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TRICKS OF THE < IN An Interesting Story Exj: Films for the IV Are P The secret of most "parlor magic" J is rapid motion. That is why the; ' trick phonograph." although not un-l known before the days of the j "movies," has been flourishing like a ? tTQo cinnp thp motion of ?1 CCI1 UCl.* uvv _ _ , the image on the screen gave it ad- j ditional opportunities to get in its i amusing work, says the Popular Elec-; tricity. We see daily in the moving- ; picture shows dozens of things that I we know did not happen, and could j not happen; but how they came to be; so realistically portrayed passes the j knowledge of most of us. A writer j / warns us that other secrets still are ' so carefully guarded that none mayi know them, so that no reader need. fear that all illusion will be stripped from the picture play by the explana- j tions. In a general way there are three methods of obtaining illusions by i means of the camera; first, by period- ! ically starting and stopping the cam- i era in such a way that certain acts are performed by the players of the j objects being filmed, during the time! that the camera is stopped: secondly, j by reversing tne roiuine on certain portions of the film in relation to the i Remaining portions of the same film; ; and thirdly, by making two or more superimposed impressions on a sin-; gle film. To be sure, every film manufacturer has his own peculiar methods of taking trick pictures, and almost! every director in the employ of every, manufacturer, but practically all of them depend primarily upon one of the three methods mentioned above, or upon the use of faked scenery and dummy figures. Films in which toy animals, tiny ? I jointed dolls, or animated eartoons are shown furnish the best examples of the first class of trick work men-' tioned. for in these views "stop" pic- j tures are used almost exclusively.; Tools are made to perform their functions apparently without human aid,' and the toy animals go through a regular circus performance, the posi-j tion of whatever tool or animal is used being changed a fraction of an j inch while the shutter of the camera is closed so that in the succeeding, picture it is clearly observed to have moved. Combining a whole series; of such views one obtains action ofj a most surprising sort. A film called "The Magic Coffee j Pot," popular some years ago, is an; excellent example of the method us- j ed. Cords or strings of infinite fineness were attached to the coffee pot, and the man shown in the illustration with elaborate carefulness mov-j ed the pot a fraction of an inch at -a time, a picture being taken between each minute movement of the string. In the finished picture the magic { coffee pot appeared to raise itself slowly from an upright position on j the table and tip itself over the cof-j fee cup. when a stream of coffee ran ( from its mouth into the cup. Once the cup was filled the pot slowly [ righted itself and sank back into its j original position. Lumps of sugar j; then chased themselves across the table, climbed up the side of the i i coffee cup and tumbled in. The 1. sugar was operated in a similar manner and each minute movement was m j milieu, uue yieiuie ett <x nine. The method by which dummies are substituted for real players in some hair-raising scenes is practically the i same. The players carry out the ac- J tion called for by the scenario until the climax is reached, when the! director calls "Hold it!" and all the! players stand rigidly in position with-; out moving a muscle. Then a dum- j my, constructed to resemble exactly j some leading player, is substituted j for the living man, and when the | camera is again started the audience; is fooled into thinking that it is still j looking at the living player. The dummy is then thrown over the cliff, drops from a lofty height, or is run over by an automobile, and the instant the apparently impossible feat \ is accomplished the director again calls "Hold it!" and the real player! again takes his place in the picture, j arranging his body to correspond ex- j actly with the position of the dummy., The camera is then started again and the action proceeds as usual, though probably tnree out of every tour per-, sons in the audience are astonished at the death-defying deeds of the photo player. It must not be imagined that players never take their lives in their hands, or never perform the feats they are supposed to accomplish in the pictures, for almost every day one reads of some player being really hurt while attempting some unusual-; ly hazardous piece of "business." But as a rule, when one sees an apparent-; ly impossible action on the screen itj <s CAMERA ^KING PICTURES 1 >laing How Some of the [ loving Pictures ' dade r i t is pretty safe to assume that you F have been fooled by a dummy for so cleverly are these dummies constructed, and so quick is the substitution, c that even the man who looks at pic- a 1 V? /Ml AO nil ^ O lO S~\ f f An UIC5 > KZL CL i iiUUl^ <CCl^ II U.C4.J 10 ^ILtU deceived into thinking that a real c player has risked his life to make a a sensation. i The second type of picture men- t tioned, that in which the usual rou- r tine of things is reversed, is best il- t lustrated by films in which smoke a floats down a chimney, divers come a flying out of the surf and land on a dock, running backward out of the i picture, or objects leap from the floor r onto a table. This type of picture c is usually made by either a reversing 0 crank on the camera being used, or f by turning the camera upside down, t though in some studios it is accom- f plished by a special printing machine, f which feeds the negative film in a direction opposite to that of the pos- d itive during the process of one por- t tion of the film is reversed in re- 0 gard to the portion which immediate- n ly precedes it. c In the third type of trick picture, t superimposed impressions are made e on the same strip of film, as in the c socalled "ghost" or "vision" scenes, v in which a character seats himself g before a fireplace