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better producers by putting on the
market salaCious and improper pie
lures. hoping to grasp quickly the
money Of that small portion Of the
public which is of perverted and NOR
bid mind. This small number OF pro-
ducers is ever changing because such
producers never win permanent sue
cess
The motion picture business has been
growing and developing after flashing
into the public eye a surprisingly few
Years ago. IL is the most lustY and
promising OF all our industries which
are in their youthful and formative
years. The men responsible for its
progress have not been asleep.
They have been shocked into the
need Of finding out the facts about
this young giant which has pulled
them here and there, tearing i'm
patiently at its leash. filled with grow
ing pains and longing to dominate
the world. They have simply had to
study it in order TO keep il from run
ming wild and running them.
And here are the things they
learned The nature of motion pic
lures depends exactly AS do literature
art and music upon what the people
want" And by the people" one must
understand the great majority Of the
PEOPLE.
In other words. il the people want
good pictures they will have them,
just like they will have clothes Of
military cut If such be the fashion, or
iaZZ music II is not within the
province of the ordinary mortal to
tell people just what they like. That
moves in mysterious cycles, and fads
and fanCies are introduced by signifi-
cant or insignificant things, Who can
fathom the changes in human taste?
But in one thing the human mind
does not change. While the American
audience of 10O.000000 is constantly
asking for something new and
changing its mind as to what is the
thing" it never alters on one point.
| There is a ratio which goes silently
and irrevocably on. At least, IS per
cent of all the people want decent,
wholesome pictures
! There's no getting away from this,
/ These picture men who have studied
, the game deeply have seen scores OF
, producers so down to run because
, they would not play clean. At least
/ s5,0OO,0O0 Of all the people in this
( country demand the right sort OF pic
lures The ratio per cent. will grow.
! II viii never become less
And now for another Significant fig
urc, II has been learned by these same
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from an inordinate amount Of bad ma
terial. That is the accident of its de
ve!opment. But the screen some time
ago reached the point where the fore
most producers OF the motion picture
decided that If they were TO attain the
dignity and development they were be-
ginning to see possible in the future
the screen would have to be rid Of the
by Indicating companies. | do not
believe the crying Of amateur critics
has had much TO do with this attitude.
I believe that the men who are fore
most in the production of the photo
play are the kind OF men who do not
want indecency. from motives of per-
sonal self-respect as well as from a
knowledge Of what will be successful
In so extensive n business.
There are really two angles to the
matter. one of them the power OF the
modern motion picture as a medium Of
education and intelligence. the other
the screen as a reflector of the imagi-
native genius Of the present time.
What the general public does lntui-
lively realize and what the self-con-
stituted critics rarely see is that tho
screen is more powerful in America
and reaches more of the minds and
| hearts OF the American people than
any. newspaper or set of newspapers.
The motion picture is really the mod
ern form of the old Home and Fire
side" and only the unintelligent pro-
ducer ignores that side of it. He sees
that properly composed and aided by
the proper material he can obtain a
place in the affections OF the public
greater than any other medium OF
public attention. From that stand
point ii is stupidity to imperil his ca
| reer by resort to license and bad
taste for the sake of the small imme-
date profit contained therein. The
entire Goldwyn policy. with such pic
lures as Polly OF the Circus" and
zone OF the Finest" has been butt on
that policy. That it in no way weak
ems dramatic production is proved by
the clean power OF Rex Beach's THE
Crimson Gardenia," one of the most
powerful dramas we have had the good
| fortune to be able to present. | can't
/ imagine Tom Moore or Madge Kennedy
, or any OF our stars in an unclean play.
Iney Woulunt nj. Ana Mary Plcktord,
| to go outside Of the Goldwyn organi-
cation. would be an anomaly in a sex
picture.
| AS a matter OF fact. strange as this
may seem to the observer who talks at
random about the indecency OF the
| films. the profit does not lie in in
decency any more. For one picture
that has contained a salacious appeal
! IN the last fve year and has been sue
cessful I can point to dozens that have
! been clean and natural throughout
and have swept their producers into
the harbor o. wealth on a tide OF con-
! tinent wide success. This is one OF TIE
inside facts of the case that the man
who is constantly crying Wolf"
against the Aims doesn't know. He
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WHY THE UNCLEAN PICTURE
PLAY IS GOING.
By SAMUEL GOODWIN.

Motion pictures have to make their
way against a good deal of criticism
from persons who are Curiously
aroused against anything that invades
the sacred precincts OF established
things. In saying this ! am not try
ing to defend anything in the motion
picture that clear minded people have
condemned as indefensible. know
only too well that in the lusty develop
ment of a new art there is bound to
be an accumulation OF excrescences,
which in time are cast off. But want
to point out that there are many SUI
perficial observers, firmly rooted in a
conventional attitude toward every
thing, who use their criticism of I'M
essential parts of the screen to satisfy
their unconscious reaction against
anything that is new.
Every one who survived the eigh-
TENN 'neties can remember the CANT
let the bicycle had TO run as a form of
popular amusement. 1t had TO live
through every charge from physical
debilitation of the young to that OF
stimulating immortality. After the BIZ
cycle had firmly placed itself as a
necessary part of modern life the
motor car had to go through the same
process. Motoring was dangerous to
the whole social organism. The home,
the church. youth and society in gem
eral was going to the dogs because of
Il. Gradually the motor car estah-
lished itself as a creditable member OF
society, and the casual critics had TO
turn elsewhere for their target. When
they looked about they beheid the
screen drama.
Every one who has followed the
screen knows that II has had n suffor
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hasn't the courage to face il. And We
do not intend TO help them do II,
By J. D. WILLIAMS,
Manager First National Exhibitors
Circuit, Inc,

The ultimate domination OF the
motion picture field by decent, whole
some films Is as certain as the appear
ance of the sun tomorrow morning.
It is founded upon an arithmetical law
no less infallible than the laws OF
nature herself.
And the most promising phase Of
the matter is that when this ideal con-
dition Is complete it will he through the
unanimous consent and approval of all
film producers The best citizen is he
who abides by the law because he re-
spects it. and the poorest he who lives
within II Lecausc he fears it,
Most motion picture producers are
making wholesome AMI decent pictures
to-day. There are, still a very few
who handicap The hest interests Of the
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triumphant Place
Held by "SweetSixe
teen" Bears Evil.
dence of Screens S,
Purity the
"Vampire' Loses
Out Against In,
nocent Charms n

statisticians-men who have put thes
whole scheme of motion picture sup-t
ply and demand into unmistakaD,e
figures-that no producer of pictures
can hope to live II he cannot sell hisS
product to 80 per cent. OF all they
theatres.
By that is not meant necessarily
IS per cent. of the total number OF
theatres in the United States, but 3b'
per cent.--a good strong third-6ff
theatres as a class. If one-third Of ALL
showmen cannot be interested in this
mans particular line OF picture he
may az we'll quit Ultimately hem
have to
Although it is short. the past of tho
motion picture industry is generously
scattered with the tombstones or
many failures. After the film was int
vented there was a period Of increduls
ty. Nobody would put money intS
what was then considered n curious
hut very foolish novelty, without a fu-
ture. After that came a time when the
few who put time and money upon dee
velopment showed startling results
and there was a rush 10 get into the
business as mad and chaotic as any
which ever marked the opening of a
new gold field The inexperienced
and, what IS worse the ,Inscrunulous
entered into the race with the ahIer
and more solid producer Then fol-
lowed wears of wildcat nromotinr ami
even wilder producing tr
Most men who entered the husinese
in those DAYS were imhued with the
idea that they must get rich at opcse
All thoughts Of building for a future
or satisfying the patron verc cast "a
the winds by such producers. who cons
sidered only pictures which voulJ Gre
ate questionable sensations. =
Gradually this condition bettereds
More good pictures are being made to~
day than ever. and the greater mae
iority of producers are irving TO make
pictures which will appeal To the bct-
ter instincts in people end which viii
draw them back again The day nt
chaos has moved out to make way for
the day OF order. America is supplv4
ing herself with better motion pic-
lures than ever have been seen. and
is furnishing the greater portion OF
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bases his entire criticism on a gem
eralization which doesn't happen TO bs
true.
The public isn't interested in smut.
One reason for that is that the stand
ards OF life in America have been
changing considerably. Education ant
a wholesome attitude toward life on the
part of the greater part OF the popu-
lation have done away with that secre-
tive prying desire to indulge in an
under cover enjoyment of matters con-
corning sex. You can point to the sue
cess OF the bedroom farce on Broad
way as an answer to that, but the rea-
son why the bedroom farce blooms in
| termittcntly is because Broadway has
an audience in the theatre all its own,
especially in the reaction from war.
| Take the bedroom farce out to the lit
tie towns OF Illinois and Kentucky and
Ohio and New Mexico and Louisiana.
| where the picture play thrives nightly,
and see how far it would survive.
There Is, however, another side of
the matter. The motion picture is
coming to the point where it must be
recognized as a definite and unique
form of art, with laws of expression all
its own and power OF elicitlng emo
ton peculiar to itself. AS such it has
the same right to describe real life as
any OF the arts. Does the public
cruelty Galsworthy when he writes
THE Dark Flower? Are John Barry
more and Arthur Hopkins put under
the public ban and Tolstoy swept out
OF the libraries because Redemption"
deals with the delicate subject OF a
/ human beings wanderings from the
path of moral rectitude?
Critics of the films often point TO the
fact that their public is a peculiarly
young and undeveloped one, still In the
formative stage. where suggestions has
an accumulative power for right or
! wrong. Nobody realizes this more than
the motion picture producer himself
But there are two sides even TO that
The matinee miss is not limited to the
films; she abounds in the legitimate
| theatre and there the problem IL solved
! by parental control. Public libraries
have the same problem, and in most
cases there are shelves which are re-
served for adult reading. In the same
| way almost every large city has a pos
! Fec regulation which allows Young
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JESSE LASKY'S VIEWS.

Considerable discussion has been go
ms on in news and trade papers. as
well as in the courts. as TO what il
clean and what Is unclean on the
screen. Particular prominence has
been given To a certain film which in
its treatment of "A disease has aroused
considerable controversy on this sub
ject.
The National Association of the Mo-
ton Picture. Industry, representing
over ninety per cont OF the producers
and distributors OF the business, re-
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-11
GERMAN ARMY BUBBLE
BURST YEAR AGO TODAY
Armistice Disspated Kaisers Dream OF Ruling WorId
From Throne CapitoLine Hill
in Rome

200, 900 population, 20 say nothing Of
evacuating colonies and land in France
and Belgium.
The dismembered parts Of the empire
in Europe represented more than 20 per
cent of Germany's mining industry,
more than 10 per cent Of her agricul-
ture and about 25 per cent of her manu-
factories.
Upon the signing of the armistice a
steady stream of American fighters be
gan to flow homeward-lithe, vigorous,
war toughened lads ''just dying" TO see
the good old u. S. A. once more. AL
though there were great triumphal pa =
rades all over the country. the boys
were glad when the feting had ended SO
they could get back to the folks at
home.
War Not Ended by Armistice
But the war was not officially ended
November II. 1918, nor indeed is it
officially ended today, so far as Amer
lea is concerned.
The Paris Peace Conference, which
convened January IS. 1919, took five
months to frame the treaty. The Ger
mans signed it June 2S. 1910. but from
all indications ratification by the United
States will take nearly five months from
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-11
JERSEY ENDORSES
DAYLIGHT SAVING
State Chamber Convention
Urges Passage Of Law by In
coming Assembly for Change
TAX LAW REVISION ASKED

Newark, n. j.. Nov. 11.-Daylight
saving was indorscd by the State Cham
Der Federation Mt its sixth annual meet.
Ing here. Representatives from more
than fifty communities Of the state at
tended and the program included a vote
on daylight saving. child conservation,
social disease control, community serv-
ice and revision of New Jersey tax
laws.
The question of daylight saving was
precipitated by the fact that New York
city and the state of New York. on the
one hand. and many cities In Pennsyl- =
vanin and the prospect of Philadelphia.
on the other hand. having adopted day
light saving on the basis of the advance
of time one hour during the five months
from May to October. After consider
able discussion the convention unani-
mously went on record for state legis-
lation in favor Of daylight saving.
Child conservation was indorsed as a
suitable activity for each local orgnni-
cation to encourage.
Social disease control was shown to
be most important influence on pub; !;
lie health az well as sound. economic
policy effecting the progress Of each
community. Tile delegates unanimous
ly voted the inclusion of this activity
In their local work.
The delegates also voted to oppose
the campaign for funds now being con-
Quoted by Community Service. Inc. on
the ground that it was a duplication
of effort and expense in a state as well
organized as New jersey.
A report on the revision of the tax
,ows euhn,;ttod hy tho Jersey CITY
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Important Var Events
Since Armistice Signing

