The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-27
u HENRY REUTERPAHL
. NsysL Expert >.>s
A HEAVY FIRMS LINE
eaoro SsE AMERICAN oefEHsE SOCIETY

Consider for an instant the sum to-
tai Of what you get from the reading
Of novel and the comparative result
you obtain from seeing a dramatized
version Of the same upon the screen.
Consider It Just a moment In the
written form you get what seems a
definite idea Of the characters and the
plot, but in the screen version your
visualized ideas Of characters, plot and
the period Of time, are vastly more
clear -cut and broadened.
Just 30 with the Photographic One
Of the contributing editors gives his
big ideas on Preparedness. Naval and
Military" another on How to Put tho
Gyroscope to Work." or Testing tho
Mine." Better Babies" and score of
other subjects. psychological, technical,
educational. comical. trickful. all for
the bettermsnt OF humanity.
Your personal ideas upon these sub
jects may be unformulated, but pic
tured wildly on the screen precisely as
Roosevelt, q Palmer, ReuterdahI, a
Munsterberg or a sperry have thought
them. these new ideas become rare
food for mental rumination.
So 1t is that they teach: they becor.e
a motion picture university OF thought:
q university where industry, manners.
charity. politics. Safety First" or any
OF the great humanities of life can be
portrayed. Its instructions arc given
In such pleasing form that tho audi
ence-the pupils-never for a single
instance realize that they arc actually
being taught: they feel as II they were
being amused. But they think. they
think deeply. and Of vital things, Their
thoughts mould their opinions: their
opinions mould their characters: their
characters are the character Of the
whole nation. Character rules en-.
pires. }
No one denies tho force and influence
the motion picture has been capable Of
,, creating. The launching Of the Picto-
graphs II however the first practica,
attempt to utilize this field for definite
constructive purposes in the matter Of
moulding public opinion. and as the
means for the big men Of the country
to express themselves to a greater
number Of people than was ever before
possible, whether by means Of maya
zines. newspapers or other mediums.
Greater than Its circulative advantage
Is that It affords opportunity for the
expression OF opinion vitality, because
usually, SO that everyone irrespective
Of nationality can understand. More
than ever will this be a universal Ian.
guage. Well can It now be said. Let
me write the scenarios Of tho Picto-
graphs. and care not who writes the
laws" .+
But what Is its policy!'' is the nat.
ural query. No ono 10 better qualified
to say than William w. Hodkinson,
President Of tho Paramount Pictures
Corporation. His words arc that
there Is a definite policy in back Of
this great proposition, and It is not our
endeavor to make a sensational appeal
that would embarrass any representa-
tive person who submits articles for
publication in this Magazine. It will
be conducted on high ideals and along
defined lines that will make II a great.
er force. II possible, than any printed
publication ever issued. Thus It will
be truly national Forum of the peo.
pie, open to any man who has an idea
to impress upon the public mind;
never to be a partisan organ, always
to be an educator and moulder of opin.
ions in the true sense Of the word"
Where newspictures have been rec.
ords Of events. Photographs" are rec
ords Of thought. "A Newspicture may
increase knowledge, q Photograph In.
creases wisdom.