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Show UncommonJOHN UBy U U11CO171rnO11 By BynCOIDIllOn nCOIDIllOn 11CO171rnO11 JOHN MAKE BLAKE BLAKES BLAKEens BLAKESense MAKES MAKETIQP S Sense S TIQP O + ens e k / v vIJ -I-J- I J - IJ0 - - 0 \ f 0 Den Ben B D n Syndicatejwu Syndicate SyndJca : . -jwu jwu - wro : W TI U Servteo sere S rvl rvlc . The films of travel , which wluch carry car- car carry car carry - ry the vision V1sion around the worldand worldand world , and back agam again Eyes againEyes agamEyes Around h have a v e vas vastlythe vastly vastlythe t 1 Y Ythe the World WorId broadened t the thehorizons he hehorIzons hehorizons horizons of mil mIl- mIllIons millions millions - lions of people , and in that re- re respect respect re respect - - spect have proved to be of or lugh high highvalue highvalue lughvalue value . The opportunities opportumbes of most peo peo- people people people - - ple for seeing seemg the world are very veryl1mlted verylimited verylimited l1mlted limited . The average person in small smalltowns smalltowns smalltowns towns andcountry and country places has a avery avery avery very dun idea ldea of the length and andbreadth andbreadth andbreadth breadth of the world , or of the thepeople thepeople thepeople people who live in lD places remote remotefrom remotefrom remotefrom from him lum . Today almost almos.t . every boy and andgirl andgirl andgirl girl can tell you of the Taj Ma- Ma Mahal \ Ma-hal Ma hal : - hal 11:11hal , or of the Desert of Sahara Sahara,01 Sahara01 1\1:1-1 1 1:1 11 , 01 oL the peaks of the Andes , or of oflife oflife 1 We life m in remote cities like London , I Paris and Constantinople . S . . i . iMr Mr . Shakespeare informs mforms us usthat usthat usthai that "home-keeping "home home keeping "home-keepmg keepmg " - youth have haveever haveever haveever ever homely wits . " But "homely homely " wits " hardly ex- ex ex - ist 1st when practically all the peo peo- peo- peo people people people - - ple of all the civili7ed ClVIU7Cd crviliaed countnes countries countriesof countnesof of the world can , by paying paymg n a nsmall asmall asmall small price for a seat in a cine CIne- CInema cinema cinema - - ma theater look " ' 'round round ' the theworld theworld theworld world and back again . " The camera man has complete complete- completely - ly completely replaced replacec } the men who used togo to togo togo go forth and view the world and andbrmg andbring andbring brmg bring ? home pictures ofIt of it to be bethrown bethrown bethrown thrown on a still screen . From your scat seat ina in a theater you youcan youcan youcan can view the Eskimo Estlmo Eslumo catching catchmg a aseal aseal aseal seal which will provide him wIth wIthIus withhis withhis Ius his supper and an overcoat , with witha a good clear glance at the peaks peaksof peaksof peaksof of the Alps or the Andes , or at at"Elephants at"Elephants "Elephants Elephants at"Elephants atElephants " a pilm pllm pun ' teak " in Bur- Bur Burmah Burman Bur-mah Bur mah - mah man . S . t . . / Minds Mmds feed on what the eyes eyessee eyessee eyessee eyesseeWherever see seeWherever Wherever there is anything anythingworth anythingworth , worth seeing seemg the camera goes Loving goesLoving their work , and eager eagerto eagerto to eagerto bring brlDg home pictures of all the theknown theknown theknown known world , these daredevils of ofthe ofthe ofthe the films are never daunted by byobstacles byobstacles byobstacles obstacles , or by dangers . . To me it has bas always been beenastonishing beenastonishing beenastonishin astonishing ? that every school schoolroom schoolroom schoolroom room in m every city and village villageand villageand villageand and town has not long ago been beenproVlded beenprovided beenprovided proVlded provided with cameras and andscreens andscreens andscreens screens to aid the children in inthell intheir intheir thell their ' work . vastlybroaden Not only would they vastly broaden the view of many sec- sec sections sections sec sections - tions of the world , but theycould they theycould theycould could , I should think thmk , be tremendously tremendously . dously useful in m teaching teachmg such suchsubJects suchsubjects suchsubjects subJects as biology and zoology . An i intelligent teacher provided providedwith providedwith providedwith with a moving movmg picture proJector proJectorand projectorand projectorand and a stock of films would never neverlack neverlack neverlack lack the earnest attention of her herpupils herpupils herpupils pupils . Even pictures which only m- m in- in mcldentally incidentally in incidentally - cidentally cldentally show the streets offoreign of offoreIgn offoreign foreIgn cities cltIes would be valuable valuable'I valuableWhat valuableWhat ' What they would . do if wisely used usedwould usedwould usedwould 'I I would prove a marvel . |