Moving Picture World (Mar-Dec 1907)

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164 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. “I suggest you get different colored papers printed, so that we will know the quality of the holder of them. For operators over fifteen years a red color; ten years and under fifteen, blue color ; five years and under ten yellow color, and green for those under five years. “C. E. F.” “I’ll do all I can to get members and help the cause foi the improvement of the profession. It’s O. K., that idea of yours. Send me a certificate along. Here’s $2.00 to pay for it. I’ll get it framed when it comes. L. W.” “Best wishes for success of League. I’m in for one Send me full particulars. W. R.” “Every success for your bright and sensible little paper. If the League is half as energetic and does as much good it will be bully. Count me on the wagon. B. H.” One or two suggestions in the above letters are worth carrying out, and we will try to please all. G. K’s letter is sensible and practicable. The $5.00 are returned. D. F. A. is facetious, but there is a germ of good in his letter, although the letters for title are too many. L W. is in too great a hurry. $2.00 returned. We are now preparing a series of questions of a technical nature based upon the laws regulating the Boards of Electricity, Fire Underwriters and Electrical Workers’ Union. These questions will occupy two sheets of foolscap, and fully test the capacity of the applicants who will be required to furnish three recent testimonials of character and fitness, in addition to which his present employer will countersign the question sheet. A diploma will then be granted to the applicant, stating on the face of it his full qualifications. In addition, a button, or pin, will be struck off in various kinds of metal. For operators who have seen fifteen years and upwards of service, a gold button. For ten years and up to fifteen, a silver and enamelled button. For five years and up to ten, a plain silver button. Under five years, a gun metal button. The matter of fees or dues can be left till later. A few interested operators in New York have expressed their willingness to act as a preliminary committee, in conjunction with the dealers and managers who are well known to the profession throughout the States. Is this a good augury? Now, Mr. Operator, send your approval, or disapproval of the above outline of organization, stating fully and frankly how you think it will work in your own interests, giving suggestions for name, design for button and rules for working. In the multitude of counselors there is wisdom, and we welcome full and free discussion of the subject. We haven’t got that Two Dollars for a subscription yet. Directory. In response to our request for names, some 2,500 have been sent us, and these added to those we already have form a goodly list. Singers, lanternists, lecturers, slide makers, moving picture operators, models for animatography are all included. We tender our thanks to those who have so well responded to our request. But, like Oliver Twist, we still want more ; we have not yet reached the 15,000 limit. We still wait your list. What’s that? You’ll send it on in a day or two. Thanks’ Much obliged ! The Elevation of Vaudeville. \ From the humble origin of the crude varieties of a few years ago vaudeville has advanced by gigantic strides to the very front rank of high-class amusement, and from its beginning, with a few obscure performers, now includes many of the most talented and accomplished men and women on the American stage, who present acts of superior refinement and elegance which compares favorably with the best theatrical efforts yet produced, and which represent a degree of talent and ability second to none displayed on the so-called “legitimate stage.” Another delightful feature of vaudeville is the fact that each act is a complete performance in itself, and that no matter at what stage of the progress of the entertainment one arrives at the theater, the portion of the performance yet to come is absolutely complete. The fact has made vaudeville the popular fad of society, for the reason that after a late dinner, when perhaps the regular dramatic productions are well under way, a fully satisfactory visit to vaudeville may be made and an ample number of pleasing acts enjoyed. Salaries far in excess of those offered by other lines of the histrionic art are paid the stars, and $1,000 per week is a by no means uncommon figure for artists of especial ability and prominence. Vaudeville offers in a condensed form the best and most alluring attractions the amusement world has to offer. They are presented in the most attractive possible style and under the most .comfortable and satisfactory conditions to the audience. These facts no doubt account for the extreme and growing favor of this most popular form of entertainment, which to-day stands foremost in elegance and merit among the many and varied features of the amusement world, together with the motion picture film and the illustrated song, without which no vaudeville company would think of appearing, adds to its attractiveness. Last, but not least, the fact that it is presented in the very best possible style at popular prices, 's also an attractive factor, which has aided largely in building its popularity.