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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01

Mf. and Ms. Julian Reese and lit
lie daugh Of Vile Platte spent the
Jay last anday with Mrs. Reese's
1arents, and Mrs. F. P. Martin.
III f. Joyner, now with the
Haas Garage of Opelousas, spent
Sunday past here with his family.
Mrs. N. Laird and family Of
land we're in town last Sunday
Frere of Franklin, La,
81 of his sister, Mrs. J. R.
rola friend, Gilbert Ortego, now
lie Platte, was in Washington
shot while last Sunday evening.
iss Cora Baltic is visiting her
her A. Baltic, and his family,
aisle this week.
ts outon of Lafayette is spend
this week in Washington as the
her sister, Mrs. L. A. W.
kis aude Baltic Of Sunset spent
d in town Sunday with her
en
r nj Culbertson of Garland
g town Wednesday on business.
thursday night in the domes-
Tar epartment of the Washington
Prof. and Mrs. Mcknight
e endered luncheon by the fac
they were very much affected
tie thoughtfulness and kindness
these in charge. Those present
Prof. and Mrs. Thos. K. Nc
M Misses Anna R. Liable, Inez
nd. Matte Baltic, Mono Nc
y. Make Ewell and Mesdames
Boucher and S. T. Wayne. Prof
eht, while principal for only
weeks, endeared himself to the
81 those with whom he has as
They departed at noon on
for their home in Colfax, with
GOOD wishes of this community
Halle Smith, after spending
months at the homeNof DR.. G
Leach Of near Washington, re
"a to his home in Missouri last
day
Odessa Savant of Whitevillt
-
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Al. S
el. the later part of last week.
Lee Rheil, formerly of thi'
ut now residing in Lafayette
il town Monday.
Hon. r. N. Simms, ex-state banl
aminer and now vice president o.
Hibernia Bank and Trust Com
any together with DIR. J A.Haa
nd Allen Dezauche, paid the Wash
ston state Bank visit on Tuesday
Feeling sure that the patrons o
s school and the people Of this com
nifty are anxious to know the Re
lts st the Shreveport fair entere
this school we are herewith pub
hing the returns in detail. It wi
noted that all prizes were given i
and different amounts for tn
Eal standings.
ap Of North America, in color'
hos Boudreau, Jr., second priz'
ef the United States, in color
Bada Kerr, third prize, $1.0O.
Zap 81 Louisiana, in colOrs, by En-
Muller, third prize, $1.00.
Four laboratory note books in bOt
bg Rose Pitre, Ira Muller, Pau
Woodruff and Florence Orteg
third prize, $500.
laboratory note books in y
by Rose Pitre, Leila Boudreal
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01
A BARGAIN

A beautiful eight-room house. with full square Of
ground and an upto-date electric light plant ne Math
es Automatic Systeml, with handsome chandeliers and
complete wiring for light all over the house and yard
sewerage system installed; hot and cold water; bath
room windows screened at top and bottoms newly paint
ed with three Coats fine large oaks front and pecan
and other fruit in One four-room barn; two
Jersey cows; Bigbone Poland China one lot OF
chickens; Beves Electric Incubator, and everything
in complete for raising and taking of stock and
chickens; onehaf of turnps; oneha acre Of oats
growing fine.
Located about one block from public school; two
blocks from Catholic Church. blocks from the Epsco
pal Church three blocks from the railroad depot o.
the Southern Pacific.
The neighbors all white people, well educated
and refined The square in the residential part of the
town. very level and high portion of the town. Anyone
will be delighted with the location and
erty.
This property is located in the Town Of Washington,
ST. Landry Parish, La and is worth $6,OOOOO but the
owner of change Of work to another State de-
sreo sell has put his lowest figures In order to sell
now which $3,950.OO for everything except the
hogs and Chickens and $4250Oo for everything ncud-
ing the stock and chickens About 81 cash and the
balance On terms suit purchaser. To travelling sales
offer extra inducements.
Write
L. E. LITTELL,
oPELOUSAS, LA.
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Hints for Patriots
HON. Yonkers RcpcNcd q Bolsheyis, INVASION
'ew York, Nov. IA, 1919.

