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New-York tribune., 1920-11-28
The Paironesses

The Wcmen who are interested IN
the junior Cinema Club are among
New YoVk's representative society
women. Mrs Geer, who was former
" Miss Dorothy Roosevelt, and her
mother. Mrs. Hilborne Roosevelt, are
among the patronesses of the club.
Mrs. Wyatt was Miss Euphemia Van
4. Waddington. The patronesses'
names are all familiar to New York
people, many of them representing
ether kinds of progressive move
ments. They are Mrs. John ".
Alexander, Mr. Edward Livingston
COster, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Mrs. J.
Magee Ellsworth. Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, Mrs. John Henry Ham
mond, Mrs. A Barton HepburA. Mrs.
Gustavus T. Kirby, Mrs John,Henry
Livingston, Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur
Morris, Mrs. Roland Redmond. Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mrs. Hill
borne L. Roosevelt, Mrs. David Rum.
sey, Mrs Winari Straight. Mrs.
John King Van Rensselaer, and Mrs.
Schuyler Nelson Warren.
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pany the pictures viii be simply
piano accompaniment by Harry
Bennett.
The seven schools that are consid-
ering representation in the club are
Miss Chapin's. that of Mss Night
lngale. of Mrs. Randall MacIver, of
Mir. Lawrence Smith, St Bernard's
School, Horace Mann and the Lenoxs
Precautions against disease will be
taken in the management of the per-
formances. The Broadhurst Theater
was particularly chosen, according
to the directors, for its broad stair
ways and its facilities for making an
audience comfortable Chaperons
Will be in evidence at every program,
but the atmosphere viii be that of
party rather than that Of the school,
room
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largely OF Austrian and S!av ex-
traction, is subjected to all sorts Of
III treatment, which, unless stopped,
must inevitably lead to very serious
trouble. The Fascist. an ultra
Nationalist organization, composed
chiefly Of vcry young men, demobil-
ized junior officers, aviators and stu
dents. with good sprinkling of
schoolboys, the sons Of middle-class
.amihes, is particularly strong in
Trieste, where it enjoys complete
Immunity from official interference,
/ Witnessed so;ne of SIS excesses
.rom tae windows Of the British Con-
sulate General on the occasion Of the
visit Of Socialist Deputies to Trieste.
] also saw the gangs which burned
Gown the offices # II Lavoratore the
leading Socialist Journal in Julian
Nenetia' on their raid There were
some two hundred young fellows
moving lh ABOUT cighl gangs OF
twenty-five All We're armed with
aeavy sticks or budgeens, and the
leaders of each gag carried a riding
crop Each gang left the Sala
Dante, as the headquarters arc
called, separately. but all met IN the
Piazza Garibaldi at a given tine. In
rhe square some Of the Fascist at
tackled group Of workmen. and dur
ing the scrimmase that ensued
Pietro Bell, who was formerly D An
nunzlo's press agent and is one OF
the leaders Of the extreme National
lists was shot. As the bullet entered
near the car from behind it is prob
able that he was accidentally hit by
MS own side.
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fore naturally more rural than his
mpanion--cried
"Look. It's bluebird. An,.
there's its mate
Another flash Of sapphire and two
tiny feathercd forms shot into the
air and made Of into the sky The
city dwellers watched them 60, and
there must be something in that the
ory Of bluebirds being the harbin-
gers of youth and happiness, for the
Westerner, spying boy carrying Il
dart, insisted on showing him how
to shoot it. He made d dismal fail
urc Of 1t, but remained optimistic
even when the boy whirled the
string and sent. the pointed piece Of
wood high into the air at first trial
He even told Of the slingshots he
used to make when going to school,
and, the combined influence Of ma
ture and bluebird holding strong,
lcaped into field filled with tin
cans and marsh grass, where he be-
came covered with burrs, looking
like some strange monster Of the
wild when he came out.
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nRS. CUSTAVUS TOWN
1'A KIRBY, one of the
p0trONeSSGS

logical, consistent stories or else well
done, nicely worked out imaginative
things. The object we wish to at
tain will be completely lost if we
bore them
IN the mean time 1t is obvious that
these young parents are having a
really good time selecting movies
they themselves have been especially
Interested with the animal pictures
they have seen. IN tho photograph
ing OF animals the movie people
have reached the point desired in
combining entertainment with in
struction. They haFe taken pains to
catch the wild things on the film in
their natural homes and at their
tasks. The shyness of their sub
jects makes this business difficult,
but, according to the parental cen
sors, these animal pictures are the
most satisfactory movies for children
they have seen.
The theory they have about fea-
ture films Of the movie stars is that
children should see representative
pictures Of these well known per-
sons. They consider it part Of
their education.
"Movies represent the amusement
Of about nine-tenths Of the people of
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see strange sight. Millions upon
millions Of wings heating the air
and the light rcNct ed on countless
tiny forms, most Of them headed in
the same direction. Some flying in
the wedge formation adopted by avi-
ators in the war. Others irregu-
larry grouped and still others going
along in pairs. Some are hundreds
of miles at sea, others high above
The cities~~and all flying, so far as
known, with only instinct to guide
them.
Generally the birds keep to set
route. but this year the blue-tinted
flyers, starting from points further
north, decided to pay New York
call. They became 50 numerous
they attracted even the attention Of
persons not given to noticing crea-
lures Of the open. Recently two Of
thege persons went for stroll in
the country. More accustomed to
lodging automobiles and fighting
through dense city thron9s than
witnessing life in fen and field, they
did not observe at first what was
COR. on about them. But nature
was insistcnt and forced itself on
their attention. The trees were in
autumn attire, glorious in colors
running from russct 10 crimson. It
was tho beginning Of November, but
the grass was still miraculousIy
green on each side Of the path which
ran almost straight az an arrow be-
tween The trees.
Then suddenly there was streak
Of blue. and one o1Ihs pedestrians
-~he wss from tho est, and there
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rarer treat. Just as he was sinking
into a pleasant mood Of introspec-
tion caused BY the ducks visit. his
memories Of eXhlarating days with
gun in the marshes were Quickened
by the clear high call Of a Canada
goose in flight. Mr.. Crandall after
ward expressed doubt as to this, but
the oldtimer was certain he was
right.
1T was not the loud conversation
of passing wedge he reported,
nor was it the nervous call of
fright. 1t was that confidential and
chatty note that to the experienced
car means that the flock is about to
light"
A little later, continued The old
timer, the big gandcr came into
sight, followed by his companions III
a huddled group. They circled &
rocky bluff, disappeared for little
while from the view Of the watcher
and finally snuggled down in a quiet
cove near the bride path at the up.
per end of the pond.
1T is an uncanny instinct Of
these wild things" asserted the old,
timer, "and no wild fowl arc shye,
than mallards and geese, by which
they understand that We city foll
are harmless. Probably Il. re are
veterans among them that hand OF
the tradition from year to year. Tha
old gander intimated by his ton,
that he knew what he was talking
about"
Unfortunately for this beautiful
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seen SO many" he said. "They seem
to have come from everywhere,
Mr.. Crandali added that whereas
some bluebirds winter in southern
New York State, the majority prefer
points much further south.
But, Of course, bluebirds are only
one of about one hundred and fifty
kinds Of birds making New York
City a port Of call on their annual
pilgrimage. And it gives one pleas
ant glow about the heart to hear, and
perhaps see, some Of them as they
pass And for some reason, the
most welcome sound of all, to old
time hunters at least, is the honk of
4 wild goose or the call of a duck.
Heard amid the crash and rattle
of city life, the sound is like 4
breath Of the big woods in wor.d of
brick and asphalt.
The other day one of these old
timers was walking in Central Park
when from overhead came the quack
Of a mallard 1t was near evening,
and through the gathering shadows
the voyager descended to the sur
face of the pond near the Fifty-ninth
Street and Fifth Avenue entrance
II was remarkable that, in spite of
its natural shyncss, the mnllard was
rot afraid. Cars passed on the street
south of the park, automobile horns
sounded on the drives, people lounged
about the waters edge, but instinct
seemed to tell the visitor that under
the ancient law applying to guests
it was safe. b
But the old5 5mer was in FOR a
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For Settlement Children

