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tions some of the weaker features. If editing
out of certain the additional use Of
sub-titles would help this is usually suggested
The comic, slapstck, productions have
been source of mingled JOY and misery since
the early days of their inception. People sell
dom agree on their merits Delicate minded
women acting as censors these films, reach
opposing views, some holding them to be
worthless and others classifying them as good
entertainment l remember once sitting in one
of the projection rooms of a producing COM
pany, where these advance showings are held
Some slapstick comedies were being shown and
four women censors were present with the as
sembled critics. There was great prejudice
against such subjects at the time,, for they
were new, and Mack Sennett and Charlie Chap
lin had not yet won their way with the public.
But even from the first there was something
ridiculously funny about these nonsensical,
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hobbledehoy comics, and as the reels unfolded
on the screen the critics emitted furtive snck-
ers Finally one Of the women censors unable
to resist longer, said "Wel, we might just
as well laugh" They did laugh, and in an
other moment everybody was foolishly and
absurdly happy.
GLOW many pictures do you see in day?'
/ have been asked.
The question is difficult one to answer, for
the rate of production has varied greatly. In
my early years in this work at least two pro-
ducing companies would each show the critics
as many as twenty-five reels one day every
week. These were short subjects, of one, two,
three or perhaps four reels each. One COM
pany made an average of thirty to fifty reels
week of these short subjects, including
Westerns, comics, detective stories and others
Of familiar pattern. These were known as
program subjects, and for long time domi-
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mated screen entertainment in most houses.
Then along came the fve-reel features, and
even longer pictures, running from six to
ten reels more. The feature pictures gained
In favor, and to-day most houses run at least
one of these, interspersed with comics, news
reels and educational numbers.
People often ask if one doesn't lose all sense
of emotion when reviewing so many pictures.
q once kept record up to 10000 reels). To
this say that one perhaps learns to judge
them on points, an expert at dog show,
or chicken show judges prize winners. Plot,
Characterization, acting, human interest,
humor, movement, costuming, settings-all
these phases Of picture construction and
many more are considered in reviewing.
film story may be familiar and ordinary in
many details and yet possess certain fresh
attributes which lift it above the average.
Sometimes, with great deal Of crudeness
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and afterward pulled Huerta down and let
loose the Villistas! Poor fools, the Mexicans,
they ate one another up throughout the whole
country. They burned and murdered to the
destruction of their people and the bene-
fit of only one people-the "Gringo" the
American! And that all this should not stop,
that they should continue to kill one another
this is what Wall Street and Washington
wanted; and therefore it was done.
But why? What reason had their enemies,
the Yankees? This also the Mexcans knew
and never tired of speaking about. The
Gringo wanted the country, wanted every
thing, wanted Sonora, wanted Coahuila, Chi
huahua and the rich Tampicos with all the
oil fields; wanted to rob the Mexicans of
these possessions as before they had
robbed Mexico of California, New Mexico,
Texas and Arizona. Therefore, the Yankee
went about it in his way, inspired she
Mexicans to kill one another through the many
years, and then when there was no man left
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grips with its immensely and the strangeness
of the whole affair is willingly forgotten in
it's seeming actuality.
The spell cast by the motion picture upon
those watching it is not to be denied. / sat
once in a projection room beside young
woman who was reviewing films for popular
magazine. The girl had not been doing the
work long and was still in the attitude of
mind Of a beginner. Things shown on the
screen affected her visibly, raising or depress-
ing her spirits. She laughed when the humor
was successful and sat in bored silence when
it failed; she rose in her seat when the story
became suspenseful and sat back calmly when
it was dull In one instance there was shown a
conventional fire scene inside a dwelling house,
the sort of melodramatic situation that has
been pictured time and again, except for one
thing. Inside a covered wall-box in the burn
ing room a little child was lying asleep; it
had crawled into this receptacle before the fire
started and been completely forgotten by
everybody in the cast. That spectators watch
ing the picture would not forget it was evil
denced by the actions of the girl beside me-
She suddenly rose from her chair in the dark
sned projection room and shrieked in startled
tones, II hope they get that baby out of that
box"
The great law Of averages seems to apply
to the movies to everything else in the en-
tertainment field. The ordinary commercial
film has always found its audiences every
where, and perhaps will continue to do so. But
higher artistic screen fights may be ex-
pected.
Nothing can bring about the success of real
art, in books, pictures or on the legiti-
mate stage, except lively demand for it on
the part of the patronizing public. This is the
lesson of the past. For those who have faita
that art is mot dead but sleeping the presens
situation is encouraging. The old order of
things is in a bad state of the doidrums
Legitimate plays and books are experiencing
definite changes for the better and an occa-
sional film production surprises the public
with new revelations of thought and feeling.
When the world needs art it will reach cut
and take it.
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<<M ET'S drop around to the movies"
70 "No, don't feel like it tonight;
IA I've been seeing lot Of movies
to-dav"
to-day. "

"You haven't seen this feature advertised
here, have you?"
"No but when you have to see so many as
a matter of business you don't go to them much
a pastime."
"Oh" and my friend looked at me with
baff1ed expression, as though he couldn't under
stand how anybody could ever see enough NOV
ing pictures to get tired of them.
My friend of this conversation, which is only
a sample of many similar ones I have taken
part in, was right, after all, in his attitude.
1t is almost impossible to see too many movies
if you have real liking for them.
I have been looking at moving pictures
as means IF livelihood for more than eight
years In that time great changes have come
in screen productions, with an interesting
promise of improvements to follow. The aver
age production of to-day is still commercial
vehicle for some well known player with
following; mechanically constructed, lacking
any great vision or insight and following fran
tcally the slow jog-trot or highly speeded ac
ton of pedestrian plot Only the occasional
production develops artistic wings and is actu-
ally able to fly. But it is enough and demon
strates what can be done.
have often noticed looks of surprise peo-
ples faces when | told them I went to the
movies to earn living. "How?" they would
ask. Then I would explain that since 1912
had been connected with a moving picture
trade journal in the capacity of critic or re
viewer 1t has been my business to go look at
the pictures and then write review of them
for this publication, which is of number
Of similar trade papers taken by exhibitors
throughout the country. The exhibitors want
know IN advance what the new pictures are
like before booking them, and they get this
information through their own trade publica-
tons.
The function Of the trade paper criticism,
such as myself and numerous other reviewers
have written, is generally constructive in tone.
1T points out, usually in liberal terms, the good
features Of given picture and then men
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scious of it. We may creep out again from all
this mud and dirt as soon as the happy occa-
sion arises which permits it."
Braun walked in Park Row. There he saw
a few khaki soldiers, fiat footed, handy legged;
the most of them waddling and shufling along.
They were going over to fight the Germans and
win few new provinces for England.
Braun passed along Union Square on Christ
mas Eve. He heard the old glee "Tannen-
baum floating up from basement restaurant.
He stopped and listened. He recognized the
melody, but not the words.
"Ah," he said, "the old war song of the Irish
in this country, old Germany, old Germany,
when will you set Ireland free?'"
But the song sounded as though it came out
of the grave.
FRANK BRAUN was staying in Torreon,
in the State of Chihuahua. Oh! he knew
his Mexco Anarchy in all brans-as every
where else in this country--and only on one
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Middle Ages. Yes--New York,
with its noisy elevated trains and thun-
derous lsubways, where you can get more
bad books and plays than any place in the
world except Naples. And the automobiles!
You know as well as l that many women
would not dare to step alone into a taxicab
unless they knew the firm that owned it.
And why? Because kidnapping is here the
regular order of the day; and women fear to
be carried off and hidden in out-of-the-way
places in broad daylight by lecherous men or
thieves.
Opium Caverns: You can find them here by
the dozens, not only in Chinatown, but every
where else. If you wish, policemen will lead
you to them. Heroin, cocaine morphine, what
ever drug you want, you can find here plenti-
fully American niggers slay their children
in sacrifices to their God-their Voodoo Kul-
tur-iust as they do in Hayti.
And when in America do they catch a MUIR
derer, black or white? And there are always
murders committed by the dozen. In America
there are slaves by the thousands. just read
the latest publications about the Italian pa
drone system in the Port of New Y York. Slaves
who are tied up closer than any were ever tied
up in the plantations Of the cotton-growina
South. Magcians, clairvoyants and other ia
kris, you can find them here everywhere. In
almost every house lives a prophecies who
takes the money away from too foolish men
and women. One can buy in New York every
thing to satisfy venomous lust; everything is
yours if you only open your pocketbook, just
as it was in Rome at the time of Alexander
