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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

close at regular intervals with the
teeth Of the locking device within the
camera
This combination of sprocket wheels
and double row of perfOrati0ns holds
the film steady for $40 of 1-46 part
OF a second while the shutter opens and
admits a beam Of light
The film is then jerked forward in
another lilo Of lac of a second and
remains stationary while the camera
shutter again reyOlves and admits a
second beam Of light for the next pic
ture- In this way it is possible for
&c impressions to be taken in a second,
12,t6O IN minute and 156,6OO IN an
hour Usually II or 16 exposures per
second are commercially profitable.
Making the Picture.
When the actors in the film drama
have taken their positions within the
triangular lines which have their apex
at a point directly beneath the camera
and which diVerge to include every
thing within the scope of the lens,
the sensitZed silver strip Of film is
inserted and drawn over the numerous
pulleyS within the machine.
The operator then carefully focuses
upon his subjects, tells them the time
limit in which the action Is supposed
rector announces that all Is ready,
gives the word for action to start and
simultaneously commences to revOlVe
the crank.
The electricians meanwhile have
turned on their parabOlic magnesium or
arc lamps. These lamps are equipped
with actnic carbOns and refIectors.
When the stage director calls for
lights" other attendants sometimes
place a dazzling white screen in front
OF the camera in such a position that
its reflected light is cast upon the
players from below the slightly raised
platform on which the action is staged.
The lens of the camera shutter then
fits back and forth with a purring
sound, which is augmented by the
Tghizzing Of the rapidly revolving drum
OF ceIluloid film.
Succession of Tiny Pictures.
During the interval in which the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

HERE is a signal Improvement
in the Western pictures now be-
\ ing released. Where yesterday
COWBOYS. dressed from a mai order
houses pattern, staggered and blus-
tered after the Ashton OF MOrgan's
buccaneers and on the film were
made to participate in happenings quite
as improbable as the legendary ad-
ventures of the Spanish Main, we now
see animated bits from real western
life. The change is refreshing ana
the new order Of films lar more IN
teresting than the ridiculous portrayal
Of scenes enacted by WOuld-be Dead
WatchfuIness and thoughtful atten-
ton to detail are responsible for TINS
noticeable change in film production,
which is putting on the screen real
cowboys instead Of the fanc1ful crea-
lions which too long have maSquer-
AIDED before the moving picture cam
era in stories as grOtesque and dis
tOrted as the characters themselves.
CfviIizing Influences.
In the country of magnificent dis
tances. where the lOnghOrn steer and
unbranded mustang usurped the herl-
tage of the buffalo. where the tWO-gun
bad man of fiction really did exist,
we now find the horizon broken by
the outlines of flOUrishing towns and
cities, blOOded cattle and pedigreed
horses, pasture enclosed, and land
owners practicing intensive farming
No longer do the cowboy and Indian
play hide and seek without fence in
terruptiOn.
The old West, with its picturesque
glamOr and untrammeled freedom, is
a fascinating subject, and is in itself
sufficiently interesting without the
dressing Of exaggerated and highly
cOlOred dramatic effects
CiviIzing influences have decidedly
modified and practically erased yes
terday's wild and woody VISTA but
fortunately civilization and modern in
ventiOns have given US the moving
picture camera as the means with
which to perpetuate conditions which
otherwise would perish utterly.
Realism Which Is Not Gr0tesque.
It is good to see a crowd Of whole
some American cowboys sweep over
the rise and pull up Just in time to
save the maiden in distress 1t makes
the blood run faster to see a troop
of clean cut Cavalrymen with guidOns
flying dash into the fray as they did
before the Carlisle Indians made their
reputation as football players. It ac-
CELEBRATES the pulse to see. big out of
door characters do stirring things in
g daSh1ng way. and 1t is good to know
that the film manufacturers have at
last prepared to give US this class OF
Western realism without the aid Of
painted background and artificial
characters
The public demands good Western
subiects-subjects full Of pep and
ginger, subjects which excite and
thrill; but the public wants the real
stuff lOgisally presented, not a mess
Of dime novel episodes. he exhibition
OF which is detrimental to young Am
erica and a reflection on the intelIi-
gence Of young Americas father and
mother.
In the past film manufacturers and
their producers have taken all kinds
Of liberties with the public. We have
had films where the Indian Of 1776
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
MADE PICTURES OF
MEXICO CITY FIGHT

