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AMUSEMENT IN TOLEDO, OHIO 65 of the ideals and difficulties of this Board. (See Ex- hibit III.) The historical studv of ethics has The "Happy . , "* * i rrj revealed some extremely ingenious Medium' . 1 Al . interpretations In the past. An inter- esting case is here given. The investigator wrote to Mr. Williams, the Chairman of the Ohio Board, regarding the portrayal of vampire life and exhibi- tion of nude figures. No personal criticism of Mr. Williams is here intended, as he evidently is an idealist in his work. The answer given is simply a statement 01 the general policy adopted by the Board in passing pictures. The answer is under date of December 3, 1918, and is as follows: "Replying to your inquiry relative to vampires and nude figures, I beg to advise that what is, and what is not a harmful picture under the law, must necessarily depend upon the viewpoint of the persons composing the Board,—exercising their best judgment and discre- tion in view of all the circumstances. Of course in judg- ing for the entire citizenship of the State, there must be more or less consideration given to the general view- point of all interested citizens which usually results in the orders of the Board not being as severe many times as the interested citizens not having the responsibility would go, yet much further than those owning and ex- hibiting the pictures would desire the Board to go; or, in other words, a Happy Medium between the two ex- tremes is reached." It would seem, therefore, that the work of the Board of Censorship is one cencerned, primarily, with the computation on a purely mathematical basis, the kind of pictures desired, rather than on a