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Show CLARA SMITH HAM OX "History shows that in the beginning begin-ning of the 20th century the population popula-tion of the U. S., both by their own propinquity and also under the dominance dom-inance of selfish directors, screened every flagrant violator of high moral standards in their maudlin pandering to a so-called 'popularity.' The box office receipts made this 'popularity,' and managers and directors catered to the worst in order to cram their houses to capacity. Sex plays, sex urge, passions none too debasing but that a house could'be crammed with Its vivid portrayal. Then came, the reaction when an over-zealous over-zealous censorship followed the exploitation ex-ploitation of the Thaw case, or pugilists pugil-ists made suddenly prominent, and of the flagrant case of Clara Smith Hamon, who lived for years in illicit relations, shot her innamorata, and then went into the movie to screen 'an uplifting drama based on her own life's past' for the betterment of girl9! And the populace thronged the box office at that and every other similr play, satosating itself with putridity." "Remember, it Is the one-crop farmer who is the worst pinched in this price decline. But, in. the great dairy regions there is scarcely any decline in time deposits." What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other? oth-er? George Elliot. |