Another plan for presentation OF
tickets resembles the scholarship
method. Two tickets have been
bought for Greenwich House, and
two little people from the settlement
will be chosen each week to have the
privilege Of seeing the movies.
One of the first films that will be
shown is Treasure Island" Or the
same program with this will be an
animal picture and travel picture
showing some Of the castles Of the
time of William the Conqueror in
England at the present day.
A number Of private schools have
taken up the movement of the club
with a great deal of interest. In
cne Of these the older girls in the
school form a committee for helping
develop the taste of the younger
pupils. The natural tendency of
children to look up to and initiate the
ways Of those few years their
senior makes this scheme particu-
larly good. And the craving for re-
sponsibility on the part of these
cider girls-who are, OF course. not
SO very old-works toward the same
end.
Although none Of the seats in the
house will be reserved, the plan is
that the school groups shall have
certain sections of their own. They
may even put up banners marking
their place. Singing and all sorts of
the best type of amusements may de-
velop later from this grouping. The
music that is now planned to accom-
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Trieste a City Of Ferment

THE difficulties with which the
Il Italian administration Of the
former Austrian port o.
Trieste has to cope are analyzed
by a special correspondent Of The
London Times, who writes under
an October date line:
In Trieste one is brought face to
face with the results Of peace con
ference delay and indecision. Julian
Nenetia, which includes lstria. has
never yet been annexed to the kiog-
dom Of Italy. AS it is not legally
part Of Italy, everybody lives in an
atmosphere Of uncertainty. II one
inyokes Italian law, the reply is In
possible. Austrian law is sill IL
force If one invckes Austrian law
the indignant reply is, Julian
Nenetla. Is no longer Austrian. 1t ls
ltalian." AS a matter OF fact
Trieste and the whole country sur
sounding it is suffering from an ut-
terly sponsible form of govern
ment, in which militarism and bu-
reaucracy vie with each otner in
sitting commercial activity, III op-
pressing labor and in maxine the
lives Of the inhabitants miserable.
In no city in Italy which ] have
visited are economic conditions more
difficult than in Trieste There is an
enormous amount of unemployment,
and the cost of living is higher even
than in Rome. The laboring popula-
ton is faced with an almost impos-
sible living problem, and, being very
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Geer. "Thore are those who are in
terested in presenting the best mov-
ing pictures to their children. Then
there are those who do not care par
ticularly what their children see. the
indifferent ones, who think it doesn't
matter particularly just so the chill
dron are amusel The third group,
and this is small of course, is made
up of mothers vino say they do not
believe in letting children see moving
pictures at all
"These mothers seem just little
behind the times, don't you think?
Movies are here to stay, and there is
such a thing as developing the right
kind Of taste through them, just as
there is through music and the the
ater.
"You may be surprised, but we
find often that grandmothers are
much more interested and sympa-
'hetic with the children's desires
than mothers are. They are often
nucN more progressive. In joining
the club and buying season tickets,
many grandmothers have taken ad-
vantage of our plan for Christmas
presents. Some of these grand
mothers do not live in New York
themselves, but have disposed of the
problem of gifts for their New York
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4 Start on the Problem

The Junior Cinema Club, recently
organized BY some of the younger
parents Of New York society is 60
ing after this problem of finding fit
movies for children to see. Their
first interest is. or course, finding
something to amuse their own. But
The experiment. when worked out by
them. will no doubt furnish many
premises for other parents, and for
motion picture producers to work
rom later.
The directors Of this new club and
the persons who organized it are
Mrs. Christopher Wyatt, Mrs. Lang
Ion Geer, W. Herbert Adams and
Lewis Hooper. Interested in plays
nd the theater and feeling the
personal need Of their own children
or good motion pictures, they have
hit upon plan for presenting good
programs to children. The question
hey ask Of other parents who may
wish to join in the enterprise is:
Would you allow your children to
enjoy motion pictures more fire.
ouently if you were assured that the
a.lns ard their environment were
'ust what you yourself would have
selected ~
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The Junior Cinema Club Ananges
for Performances at Which Picked
Films Will Be Shown

cember 3 and 4, respectively, will be
given at the Broadhurst Theater.
During Christmas and New Years
weeks the performances will be given
on Tuesday and Wednesday after
Moons.
Additional subscription seasons
will be arranged for as the demand
may warrant.
"a chaperon will be in attendance
at each performance.
Only such pictures will be shown
as have been personally passed upon
by the directors of the club, with the
cooperation Of the Parents League"
The picture subjects are being
carefully chosen. from standpoint
of quality and interest and are to
include regular feature films Of the
prominent motion picture stars, ed
ucational pictures of travel and an
imal life, comedies and animated car
tOons and other instructive and en-
tertaining features. The subscrip-
ton rates are $500, including the
war tax, for two tickets to each Of
the six series of performances, sub
scribers having the right to obtain
as many extra single tickets at $3.50
each as they may apply for and as
may be available.
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HFR(@4 E4o7O

