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A realistic court-room scene in tlie picture play which is used as an argument for woman suffrage. This picture places a new
value in the screen.
•mission of the film. Tnimediatcly thereafter it was prepared for use in whate\-er loGality the sufl-ragettes believed a particular need f or^suffra.!.ie'propai>anda existed at that particular time.
In one of the accompanying illustrations the ligure symbolical of Equal Suffrage appears in the form of a vision to a woman w ho has about determined to devote her life to hel])ing her sisters get the right to go to the ])olls with those of the masculine sex who are entitled to vote, while in the other the courtroom scene, which is one of the big and important settings of the production, is shown, and Aliss P"lorence Holbrook, a noted suffragette attorney, is seen addressing the jury on behalf of the heroine of the story, who has no rights before the law because slie is a woman instead of a voter.
Picture Plays for the Poor.
THE motion-picture play has accomplished more in afifording relaxation and entertainment for those in
humble circumstances than anything ever devised by tnan. For the sum of five cents, an hour or more of clean .and upli"fting" entertainment is''7irovided those who are financially unable to patronize more expensive places of amusement.
On Saturday evening, John, who wields the pick and shovel during tlie week, can take mother and the little ones to the motion-picture show. The cost to the entire family does not exceed twenty-five cents, which would be less than the price of admission for John alone to the spoken drama. And for that modest sum, John and the members of his family enjoy the pictures and also all the comforts of first-class theaters.
Before motion pictures came into being, there was little opportunity for John to entertain mother and the children with any degree of success. There were no inexpensive places of entertainment to visit. In those days, John soTnetimes visited the corner dramshop, not being in the habit of taking mother and the children out for an evening. Then it
was that John spent considerably more than twenty-five cents from his meager earnings for. the week.
But with the advent of the picture plays, mother and the children became interested. They learned to know and to love the picture phays, and to anticipate the coming of Saturday evening, when the entire family could attend the program. And John, too, became interested. Mis interest was aroused partially through motion-picture discussions indulged in by mother and the little ones,and partially on his own account. He appreciated that mother worked just as hard as he did to keep the children's clothing neat, to send them to school regularly, and to prepare the family meals. He admitted that mother and the children were certainh entitled to some pleasure.
John then began to ipass the corner dramshop bj' on the other side. He went straight home on Saturday evenings, and was well repaid by the happy looks of anticipation that shone on the faces of