The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-07

In one of my former articles I
mentioned briefly the. fact that
the Centenary Celebration, Column.
BUS exhibited in the Oval A1npis
theatre. where fifty thousand peo.
PIE are seated comfortablyS-THE
LARGEST SCREEN IN THE
WORLD, taking up a space 1ssx1s5
teet-also that a projecting mach.
lne-the most powerful In the
world-threw picture slides Of
100 feet square on this screen.
You cannot realize whit a re-
markable thing this Is unless Won
see it-but more remarkable than
the screen itself. or the size Of
the pictures shown, rs THE
CHARACTER OF THE PTCTIIR.
ES DISPLAYED. E4 N.
! saw these pictures shown IN
Friday night, June 27th, for tire
first time-and the thousands az
people who saw the pictures also.
judging from their expressions Of
approval, electrified them as much
as they did me and, furthermore.
the contrast of the pictures shown
stamped indelibly on our e1tnds
the great transformation that
takes place when human kindness
is employed to elevate unfortun-
ate humanity.
They tell me that some students
OF the Ohio State University.
which is a considerable distance
from the State Fair Grounds, Col
umbus, where the Centenary Cele.
bration is being held-saw very
distinctly the other night the pic
lures shown on this great screen.
They marveled at them and en-
joyed them just as we who were
close by marveled at them and en-
joyed them.
Some startling phrases were
thrown on the screen. Among
them were the following:
There are enough boys and
girls under fifteen years OF age in
the world to make six nations as
large as the United States. Six
hundred million and not an indiy-
idual over fifteen years old.
Or. speer calls Chile killing
ground for little children. Sew
enty-fiye to eighty per cent Of the
children die under two years OF !
age and the general rate Of NOR
tally is nearly double that OF
Europe"
Half the world is illiterate and
unable to read or write a word In
any language. The church Is
helping solve this problem by her
great program Of education.
Startling facts, are they not7 Don't
you see the great need Of the work
to be done in foreign lands by the
Methodist organization and all
other organizations?
AS ex-President Taft said in his
remarkable speech in the Coliseum
where the Centenary Celebration
stages wonderful events besides
the GREAT PAGEANT that at
tracts nightly seYentyfiye hundred
people
did God give us the wonderful
opportunities we have and the
great blessings and prosperity We
enjoy here to be selfish. or did He
thus endow us SO that we might
help all of the peoples of the
world?"
The pictures shown on the big
screen portray in the most ef-
fective way, the great advance
ment made in developing the
peoples in foreign lands, mentally,
morally and physically.
Surely all red-blooded Americana.
enjoying the great privileges Of
life to a greater degree than the
people Of any other nation In the
world, wish to share their adyan.
tages with others. They have
demonstrated this desire In their
liberal support Of the Centenary
cause-and all other causes hay
ing the same big purpose in view.
During the remainder Of the Cen.
tenary Celebration the great NOV
ing picture companies Of America
are to occasionally, show their
productions in the enlarged form
demonstrated by the great pro-
jecting machine developed by the \
Centenary management for this
special occasion. This will be an
annual thing to do-something 1
never before attempted by the
Motion Picture people.
! wonder IL you know that scien-
lists told the Centenary manage
ment that 1t would be impossible
to ever throw picture on screen
lo5 feet square-yet the thing was
accomplished after constant prac-
tice.
For many months this projecting
machine was used In displaying
pictures on a large building IN
Gramercy Park, New York-and
scientists laughed. Just as scoifers
scoffed when the first American
missionaries went to foreign lands
determined to do what they could
to help the people Of those coun-
tries.
The Centenary Celebration fur
nishes indisputable evidence Of
the power Of man when directed
by great purpose, to accomplish
anything that is worth while.
You must see this wonderful az