The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-19

ter of 1g-was away At school. This
office, as he explained 10 his friends.
WINS really where he lived. II he
wished 10 lavish money on it--welj,
be had the money TO lavish.
The window shades were down
now. But In day time they com
manded "A wide view Of far, clutter.
ed roofs under haze ~ smoke that
thlckcBed until the view was lost
In II.
A big view, ike that from the
high mountain, whence Satan ef'
hlbited the kingdoms Of the earth.
For this particular visit the OF
flee had been supplied with a white
screen on perpendiculnr easel
which now stood NJ the further end.
From his telescope" Krom extract.
cd n sort ~ mngic lantern. a fold
Ing tripod. some Photographic plates,
Ile md stdDmaD placed the nngic
lantern, or projecting machine, on
n tripod and adjusted the screen.
Pacing back from the screen, Krom
put chair IN front or the TRIPOD,
inviting IIarwood 20 occupy II. a
brilliant funnel ~ light shot out
from the magic lantern. striking the
screen Hrom turned of the other
lights and sat beside IIarwood while
stolnmnn manipulated the machine.
Three still pictures were thrown
upon the screen. The first two were
a.. /. AL In "a
showing fresh and brilliant natural
colors. Hnrwood had seen std
photographs In natural coIors be
fore, however. II WAS the third pic.
ture that interested him most.
In his fathers house, ~ In near.
" MI other sclfrespectipg American
homes u that period there had been
a stercoscope with views" ~ Mag
ara Falls, the Grand canyon, the
capitol nj Washington, and other "a
nous scenes. The contriyance con
sisted u two square lenses under
leather hood which one held 10 ones
eyer. A pasteboard card, contain
ing two duplicate photographs of the
view. vas put In movable clip IN
front Of the lenses, When one look
Cd ot The photographs with the max.
I'd eye they were fiat, like any pho.
togfapb, with perspective. but with.
out depth. gecn through the stere.
oscope, however, the pictures bad
depth and rotindDesg.
lie was vaguely aware Of the e1
PLANTATION. Normal people have
Two eyes, 10 that within certain
limited field of vision they behold
two sldes Of an object in relief, Ike
q tree or man. a photograph has
only one eye and gives fiat image
For Hofeoscope views two photo.
graphs are takcn---a righteyed one
and left.eycd one, 80 10 spc0k.
when the duplicates blend, In prop.
er focus under the Ienses, one .gets
the effect " depth and roundness---
~ though one could walk away back
into the picture and fairly Io0f
around the trees.
This third picture had that effect
II needed no argument to convince
IIarwood that II those two things
could be combined In motion pic
turc photograpby--the fresh, vivid
natural eolors and the stereoscopic
effect Of depth and roundness. one
would have an invention with which
one could sweep the board. In ar
ranging for this meeting, Krom had
paid that he and Steinnsln Ind such
an invention at ths tips Ut their
fingers. II that were true, II focarf
millions.
The little show being over, the
three men sat down to talk, and
then for the first time HarwoOd
really took cognizancc Of the third
one Of the party--the dry wisp OF a
man with meager, sparsely bearded
face and noble brow named Stein.
man. His manner reminded liar.
wood amusingly OF a nervous. fur.
tive little animal at once eager and
timid He hooked his heels on the
rung Of the chair. put his hands on
his small. up-thrust knees, listening
to Krom's slow uttcrancc with a
kind OF quavering intcntneas, now
and then breaking In himself. speak.
ing with thick and gutteral Ger.
man accent; and, II he tried 10 tell
OF tho invention, Immediately run
ming off into technical Jargon that
was all Greek TO the lawyer. 80 that
Krom had to take the talk out OF
his mouth again. saying. with
good naturcd drawl:
"'Frnld Mr.. HIarwood cant under.
stand that. professor" And with a
smile TO Harwood "Hafti for me 10
follow II myself unless it's written
down and can take my time, The
nub Of II IN that we've got the In.
vention. We can give you motion
pictures In natural eolorn and In re
iief-~like the stereoscope. We know
we've got the principles right
Working out the apparatus Will