THE PICTURES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 50, 28 February 1913, Page 8

THE PICTURES.

(To the Editor ‘ Stratford Post.”) I Sir,—ln reference to the letter signed “A Mother,” which appeared in your issue of the 27th, I notice that the lady used excellent judgment in stating that pictures were of great educational value. . Well, that is acknowledged by the u oral’s greatest men and women. ‘‘Mother,” however, might have drawn a line in condemning such a work of kinematography as St. George and the Dragon, which, as a moving picture, was pronounced by the brainy folks ol Stratford as being a first-class film. We have been showing here permanently now for two years, and as some slight evidence of our care in selection, 1 may mention that the late clergyman of this district stated that, being a regular patron of the pictures, he never, in that period, saw anything objectionable in the performance. Ail the films we use are passed by a board of censorship. Perhaps “Mother” is one of those who would like me to purchase cheesecloth for the adornment of statues in the various Dominion parks. However, lam here to please the public, and if “Mother” will kindly let me know a week in advance, I shall possibly be able to secure a bill to suit her and fne children. Take my advice, “Mother,” and if you do cut out the pictures, then by all means allow your children to buy and read cheap “penny horribles” that are so largely distributed in the colonies; also keep the children in the dark as to the ways ol the wicked world, and I’ll guarantee that when they become of age they will he fully qualified to manage a Sydney school. All our pictures have a motto that is good; tlie villain always receives Ids deserts, which in itself is a lesson that will linger in a brainy mind a life time. 1 am, etc., DADDY DIAMOND, The Good Showman.