November ~, 101S-Charles re-
nounces Austrian throne.
November 14-Americans occupy
Germany.
November 21-German fleet sur
renders,
November 21--Wilson signs war
prohibition bill.
November % United States
troops start homeward.
November 20--Kaiser signs abdi-
cation.
December 4-Wilson sails for
France.
January IS, 1910-Paris Peace
Conference opens.
February 22-Reds seize Buda-
pest. ..
May 10 - Two. million United
States troops demobilized.
June 2S--Germans sign treaty.
July S-Wilson home from second
trip abroad. n
August - Rumanians occupy
Budapest, Bella Kun ousted.
September 12-D'Annunzio seizes
Fiume.
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Masl,inptnn Nov. II

nNE year ago today Germany's dream
~ of "Der Tag" vanished into thin
air.
Der Tag" was the great day when
the military structure founded by Bis
marck would rule the world. Wilhelm
II, last of the Hohenzolern rulers,
even had a throne erected for himself
in n palace on the Capitoline Hill in
Rome and confidently expected to re-
vive the imperial glory of the Caesars.
= But the dream faded. and on Novem-
ber II. 1918. DR.. Matthias Erzberger. :.
one of the pillars behind the throne,
headed suppliant delegation of peace
envoys. Entreating Marshal Foch, he
said:
Marshal. have you no sympathy for
the German population- We want
peace"
Foch replied brusquely: Sir. I have
the terms of the protocol which. being
signed. will bring ncace."
As he began reading the Germans
burst into tears. They signed. how
ever. Erzberger's name heading the list.
The historic scene took place on Foch s
private train, which was brilliantly H.
Illuminated. while the outside world was
dark and chill
DIR. Frederick Ebert. then chancellor
authorized the signing OH Sunday night
after n desperate afternoon conference
with his cabinet. Instructions were
tclcphoned from Berlin to Spa and n
courier waiting there left Immediately
for the Allied lines. reaching the Ger
man plenipotentiarics at = O'Clock Mon
day morning. Three hours later the
document was signed
Foch's Auto Lifted Up Bodily
Marshal Foch called on President
Poincarc shortly before noon to an q.
nounce the news officially, endeavoring
to slip into the Paris 'White House"
without being noticed. The joyous
crowds recognized him. however. and
lifted up his automobile from the ground
carrying it along bodily.
Premier Clemenceau received the It'd
ings after an all night vigil. Tears
filed his eyes and his mouth twitchcd
ncrvously 1t was the final scene of
long life of constructive statesman
ship.
Tears which filled the eyes of the
Teutons were not for joy. Tor the ar
mistice called upon the fatherland tc
give up war materials valued at 81 ,4O3,
600 900 This included warships. air
planes and army equipment. The Ger
mans also evacuated. under the arnl
stice. parts Of the German empire total
ing 1921 square miles and with H.
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the date Of signing. The Senate at
Washington has voted down all amend
ments, the vote on reservations will be
out of the way within a few days and
then the document will come up for
final action.
Great Britain, Italy ana France have
already ratified and the Germans have
been carrying out the provisions--re
ducing their armamcnts, taxing private
wealth to pay the war debts, etc.
But the armistice did not end all
hostilities, for the Balkans and Russia
have been in continual turmoil. The
Rumanians captured Budapest and still
hold it despite strong Allied disapproval,
and the Russian soviet government is
engaged in five distinct wars, most OF
them with small nations which have
seeded from Russia.
American troops have been fighting
the Bolsheviki since the armistice, as
Russia was not granted the privilege OF
signing peace terms. But actual hos,
tilities in the world war itself ended
November II, 1918.
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wherever they happened to be, and all
grades of military and naval men ceased
their duties and stood at attention when
the clock struck and the rockets burst
that signaled the hour. Every man
barred his head and in many instances
men and women stood sobbiug in the
streets.
Afterward the bands in the open
spaces played the Doxology and God
Save the King" Thousands Of persons
gathered around the monuments erected
to the soldiers and deposited wreaths.
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"KEEPfNG FIT" CAMPAIGN
Lecturers Tour Camden County
p. Under Auspices of Y. M. c. A.

