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January 12, 1918.
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the object of a conference held last week in the senate chamber at the New Jersey State House by representatives of religious organizations.
It was the sense of the meeting that the state should legalize a board similar to those in Pennsylvania. Maryland, Kansas and Delaware.
"Lo the Poor Cop"
Under the heading "Lo the Poor Cop," and speaking editorially, Progress-Advance, the ParamountArtcraft magazine, has this to say :
"The policemen of Nashville, Tenn., have a grievance. They protest against the payment of the war tax imposed by Uncle Sam upon passes to theaters on the ground that as one of the primary objects of the Government in imposing the war tax is to derive fees from motion picture revenues, and that as passes represent no revenue, they cannot logically be taxed three or five cents or any other sum as is being done by virtue of a ruling of the United States Treasury Department. "This sort of thing is a positive infringement upon the inalienable right of the policemen of Nashville to get everything they can, under heaven and above, from peanuts to motion picture entertainment, free of cost to themselves. That they should pay three or five cents for a privilege other persons not in the bobby uniform are glad to pay ten times as much to enjoy, is a gratuitous imposition, the iniquity of which cannot be condoned. It does not matter that this war tax is devoted to meeting Uncle Sam's enormous war expenses— the rights of policemen should in no circumstances be ignored even by the Treasury Department.
"Perhaps the motion picture exhibitors of Nashville, all of whom are sympathetic as well as patriotic, may be induced to pay this tax themselves, but we doubt it. It is the duty of all citizens, even policemen, to share their proportion of the burdens of the war, and we fear that this inopportune wail from the sunny southland will find no responsive chord in any other section of the country, much less in the breast of Internal Revenue collectors, whose sworn duty it is to carry out the law as it is interpreted by the tribunals of the land."
Another Theda Bara Picture
William Fox will release on December 30th "Du Barry," another Theda Bara super-picture. "Du Barry" deals with the life of the famous Madame Du Barry who rose from obscurity and comparative poverty to the position of favorite of King Louis XV of France. The play deals with her methods of establishing herself in the good graces of the King and of continuing herself in favor in the face of inconstancy and constant intrigue. Miss Bara plays the title role. Gordon Edwards directed the picture.
Rosson New Fairbanks Director
As a reward for his loyalty Art Rosson, who has been assisting Allan Dwan, has been made a director by Douglas Fairbanks.
The latter believes in the development of new material, as in Rosson's first picture will be a western story by Allan Dwan, who recently completed "A Modern Musketeer."
MAE MURRAY
IN
Value
A Super Bluebird
Bewitching Beauty in Luxurious
Settings; Rougish as Mae
Murray's Eyes; Chic as
Her Paris Gowns.
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