Adams has one little girl. SO these
directors have distinctly the personal
interest in what they are trying to
do. They realize decidedly that large
chunks of information cannot be
handed out to children with any sat
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theory, not all the experts agree
with it. Mr.. Crandall asserted that
he would be very much surprised in
oeed if the fowl observed by the old
timer really were Canada geese
(For the information of persons
whose hunting has been restricted to
quests for city fats it may be ex-
planned that all wild geese seen here
abouts are called Canada geese
Are Very Shy
Canada geese are very shy birds, y
continued Mr.. Crandall. Il should
be astonished if any of them dropped
in Central Park. ! think the old
timer must have been mistaken.
About twenty years ago some Canada
geese dropped in at the Geological
Park. Some were caught and held
for specimens and breeding. Since
then no Canada geese have dropped
mere. l mean migrants. Some Can-
ada geese bred at the Geological
Park are permitted to fly about, and
it may be, it is barely possible, that
some visited Central Park"
The talk about migrants brough.
out one story of an interesting speci-
men at the park. This is a snow
goose which has been there for years
Although not clipped, he refuses t'
escape, and recently when the pont
which he frequents was drained he
sought another strip of water, where
he waited patiently until the worl
was completed. Then he returned
to .is old stamping ground.
6ne hears a great deal about wilt
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fowl in captivity showing restless
ness when migration time draws
near, but Curator Crandall says in
his twelve years in charge Of birds
at the park he has Jailed to find cor
roboration Of this. Wild fowl in
captivity, he seems to think, are
creatures of habit. the same as
humans. Once they acquire the habit
Of being tame they remain tame, IN
less something happens to send them
back among the wild. They seem to
be more concerned with the problem
of food than with travel.
Given their meals and protected
against bodily discomforts, it is
doubtful, Mr.. Crandall seemed to
think, whether there would be any
urge to migrate at all.
Pretty Story Spoiled
There are shooting clubs on
Long Island which hold wild duck
by feeding them" he pointed out.
And they hold them all winter In
my experience have never wit
messed signs of restlessness among
birds and wild fowl at the Zoologi-
cal Park in the migratory season
II is pretty to think that there comes
time when the birds, no matter
how placed, feel an irresistible i'm
pulse to go forth and face their
destiny, but have not observed it
among those in captivity. They be-
have in the migratory season much
as at other times"
But las against this blow at the
traditions is the fact that even
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All New York Boys and Girls May;
Benefit as a Result Of a Move for
Improving Picture Shows

grandchildren by getting tickets for
our programs"
In all probability some Of .hese
grandmothers would like to 60 to the
performances themselves.
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-ubscription Programs

And this is the plan of the club,
n cooperation with the Parents
League:
Two subscription seasons of six
consecutive Friday afternoons and
Saturday mornings, beginning De
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An Unusual Number

