Motography (1912)

June, 1912. MOTOGRAPHY 273 Fiume, Hungary. — Lino. A scries of beautiful views of the town, including the theater. Si. John's Cathedral and many quaint buildings and romantic waterways. The Sponge Industry. — Lubin. A picture showing how sponges are gathered by divers and hook pole fishers. The cleaning and shipping process is also shown. A very instructive subject. Scenes in Cuba. — Selig, An interesting and instructive travel subject made up of a series of scenes in and about the present day Cuba. Arabian Manners and Customs. — Eclair. -Y very interesting travel subject consisting of a series of pro>sions which depict very vividly some of the customs and habits of this distant people. It is headed by a procession of gaily caparisoned camels with a picture of the chief of the protocol at close range and includes both a Moslem and Jewish funeral procession, showing the notable contrast between the two. The film closes with the procession of professional mourners whose antics are quite amusing. Tropical Creatures. — Eclipse. An exceedingly interesting film showing several species of queer creatures, resembling sticks, inhabiting the trees in the tropical regions. Fiume, Hungary. — Cines. This film presents a series of views of this beautiful city which have been selected with an eye to beauty and picturesqueness and include St. John's church, the city markets, streets and avenues and portions of its shore line with its mossy canals, harbors and bavs. Culture of Manioco and the Making of Tapioca in the Philippines. — C. G. P. C. A very instructive and interesting film showing the complete history of this very popular food product. Rope Making by Hand in Kent. England. — Eclipse. An extremely interesting subject showing the complete process of rope making including the preparation of the raw hemp, the weaving of the strands and the completed product. Glimpse of Belgium. — Eclipse. A series of remarkable pictures showing views of Brussels, Liege and Namur. scenes along the canals and the picturesque countryside. Rome On the Tiber. — Cines. A pleasing scenic showing many of the interesting parts of the Eternal city, including many of the famous bridges spanning the Tiber, which are regarded as some of the most interesting sights of the city. Fountains of Rome. — Cine-. An extremely interesting colored topical subject showing the many beautiful fountains for which the citv is noted. A Citizen in the Making. — Selig. A strong -tory of unusual interest and as the film i taken from actual scenes and surroundings which greet the newly arrived immigrant it ia one of educational value also. Picturesque Scenes in Padua. — Cines. A charming scenic showing a number of interesting subjects, including the Ragione Palace. St. Anthony's Church, the hanks of the river Bacchiglione, and many other places. Oil Fields ok California. — Nestor. The picture gives one a very good idea of the extent of the oil industry in California. It consists of a series 'of views, giving a general view of the plain, studded with hundreds of derricks, also wells drilled in the surf of the ocean and others some distance from the shore. It shows a reservoir in course of construction which will have a capacity of one million barrels when completed. Estudillo House. — Nestor. A California housemade famous by the story of "Ramona," being the house in which that character's marriage took place, and is kept up for tourists to visit. Our Lying Senses Almost all training of the senses in children is subconscious and self -attained — generally in games and at play, say the Scientific American. A certain amount, also of such training is done methodically in schools. Thus, there are two tests of the sight sense ; the event test and the picture test. In the first a fully enacted scene is presented before a witness ; and either immediately or soon after the event he is asked to recall and describe what he has seen. The picture test was first demonstrated in America at Clark University, by Prof. William Stern of Breslau, the pioneer in this field. By this test a picture is shown the subject for a brief period, after which he describes what he has seen, and is further questioned, as in the event experiment. It is now purposed to combine these in the moving picture test. We may not here consider further these tests, except to observe how they demonstrate that people do not see a fraction of the things they confidently believe they see ; and that one person's report of what he has seen almost never coincides, not even in the main, with another's report | And yet here is demonstrated no new thing. Historians and students of human affairs find hopeless discrepancies among eyewitnesses of a given battle or any other great event. Seeing is by no means always believing. The statement of a perception can be sound only when the latter has passed muster before dispassionate reason. And it is amazing how much an individual's temperament oftentimes colors a simple fact. The senses are by no means invariably a sure guide ; the very best they can do is to appreciate phenomena. Reality, that is indubitable fact, is possible only when emotionless reason, bringing memory and experience to bear upon the perception conveyed to the cerebrum, has given judgment. Our estimable contemporary, the Moving Picture World, remarks1 editorially in its issue of June 8 that the word "photoplay" "is being so seldom u^e<l that it may be forgotten." The objectionable word appears in that very same number not less than twenty times to say nothing of a few "photodramas." Have to edit r than that to kill it. r