Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-11

WASHINGTON, April ia
| farmer failed TO observe the Pc
| cautions he should have taken N
caring for his cows, with the result
hat they developed tuberculosis
and his daughter became a tuber'
cular victim through drinking the
infected milk. In real life, the
chances aio, the farmer would con
tinue to maintain his germ broad
casting station until there were
numerous other innocent victims or
the dread disease, his daughter
would de. eventually his herd would
be destroyed, he would lose ms
farm and he would complete the
tragedy in any n OF the various
conventional ways.
In reel life, however, the farmer
| learns his lesson in time, cleans up
his farm. adopts modern methods
OF sanitation, rids his animals II
| tuberculosis, and sends his daughter
TO a s~anitarium. whence she returns
three years later with her healen
fully restored, to be reunited with a
happy family on a model dairy FARM
Such is the story Of the ftlm, Out
of the Shadows" produced by the
moving picture section of the De-
partment of Agriculture. II may
MOI be shown in all the motiin pio-
ture palaces OF the land, it may not
gross a cool half million" it may
not feature any well known cinema
star nor win the coveted laurel for
some aspirant for celluloid fame'
and it may net be the greatest til
umph' Of some masters director
career, None the less 1t will be
widely exhibited, 1t will earn mil
lions of dollars indirectly If not a
cent directly. and 1t is the product
of a group of earnest workers who
believe that there is something
more important than Hollywood
honors and honorariums.
Also it is a thriller and tells it's
story so effectively hat its educa-
tional value is fully realized without
its having been so labeled and sub
titled. -.
Then there is the RED Enemy
an even more lurid drama, as It's
title would indicate which depicts,
the terrible losses and great danger
of forest fires; the Honor OF the
Little Purple Stamp" which illus
trates the protection the govern
ment gives the public against dis
eased meats: "Lacteus, the Good
Milk Knight" the story of which IS
obvious, and Garden Golf" which
may be described as a comedy
showing how a confirmed golf tien9
was converted into an enthusiastic
gardener.
Reels For Chicken FancieIs
Or IL you are interested in chick
ensL-the barnyard rather than the
cabaret kind-there are reels deal
ing with all phases Of the poultry
industry, telling everything from
how to select a laying hen and
make the business pay TO the en-
bryology of the egg. One Of the
most interesting of these films is a
picture that shows how Uncle Sam
raises chickens, depicting a visit to
the Department OF Agriculture
| poultry farm near Washington aud
showing breeders, pens. houses use
| or trap nests and all the approved
methods of handling domestic
fowls Of all kinds.
The lesson of the importance and
! value Of good roads Is told in va
rious pictures that have been made
to illustrate the work OF the Bureau
| of Public Roads. All kinds of roads
and every method of road constru:-
ton are depicted and the pictures
are so humanized as 10 have an Al
most universal appeal in these DAYS
Of amazing developments in the an-
tomotiye branch of the transporta-
| ton industry. One OF them closes
with an exciting race between a rGtl
road train and a truck on a con-
| cret, road. These films have beer
in especially wide demand and they
are credited with having accom-
plished wonders in furtherins the
| coed roads movement.
For the Forest Service hlms have
! been made TO show what is beias
done 10 increase and preserve t6e
timber reserves OF the United States.
Reference has already been made to
| one that has to do with the menace
of forest fires. Others treat Incl
| dentally With the measures that are
taken to protect the elk, deer ana
other animals that are to be found
on government reservations and
still others tell the story of Sec
America first by presenting the
sceric wonders and beauties OF the
national parks,
Columns might be devoted to de-
failing the many subjects that are
covere. By Uncle Sam in the edu-
cationsl work ne has undertake.
through this Aim service, for they
embrace almost every government Il
activity that Is helpful and instruc-