New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Riesenfeld
Elucidates
Relativity
After Seeing IL on Screen
All Doubts Vanish and
II Is One Of the Family
BY Harriette Underhill

After that he felt that we could be
trusted with ,ho knowledge that II you
drop a golf bail from the top Of the
woolworth Building (advD the ball
does not drop IN a straight line.
but on a curve. When we replied. "Of
ceurse, for the earth Is whirling along
40 fast il has tol" he almost wept with
Joy at our perspieacity and cried:
"why, see you know ell about the
fourth dimension and relatively, too!
"Do not jump At conclusions We
retorted eoldly. "for when il comes to
the Einstein theory there is nothing
which interests US less. II light can
travel 10000 miles a second 1t
doesn't make the least bit Of differ
enee 20 US. nor do We feel the least
bit interested when we learn that the
fourth dimension means a light hour. -
DR.. Ricsenfeld laughed in the su-
perior manner which a man never
dares 70 assume unless he has success
fully fooled his friends into believing
that he knows what the Einsteln theory
s..
III you should be shot out Of can
non and in an instant could land on
that star" said DR.. Riesenfeld waving
his hand in the general direction Of
Pola Negri, who hung on the wall, "and
could then take a telescope and peer
NJ the earth, do you know what you
would see? No? Well then ! shall
teIl you. You would see Cleopatra just
coming 70 the earth; or II the star was
FAR enough away you would see the
earth before man walked here ~ all.
New York, Chicago, even Hollywood,
would be dense forests; because you
zee. light, travelling as fast as it could.
would just have reached from this
world 10 that one"
But will you please tell me what
difference IL makes whether this is
30 or not, because II you should be
shot out Of that cannon IL would take
you much longer 10 reach that star
than Il would take the light to travel
the same distance"
What difference does It make?" eK-
claimed the leader Of the Rialto or
rhestra--who. when he isn't pretending
20 be interested in shooting stars and
the fourth dimension, is very inter
estine man-"what difference does ID
make? Why, do you know that seien-
fists spend their lives studying these
things and that they are making re-
markable discoveries ell the time?
Nothing could be OF greater impor-
tanee"
aTo the scientists. you mean, not to
me. know that II a man in a bal
loon could sight a ship in the North
Sea and another one in the southern
Atlantie and should shout Hoist your
hagV one flag would 50 up and one
would 70 down, but it doesn't make
my pulse beat one bit faster" Then,
because we knew that Hugo Riesenfeld
thought we were acting IN most
unseemingly fashion we added, i
should worry
"You should" agreed Dr. Riesenfeld
"But ] don't. I didn't like John Fer
Ruson. nor he Who Gets Slapped ]
didn't like Little Lord Fauntleroy.'
liked Foolish Wives and The Bootleg
gers And what are you going to 90
about it?'
DIR. Riesenfeld is a musician, n pro-
dueer. a scientist and q diplomatist. Sc
ne replied: "T'm not going to do any
thing about it except make you promise
20 come and see my picture when It il
hhown in a week or So"
"a picture on the Einstein theory 7
Exactly"
SHOW comeT
swell. thought that every one would
bs interested in knowing something o.
the Einstein theory Of relatively. s.
when learned that such picture ha'
been made l eontrtved 70 get 1t ovei
here for presentation at my theaters
Many books have been written on th'
subject, lectures have been given with
out apparently making the thing YER
clear TO the layman."
ave doubt very much II anythinI
could do that"
"wait until you see my picture. Sis
Of Professor Einstein's associates, S
+. Nieolai, o. Bueck. C. Santa, Rudoli
Lammel. n. II. Kornblum and DR.
Herman Beck, supervised the produc
tion Of this film in Frankfort. Whei
Professor Kornblum leetured in Berlir
the pictures were projected on th'
screen as he talked. Just a shor
time ago three showings OF the film
were given in Paris. A man name,
Edwin Miles Fadman brought the pic
ture over here and it fascinated me
although it had no titles. You see,
was used always to illustrate
lecture"
"Well, ] can suggest certain partie
whom I should not have to title It."
1T Is all titled now, and it wss N
easy Job. However. It appears to m
% be pretty lucid"
And when Or. Riesenfeid ha,
finished telling US about the pietur
we had 20 admit that Il did soun'
interesting. and we promised 20 loOl
81 over and give Einstein and the res
Of them our opinion.
The greatest interest has beel
shown by universities and scientific