Evening journal., 1919-10-17

trivance. He saw, also, that to extend
and TO build up patronage, it would
be necessary to provide new pictures.
And, as he debated this, the idea of
the present exchange system was born.
He purchased twenty machines, and,
placing them in as many towns,
switched the pictures in weekly rota-
ton. And the idea succeeded.
What The Wizard Thought
Toy" the thing was called, but,
with his imagination fired, and with
the energy Of tremendous enthusiasm
behind his pioneer work, young Pathe
declared that, evsntually, there would
be m;llions TO Ice made from the magic
box and The things that might develop
from l.. Rut, strange e. say, that.
At the very Same time, Edison-the
mind. on the other side cf the ocean,
in which this magical thing vas born
still working 10 its further perfec-
ton, declared that he did not believe
that there would be much money in
IL. He deemed the work one largely
Of sentiment.
For the great Wizard Of Light, the
voice of whose photograph was thrill
ing tho world with its marvel, said
this of the picture toy, which had
come as a fairy gift TO Pathe, and
upon which he was devoting long
hours of experiment, with the in
tention to bring speech into the silent
motion:
MY experiments with the kineto-
scope have been directed to this end:
First, to mount the monographs on
glass plates and throw the pictures.
by means of a magic lantern, upon a
screen. Then, instead of looking into
a peephole, a large number of specta-
tors might watch the moving picture.
Il am prepared to announce that
this throwing of a picture upon a
screen has actually been accomplished
in my laboratory, and we have had
the figures in motion there so that
the eye could detect no change from
one picture to the other.
"This has been largely n work Of
sentiment on my part. I do not be-
lieve there is much money in IL. But,
! believe it is in the interest Of science
and history. A great man will never
die il his pictures and speeches are
saved for posterity by the kineto-
graph and phonograph."
First News Pictures
In France. Charles Pathe, from the
profits OF his now flourishing kineto-
scope exhibitions. bought one of Lu-
miere's motion picture cameras-the
beginning Of the news cinema. With
this camera, Mr.. Pathe tells me, he
took his first topical pictures-the ar
rival of a train and the movement Of
the crowds in the Place de la Repu-
blique, Paris. Scenes in the country
were good subjects, the poultry, the
livestock and the picturesque charac-
ters, ten or fifteen feet at a time.
The projecting of these scenes on
the screen gave the enterprise amaz-
ing new life and lowly popularity. In
the initial stages, Mr.. Pathe was his
own camera man, manufacturer, ship
ping clerk, salesman and demonstra-
tor. And he found Joy in the work,
never once losing faith in the "en-
chanted mirror" With the fragmen-
tary films in his pockets, he became
an inspired evangel, travelling third
class to London, Berlin and Rome, to
talk the wonder OF the new thing and
make his sales. So, gradually the
business increased and the films be-
gan to lengthen. And the wonderful
dream came true.
Now Charles Pathe is one OF
Frances most distinguished citizens,
a chevalier of the Legion Of Honor