BolsFepisl Invasion.
luton as ruthless seizure Of power
by an armed minority--an inverted
tyranny and utterly undem ocratic-
must appeal, il seems to me, to any un-
biased mind as true end unanswer-
able? ?" She replied: II have not men
toned Mr.. Spargo this evening, but
do not agree with him.
No." said, eminent Socialist an
thorlty as he is and sharing all your
humanitarian sympathy and hope to
the full as he does, he is absolutely
against Boishevism as being the foe OF
democracy, and against you on this
issue. And haven't the shadow Of q
doubt that he is right and you arc
wrong. You have SAID some things 70.
nignt that were very true. Your criti-
clsm of business, in SO far az il ;s
selhsh competition for profits rather
than cooperative service Of human
need is perfectly just. have no doubt
that we are to work out far bette
social and industrial order with far
greater socializing Of privilege than at
present. But your injection of this
foreign nomenclature, your consta nj
talk OF the 'bourgeoisie.' the 'prole-
tarlat aud the rest, your deliberate
fostering II the class consciousness
and class antagonism which these
terms suggest, is an impertinence in
TINS democracy. We are all America ~
mere and please God we are going TO
work out these problems of ulster
order progressively and together,"
was interrupted here by cheers:
Some one called for three cheers for
the Constitution OF the United States
which were given with a will, and a.
the late hour above indicated the
Communist" meeting ended with
heartfelt and prayerful singing OF
The StarSpangled Banner"
FRANCIS THEODORE BROWN
YonSers, ". y, Nov. IA, 1919.
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rotary and the chief Of staff asked
for standing army Of about $50 900

rotary and the chief of staff asked
for standing army of about $50 900
men. In so doing they were prob
ably acting on the theory that the
President would be able to persuade
Congress to accept a mandate to adj
minister Armenia and possibly other
portions Of the former Turkish EN-
pire.
It is highly improbable that the
United States will accept any man.
dates. 1t is also improbable that
voluntary enlistment would main
tain an army Of $4,000 men. Even
if it would, the cost Of such an estab-
lishment would be nearly prohibit
tory. For ordinary peace purposes
a standing army of 100000 is ample.
The real military defense of the
country must be furnished by the
young men trained and sent into
reserve under a universal military
training law. That is the indispen-
sable foundation of workable sys-
tenn. In addition to the annual
classes called under such a law we
need only an adequate police force, a
good officers corps and special SER
vices, kept strictly up to date.
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The Right Memorial

The people of New York City de-
sire memorial Of the Great War
BETTING the great sacrifice made
therein by her sons and the great
victory for right which they helped
to gain. 1t is now plain that the
project stands in q most unsatisfac-
tory condition, and that if existing
methods are pursued it Will be large
" a question of luck whether the
community obtains worthy me-
mortal or hopelessly unworthy one.
We have no thought Of preiudginr
The decision as to the form The me-
mortal should take. To the contrary,
we think the main danger at present
is that decision will be reached
without due considerations. The is
sue is not in the least a personal
one between Mr.. Wanamaker and
Mr.. La Fargo. But we think the
proposal put forward by Mr.. La
Farge's organization, the Fine Arts
Federation of the city, wholly
sound one, deserving of careful ard
thorough execution. The first ef-
fort. the first competition, should be
one of ideas. Every means should
first Of all be undertaken by Mr..
Wanamaker's committee, or those
whom they may call to their assist
ance, to develop and canvass thor
oughly this broad field Of possibility
What is the Supremacy great
monument Of the city, of the West
ern world, one might almost say?
Unquestionably, the Statue of Lib
erty. Yet it serves no utilitarian
purpose and is not organically re-
lated to any institution, save as
1t presldes over the stream of hu-
mainly reaching and leaving our
shores. It is great because its
initial conception involved a great
feat OF the imagination, an epic and
creative achievement as surely as
any great poem is epic and creative.
Now, it is precisely such feat
Of the Imagination that the city
needs if it is to obtain a fitting
memorial. We do not say that an
other Statue of Liberty must and
will be conceived; to hope for such
success is to hope for more than is
likely. But q measurable success is
~
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The First Movie
A Statement Of Mr.. Edison's Pioneer Work

