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Musings of
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(Note. — The writer of these notes has been a regular patron of the Motion Picture Plays since they were first publicly shown, and during the last three years he has made it a practice to visit at least seven different Picture Theaters each week. That is his way of studying human nature. Not all of his comments were inspired by the Photo Plays, perhaps, and it may be that the lessons and morals he has drawn are at variance with the intentions of the authors of those silent dramas, and with our own ideas ; yet so unique and interesting are his deductions, that we shall publish each month, in this department, a few of the aphorisms and epigrams of The Photo Play Philosopher. — The Editor.)
Watching, one afternoon, the play of expression on the innocent face of a little girl while fondling a beautiful collie dog in the photo-play, "Jean and the Waif," the philosopher, bowed with the weight of years, realized more keenly than ever how sublime and beautiful is childhood, and how odious is the comparison between some men and a noble and intelligent dog.
C The face is the most expressive and distinguishing part of our anatomy; otherwise, when we visit the photographer, we would have a picture taken of some other part.
(I The passion for flattery (appreciation) is as natural and as common as the sands upon the seashore.
(T When animals and children do not like you, it is time you took an inventory of character. The instinct of animals and children are sometimes more discriminating than the intelligence of men.
(I All men do not see alike. All men do not think alike. All men do not hear alike. All eyes, brains and ears are different.