Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-12

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ton had been pretty well assembled
Mrs. Moore picked up the General
Federation handbook and ran herI
lneor down tie list of the MANY ey-
cellen1 things advocated by the Gca-
eral Federation. TO see if she had LEFT
out anything; coming TO Motion Pic
lures she gave a gasp and said Il
knew ! was saving you for something,
Mrs. l-ayne. you gro always writing
TO Washington TO find out about
something, now get busy and find out
about This federal censorship, and tell
about it at Pine Bluff
Now Mrs. Moore is the real Movie
lady. because she has to 90 every
night with Judge Moore, the Movies
being his recreation; she doesn't al
ways see the pictures when she is
there because that is the incest. quiet
est time She has TO do her thinking,
nand many handsome plan is Matched
out right there, while the most dra-
maize incidents are being portrayed
But she has more than passing
acquaintance with most of the Movie
stars; Theda Bara and Geraldine
..
G. L. Moore or Mrs. Tomlinson and
she knows John Barrymore as we'll
/ as she does Dr. Brough. She would
never acknowledge it but she and
! Charlie Chaplin are on as good terms
as she and Mr.. Tovey at the state uni
versity.
o, she is 2 real movie lady, while
I,alas, do not know how one movie
star differeth from another in glory.
, But when she ran her finger down
the list and saw motion picture she
remembered in a minute how badly
We needed censorship in Helena and
knowing the energetic character of
my enthusiasms she thought at once
that if I informed myself we'll enough
to come over here and talk about the
Movies l would know enough to know
needed to go to work in Helena.
Well, she is usually right, yon
know and right now I am only wait
ing to get back to Helena to start a
children's picture show with special
days for club women, special days foi'
High school students, speial days for
science and in fact I think 1 have
mine special days for each week. You
see Mrs Moore has what you may
call double decker brain and when
she gets it started she expects it TO
work up stairs and won, and it usa-
ally does.
You know there are many phases 20
the movies, the first thing in import
ance in every we'll regulated locality
is to have an ordinance regulating the
number and width of the aisles, the
exits, and requiring fire escapes that
really permit one to escape and venti-
lation that really vertilates; these
with a proper supply of fresh air.
dustless method of sweeping each day
and adequate lighting will enable any
motion picture company that has
steel booth for the projecting ma
chine to be ready to start in business.
Complete Darkness Unnecessary
| Every one should be informed that
J il is not necessary to have total
darkness in the auditorium to en-
able one to see the picture on the
screen. This is of the greatest moral
Importance and adequate lighting
should be seen to. One should easily
recognize people and be able to find
a seat with ease.
Club women should choose seats N
the rear of the auditorium it it is
noticed that these seats are frequent
ed by the young people. Your pres
ence there will cause the young folks
to feel chaperonage, and any way
the pictures are bette. from dis
lance. You will soon become accus-
toned to it and will dislike TO- view
The pictures at close range. Not long
ago I was compelled to take seat
close to the screen ana l was really
mortified at the close relationship l
was compelled to feel toward the
screen folks. 1t was an intimacy
did not appreciate.
| There should be drinking 1oun-
tains or individual cups at the picture
show, Children will go and chlldren
will get thirsty, common drlnklns
cun and the impure ar OF the audi
forum will spread any disease that
has any sort of a notion OF gettlns
The films of a picture are highly
inflamable and for that reason the
machine must be enclosed in a steer
booth, and while the danger OF IRE -
thus minimized there yet remains the