table
That's great, laughed Warren.
Buffers go well with golden oak in
stalment house furniture, I'll wager
this is supposed to be a millionaire
home-they're always a screamr'-
And even Helen could not help
laughing at the absurdity of a butler
among such furnishings
The next was another western
story. More cowboys and pistols and
galloping ponies, and the Inevitable
western girl in her SLOUGH hat, short
riding skirt and leggins.
Huh" grunted Warren, IF the
automobile drives out the horse
they'll always breed 'em for moving
pictures"
And all the time the girl at the
piano was grinding out pathetic or
lively airs to suit the chara cter of the
scenes. Helen wondered how she
could keep it up, how long she had
played that day and how much longer
would she have to play. Plainly the
management thought the music gave
an atmosphere to the pictures. and so
it was continuous.
Had about enough" asked Warren.
But just then there flashed on some
scenes from India. Washing the
Sacred Elephants in the Gauges"
"Oh, wait dear, ] do want to see
these. This is really wonderful"
So steady and clear were the pic
lures that one could see the sides Of
the hugh beasts rise and fall with
each breath. as they lay patiently sub