The recent fighting in the streets Of
Mexico City has furnished plenty of
good material for the moving picture
man and during the entire outbreak n
the capital the Universal company has
had a camera man on the job. Both
he and a representative Of the company
were armed with passports, but found
their work difficult and hazardous FOR
all that.
They took several thousand feet OF
film. showing the actual battles in the
streets, including the attack on the
American club and its subsequent des-
tructiOn by the rebel soldiers, the can
nOnading Of the buildings the struggles
in the streets and the fearful carnage
wrought by the shelling Of the resi-
Dental sections of the city.
The utmost danger attended the tax
ing of the pictures Despite their pass
ports and the papers admitting them TO
every portion Of the city, the photo
grapher and representative were
obliged to use strategy to gain ad-
Vantageous positions from where they
could take pictures unmOlested-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
MISSION OF FILMS
Is EDUCATIONAL
w. H. Swanson, of the Universal Com
pany, Talks Of the
Future.


Future.
". H. Swanson, secretary Of the Uni
Versal Film company, is one of the men
IN the moving picture industry who
from his observations of the growth
OF the business during the last few
years, is convinced that even bigger and
more important changes are bound to
occur in the near future.
I believe" said Mr.. Swanson, during
the course OF an interview. that the
entire aspect Of the manufacturing end
OF the moving picture industry Will be
changed within the next year or two.
The people are gradually awaken
ing not so much to the amusement end
And this is going to be a big factor in
the future
The more stereotyped dramas and
comedies will all have to go and make
way for pictures along educational
lines Not only will this be true of the
ordinary comedy and drama, but Of
all pictures that haven't some distinct
bearing on vital human problem. For
this is a far greater field than the
amusement field.
NO new industry has had such a
hard fight to gain recognition. or been
so laughed at as the moving picture
industry Until very recently many
college professors, educators, miniStc.S
and other prominent men have looked
upon the moving picture game rather
sceptically. but since some of the more
recent pictures along the educational
and historical lines have been put in
the field. these same men have begun
to change in their attitude and accept
the moving picture as a coming factor
in the educational field
In fact continued Mr. Swanson. Il
believe that in many of the higher
sciences the pictures will be used al
most entirely And when this takes
place. the millions Of dollars now in
vested in the moving picture industry
viii be doubled and trebled.
THE majority of the business at the
present time, in fact you might say
the bulk OF it, is right here in New
York city"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
MOVING PICTURES
UNDER THE WATER
The otter and COmpaniOnabIe Fish
shown In Their Everyday
Homes.

such has been the phenomenal ad-
vance of motion picture photography,
and so clever have the takers of
films" become in blending various
scenes that nothing seems impossible
upon the Screen-eFen the otter IS
now shown under water NeTerthe-
eSS students OF natural history know
that there are certain subjects which
cannot be faxed" and breeds Of wild
animals which have never been trained
to do stunts before the camera
Painters and scientific photographers
who have lurl1ed for hours in hiding
just to get one chance snapshot at
a wild fox or even a WOOdchuck real
iZe the difficulties of catching the
animal in its natural state and habit
of life.
Strange to say the great earnivora
have been captured by the camera
more easily than the rapidly disap-
peaTing specimens of our own fauna,
whose years Of contact with humanity
have taught them to be exceedingly
cautious.
one Of the shyest and most Sc
cretive animals is the otter, which
has been hunted for its valuable fur
until only few specimens survive in
most favorable hiding places, and
cunning of their ancestors in eluding
the sight as well as the skillfully laid
traps of the arch hunter, man.
The phOtographing Of animal life be-
low as well as above the surface Of the
water had never before been attempted
The KinemacOlOr company, however
will soon release a film in which the
otter is actually shown swimming
and catching fish, some distance be-
low the surface. So clear are the
photographs that the CLINT Of light
filtering through the water is reflect
ed by the silver scales of the small
fish swimming past the camera
This picture is the achievement Of
Percy Smith, the English expert Of the
KinemacOlOr company in natural SCI
ence work, who constructed a subma-
rine observatory On the spot and after
wards devoted many patient days Of
appear.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

