El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-17
SCHOOL GROUNDS FOR MUNICIPAL PLAY
GROUNDS DISCUSSED BY WOMEWS CLUB

membership Of the board. She snoRa
of the censors' cooperation with tbe
film manufacturers and that as a ruIe
there was little trouble in seclriDg
cnaHbes III INNS because the film man
realized the Advertising
NaIue u OelHS approved by the national
board OF censors. However. she said
the work of the board was necessariIv
very broad and the main aim We to
prevent the showing Of immoral in
furious or Hbelous films. consecuentIv
the educational side was NOT consid-
cred. over 5,OOO,OOO children a day at
tend some movie performances. she said,
and suggested the splendid onnort11nitv
offered through the movies for educa-
tionaI purposes.
Mrs. TIhOmRsOn's Paper Read.
Mrs. ". l. Foxworth read Mrs. R. E.
Thomasons paper on the moving pic
lures Of today, After a comprehen-
sive review of the evolution of effort.
and time and art required in the pro-
duction of a big moving picture reel of
today, like Julius Caesar" THE Last
Days sof Pompeii," and others. She
gave a comparison of the wonderful
improvement in the class and KIND of
pictures from the entire productions.
Mrs. Thomson commented upon the
brotherhood of man being proved
through movies, which have been
adopted with equal favor in almost ev-
i cry SbGtAoh VI AAe BlOpe. she SAID that
in showing the customs and character
istics of the people Of various countries
to other countries they would promote
a better world spirit. She touched upon
Edison's prediction that the movies
would in 10 years revOlutionize educa-
tional methods and spoke of their use
I by corporations to each methods Of
I safety, or craftsmanship, etc, and their
wonderful value in teaching history
n geography to the school children.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Lewis gave an interesting
history of the growth of the moving
years. She said that today, in
point of capital invested, the
leading film producers rank with
the leading corporations Of the world.
She talked of the Methods of booking
by the film producers and gave an
entertaining account of her visit to the
moving picture production plant In
California. She said the motion play
had gone through the various stages
of development parallel with the drama,
until now, through the feature film, II
had reached a wonderful artistic point
and had been elevated to the art Of the
drama in production n presentation,
She discussed its general educational
value, particularly in making history
and geography vivid to school children
and commented upon the use of moving
pictures for these and other subjects
HI uAe o0 SeAoCL IN oAN
schools. She said that no factor has
done so much for the general tnfOrma-
ton of the American people as the
moving pictures.
Mrs. S. Aronstein discussed the edu-
cationaI value of the motion picture
play. She spoke of the advantages OF
the moving picture over the "legiti.
mate dramatic productions in the mat
! ter of scenery and settings for the pic
lures and in general of the improve
ment in the kind of pictures being pro-
! duced, the place that they had taken II
the theatrical world and the entrance
into the silent drama of the mOst
noted and famous of the Legitimate
drama actors and managers. She alsC
touched upon the feature film, with it,
splendid educational and dramatic
value, and said that even when eventu
ally produced in the cheaper house al
cheaper prices, these films were bound