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Show THE CITIZEN IMIHlUIHUIIIUIIIIIIHHIIIUllllllllllllllHIIUIIIIIIIIUIlHIlIHUIIIUHIIIUIIMHIMaiMIIHIUIIIUIIIII Barring Films That Exploit Crime UUJ :l OBSERVATION PLANE New Rules For Your Furnace Firing Smoke week began auspiciously with lots of smoke. The nuisance commit-t- e was greatly pleased because lots of snoke shows the need of lots of talk anl not a little work. And the nuisance inspector, or whatever he is called no matter what he will be called lat;r was also immensely delighted. It was demonstrated to the public that a nuisance inspector is needed. The second day also was a grand The wind came up strong, success. blowing all the smoke away, showing that it can be done. This proves that it is sometimes advisable' to let na- ture take its course. Everybody was delighted with the nicely printed rules for starting fires. They worked fine on the front pages of the newspaper. One of the best ways to start a fire is with the front pages of Salt Lake newspapers. They make a hot, though uneven, fire, but they are very good for hot air furnaces. They make a lot of hot air and very little smoke except in the chimney. The nuisance inspector had a very pleasant time lecturing here and there about how to build fires upside down. Never build a fire right side up. If possible begin with the flame and work down to the kindling and the coal. This can be done by using matches, but very good effects have been obtained by Never rubbing two sticks together. use kindling for this purpose. Go out Films that glorify crime or make criminal careers fascinating or alluring will henceforth be barred in Pennsylvania. The state board of censors has awakened to the perils of moving pictures that point the wrong kind of a moral. on your feet again and with a safety razor carefully pare the lumps down to a thickness of six inches. Of course, you can throw out your winters supply and put in nut coal, if you prefer. Thd nuisance committee is strong on The censors have discriminated justly between pictures that portray crime truthfully and pictures that glorify crimnality and decorate with false allurements the lives of criminals. Up to date Utah has seen little need of censorship, but if the moving picture syndicates continue to manufacture crime producing films there will be a new agitation for the establishment of a board of censors. The managers themselves can obviate the necessity of such a law by refusing to nut coal. Now cover the coal with the first pages of the newspapers. If you use the editorial pages you will get too much smoke. Use the front pages because, as everybody knows, they are always the hottest. Now cover the paper with kindling, 9 leaving the headlines exposed, as they ill throw off a strong, inflammable gas if not obscured. It is now time to take the blaze down off the hook, us- ing your celluloid fire tongs for this purpose. Instantly you will have a hot fire that will surprise you. Wait fifteen minutes, then discover that you must hurry to the office to keep an engagement. Before depart- ing, ask your wife to build the fire. You will find that by observing these rules religiously no cuss words allowed you will please the coal companies. .You will use twice as much kindling and about twenty-fiv- e per cent more coal. When night comes do not think of iiiiC covering up the fire with coal. Employ a boy scout to drop in a lump now and then while studying his lessons by the light of the moon. Recharging fires, as it is called by the nuisance committee, is quite as simple. First you shake out the ashes and half the fire. Then turn a hose into the forest and select the two drir : est sticks you can find, or ask a boy on the hot ashes, thus producing steam ay : er : scout to do it. instead of smoke. Of course, this is Having supplied yourLid : ies not absolutely necessary. Many perself with dry sticks rub them together dy : sons do not care at all to see their hot vigorously for several hours, using a ashes steam. bit of cotton to catch the spark and start the blaze. After this has been Now fire, fresh coal on the low side !!!!!! done throw away the sticks and cottof the fuel bed. The low side of a fuel II on and use only the blaze. bed is not under the bed, but on either in at m -- sational than the events surrounding the crucifixion; nor has history pro- duced greater criminals than the trait- or who sold or the conspirators who murdered Christ. The career of Judas will' teach a moral to the end of time and the more his treachery and suicide exploited the better. . Z . f tfr of tb1 in tb routf wbfi leaV' youv nip fc it.' a full draft.' Any ordinary cleanser will do for cleaning the grates. After the grate is thoroughly cleaned apply a litle metal polish, as this