The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-27
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 and stairs of concrete and iron. Both were hopelessly dirty. but the house was doing good business. the manager told me- asked the privilege of going behind the screen. The unpre- possessing front of the house was a. vision of beauty in comparison with what I found behind the screen. Gen. rral disorder prevailed Two forlorn young people. man and woman. were sitting cooped up in little washroom waiting for their turn at the illustrated song This turn would probably oc- cur two or three times during the af- tern0on and necessitated their remain T failed to- discover stairways but did find wooden structure. ha,lf-ladder. ha1f-stairs which had been put in as afterthousht, the manager told me. explaining that in some unaccountsbae way. in the eonatruction Of tho build ing they had forgotten to put any stairs in the batk of the house This is an e1rsllent exanple of the un-i thought 4pt1t bui1d ding of a picture the etre- Great 4housf1t and attentio1 is always atKens shoWexefs to the 1ocati on. ofthe boF of1se, that it may be in the passerby can escape its allurins ID rice of adrniss5on-
 Motion pictures ard the most DO fentia1ly powerful medium for the spread of ideas and ideals among the mass of people that has been de- v1sed. Moreover. the motion picture does not present itsen to it's devctees with an edn1at tiona or phIiant hr opi- cal tags E B to them a means. within their nfianciaz reach, of anadseraent and 1uteresf The child or man too impatient tb read or to Ds caught ver- bally wan sreedily absorb picture which is nnelv daca ionsI T11e mo- Ar[ press isfA great medium of The pub Tie thoue low shah this nnoul ding be shapedy Shan 1t he That Of q pen- my press or shall it be something big ger. finer. more tEuthfuI. Few young sters fed on it's food have grown to fqH manheod hut 2 crop of it sFaeu- ateH will soon be- Among them what is the ca1rr1c1a1,zz Beauty2 Ideal ism? Batrzotizm Broadmfnded sympathy7 understand5nG Of other people and p1aces2 A Enow3edge of we'll gpent evenings2 To people coming from oraznped quarters from our least beau flfuI sections, do they convey Bcene Of beauty and desirable condft lo1lse All this they must do before the mede1 theatre of tomorrow is evolved Picture shows are the shows os the people; they may be run and well run at reasonable profits and yet put be- fore the people the very best
 
 the people to get their birthright?
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 Erefyw here schools. libraries. set- ueInent housas are s ta blished and. va4st sums arc being pended sear1v in their sapporf- Men Of educaLt1o 1on' and power give their thought ana time that these centres 80 vsluab1e to the commonW Wea1th. may be deve1oF ed to their fullest capacity. Our children are taught tpap1 p1,Es ts and pnsisrss but ws are strangely anrnind tua cf that stronger infzd ence: which fs so rapidly assuming suncontrolIabIe pro- por4i dhs, the eomtnerciaI picture the- atre- The child in many cases hasst 2 be forced to go to school; he is not always responsive to the appeal or the library br the settlement house. But let him see the sign of his beloved picture show and he needs no urging 10 make him enter nor to keep him there indeinftely. There he is of his own free wfl1s and it Is our duty to sec that only the best is shown him tion while in Ihs ts1eatr q Here ls so- ciaI centre rapidly deveIoping V hich is xetfto be brought to 4 standard of ex- ceIlenee. Its sn7Tnense infzuencs and possibilities for good have so far been barely touched upon. In the first com
 
 tors League which was held In New Y Tork last J4ily. 1t was significant that not one plan or suggestion for g. model EhentresNve 5 fo be found All kinds of Eancx zboxes Advertising signs, freak musfcd instfnments. souvehirss to be nsed as pre1Tffumss were there; but no 3re to point the way to the model theatre bnilding which providing conn fort and safety for it's audience, will also recbenfze it's obligation to those who provide the entertafnTnent and whose influence is so far-reach1ng.
 MODEL THEATRE COMING.
 That the smodeI theatre is being thoughtyspf by many, is evidenced in the letters and appeals which are fast to bring some of these splendid dreams 10 practical reality by the concentrated effort of those who have faith- to give to us in this country q theatre wi1ica will bear favorable com par1son with those theatres of ti1e Old world which are the admiration of all, and as this ideal theatre is developed those less attractive will be eliminated or mend their ways.
 when a city feels there is much to rensures in it's cheap theatres there can be mol better way of effecting change h these danger spots than 10 estab- fish and maintain in that city a model kheatret Such a theatre will Serve double purpose, for not only will tt provide d first class entertainment at nominal cost, but if it is success fs1f. and It surely will be, it will prove itself to those who might be sceptical without an actual demonstration.
 Tn that model theatre we must have a buiIdfng with light. air and exits on a1l -four sides. In large cities st1rrounding land will be impossible but in many smaller communities we can have both shrubs and green abou, the bhzfdtng. Each theatre while ad- herring to certain fixed standards may be varied according to the needs of its nafghborhood. In many eases would have not only facilities for checking fhs baby carriage. but I would go g rtep farther and check the baby itself