Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1913)

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28 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS Marion shows Joe the' inscription on the Good Book and pleads with him to help her and her mother. Joe is so deeply touched that, although it is a difficult task, he forces his companions to feel as he does, and not only renders every assistance possible until Marion's mother is well again, but when they depart for the next town, Joe is driving the horses and Marion has agreed to pay a visit with him to the first parson they can find. BIRDS AND ANIMALS OF BRAZIL (June 6). — me strange birds and animals that inhabit Brazil are the subject of this interesting film. Red and blue parrots are shown and then follow crocodiles, half a dozen of them in characteristic attitudes; a forty-foot boa constrictor, the largest and most powerful of the snake family, and specimens of the various monkeys that comprise the Cobu species. The antics of these monkeys are very amusing and they supply any number of laughs in addition to "being of keen interest to every student of the Darwin theory of evolution. On the same reel: TANANARIVE (MADAGASCAR) .—An old, old town in Madagascar, showing the customs of the natives, their principal industries and some very exciting horse races held on a feast day. GET-RICH-QDTCK BILLINGTON (June 7), — Billington has a fine social position but no cash with which to maintain it. At his club a flood of unpaid bills caused him to confide in Jake Cohen, a mine promoter, who had cash but no social position. Cohen offers Billington a half interest in his business if the latter will sell some stock to his rich friends. At a dance in the home of the Billingtons, Cohen delights the fancy of Billington's rich Aunt Nancy, a spinster. The next day the authorities haul Cohen and Billington out of bed and off to a cell on a charge of swindling. _ Aunt Nancy, when she learns that Cohen is in trouble, writes a check to cover the claims against him. When Billington and Cohen are free Aunt Nancy holds out her arms to Cohen. Cohen looks at her, then at a passing train, and takes the train. PILOT FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE (June 5).— In a little house at the edge of the village, and set in a garden of old-fashioned flowers, Mary, the "old maid," lived alone, looking out upon the passing work with bravely smiling eyes that gave no hint of the sorrow that might lie within her heart. Beyond her house lay the rich estate of Squire King, the wealthiest man in the community. It had long been the desire of Squire and Mrs. King that their only son, Hal, should contract a wealthy marriage, and when the Squire discovered an attachment between his son and Dora, a poor girl of the village, he promptly attempted to stop it. In her hour of sorrow Dora came to Mary, to whom she told her story, and here, later, Hal came, having decided to assert his manhood and marry Dora against his father's wishes. To this Mary did not agree, but decides to sacrifice her own pride to win the Squire's consent. Mary set out to find the Squire, and their meeting was fraught with many memories of the past, especially as Mary recalled to his mind their own love affair of manv years before, of their brief happiness and their sorrow as the Squire is forced by his father to marry a wealthy bride, while Mary remains true to the memory of the man she once loved, and lives to be an old maid. She pleaded for the happiness of Hal and Dora, but seemed to fail. Later, however, the Squire, "For Old Times' Sake," gave his consent and assisted in the marriage of his son and Dora, bringing happiness even to himself as he sat alone in his fine, lovely house, dreaming of those he had made happy. OPERATORS' CHAT By Ralph Knaster MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERATORS' UNION OF GREATER NEW YORK, INC., LOCAL No. 1 President— Robert Goldblatt. Vice-President — James Daisie. Secretary-Treasurer — Robert Levy. Recording Secretary — John Rickards. Sergeant-at-Arms — Ed. Spinola. Business Representative — Ralph Knaster. Assistant Business Representative — John Rickards. Telephone — Stuyvesant 619 Office— 133 Third Avenue. How many moving picture operators have read the EX-CATHEDRA, or the editorial, in the issue of the Moving Picture News of May 24, 1913, entitled "A Plea for the Operator"? This Ex-Cathedra by Brother Alfred H. Saunders, editor of the M. P. News, is a priceless article to the operator, not only in New York City, but to every operator throughout the world; and words are inadequate to express the gratitude due to this great thinking and unselfish editor, who has so often come forward to assist the moving picture operator in all undertakings. He is not only a dear friend and brother to the operator, but is likewise a guardian angel to the thousands of wives and children of the men who are compelled to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brows behind a picture machine in some living dungeon, which is actual solitary confinement. Brother Saunders has taken up the cry of the Moving Picture Machine Operators' Union of Greater New York (Inc.), a cry to the Board of Health of New York City to assist the operator to more sanitary booths, and to check the spread of tuberculosis, which not only is dragging the operators to the grave, but is doing likewise to the families of operators. Only this week came an operator to the office of the Union and