Thomas Alva Edison" by Dickson,
published in London, 1894, the follow
ng statement Is attributed to Mr..
Edison:
ain tho year 1887 tho idea oc-
CURED to me that 1t was possible
TO devise an instrument which would
do for the eye what the photograph
does for the ear, and that by COM
bination Of the two all motion and
sound could be recorded and repro
duced simultaneously. This idea,
the germ Of which came from the
little toy called the zoetrope and
the work Of Muybridgc, Marcy and
others, has now been accomplished,
80 that every change Of facial ex-
preston can be recorded and repro
duced life size"
At that time Edison had invented
his remarkable camera, by means Of
which the taking of the photographs
became possible. By means Of this
camera q photograph was taken Of a
scene on an endless celluloid film, the
shutter was then closed. the lin was
then fed forward and brought to rest
and the shutter was again opened to
take second photograph, all of these
motions being performed with such in
credible rapidity that from sixteen TO
fifty complete photographs, each sharp
ly defined and all taken through the
same objective, were secured in one
second. The Edison camera was 8
triumph of Photographic and mechani-
cal skill, and although there is little
apparent resemblance between the
first Edison camera (affectionateiy
called the "dog house" on account of
its size) and the modern compact ap-
paratus, yet the mechanical principles
of present day cameras are identical
with those used in the first device en-
ployed by Mr.. Edison in the early '90s
The first public exhibition Of motion
pictures was at the Chicago Worlds
Fair, in 1898. Prior to that time the
invention had been demonstrated TO
many visitors at the Edison laboratory,
and in Dickson's book, above referred
to, arc given reproductions Of q num-
Der of these early motion pictures, one
Of them being dance by Carmencita.
The first exhibiting device was the So
called kaleidoscope, in which the pic
lures were viewed directly through &
peep ole, but in the winter of 1895, at
the Cotton States Exposition, in At
lanta, the pictures for the first time
were actually projected on screen
by means Of the electric light. It is,
therefore, fact that the conception
of the modern motion picture occurred
III 1887, that the first actual pictures
were taken at the Edison laboratory
probably between 1890 and 1892, and
that the first full size projection OF
such pictures WAS made in 1895.
FRANK L. DYER.
New York, Nov. IA, 1919.
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possible, and 1t can be achieved only
II the imagination of our artists,
poets and plain citizens is stimu-
lated and relied upon. Such stimu-
lation was exactly what the Fine
Arts Federation proposed; and it is
for the people of the city to urge
and insist that this proposal be car
ried out. No casual and informal
request for ideas is enough. There
should be thorough canvass Of
projects and contest open to all.
The result may or may not be
unitarian. At present we can sec
little relation to the Great War in a
bridge connecting New York and
New Jersey. A subway to Staten
Island offers nearly as much appeal
to the imagination. Victory Hall,
as projected by General Wingate,
offers sensible and feasible project,
with much to commend it. The city's
need of such structure is so great
that it would seem worth while to
include it in any general memorial
plan. But beyond that some more
imaginative work is surely needed.
Just how long Victory Hall. would
b.. cherished for its origin is
dubious. The present arch, situated
amid high buildings, is concededly
impossible from every point of view.
If an arch is to be built, it must be
fitti7gly located; perhaps if the
reservoir in Central Park is con-
verified into stadium or playground
it could crown the high land at its
southern entrance. The waters
edge offers an obvious starting
point for the imagination, for it is
essentially an overseas adventure
that is to be COMMUNICATED Con-
ceicabiy landing stage, a formal
gateway to the city, with an open
air auditorium and columns of vic
tory, may offer the greatest appeal.
But these arc all preliminary and
tentative suggestions at present.
The first step must be the general
call for a community project, the
creature of one or many minds, but
a fit expression Of the common emo
lions which the citizens of New York
City all feel toward their soldier
heroes, living and dead. We hope
that this call will be made effectively
and soon.
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Saving Mammoth Cave