VI. These facts are generally not known be-
cause all over this awfuness they throw the
greasy garments of Anglo-Saxon hypocrisy;
that makes the whole thing that is called New
York.
Oh, New York, with all it's sneaks and muck
ers who hunt after every free spoken word,
after every natural advertisement in the news
papers; who denounce and punish every little
trader who dares sell a picture in which a
decolete woman is depicted! Those water
drinkers and sniveling sanctifers who forbid
sport and theaters on Sunday; who have estab-
lished the most lying laws, who close the
saloon in front and walk in through the back
door to get a drink. AS you can see, this
inqusition is also of the Middle Ages, only
not as strong and cruel it was in Spain
but cowardly, small, English! One thing is
sure-that there is nothing in the world which
could not happen here nor anything impossi-
BILE in this giant city-this garbage pail, into
which the whole world sweeps its slops
pRAUN laughed with his companion and
said: Owe are both here in the midst of it
all, you and l, but it is good that one is con-
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TTvHE description of New York
q The Vampire, HE Gerraany-Hans
Ewer The Vampire, uhh bitter on
in
brought the United the deiecaion of Berlin
believe
Frank Braun America Hohenzollen
It's number
it believed
Hans the both typcoly
u n reaction American mentality.
ponti n
the
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BERLIN
If No Policeman Has Led
You to an 'Opiunl Cav-
ern' 1t Is Your Own
Fault. You Haven't
Given Him a Chance
to carry the gun-then he, the Yankee, woufd
come, would try to make peace and take when
and what he liked. Such is the Gringo poll
tics.
And this is what the New York papers an
nouaced Germans support Mexico against
the States!
Germans? Here is only one who dominates
and that is the Yankee!
RRAUN sat at his desk. Flies played around
him; would not be chased away they
buzzed close to his head, bit him on his neck,
rested for moment on his forehead, sat on
his hand. He jumped up, caught one after
another and placed them in a match box. II
quickly caught several dozen he shook them
up and mixed them all together and then he
went back to his desk and resumed his seat.
He took carefully one of the flies out of the
match box. And then he remembered play
that he used to play when he was boy. The
flies meant to him at that time all his teachers
who punished him and whom he hated, and he
started to play again his boys play.
To one fly he said: "You are my teacher,
Jansen. You have told me that did not greet
you the street. and therefore you beat me.
You know very well that I did not even see
you. Wait, you rascal" He pulled out ! fys
leg and then squashed it. He took the next
fly.
"You are Northcliffe' he said. Gust waiti
III pull out all of your legs. Yes, and the two
wings as well. / am sorry that you have not
got six thousand legs"
Next he executed Edward Grey, Poincare,
Cemenceau and the Czar; then King Albert
and finally King Peter and his homely
princess. He selected a very small fly for
the King of the Italians. 1t was very hard
to catch his legs sngly. The Mkado came
next and also was executed. Then followed
the Americans who are kneeling before
London and who exchanged English gold
for good German blood Then Wilson and
Lansing and Morgan and all the other meters
of war-d Annunzio, Ibanez and Beck and all
the other paid scoundres of the Franco Brit
ish lie makers on both sides of the Atlantic.
"You have to suffer for it, he said. "All
your legs pulled out and be thrown into the
ink bottle"
Only two more flies were left.
"You are Prince Cockatoo king ManueD"
he said to one. ut is too much honor if pull
out your legs; you have to be suffocated; you
have to die in your dirt"
Then he took out the last fly from the match
box
He threw the fly into the ink bottle.
"You," he said, "are the German diplomat
You are not low, but only simple You are
not scoundrel, you are not liar you have
not been bribed nor paid to betray honor; only
you are stupid, immensely stupid. l should do
you the greatest benefit if killed you, because
you would fly anyhow into all the spiders
webs, who will eat you alive.
Then he crushed the fly between his fingers
and threw it into the ink bottle with the
others.
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THIS IS NEW YORK, ACCORDING TO BERLIN
The Trouble With New
Yorkers Is That They
Are Too Close to Their
T0wn to KnoW 1t.
Ask Hans; He KnoWs

- TEW YORK is the most romantic"
" city of the whole world-it is still
living In the nebulous times of the
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pRAUN laughed with his companion and
said: eve are both here in the midst of it
all, you and l. but it is good that one is con-
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
WILLIAM FRIEND LOWERS RECORD
 OVER MINUTE IN
 BICYCLE RACES

William Friend broke his previous bike record from the Country club to Phoenix by one minute and l6 seconqs in yesterdays bicycle race frieno ied the field, winning first prize Al Rhoades crossed the tape for second money just two seconds after his team mate. Bill Friend Both riders made the race on Pierce bicycles. warren Stone finished third with 20 minutes and r seconds, Rosser finishing two finished sixth, but wins first moneysin the younger class, and Cronin gets sec ond money in the same class.
 Friend and Rhoades took the lead at Center and Roosevelt, holding their advantage to the finish. Stone and the race to Center and Roosevelt. The riders finished in the following | order: =
 I. William Friend, 20 min ss sec Pierce. ?. Al Rhoades. 20 min. s5 sec:- Pierce.
 g. Warren Stone. 20 min s7 sec.- 4 William Rosser. 20 min ss sec-- Pierce.
 5. Edgar Hart, 20 min 40 sec.- l Iver- Johnson.
 6. Harold Wheeler. 22 min. s2 sec.- Iver- Johnson. | '. Lynel McGarr, 22 mln- o4 Sec.- | Iver- Johnson.
 8. William Murphy. p min ss see.- Yale.
 3. Sam Robinson, es min. II ser- | Iver- Johnson.
 10 Stanley Cronin. 24 min. g sec Iver Johnson. l II. James Rorex. 24 min. 2s sec.- Iver Johnson.
 F. Pete Yescas. 25 min. 45 sec Iver Johnson. | 1s. George Huntoon, 27 min. sec.- Shell.
 I4. Paul Barr. 30 min. .flat-Iver. Johnson. : Not an accident occurred to mar thu days sport and all entries finished. 4 over the entire course and helped keeI down the speed.
 Another race will be held in abou 30 days.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
HIGH
 WINS NORTHERN
 ARIZONA TITLE
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PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 2O-Prescott high schools basketball team won the championship of northern Arizona yes terday by defeating the team of Wins low high school 19 to IS. Harry South worth, a Prescott player, received a sprained ankle and was retired from the game. Two other Prescott players later were withdrawn because of in- juries. Southworth then returned to the game in order to satisfy the tech nical rule regarding the number of players to constitute a team. He was unable to play but stood under one of the goal posts. The Winslow girls team won the girls championship. and the Flagstaff normal team won the in dividual champ ionship. The Prescott team will represent the teams of north ern Arizona in the statewide tourna- rnent to be held during University Week at the University of Arizona Tucson, 1t was announced but only on condition that Southworth was suf ficiently recovered to be able to play
 with his teammates.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
COYOTES PLAY GILBERT TEAM
 TONIGHT FOR
 VALLEY TITLE

Basketball will officially retire this evening in the Salt River valley, when the Coyotes and Gilbert five meet to settle the championship of the valley and determine which team will repre- sent the conference at Tucson uni versity week.
 The Coyotes won the class A cham pionship and Gilbert won the class B championship. leaving the way clear for the two teams to settle the valley supremacy. The two teams decided to play the final game on neutral ground, selecting Mesa as the spot to meet for the final fray. The game will be played at the Vance auditorium, start ing promptly at 8 D. m. w. J. Clark will referee the game
 Tonight's winner will be presented with the Arizona Republican silver loving cup offered to the school team winning the championship of the valley this season. The cup will be the prop erty of the winning team and it will not be necessary to again compete for the same cup next year.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
SENATORS SCORE
 | T0 1 VICTORY OVER ALL STARS

The Senators made their debut at Eastlake park yesterday afternoon by throwing the All-Stars overheard with a score of II to l with the All Stars doing the one act. The Senators looked very good for their first time out and with one days practice to get the team in working order.
 Cross pitched a nice heady game, holding the All Stars to five scattered hits. while the Senators garnered II off Richie and Ed Scott. Duke also con- nected with a three-bagger and Sorrey slammed a home run. sThe game was devoid of sensational features being more of a tryout for the newly organ ized Phoenix team than a regular game In the eighth inning Lyall went be- hind the bat, Harry Westfall covered third, and Brown went to center, Hal diman going to the bench.
 Next Sunday the Senators will play
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21

Do you do your best work when going at top speed?
 Or are you . second -guesser? Do you delay the game by. taking time to- deliberate?
 Ralph GreenIeaf. worlds pocket billiard champ, says the faster he cues the balls and the harder he concentrates on his game the bet ter are his scores.
 Why not try Greenleaf's system of speed and concentration in your own game?
 Shooting fast and concentration has made Ralph Greenleaf the world S pocket billiard champion.
 "The faster I shoot the better runs l make" says Greenleaf.
 I'm steadier when making rapid fire shots, too.
 'Tf one goes into the game with his mind concentrated on what he's doing he'll fare we'll
 Even though his strike may be a little unsteady if he can concentrate he's going to roll the balls into the pockets.
 sometimes travelling upsets me fol game.
 "lf I have to carry my grips for z short distance the exertion on my arm: 
 But it's the speed shooting tha I'm best at.
 Doesn't Deliberate
 If l deliberated over my shots would be almost sure to play poorly. Greenleaf is veteran with the cue although he's. but 21.
 He's been shooting pocket billiard since he was nine.
 Two years ago he won the cham pionship.
 Like Willie Hoppe, he is modest an unassuming.
 His rapid work in clearing the table makes him drawing card at exhibitio matches.
 Recently in Baltimore he scored F , points in less than AZ minutes.
 Natural ability may count for som of my success" says Greenleaf, "bu concentration and speed count most
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21

Mike O'Dowd, Billy Miske, Jock Ma lone, Johnny Ertle and Billy Whalen. Fred Fulton really learned to box in St. Paul also. And. funny thing, they all seem to come from the same sec tion-the midway district of St. Paul.
 Frisco town has sent out more champions than any other city-Young Corbett, Jim Jeffries, Young Mitchell. Frankie Neill. Abe Attell, Jimmy Britt, Willie Ritchie. Joe Thomas, and host of near champions.
 Chicago was the home of good many boxers-Jimmy Barry, Johnny Coulan, Packey Mcfarland and Char
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
Barnyard Golf VIII
 Hold Spotlight For
 Week In Sport World
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ST. PETERSBURG, Iowa, Feb. 20.- The national annual horseshoe pitch ng tournament, expected to be the greatest "barnyard golf" event held in the country, will start tomorrow with an entry list that included experts from nearly every state. The players range from S3 years to youths in knicker- bockers. with the majority well past the half-century mark.
 The tournament is expected to con- tinue through the week.
 Preparations of individual contest ants have been under way for weeks muscles have been limbered up and many have been practicing from day. break until dark.
 Frank Jackson of Kellerton, Iowa, is the national title holder.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
PUSHED FOR TIME

Father (to Sammy. coming home in bedra ggled conditionl Great Scotti how you do look"
 Yes, pa; 1 fell in a mud hole.
 What. and with your new pants on, too?"
 "Yes; I didn't have time to take them off. f."-IIouston Post
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
Indiana And Illinois
 Tie For First Place
 In Conference Games
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CHICAGO, Feb. 2O-With the close the western conference champion ship basketball race three weeks away Indiana and Illinois tonight are tied for first place each having won six ssut of seven games Purdue is in third place with four victories out of seven, and Chicago, winner in the 1920 cham pionship. is fourth. having won five out of nine games.
 Five more games remain for Illinois Iowa and Purd e, while Indiana. Northwestern, Ohio state and Wiscon- sin heEe four to play. Three more contests will finish for Chicago, Min 'esota and Michigan.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
Harry Snyder Takes
 Wing Shot Honors At
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KANSAS CITY, Mo, Feb. 20.-Har- ny Snyder of Kansas City today won the international wing shot champion ship final event of the seventeenth an- nual interstate trapshooting tourna- ment. He scored 96. Frank Troeh Vancouver, Wash. was second with 93. Fred Etchen. Coffeyville, Kan and Frank Hughes. Mobridge, S. D.. tied for fifth with 90.
Arizona republican., 1921-02-21
By Ripley

ley White.
 Boston claims John L. Sullivan. Matty Baldwin and Jimmy Walsh.
 Baltimore had Joe Cans, Kid Will Hams and George Chaney to boast about
 Pittsburg has Frank Moran and Frank Klaus.
 Denver has Jack Dempsey and Young Corbett for native sons. New York city leads in the number of champions at the present time, hay ing Benny Leonard, Joe Lynch and Johnny Wilson in possession of the lightweight bantamweight and mid dleweight titles.