will give the grate a brilliant lustre :md will make the rest of the work a delight. Also clean the dampers and ers for whitewash the draft. You Stand on your head and cover the grate with coal to a depth of five inches. About this time you will disc over that the lumps of coal in your bin ire anywhere from eighteen inches to t .vo feet thick. You will then stand upsi-l- RON ame 3T are now in a position to begin down. Sometimes it is on one side and sometimes on the other. You can nearly always tell which side it is on with the aid of a lighted match and a can of kerosene. I And remember never to cover all coal. Cover some of the live coals with fresh coal and the rest with a horse blanket. If you follow these rules faithfully for a month the nut coal inspector will put you on the white list. Every loyal Salt Laker should strive to be on the white list because once you are on that list you will not be watched any more and can do as you please. Republican Clubs Will Continue Organization Much credit for success in the recent campaign is due to the Republican clubs organized by Major Wesley E. King. Of course the great Republican club of Salt Lake City has been functioning for a long time and there are other clubs that have helped in many campaigns. But the recent campaign saw the establishment of clubs in all parts of the state. They took the place of the paid organizations of former campaigns and proved more effective. long-establishe- d tht the orMajor King announces ganizations will be kept alive and that organization work will continue until every community in the state has a Republican club:' At first the regular county organizations took alarm at the formation of the clubs. It was feared that there might be considerable friction and, in a few instances, there was, but this was ascribable to a misunderstanding of the functions of the new clubs. They are intended to cooperate with and in no way supplant county or precinct ganizations. or-ar- e V The rule should be what the sylvania rule is. It should bar those films which glorify criminals and make criminal careers alluring. Plays that would come under this ban are increasing in number. The writers of them probably do not see the harm, for there are many men and women with slum souls writing scenarios. side. live coals with fresh . Penn- - ODr furnace room while you clean the grates thoroughly and adjust the damp- the smart set. If one were to put faith in these films one would conclude that every mansion nowadays had a swim-win-g pool where nymphs clad in brief but beautiful bathing suits disport themselves. It is just a way the scenario writers have of making an appeal which is common enough in musical plays and comic operas, but which seemed beyond the skill of the I films until the, ingenious writers discovered the aristocratic swimming tanks. The bathing girl revue is shifted from the silly seashore to the sillier mansions created by the scenario writers. buy objectionable films. The rule that should be followed is simple. It does not bar films in which crime and criminals are delineated. Nor does it place a ban even on sen- sationalism. We would be very wrong if we should class all films about crime and criminals as objectionable from the ethical viewpoint. Some crime plays teach powerful moral lessons and . their sensationalism is an element of their effectiveness. If we should make it a rule to bar the sensational exploitation of crime and criminals we would exclude the various Passion Plays, for nothing could be more sen- . Hang up the blaze on a hook in the 9 ' Major Wesley King was offered the position of state director and took it on the express understanding that he was not to be asked to run for any office. There was some talk of nominating him for an office, but he quickly put a quietus on the friends who were booming him. He felt that the suggestions would interfere with his efficiency as state organizer of the ReNot only, film dramas but film comepublican clubs. The results he obtaindies of crime are often objectionable. ed were eminently satisfactory, for Writers of comedy have a fondness for Utah, in proportion to population, has the Wallingford who puts over clev- more of the new clubs than many of erly dishonest business deals, gets the the other states. better ot the village goofs and wins the charmingly innocent village belle. He is handsome, dashing, good humored and magnetic, whereas all of his virtuous opponents are ugly, scowling, and repellant. dull-witte- d Another class of plays open to criticism gives a false view of life among DEARER THAN HE THOUGHT. Demobilized Tommy Atkins (gazing at price cards in shop) : They told me I was fighting for dear life, but I never dreamt it was going to be as dear as this. Punch (London). |