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Show FIREPROOF FILMS. One would naturally suppose from th0 flimsy nature of the moving picture films and the danger from fire which constantly threatens them, that tho moving picture mon would welcome with acclaim the discovery of lire-proof films. This, however, seems not at all to be the case. A German inventor inven-tor has produced a moving picture film that is absolutely firo-proof. The substance sub-stance from which he makes it is called "cellit." ITc prepares this from acetyl-colluloso solution in aceton; but he is unable to sell his product, although al-though it is equal in every respect to tho corabustablc film, besides its safety from fire. Proprietors of moving picture pic-ture shows do not take to the new product, prod-uct, the reason given being that they, fear competition in schools and in homos whero the "cellit" films, they think, would be used safely and extensively because of their non-inflammable properties. This is the old contest between the lethargy of what is and the activity of what is better. The stolidity of retaining re-taining that which has been used and is b till usable is not peculiar to moving picturo shows and films. It la a stumbling stum-bling block upon progress everywhere. And yet the old has to give way to tho new in timo, always provided that the new is ablo to hold on long onough. An to this opposition of the moving picturo managers, it is said that in Germany legislation requiring the uso of fire-proof reels in all theaters is under un-der consideration. The adoption of this sort of legislation would, put a stop tv moving-picture firos with their immediate im-mediate destructiveness and their peril to surrounding property. The inventor of the firo-proof film needs only to. persist per-sist and he is certain to succeed, not only in Germany but in all parts of tho world: for, as the old wears out it is necessarily thrown away, and it, is certain cer-tain that thosf managers who provide tho fire-proof films will derive such advantage ad-vantage therefrom as will make their use universal. |