Evening star., 1949-02-19
This and That
Bv Charles E. TrdceWeu

When we asked Templeton Jones what he
thought of, television, he wrinkled his nose.
That wrinkling, with him. often means
doubt, but this time we were surprised.
II think it's swell" he said.
Jones had been standing on the sidewalk,
gawking in with the crowd, a.,
The set was in the window.
- There was too much light, evidently, Tor
the images seemed faded.
There was. in addition. no sound, for the
plate glass window killed it all.
Hence, all Jones could see was smirking
Young master of ceremonies, and crowd OF
women.
What interested Jones the most. we soon
found out. was one woman in the group.
Not that she was pretty.
No, she was just determined not to pre-
sent her full face to the camera.
1t was. with her. profile or nothing, and
she saw to it that it was something.
The cameramen switched the young fell
low and the crowd on alternately.
Those on the sidewalk got slightly sick
ening sensation, as the pictures dipped and
rolled. first from the young man to the
shall we say not so young women
Each time the crowd came in again, that
woman was still there in profile.
Let the other ladies move around as they
would, this one never budged her face.
It was sideways. when Jones started to
look, and it was profile when he gave up
But in the meantime he had fine time
waiting to see If she would ever forget and
suddenly let him see her full face.
She never did.
Some one told her, once" chimed In
Jones, that she has good profile"
mot bad" we supplied.
Gould be better" said Jones, in cauStic
mood.
BY this time the ladies on the screen were
writhing in merriment.
The sidewalk audience was permitted to
see what threw them into convulsions, al
though 1t couldn't hear.
It was q member of the audience, who,
somehow, had been permitted to sneak a
seat in a chair next to the handsome boy
with the sleek hair.
She was gesticulating, rolling her eyes,
plainly telling about something or other.
1t all seemed rather silly to the sidewalk
audience.
The woman suddenly began pushing at
her neck with her hands.
The handsome master of ceremonies did
the same thing.
There was a roll and lurch, and the
crowd of women came into view.
They were all doing the same thing, paw
ing at their throats.
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At this point. the scene vanished, was then
replaced by sign reading:
Public Service Announcement"
What this was, Templeton Jones never
knew, for full minute of complete silence
ensued.
Also, a full minute of no moving pictures.
Television is, after all. motion pictures,
and If there is no motion. well, it is much
the same as those painful moments in the
old-fashioned radio when the speaker be-
comes balky.
II want Just one more look" said Jones
II want to see If that girl will ever give US
more than profile view"
Hold your hat. Temp" we whispered.
Here she comes"
There she was. nose tilted to just the right
angle.
"She won't move" groaned Jones, in de-
feat "She is determined never to give her
audience chance to see her nose head on"
80 you think you like television?" we
asked.
"Yes," he admitted. 1T fully comes up to
my expectations, but something will have to
be done about these ladies who look just in
one direction
Templeton Jones shook his head
IF all the ladies do that" he said, "tele-
vision will be ruined"