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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 world is ever seeking. He mention- ed the family brotherhood, the com can no more suppress the serial than you can oust cheap fiction. I have munity brotherhood, the patriotic known professed epicures in litera brotherhood, the political brother hood, and the racial brotherhood, and he proved that each of these was subject to a defect, and therefore im- permanent, in that each was founded upon a limited aspiration, and often to personal aims of self-interest. Then he said: "Hence no brother- hood appears in the world as lasting save of the spiritual type. Only that brotherhood is permanent and eter- nal, for it is a spiritual brotherhood through the breath of the .Holy â€"Spirit. It is absolTtTely^tndtssoTubte, permanently will it remain intact, and. in all the worlds of God will it be everlasting. It is ~a-brotherhood not based upon thoughts, but one thai has emanated from the Love of Crodr It is not founded for the at- tainment of physical or material inter-;sts. Tins spiritual brotherhood -has m> other purpose than nearness to the threshold of God. It is not __t-o-i* defensive purposes, but for the illumination of the human heart. Ccnsidei what a brotherhood existed among the disciples of Christ. That ^ brotherhood was spiritual and eter- nal. Of the same character was the brotherhood that existed among the friends of Baha'o'llah in. Persia, which was spiritual to such a degree that each one was willing to sacri- fice himself for the other. Why? For the sake of divine illumination, ' for_^ie_sjLke^cdL_nierxi£ul love,â€"for the sake of the illumination of man- kind. Therefore, strive in order that this spiritual brotherhood may be established throughout America, that you may witness what joy there will be. what love, what honor, what com? Tort .When you clearly contem- plate and consider carefully, you will see that it is verily an effulgence from heaven, and that each soul il- lumined by it reflects the image of God. Then will the Kingdom of God have come on earth." (Abdul Baha). With nothing but friendliness and good-will to your correspondent, Mr. Stafford, and any others possessing attitude. I sfhcerely trust this ture to rave over Harold Bell Wright. There is no accounting for depravity in taste. Titles are-ar-smalf matter. Sala- cious ones frighten off the decent element; if the films are as bad as their_ names, the titles have really been a protection; and if they hap- pen to be perfectly innocent, they will merely be disappointments to the sensation-seekers. On one point I am not emphatical- ly in accord with the theatre's crit- ics. That point has to-do with the bathing-girl scene in "So Long Let- ty."__Pictorial presentation of wom- anly charm, on canvas, in marble, or on the screen, is never objection- able. Only the spirit in which it is offered may be criticised. In spirit, that one scene of the girls undress- ing was absolutely the most'disgust- ing thing I have ever witnessed out- side the Haymarket or State-Lake theaters: Its crassness lay in the fact that there was no excuse for its presence save the excuse of sala- ciousness;. It had no connection whatever with anything in the play; not even the scenes preceding and following it. 'It was meant to arouse joy in the breasts of the perverted. Which it did. For myselfâ€"though I am hardened to the nude by re- peated contact_with^t^on-mxjtfon pic- tttrcsets, behind the scenes, and in artist's studiosâ€"I blushed. I am only thankful I had no -companion with me to deepen that blush. Art is art only where there is a reason for it â€"and where it is done artistically. Which that wasn't. - What we need in_the film indus- try, and in this theater, here, is men of discrimination and high ideals. The manager, it is true, has little voice in the .matter of the films he shall show; but I happen to know that he can employ that voice to, amazing advantage if he has ideals and knows the motion picture mar- ket, the literary market, and his pub- ,,, lie. As manager of a small theater in his attitude. I sincerely trust mis western IllinojSt t found opposition letter-fflay serve to illumine soine^^ soft our thcater is encounter- what this profound subject of h^mair--jnâ„¢^hen T tQok Qver the reins for brotherhood, upon which depends so predecessor in the job was un- much of the world's future happi- ness and peace. I thank you. Mr. Editor, for you kindness and fairness in publishing this lengthy, though really con- densed statement, as showing the other side, let me say, the true and^ bright side of the mirror. Sincerely yours. ALFRED E. LUNT Secretary. Bahai Temple Unity FACTS ABOUT MOVIES <s Wilmette, 111. Editor. Forum. Lake Shore News. Dear Editor: For the last five years I have been a close student and an active worker in the motion picture field, so that Mr Drayer's letter anent the Vil- lage Theatre interested me. I ."wish first to sav that I agree emphatically with him*in his attitude, while dis- agreeing a trifle wit" his actual statements. Critics of the Village Theatre seem unaware of one or two very im- portant factors behind the presenta- tion of films. The first factor is a matter of selection. With but three 11 ays each week on which the pro- gram is changed, presenting the best motion pictures is a task requiring more ability than is within the gifts of any motion picture exhibitor in America. This sounds paradoxical, for it would seem easier to find three -good'-fitlitg "tfV week than-fs'*^?