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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
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of impression which the* most enthusiastic orator cannot command, they declare that it has a proper place in the equipment of any church which is trying to reach the masses. The first of its possibilities as a religious tool for the moral reformer is as an entertainment device. It can help in giving religious instruction in the Sunday-school. It can do more for foreign and home missions than any agency yet devised. The church is thus equipped with an effective agent of broad civilization, for its religious ministry should certainly include the social education of the needy. The graphic, universal language of
the Motion Picture needs no interpreter, and social and domestic and personal hygiene is being taught thru its aid.
Not the least of its possibilities is the usefulness of the Motion Picture to the preacher. His sermons can be made vivid, dramatic and interesting, and he can thus vitalize his teachings, appealing to human nature in the most effective way. Clergymen who see the light declare that were ministers to return to Jesus ' method of sermonizing, and, with story and dramatic pictures drawn from contemporary experience, would illustrate simple ethical and spiritual realities, the constituency of the church would become larger, stronger, and more loyal. They have even gone so far as to plan and outline a Motion Picture service of worship. The Motion Picture as a crusader is growing in power and influence. Every movement for uplift will realize its potency as an agency of reform, and will enlist its aid. It stands for better citizenship ; it is attracting millions to higher standards of living; its value as a crusader cannot be measured. Future generations alone will benefit more largely thru its influences than can be appreciated now. It keeps time with the march of progress. It has come to stay forever.
The Photoshow
By MINNA IRVING
"I think," said Papa Brown one day,
"I'm feeling rather blue, I need a change to cheer me up,
A little pleasure too, So I'll put on my hat and go To see a Moving Photoshow.
"There's Mary, tho, a faithful wife, Whose work is never done ;
She likes the vivid Photoplays, Their pathos and their fun,
I'll stop and take her as I go,
We both should see the Photoshow.
"And Mabel — school will soon be out,
She really ought to see The views of foreign lands, they help
Her in geography, I'll wait, and she can also go Along to see the Photoshow.
"But Billy — it will never do At home to leave the boy,
The cowboys and the Indians Are his delight and joy,
So bless the kid, he'll have to go
With us to see the Photoshow.
"Oh! Essanay, and Edison,
Pathe, and Vitagraph, And all the rest, they make us cry,
But also make us laugh. And that is why whole families go, Like Brown's, to see the Photoshow."