Evening star., 1928-04-01
GOLDEN RULE MOVIE .
P0RTRAYS TRAGEDY
OF CARELESSNESS

Continued from First Page
the scene shifts TO the once Of The
Star and the audience gets very good
idea of the process by which that in
tangible thing. news, goes through the
mill until 1t finally appears as an ar
ttcle in the evening newspaper.
New Type of City Editor.
The reporter Is shown telephoning
the copy. The rcwrite man claps the
head phones over his ears and takes
the d!ctation. He throws over the
first sheet from his typewriter 10 the
assistant city editor. who glances the
copy over hastily. corrects the spelling
OF word or two. makes some cebalistic
marks familiar TO copy readers and
printers and slides 1t along to the city
editor. There, for moment, the me-
chanical turning OF the wheels OF the
a new type of city editor. touched by
the tragic story told in the reporter s
story. He has seen four or five similar
stories go over the desk In the past few
months. and he decides that in this one
there Is material for something more
than O routine bit OF news.
He refers 1t TO the news editor. who
is OF the same opinion. They confer to-
gether with the managing editor. who
confirms their Judgment and orders the
incident given prominent place on the
front page OF that evenings issue OF The
Star Again the wheels uf the news
mill start turning. The typewriter
sheet goes TO the desk where. hastily
calculating the value OF letters and
spaces in the restricted medium OF the
headline he must write. a copy reader
composes colorful caption. Then he
shoves the bit Of copy into a compressed
air tube which carries 1t to the desk OF
the copy-cutter in the composing room
who slAghes 1t into small takes" and
passes 1t out among the linotype OPP
orators.
Reproduced on Metal.
1t is reproduced In letters OF hot
metal. the takes are put together. the
stick" or two OF type Is placed in the
stereotype room where mats" are
made. Next the story appears lncor-
porated In leaden half cylinder which
is placed on the giant press A button
Is pushed and the audience sees that
modern miracle, the final act In the
manufacture OF a newspaper.
Then the progress Is traced through
the circulation department to the street
newsstand and citizen Is seen pur-
chasing his paper and glancing at the
tragic headline. whereupon he shakes
his head sadly. Many an evening be-
fore he has read much the same news,
with different names and places sub
stituted.
BY presenting the news OF the trag-
edy In proper form The Star has full
fifnRtfnN a rNaN In.sR
IT. Is unwilling to stop here. II sees an
opportunity for real service TO the chill
dren OF Washington and at a confer
ence Of news executives 1t Ia decided TO
wage a campaign against this sort OF
evil~~a campaign whose primary pur-
pose viii be- 10 place In the minds OF
motorists that In order TO avoid acct
dents the first essential Is to drive as
they would have others drive, In other
words obey the Golden Rule. 1t Is the
duty OF each motorist to conduct him.
self at the wheel rs II his own child was
playing in the street somewhere In the
neighborhood and might run out In
front OF him at any time.
Story Often Repeated.
scene with a similar story taken place
never before In front OF the moving
picture camera.
Prom The Star Office the scene shifts
10 the great outdoors on q sunny March
morning. Approximately 400 Washing
ton children between the ages OF 4 and
III are gathered outside The newspaper
building al the Eleventh street en-
trance, smiling and waving their little
hands before the camera. Here IL A
representative picture OF innocent,
carefree childhood. and the spectator
must pause 10 consider that they are
the darlings OF his friends and neigh
bofs and That any one OF them might
be the next victim of the careless mo-
toriAi. There are all sorts shapes and
sizes OF children trying 10 make a fa-
vOrabie impression on the director
little girls with curly hair and little
boys with freckled faces. boys In sol
dier suits, boys In sailor suits. boys In
police suits.
From these 400 children 7 who
showed the best screen" faces were
selected for the next scenes, which
show them playing al dangerous
washington corner, corner at which
children just like them are playing
every day. They play there, doubt
less, In direct violation Ut the orders
OF their parentsr~but nevertheless they
are there and the likelihood OF their
presence must be taken into account
A little hoy Ii shown falling from his
bicycle IN front of an approaching
automobile, A little girl runs on the
curb and sprawlh headong almost ,in-
der the wheels nj car The scenes
are cut of without showing actual
fatalities The audience Is allowed lo
uss It's Imagination as 10 the probable
results mangled little bodies rushed
10 The hospital WHARF surgeons work
IN vain IN save them