Arizona republican., 1919-06-29

When Charles Pathe looked, for the irst time, into an Edison kinetoscope, being a young man of lively imagina- tion, he was possessed with feeling of wonder. There was a marvel about this new thing, the atmosphere of en- chantment, which, to him, made the prodigy more than mere toy Peep ing into the cabinet he saw persons and animals moving, as in life.
 Intuitively, with the provision of real genius, he felt that, wonderful as it was, 1t marked the threshold of g. more amazing achjevement-noth- ing clearly defined then, but vague dreams and speculations that some times transported him off into the starry spaces. The contrivance, given by him to cheap show, held a pro- found fascination for him, and, one day, as he raised his thoughtful face from a contemplation of a group of laughing men and women, he ex- claimed:
 "Ahl They have gazed into an en- chanted mirror, which can reflect them to the entire world!"
 About the same time, on the op- posite face of the world, the great Viceroy, Ii Hung Chang, the most potent modern force in China, raised his head from a scrutiny of the magic cabinet. A western miracle had been set before him. During his memorable visit to this country, he had paid visit to Grants tomb, and the camera had caught him during the ceremony. I think it was Thomas Willard, the well-known war correspondent and authority upon Eastern affairs, who presented the kinetoscope to the Viceroy for the picture concern.
 When Li Hung Chang beheld him self as in life, he became highly ex- cited, exclaiming: "It moves! It movesl"
 Then, when he became calmer, the wonder of the demonstration i'm pressed him into thoughtful silence. He gazed into the cabinet and raised his hand to his chin with a puzzled gesture. After a pause he spoke:
 "That is of yesterday" indicating the kinetoscope. What of today? And tomorrow Will it hold them, too? Yes?"
 When East and West Are One
 To the Eastern mind had come the same lightning flash of divination that made the dreaming young man in France one of the geniuses of his time. "The enchanted mirror" as an educational force, as means of uni versal intelligence in recording his tory from day to day, has impressed itself upon the world as tremendous and growing power. It speaks to the East and the West in a common tongue, and it IS answering, to the full, the question and the forecast of the great Oriental-it is vital force of yesterday, today and of to- morrow!
 The idea obsessed Charles Pathe. With Emile and two other brothers, fired by the possibilities that he out lined, S2,000 was raised as a working capital for exploiting the magic box But all revolutionary things move slowly at first, and, after three weeks the other two brothers, deeming them selves rash in venturing out upon an uncharted sea, withdrew, taking their money with them. Charles and Emile however, held true to their faith ir the Yankee toy" Neither violent skepticism nor ridicule could abat' their ardor. They believed in it ant it's UT told promise.
 Charles Pathe had started with twt microscopes, and he and Emile saw their confidence justified finally b! the increasing patronage, caused by curiosity and the novelty of the con