The Washington herald., 1914-06-06

Motion Picture Editor-As you seem tc
be making a classification Of picture
theater pests" in your columns. let me
save you the trouble OF putting them in
a card index b. stating that they really
all bslong in one class-egotists; that is
people who do not realize that there Ii
any one in the world besides themselves
For instance. to specify my particular
grievance, the woman-w with -the-hat: she
does not wear that hat with the fendish
purpose of obstructing your view, but
merely because 1t does not occur to her
that there is anybody else in the place
besides herself. And, the man who wor.
ries one OF your correspondents by beat
ing an anvil chorus on his chair back.
is not trying to annoy him. he only does
not observe the insignificant presence in
front of him: to him all other men are
shadows. And the man, or woman. who
makes comments In loud voice upon the
play. though not strictly oblivious of
, the presence of others, are led by their
egotism to suppose that their neighbors
really prefer to hear comments to think
ing II out for themselves. And, one
nuisance not yet sent in for classifica-
ton. is the facetious youth who makes
would-be funny remarks throughout a
serious drama also is not totally
oblivious Of your presence. but is under
the impression that you are more en-
tertained by his wit than by the play.
After this lucid. logical. and definite
explanation Cyou will observe am some
thing of an egotist MYSELF, you will
perhaps be pestered no more about
pests. H. L. B.
Motion Picture Editor: Dear Miss
Burke: The pests are pretty bad, aren't
they? l am -venturing a word in this
pest" argument for the first time be-
cause 1 discovered last night at a movie
that behold 1 am a pest / didn't care
very much for the picture on the screen
and so chatted cheerfully with my COM
panion-until I noticed several ladies in
my vicinity casting burning glances OF
Indignation in my direction. ceased
talking. but 1 was driven to the refiec-
ton that maybe all pests are not as bad
as they are written about In The Herald.
Not having been in this pest scrap
previously, 1 don't feel that / have to
take up arms about II. but reflect with
grief upon the possibility of being classi-
fed by the editor of the Query olumn
as an entirely new kind Of q pest"
L. G.
Motion Picture Editor: On May a
Pathe pictures were taken of the Fire
Regained pageant. How soon will these
pictures be shown and where? VIII they
be in Mount Pleasant any time soon:
Thanking you in advance, ATHENE
p. S.-Please answer Wednesday or
Thursday Of this week, as I leave the
city the last Of the week
Dear Athene: Your note. dated June l.
was not received by us until Friday
morning. This naturally made II diff
ficult to answer on Wednesday or Thurs
day. You probably noted. however, In
yesterdays Herald that the Cosmos
Theater is going to show the Fire Re-
gained pictures for one week. / dare
say they will then be shown at other
places throughout the city.
Motion Picture Editor: Motion picture
fans would be greatly obliged II man.
ayers would post at the box office win
dow, or elsewhere in front, a brief list
of the plays to be shown that day in
the order in which they will be shown.
The passersby could then learn by in
curry Just what picture is then on the
screen and he could calculate when his
favorite film would be shown. Many
people go into q theater to see one pic
ture only. They do not like to lose time
rather than quantity. An additional help
would be to show out in front when the
feature play. or other drawing card is to
begin each time. II would not be neces-
sary to show the beginning time of all
other pictures, II the order in which
shown is indicated. BY knowing just
when the picture most desired may be
seen the fans will get increased satisfac- |
tion and the theaters more money with |
out additional expense to them.
THOMAS w. GILMORE.
Thomas w. Gilmore: Your suggestion |
about having the bulletin on the plays |
posted outside the theaters sounds like q
good one Maybe some of the theater |