Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-09
GIVE THANKS FOE THE MOVIES.

hll H. IiiaAAD lbit LIE WY III. II
Heaven TX praised for the movies,
What 4 revolution has this new form
u public entertainment wrought ia
he lines If countless thousands. Ar
yrding 4 clan, wholesome and harm
ess amusement ~ prices within reach
. 4 all the movies have added inn
| leasurably 20 she pleasures uf life for
, ne great masses OF the people. They
ring t. the remOtest corners of the
)untry the means 81 passing 4 few
ours pleasantly each evening at ga
Apensc which Ivy almost negligible,
linparcd with the cost oi the thcatrr
ma OF other fOrn.s uf entertainment
Inch were formerly the sole means
aIlablc for the evening pleasure
yKcr. Before thc movies came to rc
eve the mouotony II cXiStcnct for
-lc masses, only those who could af
tOrd tho price of t|ilyItcr tickets -tt
goycd the delights oil the stage. The
majority al the men more often than
not spent their evenings either at the
cheap vaudeville show or Al the cor
ncr saloon, Wl,iIc tic women either
mopcd al home w spent th.lr evenings
gossippiug with their urighburS.
But. now. hnw different Almost
nightly in every place where Their i~
4 motion picture thratcr. the people
flock to them w the hundreds. The
vaudevillc show IS Y heggar Al the
doors 81 the motinn picture show. The
real stage ms I,lt kcruly thr roupc
rtlOn of tho movies TN tur cities some
Of the leading thaatrr- have abandoned
the stage iur thH flynn" film. Notable
among these arc several ol New \ ork
Citys largest amusement houses. The
effect Of placIne within reach II all
such means WI obtaining an evening" y.
enjoyment has transformed many Y lie
from Il dull monotone WITT mere rNIS
fence ~ One oI brightness and even joy.
for IL has caused thy mcn tu spend with
their wives and children ih- hours.
which they had Formerly been wont
70 spend away from them. seeking such
amusement NY they could find for thc
money they had tu spend. There is it
lie doubt that the movie has made hap
oiness in many homes where unhappi-
ness and anxiety ruled before.
a most striking proof of This Is th,
remarkable decrease iu ihr number Of
saloons IN the cities. \,W York City
has shown the effects Uf thr movies wv
this respect very markedly. there hr
ing fully six hundred less saloons in
that city now than there were even "a
Oar ago. Formerly whore there were
saloons on each eli the four corners Of
The street intersections. there are now
IN very uuuy Instances only two
saloons. and They complain w duh
times. What better evidence could there
be that the mru who were formerly
their patrons aro y finding other
WAYS Of PASSING their evenings.
And the answer i> the movies.
Thus Che movies. without design ~
intent. have IN reality become one VI
he greatest agencies of temperance.
md BY saving men from the dcbauch-
.ng influences of the saloon. they have
largely rcvolutionized the lives of the
average American family.
Beyond these results. which have
been incidental III and not Inherently
part Of the motion picture. nv, effect
ID this universally adopted form Of en-
%.rrtainmcnt must br what il j. permit
ed or made to be-. That il may be- made
an instrument for the greatest good IN
gn educational way j. recognized By
nj. That Il may be an instrument for
yl. III not properly guarded. cannot
" denied. But. properly censored. to
eliminate evil features and keep IL
clean aud wholesome. and developed
10 its highest possibilities. the motion
picture may become a means Of clcvat-
ing the average mind beyond even the
fondeSt hopes OF its most ardent sup
porter in its earlier DAYS. ID Il quite
probable that the inventors Of motion
picture. little dreamed what q wonder
ful influence tins invention was DIES
tined TO have upon the human race.
PEACE FOR MENIJO SEEMS NEAR