they go.
The strip Of film on which moving
pictures are made IS usually about one
and One-Quarter inches wide The
reel or drum on which the cellulold
film is wound comes from the factory
IN thin cylinders These are unlOaded
from the film mandatory in wagon
loads and kept in the tins until ready
for use --.---.-
The films are generally 1000 feet in
length Each side OF the film bears
q row Of holes to fit the sprOckets Of
the wheels within the moving picture
machine The manner IN which the
films are run over the sprOcket wheels
varies in different machines
Some manufacturers do not use the
eeluloid film, having recently adopted
non-inflammable. material for their
reels. This improvement was IOrcibly
suggested by the many fires In moving
picture houses through the explosion
or accidental combustion Of cellulOid
films In some European cities the use
OF ceHulOld films Is expressly forbid
den. Until q nOn-Tnfiammable film
material was manufactured thousands
of moving picture - houses IN Russia
Ukase issued after q disastrous fire in
eastern Europe when lis moving pic
ture patrons lost their lives. follow
ing an explosion Of a cellulOid film.
&C Impressions a Second.
The film used in the moving pic
Ture machine IS an adaptation of the
continuous TOA which is used in snap
shot work by the still Photographic
In ], 900 feet Of film there are approx
mately 5000 separate pictures each
measuring ab out XXI IA inches It
takes about eighteen minutes to run
Off or project this 1,OOO-fOot film
When the roll Of highly sensitized
film is taken from the tin and slipped
into the crank or right side of the
camera fright hand side from the pro-
sectors standpOint) the perforations on
the outer edges Of the film are made to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

IuIOid films, and by a process OF
washing and treating have been able to
convert the discarded films to their
own uses.
Within the last few months, how
ever, film manufacturers have grasped
the opportunity for repeating the prof
films and use them again for camera
work.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

creeps up on an unsuspect1ng Wearer
of a 1912 model collar and shoots him
dead with a businessLke repeating
rifle We have been offered moving
pictures of pioneers OF 40 pushing
through a trackless plain guided only
bv the sun, the stars, TIE moon ana
a smooth, well defined m1cadam road
way.
Genuine Cowboys and Indians
We have been moved BY the hOmely
campfire meal Of these early pioneers.
who, as dusk approaches. partake OF
their meagre supper Of bacon, Dutch
oven biscuits and a brand OF canned
goods first advertised as long ago as
1908. We have felt the eye grow
moist as we see on the screen the
tOttering prOspector who, stumbling
on through the desert toward MS gold
en- dream Of 1S49, topples over a half
hidden soap box Labelled Chicago
1917
Manufacturers have now gone to
the other extreme They hire none
but genuine cowboys and real In
dams. They refuse to stage their
dramas in Brooklyn back yards or
Jersey picnic grounds As a result the
Public is now entertained with West
ern films which are above criticism
in so far as their fidelity to a fast
dying phase of our American pioneer
life is concerned and in which an
anachronism Is as rare as a buffalo
out of Yosemite.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
GROWTH OF PICTURE PLAY
Has BEEN REIARAABLY FAs

There are over nine million paid ad-
missions to moving picture shows daily
These figures are official For every
5000 Of a city's population there is, on
the average, a moving picture show
The average seating capacity Is soc,
which is filled at least twice a day
Within the last few months there
have been wonderful developments in
the noting picture play world
Immense capital has entered the field
intent on placing the business on
higher plane and in building better
theaters. Mr., Frohman, the best known
manager OF theatrical speaking stars,
is putting them into moving pictures.
Sarah -Bernhardt received $50, 900 for
posing. Other famous stars are under
contract
With most photo-pIays there is
flashed upon the screen the names OF
the cast. Therefore the patrons are
familiar with the names and faces OF
the leading players. They are inter
ested in their personalities, their do
ings and forthcoming plays in which
they viii appear. A great clientele is
being built up.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

The easiest and best way to expand
the chest is to have a large heart
in il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

The only man who never makes a
mistake is the man who never does
anything
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
A New West Offered On the Screen

Old Mail Order Out Of DateFn Makers Are
Now Demanding Accuracy to the Smallest Detail
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

Better keep your temper. it is worth
more to YOU than to anyone else.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

