Visual Education (Jan 1923-Dec 1924)

104 Visual Education PUBLIC SALES We have purchased 122,000 pair U. S. Army Munson last shoes, sizes 5l/2 to 12, which was the entire surplus stock of one of the largest U. S. Government shoe contractors. This shoe is guaranteed one hundred per cent solid leather, color dark tan, bellows tongue, dirt and waterproof. The actual value of this shoe is $6.00. Owing to this tremendous buy we can offer same to the public at $2.95. Send correct size. Pay postman on delivery or send money order. If shoes are not as represented we will cheerfully refund your money promptly upon request. National Bay State Shoe Company 296 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Whatever Your Question Be it the pronunciation of Bolsheviki or soviet, the spelling of a puzzling word — the meaning of blighty, fourth arm, etc., this Supreme Authority — WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY contains an accurate, final answer. 400,000 Words, 2 700 Pages. 6000 Illustrations. Regular and India-Paper Editions. G. & C MERRIAM CO., Spring field, Mass. Write for specimen pages, prices, etc., and FREE Pocket Maps if you name Visual Education. Representatives Wanted for Teachers' Meetings VISUAL EDUCATION wants to ,r;et in touch with educators who are in a position to represent it at Teachers' Meeting You will find a minimum of resistance because the magazine practically sells itself. Liberal conimlsHlons. Write Tor full putleulars. VISUAL EDUCATION 806 W. Waahinoton Blvd., Chicago, III. LITERATURE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. A charming sequel to "Alice in Wonderland," with all the. loved characters coming to life — the Red Queen and the White Queen, the Walrus and the Carpenter, the Jabberwock, the Lion and the Unicorn, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, the Snap-dragonfly and the Rocking-horse-fly, and all the other comical creatures of Looking-Glass Land. The part of Alice is played by Viola Savoy. 5 reels. (/> and d, Eskay Harris.) TREASURE ISLAND. Robert Louis Stevenson's celebrated "thriller" about pirates and more respectable treasure-hunters, made into a stirring screen play. 3 reels, (d, Lea-Bel.) NATURE STUDY AND OTHER SCIENCES WASPS. A split reel, tracing the life-history of mud-dauber and Polistes wasps. It shows the building of their houses, stocking them with food — spiders stung into paralysis, in order to insure the baby wasps a supply of fresh meat — and laying the eggs. The hatching of the young and the development from grub to full-grown wasp is clearly and interestingly visualized, (p and d, Soc. for Visual Edu.) OUR FOUR-FOOTED HELPERS. A study of ruminants, by way of motion pictures and animated diagrams, making clear what it means to chew a cud. The cow, buffalo, bison, gnu, giraffe, dromedary, llama, zebu, etc., are studied. Much footage is given to deer, such as elk, axis and white-tailed deer, with remarkable scenes showing thousands of reindeer swimming a mile-wide stream. (p and d, Pathe.) CRYSTALS IN FORMATION. A scientific exposition of the formation of crystals. Grotesque and fanciful in design, they appear on the screen as though by maq;ic, taking every sort of shape, from a regiment of bayonets to a branching silver tree. 400 ft. . (p and d, Geo. Kleine.) RECREATIONAL JUST PALS. A dramatic and romantic story about a man's love for his two pals — a boy and a girl. 5 reels, (p and d, Fox.) THE PINCH HITTER. A baseball comedy, with Charles Ray in the role of Joel Parker, "the bashfulest critter in the country, and sort of dummified." By a pinch hit he saves the honor of the college in a close and exciting game. 5 reels. (d, Alexander Film Corp.) A LITTLE BIT OF KINDLING. A heartinterest story of a lovable tomboy, an outcast who meets another outcast— but he is a millionaire's son and she is only a "newsie." Their ways part, and when they meet again the ugly "Sticks" has blossomed into a beautiful girl and the other outcast has redeemed himself. (d, Pilgrim Photoplay.) THE RICHEST GIRL. A comedy-drama featuring Ann Murdock and a laughable incident in a girls' boarding school. 5 reels, (d, Matre.) RELIGIOUS AND INSPIRATIONAL THE DOUBLE GIFT. The story of Elisha and the woman of Shunem and of the miracle he performed in restoring life to her little son, thus repaying her kindness and hospitality to him. Simply and reverently told. (/> and d, Inter. Church Film Co.) SLOTH. Eve, of the idle rich, resents her lover's departure for the war because it inter, feres with her life of pleasure. Reading the lives of three unselfish heroines, however, among them Molly Pitcher — stories that are visualized on the screen — she is inspired to volunteer her services as a Red Cross nurse. At the front she nurses Adam back to health. (d, Pilgrim Photoplay.) PALESTINE PILGRIMAGES. A tour of the Holy Land that combines religious, historical and geographic values, (d, Matre.) JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER. A visualization of the eleventh chapter of the Book of Judges. 3 reels, (d, Lea-Bel.) SPORTS AND ATHLETICS FISHING IN MANY WATERS. A film that shows the professional fisherman at work and the amateur angler at play. (p, Urban ; d, Kineto.) SHE BLOWS. A complete record of whalehunting on the Pacific Ocean, from the early morning start until the quarry is finally quartered for all its various products, (/> and d, Prizma.) SWIMMING AT U._ S. NAVAL ACADEMY. How swimming is taught to the "Middies," with demonstrations of various strokes. id, Natl. Non-Theat.) Where to Book These Films ONLY producers and exchanges whose films are included in this month's instalment of "The Film Field" will be found listed here. Principal offices only are given, on account of space limitations, although the larger film companies maintain a great many branch offices. Inquire location of nearest branch when writing to main office, mentioning that you saw the film listed in VisuAr. Education. Alexander Film Corporation, 130 West 46th St., New York City. Baltimore Children's Playground Assn., 7 E. Mulberry St., Baltimore, Md. Beseler Educational Film Co., Inc., 71 West 23d St., New York City. Henry Bollman Motion Pictures, 67 West 44th St., New York City. Bray Productions, Inc., 130 West 46th St., New York City. Carter Cinema Producing Corporation, 220-224 West 42d St., New York City. Community Motion Picture Service. Inc., 46 West 24th St.. New York City. Eskay Harris Feature Film Co., 126-30 West 46th St., New York City. Fox Film Corporation, 10th Ave. and 55th St., New York City. Goodyear Tire Company, Akron, Ohio. Homestead Films, Inc.. 7510 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago. International Church Film Co., S61 Reibold Bldg., Dayton, Ohio. International Harvester Company, 606 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Kineto Co. of America, 350 Madison Ave., New York City. George Kleine Motion Picture Films, 116 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Lea-Bel Film Company, 804 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Matre's Library of Films. 76-78 West Lake St., Chicago. National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures, Inc., 130 West 46th St., New York City. Pathe Exchange, Inc., 1600 Broadway, New York City. Peerless Film Co., 016 "G" St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Pilgrim Photoplay Exchange, 736 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Prizma, Inc., 110 West 40th St., New York City. Sanford Film Library, 406 Englewood Ave., Chicago. Science Service, 25 West 43rd St., New York City. Select Pictures Corporation, 729 Seventh Ave., New York City. Society for Visual Education, Inc., 806 West Washington Blvd., Chicago. Southern Enterprises, 51 t uckie St., Atlanta, C-a. V. S. Bureau of Mines, Experiment Station, Pittsburgh, Pa. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Worcester Film Corporation, 130 West 46th St., New York City. World Educational Film Co., 804 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago.