Evening journal., 1919-10-17
BY ALDEN SEDGWICK

When Charles Patne looked, for the
irst .imC, into an Edison kinctoscope,
being q Young mA;i o. lively imagina-
lion, he was pos,eg.'.l with = feeling
- wonder. Tne.o w"S a :raryai about
this row thing the at.aosr6Sre Of en-
caantncnt, wnic.l. 10 L.ol, made the
prodigy more than m.:e tov. Peep
ing into the cabinet lie saw persons
and animals m ring. ( S il lie.
Intuitively, with the ysevision Of
real genius, he felt -ha., wonderful
as it was, il marLCd the threshold Of
a more amazing acbieYe;acnt--oth-
ing clearly defncl then, IL: vague
dreams and spccrlstioas tlat Gome-
times transported hin oH into the
starry spaces. The c9nt-:vance, given
by him to cheap show, held pro-
found fascination FOR him, and, one
day, as he raised his Thoughtful face
from a contemplation Ci 4 group Of
laughing men and women, he ex-
claimed:
"Ahi They have gazcd into IN en-
chantod mirror, which can reflect
them to the entire worldi"
About the same time. on the op-
pOsitc face Of the world, the great
Niceroy, ii Hung Chang. the most
potent modern force in China, raised
his head from n scrutiny of the magic
cabinet. A western miracle had been
set before him. During his memorable
visit to this country, he had paid a
visit to Grants tomb, and the camera
had caught him during the ceremony
7 think il was Thomas Millard, the
wcll-known war correspondent and
authority upon Eastern affairs, who
presented the kinetoscope to the
Niceroy for the picture concern.
When Ii Hung Chang beheld HIM
self as in life. he became highly ex-
cited. exclaiming: 1T movesl It
moves!"
Then, when he became calmer, the
wonder of the demonstration i'm
pressed him into thoughtful silence.
lie 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 todayF
And tomorrow Will it hold them,
too? Yes?"
When East and West Are One
To the Eastern mind had come the
same uEuluiub hdeli VI hlfiitotADiA
that made the dreaming young man
in France one of the geniuses of his
time. "Tho enchanted mirror" as an
educational force, as a means of uni
versal intelligence in recording his
torv from day to day, has impressed
itself upon the world as a tremendous
and growing power. 1t speaks to the
East and the West in common
tongue, and it is answering, to the
full. the question and the forecast
of the great Oriental-it is a vital
force of yesterday, today and Of to-
morrow
The idea obsessed Charles Pathe.
With Emile and two other brothers,
fred by the possibilities that he out
lined. $4,000 was raised as a working
capital for exploiting the magic box.
But all revolutionary things move
slowly at first, and, after three weeks,
-he other two brothers, deeming them
selvos raeh in venturing out upon an
.,ehartRi ccn, withdrew, taking their
ssaey w..h them. Charles and Emile,
.yvsvrr, Leld true TO their faith in
- Yankee toy" Neither violent
,k1pticisno nor ridicule could abate
tsh srdor. They believed in it and
= 5utold promise.
Charles PAthe had started with two
atnetoseopes, and he and Emile saw
elalr confidence justified finally by
uha Increasing patronage, caused by
p1rissity had the novelty OF the con-