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MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, ORE., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2S, 1925
TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY IS
ITOBIPEMKS
'Glass Ccilins" Illusion One
of Most Interesting
DOMES OR ROOFS PAINTED
Wreck of Oocun IJners Enacted
j. In Small Tank! OaJoa Tro-
dticnl by Wind Machines
fCoreeipflS'lrnre of the AmocUIM PreMl
; HOLLYWOOD. The movie pub
lic, has many Illusions (hat are
rnrefully created by trlrk photo
frmnhy and the versatility of en
gineers. These socrots of the trade con
' aerve millions of dollars annunlly
In the budKcis of producers. The
directors point out, however, that
they are not evolved to deceive tho
theatrc-itoer. nor primarily with
the Idea of savin money, but often
are necessary because It would bo
impossible to ataa-e the actual scene
demanded In the script.
In the photoitraphlo tricks, the
moat Indispensable perhaps, is the
glass celling" Illusion. This U
a device of painted Klass placed
lightly above the camera lens. On
the aheet of glass, ceilings, domes
or roofs are painted to correspond
' rlth the actual act.
This glass work Is necessary be
cause of the lighting demanded by
tile camera. The roofs or upper
parts of the set are not constructed.
Instead, strong flood lights arc
placed there.
- Wrecks of ocean liners are en
acted in a small tank in the studio.
Howling ffnles are provided by me
chanical wind machines. The
"ocean" Is lashed to fury by pad
dles, and the toy liner, perhaps ten
inchea tn length. Is tossed about on
the wavee by wires in the hands of
studio assistants.
K If the story calls for an explosion
to sink the boat, a dynamite cap
abroad la exploded at the propel
time and the miniature craft sinks
beneath (he waves with exciting
realism.
lroliiHUJric Btssts Mere Toys
A recent example of mlnluture
illusion -was enacted In a picture of
monstrous prehistoric beasts.' On
the screen they appeared to weigh
'" tons, and moved with life-like .case.
Before the camera they were mod
els eighteen Inches high, composed
of rubber and paper mache, their
movements manipulated by invis
ible wires.
When the movie spectator sees
actors struggling perilously near
the brink of a precipice or on the
cornices of a tall building, he may
be witnessing a scene "shot" in two
different places. The fight may
have taken place on the studio
floor, and the cameraman may
later have photographed the preci
pice, or roof corner on the same
atrip of film.
i Kogs are formed in the studio
by a huge atomizer, which feed
cold vapor on the scene through
perforated pipes concealed about
the set.
. Adept with high explosives. th
engineers set a blast to wreck a
dam, releasing a rush of logs and
water to destroy a populated valley.
Or they burn an actress at the stake
with so little harm that she may be
the bell of a party the next even-,
ing.
: One engineer has patented a
powder that burns furiously on the
furnishings of a luxurious apart
ment. When the cranking stops,
the .furniture is found unharmed
and is moved to the next "social"
set.
. Even Hollywood scarcely knowt
these technical men whose exploits
make "the filming of the impossible,"
PARDONS RE OPPOSED
RICHARDSON AGAINST PLAX
OF HOLIDAY RELEASES
. ' CBjr The Associated Press)
'. SACRAMENTO, Cat. Dec. 24.
The practice of passing out Chrlst-
mas pardons was deplored by Gov
ernor Richardson in a Christmas
eve statement lsaued here tonight
eolncidentally with his announce
ment that there will be no Yule
tide opening of prison gates in Cal
ifornia this year.
'Declaring he was confident Call
fornians would "enjoy this sacred
day better with the knowledge that
a score of murderers, robbers and
pickpockets have not been turned
loose upon them," tho governor
stated his conviction that "the peo
ple and not the criminal, deserve
first consideration.
..He said:
; . ''Ho decisions on pardon cases
have been held back so as to be
released for spectacular effect on
particular days. When a record of
a case haa been completed it is
acted upon at once. During my
term of office only five prisoners
have been released from state pris
on and four of these were pardoned
upon the recommendation of the
district attorney of Los Angeles
county who advised me that the
men had been wrongfully convict
ed by him and were innocent of the
crime charged.
"I believe the purpose of the
law in giving the governor power
to grunt pardons is to use it only
in extraordinary cases like the four
Los Angeles cases. The governor
should uphold the officers of the
law and protect society was con
vincing criminals and would-be
criminals that they cannot escape
punishment In California."
