The Washington times., 1921-05-15

the days Of unrssuiated street traf-
nc. We may establish one-way
aisles and apply every other device
of traffic management to ensure easy
entrance and exit Hats and wraps
must be cared for by some perfect
system not yet devised. Seats must
he designed by correct-posture ex-
perts for perfect comfort and health,
with two independent chair arms for
each person. The seats OF course
fold automatically as soon as va
Gated to allow easy exit.
ENDS TICKET SELLERS.
= "coin- operated vending machines
VIII dispense disks which in turn
will operate easy-working turnstiIes
according to scat location. eliminate
ing both the box office and the
ticket takers A tiny lamp would
light showing for each row that
seats werc available, the color in
dicating the numSer vacant, thus
largely replacing the usher. The
keynote is the word 'automatic.'s
The theatef siye VIII range from
the little theaters' to the huge the
aters for master-productions. The
little theaters with lower magnihca-
tiops will be better for highly spe-
cialixed hlms requiring perfect deh-
milton. Little theaters win also be
suitable for Innovations which must
meet the challenge of popular taste
before being assimilatsd into appre-
ciated art. AT the other extreme
we may have vast circular theaters
with concetnric circles of seats
facing the center where each sector
will be- provided with its own screen
and protector all operating with one
hln. Many times the present crowds
could be served and all the advan-
Ia ges OF largs-scale production would
obtain.
ODORIzED THEATERs.
''rhs engineer could control At the
optimum value every item such as
cooling or heating. drying the air,
increasing the air pressure or de-
oreasing 1t. adding the healthful
sencss Of perfumes such as the odor
OF the pinewoods. the tang of the sea,
the fragrance Of the flowers, or "the
spicy odors of Araby the blest." This
would make the theater most attrac-
tive at all times since we could dupli-
cate the finest climates of the most
famous rssorts OF the world. The in
cidental possibilities 10 here opened
to create a new art. namely. to use
all of such controllable conditions
within the theater to add climatic
suggestions appropriate to the action
of the play exactly as now we add
the Appropriate Incidental sounds and
music.
II look to see a phenomenal rise
in the art of incidental sounds, in
nIndtnO hn -
those characteristic noises like the
clatter OF hoofs, chug Of the motor,
patter Of rain, signing of the wind.
cracking of the ire, and the splash
and roar of the sea. Such sounds. IL
perfectly rendered, add intensity TO
the realism OF the film. hut their pro-
duction must be made automatic and
Independent OF the direct use OF a
hundred separate noise makers. 1t
iS not so much volume as enunciatIon
and accuracy of imitation.
ACOUSTICS WILL IMPROVE.
Acoustic science will analyze all
needed sounds 90 that their recorded
sound wave curves, suitably engraved,
may automatically and with high pre-
cision produce the exact sounds called
for. Their sequence, intensity and
synchronism with the hlm will be
controlled by perforated rolls or
punched cards or both, Such cards
now control all textue looms fo-
figured weaves. and the automatIc
accounting and statistical tabulation
In modern plants. The making OF
such sounds, true to nature, will be
an art comparable in Importance with
that of the incidental music and
speaking voice. and Wilt contribute
factor essential to perfect realism in
the motion picture art.
The psychologist, composer and
physicist will join in devising new
kinds of incidental music and sounds
for each play. so that with every
action the effective emotional back
ground will be supplied. The orches-
ira will not be present. The artists
will execute the incidental music once
for all and so perfectly that IL will
with the film. and will be
produced on the same basis of auto
maticity and synchronism by perfect
ed mechanical means.
"I look to see perfect and automatic
rendering of the human voice audible