and dreams of some u incident in his past life. Such pic- t tures are obtained, as a rule, by s printing with two negatives on a sin- y gle strip of positive film. i] Two separate scenes are really tak- jj en by the camera, one being the t large scene in which the characters are appearing when they see the t ghost or vision, and the other show- e ing only the ghost or vision itself, d When the last scene is printed t against the dark background of the > first scene it appears on the screen n as a thin, vaporous impression that r strongly suggests the ordinary idea n of a "ghost," and owing to the fact L that the furniture or furnishings of ii the room shown in the first scene, or t the outdoor background against o which it was taken, shows dimly n through the outlines of the ghost, as ^f it were transparent, is the illusion heightened. Substitution of small scale models for the actual subject has been fol- tl lowed in ordinary photography and e in the making of novelty post cards, etc., for so long that its application to the motion-picture need scarcely t< be discussed. e Here again it is well to say that I more and more frequently the real a thing is being shown instead of the n small scale substitute, for the film e manufacturer is becoming a realist in ^ every sense of the word. b ? y Nursing for Average Family. n a If you are very rich and very sick. I there is the luxury of home care with k a noiseless trained nurse radiating w efficiency and prophylaxis. y If you are very poor and very sick, g there are free beds in the hospital n wards, sociable to be sure, but admir- b ably sanitary and comfortable. e But if you are neither very rich ii nor very very poor, but yet are sick ii enough to need constant c-are. there e is nothing but worry and trouble, o Either the whole family must skimp t< to pay $25 a week for the trained G nurse or the patient must be hazard- ti ed to some slipshop "Sairy Gamp" h from round the neighborhood. n To provide at a moderate charge si for the adequate "care of sickness e in the home and for the care of the A home during sickness" is the dual v slogan of the Household Nursing As- s< sociation of the Women's Municipal League of Boston. t. The problem of finding competent 1 attendants to furnish this "adequate a care" will be facilitated by the open- 1 ing of the Robert B. Brigham Hospi- c tal this month. With the co-opera- 1< tion of the advisory committee of e the association the new Robert Brigham Hospital has decided to give a one-year course and is considering giving a four months' course in order that women may be trained to work under the supervision of grad- s uate nurses for the Household Xurs- " ing Association. It is not the intention of the As- * sociation to furnish graduate nurses for long periods to individuals who can pay the regular nursing fees. * Such applicants will be referred to x nursing directories. v Instead, al- ^ F though a graduate nurse will be sent out in a crisis, the association aims to supply for $10 to $15 a week a strong, capable woman who is willing to attend to both the needs of the patient and the ordinary housework. 1 ?Survey. Big line of tablets and pencils at v Herald Book Store. I thf: faiimkk axd politics. )uty of the Man of the Plow to Watch All Developments. Oour recent editorial, "Get Good andidates for Your State Legislaure," has aroused wide-spread inerest. and there is every indication hat our farmers are ?oing to have nore to say in the selection of our a\\ makers this year than for a long ime past. Don't forget the main oints. 1. Watch the senate. 2. Keep at home all legislative andidates who are regularly retained .s corporation lawyers. 3. Don't think it a matter merely if getting a farmer into office now md then, but see to it that the farmng interests also have adequate atention in the platform and in the nanagement of the party. It is beter laws and better government for .11 farmers, not official patronage for few, that we should aim at. 4. Don't get gold bricked by havng the leaders "recognize the farners" by putting these on platform ommittees, executive committees, ?r naming as legislative candidates armers who are not strong enough o really represent the interests of armers. Get strong and well-inormed men in these places. 5. The Farmers' Union should stuliously avoid all semblance of parisan politics, and unless for extrardinarv reason, men who are Farners', Union officials should not beome candidates for office, (though hey may serve on party committees, tc). But Farmers' Union % Demorats ought to confer together and vith other farmers as to how to to et good government, how to build p the county, and how to advance he farmers' interests by working inide the democratic party. Farmers' nion republicans should do the same aside the republican party?working n every case for measures rainer ban men. In Raleigh next month a democraic State mass meeting has been calld largely for the purpose of giving iemocratic farmers and others inerested in progressive measures in Torth Carolina a chance to put these latters before the people before the egular conventions are held, and the .leeting should be largely attended, iook out for it. It would be well, n fact, if in every county and State he plain voters, the rank and file, f each party would hold similar leetings.?Progressive Farmer. One of the Costs of War. The stained and worn original of he following letter is in the Confedrate Museum at Richmond, Va. Spottsylvania County, Va.?, 1864. "Dear Father: This is my last letbt to you. I went into battle this vening as courier for Gen. Heth. linvo lioon ctnimlr hv a niece rvf shell liavc ^vi uva. nd my right shoulder is horribly wangled, and I tfnow death 'is invitable. I am* very weak, but I 'rite to you because I know you will e delighted to read a word from our dying son. I know death is ear, that I will die far from home nd friends of my early youth, but have friends here, too, who are ind to me. My friend, Fairfax, will rite you at my request and give ou the particulars of my death. My rave will be marked so that you lay visit it if ycu desire to do so, ut (it) is optional with you whethr you let my remains rest here or i Mississippi. I would like to rest 1 the graveyard with my dear mothr and brothers, but it is a matter f minor importance. Let us all try d reunite in Heaven. I pray my tod to forgive my sins, and I feel hat His promises are true and that le will forgive me and save me. Give iv love to all my friends.