The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-11-14
MOVING PICTnRE SHOWS

The moving picture show has Deen
the cause of the disappearance tof the
old travelling stock company, the barn
stormers. Indeed, with the perfection
of the film shows. the managers of the
larger shows have found that theif
profts have been eaten into. sueh
managers as Klaw & Erlanger' Brady
and the Shuberts are investing in NOV
ing picture productions IN efforts 10
make recoupements from losses in the
preseptation of the eountry's stars IN
we'll chosen vehicles.
All over the country the people are
getting the moving picture habit.
Drop into either Of the local shows u
they have not already become your
habitat in the early evening, and just
see how many people watch the un-
winding of the reels. Sometimes you'll
find a man or woman who will tell you
that he or she never goes to the NOV
ing picture shows. Maybe a month or
two later. after they have attended
several performances, where interest
inc and instructive pictures have been
shown, those very persons, with iots
of enthusiasm will ask you to come
along to 1.-THE Gem" or "The Electric.
Because of the dramatization OF dime
novel literature, the moving picture
has received a criticism that 1t de-
served. However. this evil is lessen
ing. and the show that the film house
proprietor usually presents to his audi
ence not only offers the opportunity OF
an hour Of pleasant relaxation from
business thoughts, but is educational.
World happenings are reeled of right
before our eyes. We may take sight
seing trip through far away city, and
do it even better perhaps than If we
were in the city itself. The moving
picture fails, when it makes an attempt
to present melOdrama. People with the
"movies" habit, however. are pleased
to note decrease in the presentation
of the lovey-dovey films. The moving
picture show often has music that de-
tracts from it. A mechanical tin pan
piano, even when new, hasn't the most
nelodious sound, and when it gets a
week or two of age on it, its attempts
1t tunes becomes maddening. But,
hanks to the enterprise of our local
electric shows, Hood Rivers two NOV I
ng picture concerns offer their patrons |.
etter music. 1t really seems that n
canned music" will become universal.
t is decarled. that 40 of the 5S theaters !
! New York city will be without or
hestral bodies during the coming sea- 81
on. having installed mechanical ap- .
aratus, which, however, is said to y
i've an almost perfect representation y y
the real orchestra. h
Moving picture shows have been Il
reat factor in the increase Of temper !
te- living in cities. Before their intro !
uction, the working man found the
aloons offered the only place to spen
m hour or two of leisure in association
18th other men. But the saloon in |
lost instances took more than one
lckel, for one beer always calls for
mother. The laboIer can now by the
expenditure of small sum, see the
icture show. Many of them find this
orm of amusement better than that
tfered by the saloon.
City governments often do not allow
he presentation of moving pictures on
Sundays. If the shows are of such
nature as to allow of their presentation
it any time during the week, then it is
/ mistake not to allow them on Snu-
lays. Sunday afternons and evenings,
in smaller towns, are very
quiet for men and boys who have been
working during week days. BY the
time afternoon comes they have grown
tired of the day of rest. They are in
active and begin to cast around for
something to do. 1t is at such times
that mischief incubates. Keep the
moving picture shows open and the men
and boys will have place of innocent
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