CHICAGO TRADE HEAVY
NEARLY 100,000,000 SPENT
.,; von PRESENTS""
' (Ilr The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 24. Santa Claus
came to Chicago tonight stagger
ing tinder the weight of a pock
valued at between 190,000,000 and
1100,000,000, the most costly
Christmas In tho city's history.
The great downtown department
tores closed thoir doors at the end
cf ' the final rush with the an
nouncement that they have done a
Christmas business of between
S0, 000.000 and 196,000,000. It
was estimated that the smaller
stores throughout the city havo
duplicated the amount,
' In tho midst of the city's hun
Ared million dollar Christmas the )
poor have net been forgotten and
hundreds of welfare societies to
night made arrangements to feed
thousands of hungry and homeless
tomorrow while still other organi
sations exppcted to distribute gifts
to thousands of poor children.
'Among the Inst minute shoppers
In' the downtown business district
Vice President Dawes wns found
by a newspaper reporter In a Jam
jrith 10,000 other last minute (hop
pers Bt Stale and MadQson streets,
the "Nworin s nusicst corner." The
vice P resident expluimwt that he
wm h u.niiig n "thtnitniiiatHib" for
his so.l "mt he had fjurgottcn to
gat.
CHRISTltfASJRAD HEAVY
SLOWING 1H"WX K.'tl'rXTKU to
UK LESS THAN VSl'AL
tr The As""d 'res
NEW YORK. lec. S4. Dun's
Saturday will say: '
Herein expnnsio fi n Important
departments of trad. Is firmly held
and indications are t ha t the custo
mary slowing down fct the end of
the year will bo leas iivarkcd than
la usual. Pistrihutio fl in retntl
llnea this week wns dc . tlnnted by
last minute shopping and this,
stimulated by the payme t ' of ninny
Christmas bonuses, reached dim
ensions never previously recorded.
Aided by the cautious b uylng In
the earlier months of the year and
the generally lavnrnble 1 weather
conditions prevailing, th re has
been very satisfactory nt orntlon
of seasonable stnplcs and lt Is re
ported that dealers In mat K lines
fbid themselves with much i n nailer
Inventories than is usunlly th case
at this period. Productlo n for
many months was kept do e n as
closely aa possible to curren fl' re
quirements and stocks carried over
into the new year are not .only
very much reduced but In p 1 "ac
tlcally all lines broken as t Lcy
have not been in many years.
Weekly bank clearings IS.07V.-
3:3,000.
ORDERS ABOVE OUTPUT
NEW III SINESS OK I.l'MUKU
Mil, US IS ;ooi
Shlpmcnta lhiring Week Wore
Seven niut One-Half IVr
('cut lli'low PrtHlui'tiiut
GARTER BELLS APPEAtt
MONTE CARLO JAZZ AUTISTS
HAVE COMPETITIOX
(Br Th Associated Prs)
MONTE CARLO, Deo. S4. Tea
dansants, always crowded here
prior to the opening of the casino,
was beins enlivened by garter bells
which tinkle In time with the
music of the jazx bands. Another
novelty is a cymbal effect pro
duced by revolving metal discs at
tached to the heels of women's
dance slippers.
With the bells tinkling, the cym
bals clashing, the jangling of
scores of bracelets, and the swish
and rattle of tho new coat -of-mail
tunics, the jau artists have to
work doubly hard to make them
Helves heard in the whirl of merrymakers.
Ninety 'nine mills reporting to
tho West Coast Lumbermen unso
cial ion for the week ending De
cember 19, manufactured 95,783,-
994 feet of lumber; sold 9S.013.629
feet and shipped S8.71S.39? feet.
.u'Conlli.K to" the weekly report."
New business was two ai)d one-
half per rent above production
and vhlpments wcr,e seven nnd
one-half per cent below produc
tion.
Forty per cent of all new bus!
ness taken during the week was
for future water delivery. This
amounted to 39.0K0.i57 feet, of
which 24.4V.UU feet wns for do
mestic cargo delivery, nnd 14.631,-
143 feet export. .Now business uy
rutl amounted to 1S33 cars.
