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Films for the IV
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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
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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
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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
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coffee cup and tumbled in. The 1.
sugar was operated in a similar manner
and each minute movement was
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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
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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
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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
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Nursing for Average Family. n
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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- ^
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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
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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
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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."
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fiarry siuv, iy aypiuacucu mc
blackboard, evidently thinking hard.
Then he took the chalk and wrote: ^
"The hen never done it. God done
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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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