The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-16
Dr.. Percival Clark Believes
Films Have Remarkable
J Power for Good.
TEACH FACTS OF NATURE
Expert Declares Pictures Can
Be Used to Improve Health
Of People.

Making tangible facts from intansi.
Die theories seems to me the big mia.
sion OF motion pictures in special rcfer.
ence to matters Of public health"
DR.. Percival Clark, the expert who IL
featuring daily at the Belasco Thea.er
In connection with the exhibition Jf ~,
twilight sleep motion pictures made
by DR.. Schlossinck at Freiburs. Ger.
many. thus states his belief in the
ability OF motion pictures to teach the
1acts OF nature In a way that will make
people and homes. healthier.
The value Of the pictures as a means
OF demonstrating In a way that every
body can understand. all OF the theories
regarding public health and sanitation
Is not thoroughly understood. DR.. Clark
declares. Otherwise the reform organi-
sations throughout the country would
adopt them.
Agency for Truth.
motion pictures have taught me tn cir
value during the past few weeks" DR..
Clark declared today. II did not realize
what tremendous agency for telling
the actual truth existed. In presenting
to the public the simple facts Of nature
with relation to public health problems
the necessity Of bodily cleanliness, the
need OF proper sanitation in the home.
the pictures are unique.
People believe what they see more
than they do what they hear and what
they read. A temperance lecturer can
talk OF the evils Of liquor for hours
and never have the effect on his audi
ence that he gains by the exhibition OF
one sodden. disheveled victim Of alco-
holism.
Motion pictures give US the oppor-
unity for an unlimited supply Of
ton in the World. Furthermore q thew
give us opportunity to explain the facts
or life In way that cannot be done by
explanation ,sI araai In lecture or by a writ
by means OF stained LIQUIDS ana the
x-ray We can actually make motion
pictures OF the working Of the stoma CHI
ana intestines. for instance. and show
'he pad enects OF certain sorts Of food.
Can Show Disease.
BY care and patient work I have no
doubt but that the entire process of a
disease can be shown in pictures. pro-
cesses that take weeks and months being
shown In few minutes to the audi
ence or the students We can show the
extreme effects on the physique Of man
or woman Of nervous troubles and can
show what causes the commonest Of
them.
"of course. in the matter OF hygiene
and sanitation. the presentation OF the
theories OF cleanliness is simple and re-
quires no involved apparatus. 1t seems
to me that home sanitation could easily
will have more firmly Impressed on them
the Ill effects Of dirty homes II they can
see them. They will also be impressed
with the elusive nature OF germ carry
Ing dust In their own homes and see
II have acquired a tremendous re.
spect for motion pictures since ! started
TO lecture with these twilight sleep
films. / believe they have had grea,
influence. have had people. who have
seen them and heard our lecture. tel
me Of the effect the pictures have had
on them personally. and OF what they
have done for other people.
Women Can Learn.
II believe that half the women in thu
world can get a better knowledge Of
what the twilight sleep process 10 b,
viewing the pictures than in any othel
way. and that a knowledge OF THU
process will be great benefit to them
" course. II goes without saying, tna'
] am personally In favor OF using the
process. and would do It In cases tina
come in my own practice
DIR. Clark is a native Of Illinois. ane
q graduate OF the Bennett Medical Col
lege. OF Chicago. lie was in charge o.
the Bennett hospital for three years, anc
for a number OF years was engaged II
the practice Of medicine in chicago.
He was one OF the members OF tn,
famous Whitechapel Club OF Chicago
some OF his associates being FinIe,
Peter Dunn. Tom Powers, the cartoon
ist; Medill Mccormick, John 4. Nc
Cutcheon. Frank A. Vanderbilt, Melvill,
stone. John e. wilkie. Booth larkIng
ton. and George AIDE.