Forty per cent of the lumber
shipments moved by water. This
amounted to 3S. 753. 025 feet of
which 20.319.929 feet moved
coastwise and interconstnl. and
15,433.096 feet export. Halt ship
ments totaled 1633 cars.
Local nuto and team deliveries
totaled 3.973.373 feet.
rnfilled domestic cargo orders
totaled 109.091.115 feet. Unrtlled
export orders 104.S3S.075 feet. Un
filled rail trade orders 4578 cars.
In the first 61 weeks of the year
production reported to West Coast
Lumbermen's association has been
5.092,350.673 feet, new business
6,237.2:7.645 feet, and shipments
6,239,778.808 feet.
V.YNTHETIC RUBBER NEED
l'.ETROLEOI WASTE PRODVCT
1 COVLD BE VTII.IZKD
By Th Anoclsled PrM)
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec. 34.
St 'osts the petroleum Industry
nine millions a year to fret rid of
chetilcals which might be produc
ing l'ynthetlc rubber worth $162,
000. 00, E. P. Stevenson of Cam
bridge, Mass.. asserted today, lie Is
to be one of the speakers before
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science here on
leconihei' , and n synopsis nf
his pi-eiMircd uddrcss was made
public today.
Symliuilu rubber Is a highly Im
portant Industrial problem, Htov
enaon'a statement suld, since this
tun lim consumes TO per cent of
tho world's production of rubber,
nil Imported, which coats uu 'an
nual tribute of close tu a billion
dollars. Synthetic rubber has not
only been realised In tho labora
tories, but was produced la ltus
sla diirltur the war.
"Synthetic rubber cun be taken
from certain classes of hydro
lases knowfl as dlolcfliica,
through a process known as 'poly,
nicrlsutiun. " lie suid. "In order
to remove these bodloa produced
In every refinery In tho Untied
States the petroleum Industry sur
fers a loss close to t, ooo, 000, nnd
dcairoya dloleflnea ellal to 1H0,
000,000 pounds of rubber."
DIVORCE THOUGHT HONOR
STltANtii: 4TSTOMS FOl 'V 11Y
tk.vkli:hs
(My Th Auwlnlvtl Press)
NKW YORK. Dec. 24. .Stories
of divorco customs in two remote
sections of tho world were brought
to New York today by trawlers
arriving on the sieamtdilp Paris.
iSuydam Cutting, first meiAbor of
the Itoosevelt Thibetan expedition
to return to America, told or find
lug In the hill country of Thibet a
people known its tho Turk), who
nut only made divorce easy, with
out any Court decree, but cons.d
ered It an honor for a woman to
be divorced several times.
Tho Incentlvo for tho women! he
sntd was that every time she mar
rled she was showered with gifts.
Tho technique of being divorced
was a simplo declaration that tho
marriage was at an end.
Mrs. ICosltn Forbes, Kim Huh wo.
man explorer, whoso last expedi
te on was Into Abyssinia, said that
she found that tho queen of Abys
sinia, although still young, already
had divorced several husbands.
Don't believe all you hear: you
are forunate If you can believe all
you say. The Progressive G roc or
MISK CASK AVVl.UKS IN t'Ol'N
TV JANI AHY 7 AMI N
Oni1 Firk and iillogo id
(mmuiaio Will (id
IkMtioi.HirmioiiM
The third series of mitililon
clnsses will be held In thin emimy
hv Miss Lucy A. t'l.Mc, nutrition
specialist at tho stntn college, Jun
uitiy 7 and K. netMirdtng to an
nouncement nt the of f lie of t'oun
ty Agent Fletrher eMtenlny.
The f rst will be held at the
Fur me nt' Ctiton hull at luM Fot k
south of t?otlage drove at 10 a. in.
nnd 3:30 p. m. Thui'sdiiy. Jtimmry
7. Haudwich-'M nnd school lum-hcs
will be the subject In the forenoon
nnd tho feeding of mothers and
children will bo discussed In the
afternoon. Mrs. Jtnlc U.lcriM
u.ll be chairman uud Mrs. II
Aldiidgo secretary,
t-n January H nt College Crest
at the same hours the same sub
jects will be taken up. The meet
lugs will be held at the home of
Mrs. K, A. linker. Mrs. I'.uil Hlm-
shniiNcr will be clwi'rmttn nnd Mis
F. 8. Williams secretary. It Is tin
nouncml i hut all women or the re
spective communities nro Invited to
attend.