The Mammoth Cave property of
Kentucky, comprising thirty-two
thousand acres of virgin hard tim
Der land, and having beneath it q
natural wonder equaling in sublime
interest Niagara, the Yosemite, the
Yellowstone and the Grand Canon
OF the Colorado, was devised by the
will OF Colonel Croghn. who died in
1850, to three grandnieces as life
tenants. One of them died recently
in Italy, and the survivors, aged
eighty-six and ninety-one years, live
there. Soon the great estate must
be sold at auction, and if it passes
to private purchasers sawmills will
destroy its forest aisles.
So movement is afoot to induce
the government to purchase the
great primitive woodland for a ma
tional park. New York, in the Ram
apo, Catskills and Adirondack dis
tricts, is expected to preserve scenic
areas and to dedicate them to the
nation, but the West and South are
not under similar compulsion. If
Uncle Sam does not conserve the
beautiful Mammoth Cave region it
will become a blasted and withered
horror.
So there is nothing to do but to
pass the Mammoth Cave bill, now in
Q Congressional pigeonhola. A cav.
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The Martens Confession

Ill MS confession TO the LuSk
committee Martens, the so-called
ambassador" of the Bolshevik;, &C.
knowledges that the purpose of
Lenine and his government is to
overthrow the institutions of other
lands and to use any and all means
to achieve the end. +
This is exactly what has been
manifest since Lenine was sent by
Germany into Russia. To be fair to
the Bolshevist leaders, it is to be
said they have not screened their
design. They were out to overthrow
democratic government everywhere
by force and to substitute therefor
the rule of minority operating
through tyrant. Czarism was dead
and they schemed to set up a new
czarism--worse because the plan
was to make czarism universal.
Leon Trotzky, partner of Lenine,
was in New York when the liberals
Of Russia overthrow czarism, and the
confusion gave the Lenine czarists
an opportunity. He wrote a procla-
nation, which was published here on
March II, 1917. In it he declared
his intention and those of his
party. 1t was to seize control not
merely of Russia, but of all coun-
tries. The war of the Allies in be-
half Of civilization was denounced
as an imperialistic adventure. So
the first item was for Russia to
make separate peace with Ger
many. and the second was that the
Russian millions should then march
out as Germany's allies. Trotzky in
no wise concealed his intention. He
stood then for that for which
Martens now stands.
So it has been that The world has
been unable to make peace with
Russia, although conceding Russia
full right to manage her own af-
fairs. Bolshevist Russia from the
beginning was menace to general
freedom and peace, and is so to-day.
Recently Lenine has attempted to
open negotiations, has put forth
promises to be good and to conhne
his activities to Russia. But the
man has openly declared it is per
MISSILE for him TO lie to serve
what he asserts is sacred world
wide cause, and the hypothesis that
he is lying now is more reasonable
than the one tha. lie has abandoned
his fanatic ideas. If he gains the
power of an Attila or a Genghis
Khan Lenine is pledged to use his
power as did those warriors.
A few still pretend to believe that
Bolshevism is merely a communist
experiment which the Russians
should be allowed to try out as they
please. But it is doubtful If any
intelligent person now 80 believes.
In no real sense can there be peace
between Bolshevism and democracy,
and whatever the policy democracy
adopts toward Bolshevism this fact
should be kept steadily in mind.
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ern wherein seven-mile journey
can be taken on one day and an
eleven-mile journey the next should
be- able to find a voice, to paraphrase
the words of Sergeant S. Prentiss,
to thunder back "No!" when told
it's protective slopes are to be at
tackled by an enemy. Echo River,
the Styx, two-mile avenue Of
stalactites and stalagmites, cham
bcrs whose naves are as lofty and
beautiful as any Rheims from the
cunning hand Of art-these things it
has taken busy nature millions of
years to fashion. They and their
approaches must be saved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-19

