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tween the ages of 15 and 16 that Protestant children take their first communion.
c) Finally we note that, according to the answers obtained, it is at the age of 12 years that frequentation of the cinema reaches its maximum, in the case of both girls and boys. (Is the explanation of this fact to be found in the organization of special films for children ? We do not know).
5th. Question. With whom ?
The greater number of children go to the cinema with their parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, etc. Others go with friends. Some children even manage to go alone, in spite of the decree of the Council of State of June 18, 1912 which prohibits children of less than 16 years to go alone to the cinema. Some children, evidently finding the question indiscreet, either did not reply at all or replied evasively. One even said : « that has nothing to do with anyone else », another said simply : « I go there in good company ». It is mainly from the age of 15 and 16 that the children begin to give these answers.
There are from 60 to 70 children per hundred, according to age classification, who go to the cinema with their parents, from 5 to 15 with friends, and from 1 to 5 who go alone.
The proportion of children who go either with friends or alone naturally increases with their age. On the other hand, it will be noted, Mile Aellig observes, that the proportion is much higher in the vocational schools and the schools of domestic economy than in other schools.
6th. Question. When (week days or Sundays) ?
It is mainly on Sunday and holidays that children go to the cinema, in the afternoon or evening. In the case of many families, there seems to be a tradition that they should go either on New Year's day or on Escalade day. One boy writes : « I love to go on Sunday, because that rests us for next day's lessons », while a little girl remarks : « it throws us all out for Monday ». Boys
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