Motion Picture News (Oct 1913 - Jan 1914)

THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS 55 A FINE PREMIUM JUST TEY IT! This beautiful Leno handkerchief— of imitation Mexican drawn work — will bring women and children to your theatre on special matinee days. Send 10 cents for 3 samples, each a different pattern. Write for prices in lots. Cosmos Specialty Co. 320 BROADWAY NEW YORK BARGAINS IN Motion Picture Cameras and Accessories IMPORTED URBAN PRINTING MACHINE, SECOND-HAND $75.00 We manufacture commercial, industrial and local motion picture alms. The most effectual advertising medium in existence. Special Event Film Mfg. Co., Inc. 248 W. 35th St., New York. LET US DO YOUR Developing and Printing We will develop your negative, make you a positive print and ship within 24 hours for 5c per foot complete. Satisfaction Guaranteed by our fifteen years' experience. Eastman stock used on all our work. FILM TITLES and ANNOUNCEMENTS 8 Feet for 25 Cents In Auj Length GUNBY BROS. Inc. 145 West 45th Street New York City World Special Films Corporation Suite 901-3 110-112 W. 40th St., N. Y. Phone Bryant 7029 NOW READY FOR BOOKING "The TWO SERGEANTS" "SAPHO" "FATHER JOHN— A RAG PICKER OF PARIS" Ambition ! The Question "Billy," said the Usher to the Operator, "the boss is working us too hard. I'm going to kick." "Gee, I'm getting tired of this every-day grind myself," answered the Operator. "Here, look at this," laughed the Usher, pointing to an advertisement in a magazine he held. "Telling about earning money in spare time. That's a joke. What does a fellow want to work for in his spare time? I get enough, and then some, without that." "Me, too," echoed the Operator, and they started for a poolroom to pass the hour remaining before opening time. Their employer noted the departure of the Usher and Operator; the direction they took; the unhung posters; the uncleaned projector, and said nothing. The theatre burned down. The Operator and Usher idled until necessity drove them to waiting on table and "doubling in the sink" for their meals. Soon their employer opened a new and larger theatre, but he did not re-employ the Operator and Usher. That didn't bother them, but the fact that they now had to work did. That's Not Ambition The Answer "Jim," said the Usher to the Operator, "it strikes me that we've got a lot of spare time going to waste every day. Can't we do something to earn a little money outside?" "Sure, here's an advertisement about representing The Motion Picture News in our spare time. Let's answer it." They did ; received an appointment by return mail as local representatives, and went to work. At first they devoted all of their spare time to the proposition. Their friends guyed them for being dubs. "You only live once. Have a good time while you're at it," they advised. But the Operator and the Usher kept right on working. They knew that "they only lived once." Soon their combined weekly earnings totalled $20 above their regular salaries. "How do you get it so easily?" inquired their less energetic friends. "Work for us, and we'll show you." Two of them did on a commission basis. Soon others followed. And their employer secretly noted the activities of the Usher and the Operator. One day the theatre manager quit. The Usher succeeded him. Their employer opened a new theatre. The Operator became manager. Still their "friends" continued working for them on a commission basis, and these friends, in time, earned enough money for the Operator and the Usher to enable each to open a theatre of his own. That's Ambition We would like to hear from any theatre employee who possesses enough ambition to want to convert a part of his or her spare time into actual money. Two hundred representatives will be appointed in the next thirty days. Forty of these will be district representatives, with authority to appoint sub-agents. Be one of the two hundred who are going to divide thousands of dollars in commissions. In writing, please address: SALES DIVISION The Motion Picture News 220 West Forty-second Street NEW YORK CITY In writing to advertisers please mention "THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS"