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The Seaforth News, 1930-02-06, Page 7First Talking Movie Ascribed To Chinese ..'ighado■,v Plays With Reader Back of Screen Popular There 20 Centuries Ago, A. form of .talking moving picture Play which originated in 'Chi'na more than 100 years before 'the Christian ;era and has continued in popularity might down to the present day of the 'modern cinema, is on exhibition to New York, It is the ancient Chinese shadow play, which anticipated the present talking pictures by having readers to produce voice effects. Collections of the figures used In th action of these early moving pier titres have been obtained by expedi- tious tato China by"the J ee:1 Museum, which has also obtained examples of the screen and otter equipment used for the projection of the shadow plays, '"The scenario's used in shadow plays are- derived from the literary drama of the legitimate stage, and they, with marionette shows, consti• tute the most popular theatrical pas- times of the Chilteso:" "The shadow plays are an early form of talking anoving picture, with a reader recit- iug the words of the plot as the- fi- gures perform the action:"Their ap- peal to _.popular taste lies in the tact that the words are recited in the liv- ing vernacular, while the repertoire of the legitimate stage of China adopts the literary language of the classics; which is intelligible to only a limited educated group, ` "The .acting figures in the shadow plays are fiat and ingeniously cut out Of parchment, usually ox or sheep skin, evenly colored and varnished on both sides. When held against the light they are transporent. A•t{ereen Of white gauze lighted by means of oil lamps from behind is stretched be- tween two poles., The Rgures, held by wires stuck into hamboo or reed handles, are skillfully manipulated be- hind the screen, upon which tbeir shadows are east. Head, arms and legs are cut out separately and hing- ed to the body, so that great agility of motion is assured. "The shadow plays have an advan- tage over the .Chinese legitimate stage in that the latter, much on the saute level as the English stage in Shakespeare's time ,is almost lack- ing in scenery, while in the picture plays the sea, clouds, rivers, gardens, anountains, palaces, 'temples, courts, boats, gods, demons and monsters are all well represented. "The performance is always ac- companied by a small orchestra, while the various roles are recited by the operator seated behind the cur- tain. The plots are taken from Bud- dhist and Taoist lore or incidents in the history of China. The shadow plays excelI in comic or satiric• sub- jects; their wit is aimed at human weaknesses, official corruption and social and political evils. "The shadow play was originally of a religious character and gradually assumed the function of mere enter- tainment, It is, without doubt, indi- • genous to China, whence it spread to the Persians, Arabs, Turks and other peoples, finally reaching Europe. "The first mention made of it is in historical annals relating to the year i21 B.O.. The histoiie- narrates an anecdote of Wu -ti, an emperor who lost one of his favorite wives and was obsessed by a great desire to see her again. A magician appeared at court who was able to throw her shadow on a transparent screen, Att, .� ge Ina e owl • Wit Mass Production 'WOMEN of all ages, V• all over the worlds are finding new health in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. 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One by one the lights go out in the houses. We wait in the shadow of an area un - till two o'clock, cutting through the pack to while away the hours. At twb o'clock the real work of the night be- gins, The silent street in Lansing ton begins to assume an appearance which would strike you as strange. Burglars arrive from all parts of Lon- don, on foot, on bicyclee, on horse- back, the big men of the profession in their own ears. Dark lanterns' malte the night as bright as day. The street is filled with the murmur of voices and the gleam of well -polished jemmies. Each has his special job , to do and, such is the freemasonry of 1 our profession,. that no burglar will refuse to lend andther a hand, I may have to prise open a front door and find I hav'e left my crowbar in the bedroom at home. I go across the street and ask a colleague, who is en- gaged in breaking into a- chapel, whether he will lend me his. If he refuse' I hit him with a sandbag. My mate has clone his work well, The dog lies in the area, the maid, we can see through ,the kitchen win- dow, is dying..zsound asleep, against the meat safe. There will be trouble for her in the morning,' poor girl, but this is our means of livelihood and we cannot afford to be sentimental, My .mate with a deft twist of hie, jemy, behind which is a lifetime of experience, unfastens the kitchen window and stealthily we creep in- side. Our first move on entering a "job" is to examine the larder. Those who say that burglars are not psycholo- gists are liars. I would like to meet them, in a dark street and prove to them how wrong they area IE we find In. the' lardey the remains of a lobster salad or toasted cheese what does this fact convey to our trained minds? That someone in the _house may be sleeping badly, so we had better go extra carefully and not melee a noise. The worst part of our work is that of going upstairs. It is a real adventure intothe unknown. You may be greet- ed when you arrive at the top by an Alsatian dog, a revolver, or, what is worse, a hysterical lady who insists upon ehnglilg round your neck and fatntiug there. The real trouble, how- ever, is the uncertaiuty. Few realize the needless strain to which burglars are subjected iu their daily round and common, task. We have no Union to plead for better working conditions, but we argue that in this life someone must always perform the unpleasant tasks, if it is not one man, it is another. We creep up the back stairs as silently as cats, .My mate has carefully noted the room where the swag reposes on the side- board, One by one we remove the massive silver cups and place them carefully in a carpet bag. There is a great deal of unnecessary damage done by rough handling of swag. It is now nearing dawn and we have almost completed our work, A. hun- dredweight of silver has been trans- ferred from sideboard to bag with a minimum of delay. Packing up our tools, we descend to the kitchen and are about to leave the premises via the basement when we hear a win- dow open above and a rough voice shout, "Who's there?" .A raw hand would falter but my mate has been twenty years In the same line and without a trace of hesitation he calls out "Milk -ohm The voice replies, "Two pinta and a half dozen new - laid, please," and with a sigh of re - .lief we hear the window banged down. It is now broad daylight and the trains are running. Taking workmen's tickets, we prooeod to a side street off Pentonville Road, knock up our fa- vorite "fence," dispose of the night's catch and, tired and happy, reach home at about 6.46 a.m. I sleep un- til 11.30 a.m., make myself tea and kipper, read Spinoza for an hour and then, as it .18 my spell of afternoon duty, start off to nark down a likely 'job" for the following evening. Such is the life of a burglar while London Sleepg, I Tales Told By For Crime Are Admiral From Taken As 'Model; A Slave State Fairness and Effectiveness Faithful Negro Who Buried Claimed forThem by Mr,. William Mitchell, K.C. While London Sleeps "Turning a Dishonest Penny" A British Broadcasting Co. Radio Talk by "W. Sikes, Esq:" I dare say some of you imagine that a burglar's life is all stout and bil- Iinrds. You might think from the stories you read in the magazines that every one of us had as easy a time as the 'smash and grab' shop raiders with their high-power motors and brick ends wrapped up in brown paper. Believe Inc, this is not so. The life of a modern burglar is a very hard one. Everyman's hand is. against mo—and the chap who teach- es me -Safe -blowing by Post,in a plain wrapper kicks up a fearful dust if I am a day late on sending ins the in- stalment due on my oxy-acteylene ap- paratus. He threatens he will send a van to remove it. The polies, too, have got a down on. me. It is wrong to say that the police in this country are a fair-minded body of men, They have a down on burglars. But enough logic -and let us get to the real point. I must not keepyou all awake with this talk or Loudon will not be asleep when it is time for my day's work to begin, which would be a pity. At ten o'clock p.m., when most of you are coming home from the pic- tures, I get out of bed and, putting a jemmy, a spanner, a monkey -wrench, a lantern, •a mask and a coil of rope in my pocket, I walk to the public•house to met my mate. At 10,31 he arrives and, over is pint of beer, we discuss the evening's work. He has spent the afternoon looking round—it will be my 'day on' to-morrow—and says that is Such and Such a Road, Hensing - ton, he has seen a dtningroom full of Mips and monthly medals won by a golf champion, "Go on," I say, and he replies that 1t is all quite true. He has .drugged the maid and the Alsa- tian dog and everything will be quite ready for us when we go along. By the time he has outlined the even- ing's job, it is "time, please, gentle- men," so we take a number 33 bus down to Kensington, sitting on top smoking cigarettes haye swiped from the conductor's pocket on the way up. I very much enjoy the even- ing ride to work, for we discuss what we have heard on the wireless. I listen very often to the children's hour, though reception from Brook - man's Park is ,disappointing. Still I have seen the latest in sets in a win- dow in Waterloo Bridge Road which would not be a difficult job: But I am wandering from my story -and yoji will not. want to hear an- other burglar on the wireless It 0 do that. By the time we ariye at our destination it is nearly midnight, and the people of Kensington areswitoh- ing off their dance' musicand retir- ing. We are in a rough didtriot and Modern business favors mass pro- duction with the resultant standard- ization. In this way a good article can be put on the market at low cost, The same method is followed in our prison and reformatory systefs but with diastrous rather than beneficial results. human beings cannot be handed like insensate things. To br- ing about reform the appeal must be to the individual heart and conscience and the man must be made to feel that Some one is vitally concerned about his welfare. ' Crowded together is large numbers without suitable em- pleyntent_nhen become brutalized and when released are rarely better than when. they entered—too often they are mach worse. The Unemployment Problem London Financial Times: Mr. J. H. Thomas need not adopt an apologe- tic'manner about his schehnee. If they justify any such attitude they are self-condetnned. We should by now have passed the stage when work for the unemployed is of the variety that consists in digging a pit merely to fill it up again., Yetwe are still halting in the region, when it does not appear uneconomic "to pay out large sums in unemployment Insurance instead of devoting -the money to finance undertakings that lite• community will reap the benefit of in years to come. Find Indians Are Increasing Ottawa, --The Indian population of .Canada has increased by 3,108 during the past five years, according to the figures presented in a complete cen- :sus' just compiled by the Department Money in Tins in the Garden System Has Prevailed From Days of Sailing Ships As Well As Slavery When America entered the war she sent a division of battleships coin-' courts that the explanation of the mended by Admiral Hugh ' Rodman to • y, given by Mr, William Mitchell, L.C., Grand Fleet in the "Contemporary Review," will Admiral Rodman came to love Eng be el special iutetset. will. and Englishmen came to: love "Let us follow trio course of a typf him, and there will' be friends on both Time Immemorial There have. been so many criticisms of late of English procedure in the stem that Dcevailg in Scotlandserve e under Admiral Beatty in the cal case of serious crime. A magis- trate, on information of -a crime be- ing given by the police or the fiscal, may grant 'a warrant to . arrest; in main cases no warrant is neces- sary. The person arrested is entitled to have intimation sent at once to alin Rodman's boyhood, but the Negroes sides of the Atlantic for lde memoirs. Il eomes from Kentucky, and says that Kentucky folk believe that their chief town, Frankfort, is the centre of the Universe.. e Kentucky was a slave -keeping State law agent informing, him that his as- sistance- is required and where the judicial examination it to take place; dud the prisoner must be brought be- fore .a magistrate for the juricial ex- amination without delay, usually not later than the first lawful day follow- ing the arrest. belonging to his father were well treated and faithful. Once Mr. Rod- man wanted to send money toa bro- ther who had to hide during the Civil War. Uncle Jim was given the bags of gold, and set' off on horseback. He returned after six weeks, having failed to find his master's brother. At the No Pressure On Accused time his master was away, and he 'Bail may then be granted. If the 'buried the money in tins in the garden, crime is a serious one a lower maxis' WHERE MONEY CAME FROM trate, e.g., a police magistrate, may When Mr, Rodman returned and remit the accused to .a higher, e'g., counted the money he found 20 dollars to the sheriff. The accused is en' too much. , titled to have a private interview "Jin, " he said, "the money is not with his law agent before examine- right. How is this?" tion and to have him present during Jim trembled and declared that be Elle examination. In presence 00 the had not stolen anything. N1i', Rodman magistrate, in order to secure fair- said there was too much, not too lit nese, the Procurator -fiscal puts his Ole, and then Uncle Jim confessed. questions, which' the accused is not He had feared someone would tamper bound to answer; no pressure is ex- with the gold and that suspicion would erted on the accused. fall on him. Again and again he dug "The examination, which must take it up and tried to count it, but the. plane before witnesses, is reduced to poor old fellow could never count it writing, and forms the 'declaration' all, so be decided to make good any which emay be used in evidence possible deficiency by adding all the against the accused. The subsequent money he had to his master's. discovery of important testimony Those were days of sailing ships as may be a ground for re-examination, well as slaves. As a young officer When the accused has been examined Rodman hact a colleague who was al - he may be committed to prison until ways in trouble for his Lack •oma liberation 'in due course of law' or for itive. further examination within a reason-' Once, when it was his watch, the able time, Commitment can take captain came on deck, looked at the place • only upon a signed warrant black skies, and, having heard no specifying the crime and upon a sign- order given to shorten sail, said: "Mr. ed information; and bail can be ap• X., this looks like an exceptionally plied for either before or after corn- heavy squall coming; have you made tnitment, any preparation for it?" "Yes; sir," came the reply, "I have sent below for my rain clothes." "Then go below and take ten days to put them on," roared the captain. 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OVER 65 YEARS 78-80 Front Street East Toronto 2 "Meanwhile the procurator -fiscal and the police have been preparing the case for submission to Crown Counsel, who thereupon gives direc- tions as to the future course of pro- ceedings, i.e., an indictment in the High Court, or in the Sheriff Court people and queer customs, but no - with a jury, or before the Sheriff sunt- thing queerer than the shark tourna- marily, or if they deem the evidence ments held in the Hawaiian Islands, insufficient for a conviction may di- when a swimmer would dive into a sect that no further proceedings shall pool and try to get alongside a shark be taiceu, in order to slip his fingers into its "Such then Is a brief description of the steps taken to bring a person to trial in Scotland. Except for his ap- pearances for commitment, at the first or pleading diet,. and at the ac- tual trial, the accused never appears in public court. No police•court pro' ceedings or coroners' inquests or ap- pearances before the Grand Jury add a new terror to life. All preliminar- ies are carried out swiftly, secretly, and fairly. The public know nothing except the facts of arrest and com- mitment. "Tile accused's interests are guard- ed from the first, and tate court is Jealous to prevent any irregularity in procedure. No dragging out, .before the actual trial, of the past history of the accused or his actions at the time of the crime Is possible. Popu- lar prejudice is thus avoided and a fair trial is ensured, which seems al- most impossible in many English criminal Wale. Another important feature of the Scottish system should be noted. Preliminary speeches by counsel are not permitted; the case begins with the evidence, from which, and not from counsel's speeches, the jury gather the facts of the case. "This may sometimes be a disad- vantage, e.g., ie. complicated cases of fraud orembezzlement, but in the great majority of cases the fact that the jury approach the ease with open minds is an inestimable advantage to the accused. Lastly, after the whole evidence is led, counsel for the Crown addresses the jury, then counsel for the accused, who thus has the last word—another benefit to the accused. The judge's charge and the verdict end the case., ,'Such, briefly, the the simple, digni- fied Course of theScottish"' criminal investigation and trial. Of its fair - nese and effectiveness no one can en, tertein a doubt. 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