Reel and Slide (Jan-Sep 1919)

18 REEL and SLIDE Here and There IlUllllLIIUMUllllllJllllllllll|i|lillI]lllllllii:illl!llllNIIIII!IINIIIINIIIIIIllllNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!llllli Dr. Esther Clayson Lovejoy is covering the country with a Red Cross message to the fathers and the mothers of the boys "over there." She has a stirring tale to tell. Dr. Lovejoy started on October 1 on an extended speaking tour with the object of carrying into the American homes the story of the wonderful opportunity for service overseas of the American Red Cross. , Dr. Lovejoy's story is visualized with moving pictures — a film prepared specially to show just how the American Red Cross is rendering a stupendous service_ for humanity the world over. This picture is said to be one of the most unusual films ever made in war-torn France. It shows the onward march of humanity from the birth of the Red Cross at Geneva, in 1869. It shows the "Army Service" carrying the work of mercy wherever the call for help goes up. It shows the link between the American soldier and the man himself overseas. It depicts the thrilling work of the Red Cross giving first aid to the wounded under fire and the greatest organization which carries the wounded and shattered bodies of American soldiers until they are reconstructed and made anew. Professor George C. Blakelee of the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis., gave a lantern slide lecture recently at the chapel services at Rockford, 111. Professor Blakelee is an astronomer of much note. His subject was "World Neighbors." Professor Blakelee is working for the entertainment committee at Camp Grant. Educational movies for children are being conducted by the Albany, N. Y., Mothers' Club. The first in the series took place early in December at the Leland Theater, with Mrs. William Cox, chairman of the committee, in charge. An illustrated lecture was given at the Reformed Church, Utica, N. Y., by Rev. Mr. Kirkwood on "Why White Slavery?" This lecture is in three courses. The title of the lecture to be given next is "Whose Girl Is She?" based on the experience of Mrs. La Vida Wiard, woman social reformer and detective. At the Presbyterian Church, Kokomo, Ind., for the Sunday evening service about seventy-five beautifully colored views of Alaska were recently presented and interpreted. It was John Muir, the great scientist, who said, when you have seen Alaska, you have seen a hundred Yosemites. Fishing grounds and totem poles, Indian dances and the Muir glacier were included in this lecture. The rude pioneer days and modern progress were featured and explained. An illustrative lecture was given at the St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Pekin, 111., recently. Seventy-five slides were shown on "Rome and the Apostle Paul." The Oak Park, fill.) Garden Club held its opening me.eting of the season recently at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Rosenfels, 333 Linden street. The stere opticon slides of Oak Park and River Forest gardens which were displayed last year were shown again by Mr. Rosenfels. Lewis H. Lozier of River Forest gave a short talk on local gardens, and the committee in charge of arrangements has made tentative plans in addition to these attractions to present English gardens. Mrs. James H. Heald, Jr., is president of the club. at Plymouth Church, Utica, N. Y., early in December. The second lecture in the National Geographic Society's 1918-1919 course was given in the auditorium of the New Masonic Temple, Thirteenth street and New York avenue, Washington, D. C, November 20. Prof. Charles Upson Clark told of "Italy's Share in the Winning of the War." The lecture was illustrated with lantern slides and motion pictures, one of the films having been made from an observation airplane. Plymouth Methodist Episcopal Church, Buffalo, N. Y., announces as a feature of Sunday evening service a travelog of the very latest pictures from the interesting little land of Korea — the land of white clothes, quaint customs, beautiful scenery and religious zeal which Japan is transforming from a bit of the seventeenth century into an up-to-the-minute twentieth century province of their empire. An address by Captain Sterling S. Beardsley was delivered on December 5 at the high school, Troy, N. Y. He told of his wonderful experiences with the fighters in France. Motion pictures illustrated the address. "Old New England Gardens" was the subject of an illustrated lecture given at Fullerton Hall, Chicago Art Institute, early in December. The illustrations were direct color photographs projected by stereopticon, and are of great beauty. As a feature of the Third Annual Industrial Safety Council, held at Syracuse, N. Y., early in December, motion pictures were used to illustrate how wounded soldiers are rehabilitated. "The End of the Road," a government film, approved by Surgeon-General Gorgas and Lieut. Col. Snow, and written by Dr. Katherine B. Davis, in charge of the woman's division of the social hygiene department of the Commission on Training Camp Activities, was shown recently at the State Council of Defense, Chicago, under the direction of Dr. Rachelle Yarros. The film demonstrates the results that may ensue to young girls from ignorance of social conditions. Mr. Heber S. Griffith delivered a stereopticon lecture on "Springtime in Japan," The Rev. A. H. Mason spoke on "France and Paris" at the Ontario Street Methodist Church, Buffalo, N. Y. The address was illustrated with lantern slides. Dixon, 111., citizens took advantage of an opportunity^ afforded them recently in the free exhibition of moving pictures at the south side high school, that city. At this time Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction Hoffman of Springfield, 111., exhibited four reels of pictures in connection with the public schools. The pictures show the schools for the last hundred years and their progress from the rude log hut down to the present-day civilization. Clinton T. Kellogg of Rochester delivered an illustrated lecture on "Personal and Intimate Experiences With Birds" in the auditorium at Hutchinson high school, Buffalo, N. Y. The lecture was being given under the auspices of the Audubon Society of Buffalo. The folks at Russelville, 111., are planning a series of stereopticon lectures during the winter months at the Russelville church. The series will show the various phases of American war activities. These lectures will be given by Bertram Zelner, the missionary of the American Sunday School Union, and have been prepared by the Committee on Public Information at Washington. The subjects of the eight lectures will be: 1. The Call to Arms. 2. Trenches and Trench Warfare. 3. Airplanes and How They Are Made. 4. Flying for America. 5. The American Navy, at Work. 6. Building a Bridge of Ships. 7. Transporting the Army to France. 8. Carrying the Home to the Camp. The first lecture of the series was given on Monday evening, December 8, at 9 o'clock. All returned soldiers and sailors were invited to attend. At a session of the meeting of Mechanical Engineers at New York there was a lecture on achievements in naval engineering in the war by Lieutenant-Commander William L. Cathart, which was followed by motion pictures showing the .50 caliber 14-inch navy guns. A motion picture machine donated by the pupils of the Elgin, 111., high school has been installed arid will soon be in operation. From an industrial picture, "How Candy Is Made," produced for the Elmer Candy Co.