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the .etter appearing In The
Tribune this morning from Thomas S.
Weaver, after referring to the work
Of Muybridge, he states that:
"The horse, rapid moving ami
NAL was the cause Of the beginning
of the rapid moving picture"
For many years I was associated
with MIR. Edison, had charge OF his
patent matters, was familiar with the
development Of the motion picture art
from It's inception and was actively
interested in the motion picture bust
ness, both in the manufacture and dis
tribution of films. for a number Of
years. feel, therefore, that am
qualified TO speak with some degree of
authority on the point, and in the in
tercst OF historical accuracy l would
like to correct the statement made by
MIR. Weaver that to Muybridge is en-
titled the credit for the beginning of
the rapid moving picture"
AS Mr. Weaver states, Muybrdgc did
in the early sos make series of
photographs of trotting horse, each
being taken by a single camera and
each exposion being made with the
image located centrally on each plate.
These photographs, twenty-four in
number. were then exhibited by being
projected on 8 screen by means of
apparatus well known at the time, Of
which the zoetrope or "wheel of life"
were the best known But--and this
ls the crux Of the quession-since
Muybridge's photographs were all To-
Gated centrally on the plates. the horse
when projected on Che screen did not
move. but remained stationary, WIN
there would be no i4.4sion in such an
exhibition.
What was wanted was not the tax
ing of separate pictures, each from
its own point of view, but the taking
OF many thousands of pictures all
from the same point Of view, just as
scene might be looked at by the eye
And ii was not until this conception
was had and camera was inv"n" j
having the capacity OF taking six.een
or more separate photogra phs a second
through the same objective that the
moving picture art can be said to have
g genesis.
Edison unquestionably was the p;o-
neer IN this art. 1t is true that
number of dreamers, of the Jules
Verne type, said that motion pictures
might in the future be produced, but
they had not described how they
might be made. These early suggcs-
lions had no greater effect on the
actual creation of the art than the
predictions that were INDUCED in for
many centuries by dreamers and poets
that man would eventually fly may be
said to anticipate the modern air
plane. In The Life and Inventions OF
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The One Unorganized Class

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The proposal to form a middle
class union is logical and worth som
consideration. | have 10 symnath,
with those of your corresp ondents who
cry hypocriticaily that tnere IS n.
such Vhing as cleo distinction in thu
country. The employer, OF capital
lists, and mechanics and laborers eac'
have recognized Interests in common
and have formed declarations 70 safe
guard their advantages
The only class which has not hao
sense enough to organize for self
preservation IS the one consisting C
the office clerks, teachers, small retail
dealers, etc. Statistics show faat thu
class, due TO its failure 70 organic.
has not been able to secure sutliciea
wage increases to meet the steadii'
rising cost Of living.
Why should these people. resenblin.
each other in tastes and eeners
culture (social equals, in other words.
have delayed so long in uniting? VIII. >
should they not act now. Failure u
understand their position in life has
been a difficulty in the past; merits
is the chief trouble to-day. 1t is e,
be hoped that these obstacles may b.,
overcome f.. s Quinn.
AsouEy Park. N. ], Nov. ~. 1919
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Statistics and the Stage

To the Editor of The Tribuns.
Sir; Certain statistics bearing on
the Rev DR.. Straton's criticism Of the
stage may be of interest in showing
that the stage is not especially fruit
full in the production of niquity.
In examining 1856 women sent to the
Correctional Institution at Bedford, n.
T.. u, or 14.S per cent. gave the stage
as former occupation. The same
number came from factories and III,
or "a per cent, from department stores.
DOUGLAS BROWN.
New York. Nov. Ia, 1919.
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Our Peace Army
The House Military Affairs

The House Military Affairs Com
mittee has come TO virtually unani-
NOUS agreement that the regular
army IN peace time should be COM
posed of 100000 combat troops.
Fifty thousand auxiliaries must be
added, so that the full peace strength
would be 100000.
This limit for the regular estab-
lishment has been approved by Gen.
erals Pershing and Wood. 1t was
favored by nearly all the witnesses
called before the Senate Military
Affairs Committee, except Secretary
Baker ASH General March. The Sec