other communities desiring
these meetltiKS are nsked to com
munlcnlo with Couuly Agent
Fletrher. lie s now making up
the schedule fur the f rst half of
the year and will soon huve It
completed.
jnhb deitl lit Ineiinlutloits, thoso who
proiCHS me noon? )U -
Jeols or to cure the olek by breiilh
lug upon tliein, nnd those who sell
amulets Witlinuled to bring about
the desire of t ho purelm-tei.
iimii.iim.u it ivnmtm In ovniv
fVlly and town dully huvo sought
these rorlune, tellers.
Tho now hw Is iMirt of tl)e gov
ernment' strenuous ritmpulgn to
ellnihmto the strong ulemcttt of su
peiNiitioii which bus swuyed tho
llllteratn for centuries.
It Is, however, a blow to thu
tourists. Tlicy wll miss the orto
gmmiiun Turkish women of the
old, heavily vllid type, crouched
on the shlewulks, munlpiilutliik
w till their henlui-sl u tiled finger.,
be.idM, pi'l.htt'S, coins und stuedn of
onion Into a Mtiro prophecy lor thy
client's future.
Hppy Cl,rhtm
TOOUK MvlKNDS AM) IWI RON'S-
Till Clll'll i llll'lllll (l , iu(r ,,, y ' '
itmi l rue.
wislu.
M W. 9th
SORCERERS ARE BANNED
rilTl'ltl-syri'. Tt Itklsll timiu:
TO DISAri'llAU
(Mr The AutaUlrd Vr.u)
roNSTANTINUl'I K. Dec. !!.
One of til most pti'turemjuo trades
In Turkey has been banned by the
Krund mitloiuit UHSombly. A law
Just passed throws out of huslite.t
the fortune tellers, sorcerers, tlioao
Blessings of
.The 'Season
May the joy of Merry Christmas fill your
hearts and homes this memorable day. May
the cheer of its glad spirit bless you along
your journey through another year.
We wish for you all that is best, not only at
Christmas time but throughout your future
lives. May your days be days of sunshine with
never a mist of tears, full of happiness, com
fort and ease. ,
Griffin-Babb
Hardware Go.
716 Willamette 1
From Us To You
The Season's Best
. We wish for you the season's best health, happi
ness and joy.
We hope Santa leaves you the chief desires of your
heart the good things you have wished for many
years.
May your Christmas Day he one long to be remem
bered in the coming years of time, because of its
cheer and happy friendship; and may the New Year
of 1926 be one of brightness and sunshine, un
dimtned by the mist of sorrow and tears.
Table Supply Co.
A FOOD DEPARTMENT STORE
Cor. 9th and Oak Phone 246
client s liiluri'.
Itelco Rlectrln I'lants and Krlgl.
ilnlre tileclrlo Rofrlmrslors. W, I
llnrgls Co. 117 Olive.
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May the good Siuita C latin wlu ii . ,., ,
est of gifts at your ior to mi,(. l(t. u'"Vr jliolt.
tlinii it has ever been before. (l'rnil(lbrL
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Eureka 'Vacuum Cleaner Co :
"Wife Saving Statin
watHj
"1771
Rwht
Cheery
Christmas
: Yuletide lost burns cheerv
bright,
And we wish for you with all our
might:
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
Mountain States
Power Co.
Register Bldg
Telephone 28
The Seasons greetings
,To Our Qustomers
WE, who keep the voice highways clear and supply the every-hour
human effort in your telephone service,' are grateful for your cooperation in
the proper use of the telephone prompt answering of your bell, care as to
calling of correct numbers, distinct enunciation and all of those things which
you alone can supply and arc as necessary in good telephone service as our
own endeavor. . i '
Our aim is your satisfaction, To that end we ask tho continuance of this
helpful cooperation.
The Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company
Aw Jgain This Chris tmasM
f $J We wish you lots of happy things, , l
f j But bless us if we know vaV1 V
4-w Just how within this little space SrJ'f
Vlik F we re going to tell you so. - i VKJCkJ1
; f' v For lack of words and space, nlfll
AOv vJh! then we 11 wish the same - sRU
'isSrr Old wish again: Af I
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