7 know OF nothing more disgusting
to look at than a liar.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
The Man About Town
will Tell You
That the Most Real Pleasure in Moving
Pictures is to be Found at The Grecian

When there you find nothing but something good The
pictures all the latest clean and evage best that can be
produced by hgh-class and actresses.
The comfortable and the whole house as clean as
So thoroughly sanitary that impossible for the ever
lurking disease to find hiding place No foul
GRECIAN, 50 perfect is the ventilation
It's pure maduerated entertainment and genuine comfort Won
get there every day. When you to the GRECIAN you'll see there
those who clean and wholesome shows from the banker to the
abOr they all go because they the and best for the money!
Fathers and mothers you send your children to the GRECIAN
with the full satisfaction of knowing they viii be safe IN every way
1t appreciates and wants patronage and if YOU are looking
for real quality amusement It will get you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
MOVING PICTURE FILM
FLICKS UP JUST $4,000
IMPRESSIONS AN HOUR
Remarkable 11OOOFOot Strip Is Sensitive Nerve of the
Busness-Takes Infinite Number of Tiny Photo
graphs, Separate but Successive - Bungles in
Acting Skilfully Cut Out - Can Be Used
Again or Made Into CelIuloid Collars

y r OWING picture inter
MI picture teeth Of the locking de
= = films come where
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

VIII R Winch. manager Of the
WigWam. has installed Western
Union clock in the front of and along
side the curtain in his theater. with
a light constantly shining on the face,
so that his patrons can always tell just
what hour 1t is. Manager L. J. Locke,
OF the Unique. flashes the time on the
curtain at the end Of each performance.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

Perfect
Ventilation
Clean
Comfortable
Absolutely
FireprOOf
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

Ruth Boland known to her fellow
players in one of the Kalem's western
companies as the village cut-up," is an
expert rider. and swimmer, a skilled
hand with the fencing foils and a re-
markable shot with the rifle. She
made her debut on the legitimate
stage in Honolulu at the age of four
years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

Finest
Moving
Picture
House
in the
Southwest
Evening star., 1913-02-15
FOR HEAD OF LAND OFFICE
Two Candidates Believed to
Have Equal Chance for the
Appointment.

Judge J. W. Whitten. law clerk of the
general land office. and A. c. Shaw, a
practicing lawyer in Portland, Greg, are
democrats prominently mentioned as can
didates for the Office of commissioner of
the general land office in succession to
the incumbent, Fred bennett. whose serv-
ices are expected to terminate with the
republican administration of the govern
ment.
Judge Whitten is a Missourian. Had
Champ Clark been the nominee of the
democratic party and elected to the presi-
dency his choice for land commissioner,
1t il said, would probably have fallen
upon Judge Whitten.
Mr. Shaw was at one time chief of the
Evening star., 1913-02-15

nit of the general concentration de-
sired
While the various brigades created in
the orders are scattered considerably
within the departmental limits, it is ex-
pected that the commander of each bril-
gade shall by constant travel keep in
touch with all of its elements, so that
when the War Department has occasion
for the services in an emergency of the
army unit. namely. a full brigade it will
be necessary to give only one order. di-
rected to the commander of that brigade.
who will himself summon it's constituent
parts into whole and effective organiza-
ton.
The next step to be taken under the
reorganization plan will be to dispatch
a large portion of the regular troops
now within continental United States to
the Canal Zone and Hawaii to form per-
manent garrisons in those places, but II
must be left to the next administra ton
to carry out that portion of the plan If II
sees flt TO continue the new policy, just
inaugurated.
Evening star., 1913-02-15
ARMY BILL PASSED
Measure Approved by Senate
Appropriates sos, ,000,0 900.
HAS SOME NEW FEATURES
Thousands of Dollars Expected to Be
Saved to U. S. by Building
Contract Clause.

Carrying appropriations of about $50
100000. the army appropriation bill was
passed by the Senate yesterday after
noon. 1t will now go to conference be-
tween representatives of the two houses
for the adjustment of differences between
the two bodies involving appropriations
of about s1.ONO,OOO and several legisla-
tive provisions affecting the organization
of the army.
An amendment to the bill proposed by
Senator Sutherland and adopted while
the bill was under consideration in the
Senate provides that the recent law pro-
viding for the substitution of enlisted
men for about 1000 civilian employees of
the Quartermaster Corps of the army
shall not apply to employees in the un-
classified service any more than it ap-
plies to employees in the classified civil
service, which were exempted by the law
itself.
The purpose of the law, Mr.. Sutherland
explained, seems to have been to get rid
of about 1908 of the civilian employees
of this corps. and to put in their places
permanently the enlisted men.
Evening star., 1913-02-15

homestead division of the general land
office A protege of Clifford Pinchot. he
subsequently became law officer of the
forestry service, losing that place with
the exit of Mr. Pinchot from the office
of forester.
Mr. Shaw is also southern man by
birth. The west is expected to insist that
the Interior Department and those of it's
bureaus which are concerned with west
ern development shall be headed by west
ern men thoroughly informed on the con-
dtions which will come before them for
administration.
A third candidate is a western man,
who is not taken seriously. Denver Col.
it is said, is the home of an asprant for
the secretaryship of the Interior Depart
ment. who would be willing, failing that
appointment. to accept the post OF land
commissioner.
Evening star., 1913-02-15
Plan to Override Veto.

Senate and House leaders lost no time
in arranging for an effort to override
the veto. AS soon as the message was
read, Senators Dillingham; and Simmons
and Representative Burnett, leading the
congressional supporters of the measure
made arrangements to take IL up in the
Senate Monday and in the House Tues
day With Senator Lodge. they We're con-
fident that the bill would be passed cas-
ly in both houses by the necessary two
thirds vote.
Opponents and proponents of the pro-
posed law waged a vigorous contest III
hearings before the President for the last
ten days Organized labor warmly sup
ported the bill, while several organiZa-
efons, particularly Jewish societies.
recommended its vote. Foreign nations
protested against the provision for de
failing immigrant inspectors and matrons
on vessels flying foreign flags.
Evening star., 1913-02-15
ARMY'S REORGANIZATION
BEGINS IN WEST TODAY
First Movement Under New
Order Creating Brigades of
Three Regiments Each.

orders for the reorganization OF the
army into brigades of three regiments
each took effect today. The first step
was the movement OF six battalions of
infantry and one squadron OF cavalry to
new stations in the west
The number of troops involved in that
mOvement-only 2,0oo-is an Insignificant
part Of the whole army of the United
States, but the movement is as extensive
as the War Department has found 1t
possible 10 undertake, in view of the ex-
tremdy low tide in the appropriations
for transportation and the lack of suf-
hcient barracks at the larger posts to ad-
Evening star., 1913-02-15
RETURNING HOME OUTSIDE.
Tug Davis Completes Charter Term
at Carolina Port.

Having completed her charter term at
Charleston. 8. c., the tug NJ. Mitchell
Davis of the Taylor fleet. Is scheduled to
leave that city today, bound to this city
her home port. The Davis went south
early in the winter for service as tender
TO a dredge Of the Coastwise Dredging
Company, employed in deepening the
channels at the, Carolina port. and it is
upon this work she has been engaged.
The trip homeward Will be made out
side and with good weather the tug Is
expected to pass in the capes Monday and
to arrive at this city early in the week
She will remain here only long enough
to receive such minor repairs as are nee
essary to put her in good trim and will
then sail for Cape Henry to take up
general towing work on the bay until an
other charter can be arranged for her.
Capt. Roy T. Fowkes. master Of the tug.
IL In command OF the vessel for the trip
up the coast to this city.
Evening star., 1913-02-15

was caused In the Carlton public school
here yesterday by the explosion of one
Of six dynamite caps that pupils had
found and taken to school. Harry Amey,
twelve years old. was tapping a pencil
with one Of the caps when it exploded.
Two of his fingers were blown off. When
quiet was restored dynamite caps were
found I'm the mouths Of two other boys in
the room. AL except Amey escaped in
jury.
Evening star., 1913-02-15
For Federated Colored Association.

The Garfield Citizens Association at a
meeting held last night at Garfield. ID. c.,
voted to cooperate with the Howard
Park Citizens Association in the forma-
ton of a federation of colored citizens
associations. w. II. Dabney, Eieorge
W. Pickney and William p Taylor were
appointed delegates to F.. the federation
meeting.