MOVING PICTURES.

Evening Star, Issue 15072, 2 January 1913, Page 2

MOVING PICTURES.

A sylvan dell, a brook, and flowers rare, With sparse-clad nymphs and satyrs dancing there ; Thou decmst it ancient Greece. But no ! The scene Is being caught by moving film machine. What ho! The Father of His Country see! In boat serene and calm stands he. Oh, haste thee, George! Oh, haste thee ! Dost not hear? Thy foe, the finish of the film, draws near! Lo! 0"or yon liill a loving pair fast flies ; Efteoon her irate father tops the, rise ; Yet from this chase the thrill I swift-can rob, If father catches them he'll lose his job. Why does that gent kiss lusciously that maid? Be not alarmed! For kissing thus he's paid. But paid in terms that seem a trifle hard— For kisses here bring so much by the yard. Ah me! Of yore wo used romance to feel— , 'Tis nowadays no longer real, but reel. We cannot travel, play, eat, sleep, or e'sn Wc cannot tin lest caught by film machine. I wonder, when tho . Day of Judgment gloats O'er separating sheep from naughty goats, Will movies rail our goatness as we swing Acown the abyss? Then, Death!'there'll be thy etnig. R. G. Bellae. •*■ttrtrr--