* * * My trength fails me. My horse and my quipments will be left for you. Lgain a long farewell to you. May re meet in Heaven. Your dying on. J. R. MONTGOMERY." A contributor who sends a copy of he above letter to the New York 'imes asks if those Americans who re urging the appeal to arms in queling Mexican disorders realize the ost. and suggests a reading of the stters of those who in the past have ngaged in warfare. One Was Enough. Robert Bridges, the new poet aureate, is a fastidious critic and ees little to admire in the verse of Jfred Xoyes. Xoyes once brought to Mr. Bridges wo very long odes that he proposed o submit to the English Review. "I'll read them both aloud," the oung man said, "and afterward you rill tell me which is, in your opinion, he more likely to be accepted by the English Review." Poor Mr. Bridges sighed and setled himself in his chair, and Xoyes, n his loud, harsh voice, read the irst ode. It was very long, and at ts conclusion Mr. Bridges leaped to tis feet and said briskly: "Xow, my young friend, T can adise you. Send the other ode to the teview!" DUTY OF THE PROSECUTION. Justice, Not Convictions, Should Be the End and Aim. The Frank case is worthy of careful attention throughout the country. The condition inimical to justice alleged to have existed in Atlanta may be created by similar circumstances in almost any American community, and the phase of the Frank case which more than any calls for serious consideration, if the advocates of the alleged victim are correct as to his innocence, does not involve the police. It involves the higher officials of justice. It is said that the normal attitude of the policeman, from the patrolman to the chief, toward any suspect is that he is guilty. The presumption nf innocence does not beain to aDDlv i until the stage of trial is reached. Perhaps this attitude is necessary to thorough police work. Perhaps if the police permitted doubts to obtrude unduly their work would relax and many guilty would escape. We cannot expect Officer Smith or even Inspector Jones to investigate crime in quite the spirit that Prof.Michelson investigates the rigidity of the earth. It is true the citizen has ground for protest if because of this polite zeal for the discovery of guilt he is knocked down, starved, and otherwise "sweated" in the ostensible service of truth. There are limitations to all rules. Still, conceding the rough utility of the convenient police attitude, ought it to be shared by prosecuting officials, State's attorneys, etc? We should say, without hesitation, no. These men are of a higher training and legally are officers of the court as well as of the State. They should be required to approach the available data not in the spirit of the police ferret, but nearer that of the judge or of the impartial investigator. If the friends of Frank are right, the Atlanta prosecution did not so 1- .1? ?: J ? ~ v, * approaun 111 ts tjviutjuue jjicscuicu i,u them. Would the prosecuting officers of the average American community in a time of public excitement do any better than the Atlanta prosecution? This is a matter of professional morals, of concern to the legal profession throughout the country. In America the high rate of crime and the low rate of effective prosecuton are ascribed to soft sentiment for the accused and an excessive concern lest the innocent should suffer. , But if these theories be true correction does not lie in the direction indicated by = the situation disclosed in the prosecution of Frank. In England, where criminal justice is enforced with a grim celerity, the prosecuting attorney does not hesitate to point out to juries weaknesses in the prosecution and strong points in the defence. This does not conform to the" American trial theory, which has been called the "sporting" theory and resembles somewhat that of the duel, but it should remind overzealous prosecutors that their duty is primarily the establishment of justice. Especially where popular A V* r\ rrr\ Kaon excitement ana yiejuuiv,c nave inflamed is it the duty of the higher officers of justice to scrutinize evidence with special care in order that due process of law may not become merely a hypocritical disguise for lynch law.?Chicago Tribune. Placing the Blame. A teacher, instructing her class on the composition of sentences, wrote two on the blackboard, one to exemplify a misstatement of fact and the other to illustrate bad grammar, says Tit-Bits. The sentences thus read ' as foilows: "The hen has three legs. Who done it?" The teacher then called to one of t the children. "Harry," she said, "go to the blackboard and show where the fault lies in these two sentences." -* -1 1? fiarry siuv, iy aypiuacucu mc blackboard, evidently thinking hard. Then he took the chalk and wrote: ^ "The hen never done it. God done "" ... < The Only Way. Little John was full of mischief, 1 and during his first year at school * hardly a day passed that he was not I 6ent to stand i nthe corner, says the I Sunday Magazine. m When the school house burned C down and a new one was immediate- m ly begun, the little boy went to his * father, who was county superinten- I dent. * "Don't you think we could get the 1 carpenter to build a round school * house this time, father?" he said. "Why, son?" his father asked in astonishment. "Because," the little fellow answered, "I'm very tired of corners." .Movable tables and chairs instead of the conventional fixed desks are used in the Washington Irving High School. New York city. It has been found that the plan makes for clean- f er school rooms and more efficient school work. < . 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