begged for one of the letters which was recently printed in the Chat to the Board of Health; this operator fell on his knees and thanked the hospitable editor of the Moving Picture News' through the business representative of the Moving Picture Machine Operators' Union of Greater New York, Local No. 1. I do not care to mention this brother's name, but he is a married man and has a wife and three children depending upon him for support. The unfortunate brother is in the last stages of the white plague, and his eyes were filled with tears as he sobbed and explained his most pitiful tale. This brother worked steady, was a sober man and was the type of what is called a model husband and a loving father to his dear children. Is there no law in this great city or country that can be enforced for humanity sake, he said, with tears rolling down his cheeks; I know I have but a short time to live, but let me be the sacrifice that others may benefit by it. I can work no longer, my dear ones at home who depended upon me for support can do so no more, and worse than that I am going away with my youngest child, who has contracted the terrible man-eating disease from the father; yes, I am going to the mountain air, which is the last resource. What will ever become of the rest of my family after I succumb to this white plague, God only knows, but my tears this day are tears of joy, because a savior has come forward in the name of the editor of the Moving Picture News who has taken up the cry of the M. P. M. 0. U. of G. N. Y. through the Chat column, and I pray that the Almighty will assist him to the success of this battle for the saving of souls that are crushed out by fie negligence of the laws of the health and other departments of this great City of New York. This story, my brothers, is a truthful one, and believe me, no stronger drama could ever be placed upon a picture screen than the one which was pictured in my mind when this brother old this pitiful story to me. I will say that Brother Saunders did not give the full details of conditions which exist in the operating booths, but this is because he did not have an oportunity to spend the time that I spend in them, on my journey every day from one theatre to the other. Can you imagine that what I have seen is so disgraceful that such conditions do not prevail in a pigs' pen. Many places have a continuous show and the operator cannot get enough time to perform the duties of life in the way of discharges from the body. There are pails in the booths for fire purposes and instead, the operator is compelled to use these pails, and then think of the pail remaining in the booth all day and all night until it can be emptied by the operator, and th'ere it remains in that terrible hot booth with no ventilation, for ventilation is prohibited by the building and fire departments, and with these conditions some bosses demand that the operator cannot leave the booth or give an intermission, and with that terrible odor being breathed into his lungs all the time, not saying that he has a sandwich thrust into the booth by some good-natured boy that is sent out to get it, and then the unfortunate operator must eat his lunch under these prevailing conditions. This is terrible, and I ask that every operator, regardless of organizations, and if he never cared to join an organization, he is duty bound to join in this crusade of stamping out these conditions. Call at the office of Local No. 1 whether you are a member or not, and ask the business representative to give you one of those letters to the Health Department, and do it at once; don't delay it, and for God's sake help yourself as well as your brother operators, their wives and their children, to a better and peaceful life. OPEN MEETING NOTICE The Moving Picture Machine Operators' Union of Greater New York, Local No. 1, will hold their regular meeting on Monday, June 2, 1913, at Teutonia Hall, 66 Essex street. All members are requested to be present as very important business will be taken up. I wish to inform all operators that an open meeting will be held on Monday, June 9, 1913, at the same hall herein mentioned, for those who may wish to take the last opportunity of joining this Local for the initiation fee of $5.00; then there will be positively no excuse for any operator in the way of not being able to join on account of the fee being too high. The last meeting for applications for this amount will be Monday, June 23rd, then you will pay $50.00 if you wish to join this organization. Applications can be made daily at the Union office. RALPH T. KNASTER, Business Representative. Office 133 Third Ave., New York City. RELIANCE TO RECEIVE LUBIN WITH A BRASS BAND The Reliance Company will be out in force to meet the Lubin special train when it brings the Philadelphia moving picture players to New York on Saturday, June 7th, for the Reliance-Lubin baseball game. Both J. V. Ritchey, of the Reliance, and Siegmund Lubin are enthusiastic baseball fans and would back their respective teams to the sky limit. The two well-known film manufacturers promise to be very much in evidence at the game and both of their teams will be in excellent form for the occasion. The Reliance automobiles will carry the Lubin players to the field of battle at Lenox avenue and 145th street, where the first ball will be pitched at 3 p. m. sharp. Last reports from the sleepy city claim that fully two hundred loyal Lubin rooters will accompany the team on its trip to New York.