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STIADOW PICTURES, SIIADOW THEATERS, SILHOUETTES 95 many valuable volumes of silhouette duplicates. Out of the thousands he had accumulated in his years of en- deavor, only a few were saved. His losses at this period were indeed un- fortunate. He hoped, naturally, with such an extensive and comprehensive display, to revive England's interest in the shadow picture, and inciden- tally increase his fame and fortune. But the tide of the commercial sil- houette turned adversely. To this day, however, it is adjudged an ac- complishment to be clever enough to cut silhouettes. The fashionable charity bazaars give them honored places. As an antiquity, they are pre- served with reverence. They find their way into the modern books of fairy tales as illustrations. Today, science, like a mighty magi- cian, cooperating with the genius of man, with his energy, industry and labor, has forcibly grasped the pro- jected shadows of long ago, holding, preserving and making them marvels of scenic actuality and substance. The Motion Pictures bring the mountain to Mahomet daily. The immortal man and the mortal man walk side by side. Many distinguished names in the world's history once commanded nearly a half century in order to reach the admiring notice of man- kind. Now, thru the instrumen- tality of Motion Pictures, they are made undying stars. Classics, his- tories, dramas, operas, poems, every worthy act of genius, have been and are being daily revived. Their influence on the present age is more active than in their first inception. g»**"iggr>j IX ''-— — ■ ■ ;-'.■"" ~ — - - — * By permission of the Obw^vet m.uiazinf. PLAN SHOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHADOW PICTURE THEATER Science and man's genius are in truth the divine agents to enlist all the elements of heaven and earth to reproduce the mysterious lure of shadow-land. The following notes taken from Pat- terson's "Shadow Entertainments" may prove interesting to those con- cerned in reviving the art: When sufficient room is avail- able, "life shadows," such as are displayed in pantomimes, may be made exceedingly droll and in- teresting. The performers are generally silent, everything being explained by gesture. There are no limits to the effects that may be introduced in shadow sub- jects. They jump thru the ceil- IT WILL APPEAR TO THE SPECTATORS AS IF THE PERFORMER JUMPED THRU THE CEILING