Several days later, when the
Westerncr had almost finished the
task Of picking tho burrs out Of his
clothes, Lee 8. Crandall, curator Of
birds at the Geological Park in the
Bronx, also commented on the large
number Of blucbirds that had visit
ed New York this fall.
II don't remember ever having
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among birds the perfect state is not
at hand and that they remain the
greatest travellers in the world.
1T is true that man makes longer
journeys than BIRDS remarks
Frank NJ. Chapman in his book The
Travels Of Birds. But it also is
true he could not make them with
out help from other men. He might
walk where there was land. bat he
would need days to 90 as far as \
ord could go in an hour. And when
he comes TO the sea he requires a
sailing vessel or steamer, with charts
and maps and compass to aid him
III finding the way; while in the hold
there must be food for the use Of
the crew and passengers during the
voyage.
Without Ship or Chart
But the bird traveller asks help
from no one. He has no use for
locomotives, automobiles or steam
ships. He carries no chart and no
compass, and he can go with ease
to parts Of the world which it took
man many years to reach, and to
some parts of the world which still
are unknown to man. So
far as know, there is no way by
which we could go with the birds on
their travels, and even tiny hum
mingbird could laugh at the efforts
Of the best aviator, if he should at
tempt TO follow him in an Krplane
from Canada TO Central An ica."
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isfying results and that thought for
interesting and entertaining the little
people is essential.
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HNHAT beautiful season when
the feathered Inhabitants Of
n the afr, responding to an
cient tradition or perhaps a
present need, set forth on their south
ward migration is drawing to close
This year the pilgrimage has been
endeared 10 many New Workers. by
me appearance Of sn unusual num-
ter Of blucbirdS. The flicker of
color as one Of these feathered avi-
ators flashed by was a sign that the
seasonal fight was on, bat remind
cF as we'll that the wild geese, duck,
golden plovers, bobolinks, grackles
and scores Of other specimens were
On the wing.
No One Moving Day
OF course. all these birds don't
migrate ~ the time, bat the
appearance e a. sign that
Hovirs day .or all IL l.. hand. Zen
srally fao frs, Of thcse migrants TO
oeZin tae,r southwark journey are
the tree swallows. Then the hermit
thrushes begin 10 dispose Of their be-
sonR'n2s-jn contrast TO humans who
nave TO PARK em--ano after tnesc
he bluebirds.
Blucbirds are, by Maeterlinck's
Interpretation. the messengers Of
happiness, but Why they have visited
"sw York City in such nocke this
season IL a mystery. But then equal
y FnySterious are many of the other
habits of the creatures Of the air in
me migrating season. If one had a
complete panorama II the air routes
~ this time Of the year ne would
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the questions many city
mothers have been asking. And
there has been no answer, up to the
present, except for the mother to go
alone and see whether the show con-
tains anything she considers injuri-
Gus for child minds and emotions.
Although large percentage Of
most motion picture audiences" are
children, the movies are made with
out much regard for child needs.
And in city where recreation for
children is Of necessity limited the
problem Of keeping little people en-
tertained must contain some conces-
sions to the movie show.
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By Hannah Mitchell

<<T II OW shall I know which
~ - movies to take my chill
L. dren to see?" is one of
the questions many city
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Others Establish a Movie Censorship for Children

the country" said Mr.. Adams, "and
we want our children to know the
best that there is > be known about
them. The whole field is democratic
and developing influence. Every
year sees new artists and bigger
artists. entering the cinema field. 1t
is limitless and growing, and parents
cannot overlook what it may mean
to their children"
Three Kinds of Mothers
1--WE meet three kinds of mothers
in building up our club" said Mrs.
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Children Are Critical

"Chlldren are most CRITICAL said
Mrs. Gee. last week. "They want
Bisbee daily review., 1920-11-19

STOCKS and BONDS
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK, Nov 1S.-Liquidation of securities on the stock exchange made further perceptible progress to- day, the reaction being again accom- panied by unsettlement in various branches of commerce and industry and additional confusion in the lead ing commodity markets.
 Today's losses were sustained in the face of the easiest money condi- tions known for many weeks. Call loans opened at per cent and relax ed at per cent during the mid-ses- sion, while time funds were more free ly offered than any period since the early autumn.
 It was pointed out that the ease O. money could hardly be regarded as bullish factor, inasmuch as this condition was almost wholly due to the release of enormous amounts of cash resulting from stock market li- quidation. One of the significant de velopments was the passing of the quarterly dividend on the common shares of American International. That stock suffered an extreme loss of II points at 3SH, making only a feeble recovery later. Suspension of the American International dividend was the signal for enormous selling of other shippings, Mercantile Marine preferred making net loss of 5A points United Fruit SIS and Atlantic Gulf 2H.
 United States Steel made a new low for three years, at S0A, but ios. only one point on the day. Among the other outstanding features of weakness were the independent steels equipments. motor specialties and to- baccos and leather issues at gross recessions of one to six points. Sales amounted to 1,150,000 shares. Foreign exchange especially the British rate. was strong during the morning, but reacted sharply later.
 Heavy trading in bonds. including Liberty issues and internationaIs, was attended by variable but moderate declines. Total sales (par value) az. gregated $16,S75,000. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call