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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
CE Our young people are taught lots of things in school which may or may not be of advantage to them when they grow up, but there is one subject which would be of far greater value, and it is not taught in any school or university in the world — the study of human nature. If we knew the human heart, if we knew the passions of humanity, their desires, their joys, their sorrows, their needs, virtues, weaknesses and vices, how easy it would be to make a living and to do good! If we were to open a store in a certain neighborhood, we would know just what to sell and at what price; if we were to open a theater, we would know just what plays to produce; if we were to make application for a job, or for a contract, or for patronage of any kind, we would know just what was wanted, and could conduct ourselves accordingly. The lawyer addressing a jury asks himself, What will they say to this line of defense? The politician or office seeker inquires, How will the people take this or that attitude? The journalist or novelist wonders, How will the readers like this or that policy? In short, if we knew just what was in the other fellow's mind, we would have no difficulty in pleasing him, and if we can please, we will never want for a means of making a living. At present, we have no way of learning the human heart except in the school of experience, and in this school there are very few graduates, and myriads who never pass their examinations, as shown by the courts of bankruptcy. Cannot some man write a text book on Human Nature? The next best thing to a text book, is a picture play.
CE Prurient prudes, feline fossils, and sanctimonious sciolists, all are opposed to the moving picture shows. They were once opposed to cards, to dancing and to the theater, till they found that opposition was useless.
CE Everyone who has a self is selfish, and cannot help looking at all things from his own point of view.
CE Having reached the age when animal passions begin to subside, when the fleshpots of Egypt are not so tempting, when the venom of your brute nature commences to turn into the milk of human kindness, when you have learned to realize the unwisdom of your youth, when your prejudices have been outgrown and your superstitions explained away — then you may safely announce that at last you have grown up into a full-sized, well-balanced, equipoised Man whose opinions and decisions are worth while