Lecturers Tour Camoeh SouHty
Under Auspices of Y. M. c, A.
A county wide keeping fit cam
paign is in progress in Camden county
this week, under the direction OF the
county Y. NJ. C. a. officers. The lee
turers are Harry G.. Shelby for men
and boys and Mrs. Florence F. Holmes
for women and girls.
The campaign is to fight the. men
aces to health and character, through
moving pictures and lectures on social
hygiene The films have been furnished
by the state Department of Health in
co operation with the United states
Public Health Service
Many attended the meetings yester-
day in Haddonfed whore IA woman $
meeting was held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Boys and mems
meetings were held in the high school
auditorium. Today the lectures are
being given in the Collingswood High
School for boys fourteen years and
older and in the Laurel Springs Bap-
tist Church for men and boys.
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BRITAlN'S SILENT TRIBUTE
Men Bare Heads and Women Sob as
London Clocks Strike Eleven

London, Nov. 11.-(By A. P.)-The
anniversary of Armistice Day was
solemnly observed throughout the United
Kingdom today. Two minutes of ST.
lent thought were given the dead, not
only in the kingdom, but in Britain S
colonies over oil the world, at O'Clock
this morning. the hour when the armi-
stice took effect n year ago.
Civic employees stood still at their
posts. Judges in their court rooms,
cabinet members in their offices or
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Harrisburg Observes Armlstloe pay

Harrisburg, Nov. 11.-By proclama
ton of Mayor Daniel l.. Kiester all
business paused for one minute today at
II o'clock, the hour when hostilities
ceased in France a year ago today.
The schools observed special programs
but there was no other celebration of
Armistice Day save the display of flags.
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PARADE
MARKS PEACE FETE
Jersey Town Has Half. Holiday.
Veterans of County Join
in Celebration

Burlington. n. j., Nov. 1l.-,A page.
ant nearly two miles long. including
American Legion posts from this city.
Mount Holly, Bordentov =. Beverly,
Delanco, Riverside. Palmyra. River
ton. Moorestown, Medford and Lum-
berton, and civic bodies from all over
the county, was the big feature of the
armistice celebration here this after
noon.
Under proclamation issued by
Mayor e., e: Mount. Burlington en-
joycd half holiday. Townspeople
decorated their homes and business
places and turned out to join the iubi.
lee, under the auspices of the Rurling
ton County American Legion. Of which
Major Edward r. Stone. of Burling
ton. is the head.
Major Stone was marshal of the pa
rade. aided by Lieutenant T.. Burd
Gruhb. Lieutenant William II. Absa
lon. Captain John S. Conroy. Lieuten
ant Howard Lewis. Lieutenant Will
liam +. Rink and Lieutenant Morris
Reeves.
The pageant was reviewed by Major
General II. c. Hale. commander at
Camp Dix; Major General Hugh l..
Scott. former commander at Dix, and
Colonel George II. White and staff, also
of Dix, who occupied reviewing stand
in front of the City Hall.
After the parade the visitors were
entertained by the Burlington branch
of the Red Cross. Tonight every club
house, as well as the Eliks' Home. the
Moose Home and headquarters Of the
church brotherhoodS will be thrown
open for entertainment of the boys.
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Looan Church to Fete Veterans

Holy Trinity Presbyterian Church
of Logan. will give banquet and re-
cePtion tonight to returned soldiers,
Forty three of the young men of the
church served in the world war. The
banquet will be held in the gymnasium
of the church starting at 6 80 o'clock
A public reception will be held in the
churclt pdrlors The service flag wi.h
its forty one stars and two gold ones
will be lowered