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100 MOTION PICTURE HANDBOOK film into the can and leave it in a moderately warm room for from one hour to half a day, according to condition of film. Examine frequently. Don't leave long enough to soften the emulsion too much. Another way is to give the film a bath in the aforenamed solution. To do this build a drum by nailing lattice lath around a couple of barrel heads. Place the solution in a washtub or other suitable receptacle and draw film through it, winding immediately on the drum with emulsion side out. The drum should be geared so as to run fast enough to throw oflf all surplus liquid. Be very careful in handling the film after it is wet, as the emulsion is then soft and the least scratch will play havoc with it. This operation must be done in a room where there is no dust. Sprinkle the floor well before commencing. It will perhaps be best for the novice to place the liquid in a long, shallow pan, merely drawing the film slowly through the mixture as it is wound onto the drum. The drum must be revolved until the film is dry. Glycerine absorbs moisture rapidly and that is the reason it is beneficial to a film. Don't use more than one part to 3S of water, however. LEADERS—INSPECTING. When you have an old film with a short title, put on a good, long leader, attaching so it is in frame with the title. Frame up on the leader and when the title comes it will have to be very short if the audience cannot catch it, provided you run slowly. Right here let mc caution you to always start your machine slowly. If you start fast and have to frame on the title it is gone before there is any chance to read it, especially if it be a short one. Also the practice of speeding up on the last few feet of the film is bad and should not be tolerated as it is hard on both the film and the ma- chine. When the operator has the opportunity he should invariably inspect his film before running it the first time, cementing all loose patches and making any other needed repairs. An ounce of prevention in this respect is worth several hundredweight of cure. The inspection given films in some exchanges is very largely a matter of vivid imagination. If the film isn't clear in two somewhere it is. enthusiastically O. K.'d by the inspector, who is expected to '"inspect" (???) a thousand feet of film in ten minutes or