*H there is a little point of which theatre-goers know nothing. Sup- desires Tom nose our manager Moore-m infold Your Worsesu Alice Joyce in "Cousin Kate," and William DeMtlte's "Midsummer Madness for his program one week. Does he go^ to th€-exchanges«ftnd-order^these films delivered? He does not He is forced to sign a contract calling for the exhibition of a certain num- -beT~of pictures, usually twenty-fum to fifty-two, from Goldwyn. the same number from Vitagraph. and a similar quantity from Paramount. This-apfrHes-as- well to comedies and educationals. It's a case ot take all or pay the price of all for the one he wants." With SO few changes th program, scarcely more than four or five companies can be represented each year. These four or five may or may not be producing clean en- tertainment at the time he contracts for their-service. And. they may or mav not continue dealing out the same kind of entertainment dur- ing the period for which they "^rV^igned. It is largely chance. If suggestive films jeakâ€"in, thei manager ivas - of ; course always -the right to use his shears; but it â€"oneâ€" conipaiiy^=TyeTsi^tem^y-~otrer8- plays offensive to us. he is helpless, reside* the shears_habit is a bad one, "In the matted of the serial, 1 pet^ sonlally-do not carefor thein*eaktast- Wd type of play; but I know a great -rhaW who do; and -the children take -wiid leaps and fast riding and harrowing- situations quite -serious- ly Only one man in the business today-George B. Seitzâ€"has .succeed- ed m producing a «t!'^u^lfh^'t and are at leasr cal and humam_ The public nas nor _------- is-r-rx -Taken-k4n^Iy=3oIhislinnovation. You wise enough to let himself be swamped with the Puritan protest of his town through showing a ques- tionable film or two, and a great many which were not absolutely above reproach. I solved the prob- lem by reviewing all the films my- self and waiting a month or two be- fore signing extended contracts. It was no easy task, even after three years of studying the industry, so- that I can sympathize with the man who is running the "Village Theater. One thing puzzles me. Why was. not the bathing-girl scene eliminated from "So Long Let ty* after the first exhibition had created so undeniably bad an impression? The Howard Theater, among others, dliminated the entire scene before putting it om a procedure advised by reviewers a-mrxritics of the press. I do not believe any questionable scene ever enhances a motion pic- ture unless it points a.moral vividly and cleanly. And when'it does that, it may no longer be called question- WILBtJR L7NEEDHAM, 1725 Washington. Ave. iiiitiiitiiiuiiiitiimiiiiitmiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiisiMitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii FOR iiMiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiinmmiiiititmi'iitiiiiiiiiiKiiitiiiiii The Tax Payers of the New Trier Township will be pleased to learn that m TAX COLLECTOR iiajLagai!^^^ headquarters at the EdiTor The Lake Shore News. Dear Sir:â€" Once again somebody has started something against the local theater, whether for personal aggrandise- ment or from a real honest desire to^ correct what they consider an evil, is .a question. Are we to consider that Wilmette people are of, I won't sn|y finer, but differentLVcJayJ_Jtna£ they must needs demand a ^Sunday school atmosphere^witlr^herh-aTrrnse^" ments? Or is it simply that some peo- ple are bound to'condemn and critic- ise at home that which they would condone and seek for abroad? At any rate it is time that the -mothersâ€"andâ€"fathersâ€"of- Wilmette wake up to their- children's faults, particularly regarding their conduct at the Village Theatre on matinee days, when they seem to think they own the place, and by their ill-bred and unruly behavior, proclaim their heard many people, among them a movie manager of wide experience say. that they had never encountered such an ill-mannered and boisterous crowd of children.^ I am a real lover of children, and can enjoy with them their naturally exuberant expression of pleasure, but when they deliberately set Out to an- noy the manager and organist, , so that the latter has to stop playing until the former restores order, a frequent occurrence on matinee days, enjoyment of a few hours of recrea- tion, there is only a feeling of dis- gust and indignation.' My sympathy is with the manager of the theater. Instead of being so severely critic- ised, he deserves a hero medal.â€"j- •7\.s for the serials, though most of them are at best trashy, they are no more thrilling than a circus, or the average boys' books, many,: of them-"Diamond^ick" (Continued on page six.) where as in previojis years the tax payij^^i^^W^^^^^ev^^l^ and convenience in arranging their tax matters.