Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-24


And now the history Of the arts is
,.oeating itself through the latest
|yshicle for human entertainment and
I.u,ture-the radio. Radio broadcast
ling babe in arms though 1t Is, al
READY is moving along the we'll beat
lon maths that for generations have
lssen followed by literature, music,
lths stage and, in comparatively re-
lcent years, the motion picture. For
radio has learned to tell = story
and all the world loves story.
But radio begins its career with an
Advantage over the other arts that
lhsve gone before. 1t has their vast
Iexperiences and their huge stores of
Accomplishments upon which to
ldraw, and it has before it future
which Is certain to 90 far beyond our
widest dreams OF today.
4 The Urge Of Romance
r The demand for romance and mar
Irative has had a tremendous effect
lupon literature, music and the stage.
In fact, it is in large measure respon-
,sibe for Just what these arts are to-
Iday. We know that the first writ.
|ings from which our long line OF
Iliterateurs developed were mere ef-
forts at simple communication be-
tween man and man. We know how
,shey began to inculcate into the
races Of man the power OF magma
tion, the ability to exchange thoughts
and experiences. We can trace
their development through these
early stages and on down to the
time when men began to enlighten
and entertain their fellows through
the medium Of writing. Then came
narrative and romance and the liter
AIRY trend was established.
The development of the theatre
uo-' pal diCIcu l4ldl VI iilci dluI e, VI
course, for the theatre was so close
ly allied with and dependent upon
literature that the way was clearly
charted for it from the very begin
ming
Even music has been more and
more Influenced throughout it's his
tory by his human desire to exer-
else the Imagination. The first mu-
sic was just rendition of notes that
we're pleasant to the ear. Later, mu-
sicians discovered that music could
be made TO present to the minds
eye picture or an event and thus,
music also took up the trend toward
allegory, romance-story telling
Some OF our symphonies, many of
our operas and even some of our
lighter. presentday musical come
dies testify to the powers Of inter
pretlng romance which music has
developed.
Movies Follow the Trail
Perhaps the example of the mo-
tion picture is most striking to US
because the motion picture is a prod |
uct OF the present generation. Most
Of US can remember the very first
movies" and many of us can recall
me crude simplicity of the earliest
EFFORTS at depicting life and action
Oh the screen. We witnessed a brief
Kicker Of a railway train speeding
somewhere, anywhere, and we're
thrilled. The next scene reproduced
seiore our eyes a fire engine careen-
ing along behind a team of galloping
oorses, or an uncertain view of a
street parade. And thus. for per
maps half an hour or so we were
treated to a program" on assorted
~no disconnected subjects. But they
amazed and delighted us at the time.
shortly, however, it was seen that
1nouon pictures could be made to
.nact dramatic, melodramatic and
oomlc scenes in sequence and thus
present to US, in pantomime, stories
ootn new and old All OF us know
'Aa' followed. All OF US have
stched the motion picture rapidly
S'"aden its field and make for itself
larger place in the affections Of
Wv people. We have seen the
no'ie create new productions Of its
a.. w and draw material from all Of
eiature and the stage that has
soae before, that we may have old
",'ee and new, ancient plays and
. a' historic incidents and fanci- |
w. w. reproduced before our eyes. Mo-
~. vn pictures. too, had to learn to
tell a story.
A. Adoio is so young that even now
- AZ miracle Of the thing is still fresh
a.. Vaf minds. But progress in this
a. e Is swift and radio has learned
, ~ lesson with considerable less lost
g. on than any of its predecessors
H., .ne held of education and en-
ma'enment. Already radio is being
sue sue the medium for a new art of
sl0ry telling.
Industry Takes a Hand
A, strangely enough, it has been in
n mat has accomplished most |
tne neld of radio broadca sting
h:'ry has gone seriously into the |
''ness OF developing radio broad