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REV. WM. SHEAFE CHASE
is now president of the General Film Company. It would be difficult to find anywhere in this country two persons better equipped to handle this great question, and we confess that we are somewhat proiid of having secured the services of these distinguished men. The February number will contain Canon Chase's first article setting forth the general reasons for and principles of censorship; also Mr. Dyer's first article, which will include a brief history of censorship and a reply to the arguments advanced by Canon Chase. The March issue will contain Canon Chase's reply to Mr. Dyer, and Mr. Dyer's rebuttal. It is probable that it will require a third pair of articles in the April issue to cover the entire field. When you have read them all you will feel that you have
Mastered the Subject of Censorship
And this includes censorship of stage plays, photoplays and all forms of public amusement. THESE ARTICLES WILL FURNISH A COMPLETE EDUCATION ON THE SUBTECT. THEY WILL MAKE HISTORY, iust as the great debate between Webster and Haines, and the one between Gladstone and Ingersoll, made history.
Besides all this, the February issue will contain the usual quota of stories, chats, pictures, drawings, puzzles, answers to inquiries, and other departments, and we shall try hard to make this number the "BEST YET." Order it now! If not a subscriber, leave your order at the box-office of your theater, or at vour newsdealer's.
Like the present "Edison Number," you will want to preserve this number for future reference. So make sure that you get it. We shall probably print 265,000 copies, but these will not last long. Order now!
THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE Brooklyn, N. Y.
A Great Debate
will begin in the February number of this magazine on the ereat and timely topic of CENSORSHIP.
Shall the Plays be Censored?
That is the question that everybody wants answered, including the exhibitors, the manufacturers, the public, the church, public officials, social societies, and practically everybody. It is the one great question in the amusement world now pressing for solution; and it must be settled, and settled quickly. Nearly every periodical, newspaper and society has had something to say on the. subject, and some States and communities have tried official censorship. But where and when has the question been treated exhaustively? Who has said the "last word"? Where can we find, in all literature, a philosophical analysis of the whole subject? Who has given us all the arguments pro and con? THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE purposes to do all this. A fe.eat debate has been arranged between two of the most able and representative thinkers 111 their respective spheres —
CANON WILLIAM SHEAFE CHASE
and
PRESIDENT FRANK L. DYER
Canon Chase is< one of the most prominent divines in this country, and for many years has been * actively engaged in combating the evil influences that have pervaded the low-class picture theaters. Mr. Dyer was formerly attorney for the Edison allied interests,, later its president, and
FRANK L. DYER