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Opening gun of the late Mr. Bok's campaign was fired in March 1906, in an editorial headed "Frankness With Children." Said he: "The tenderest parent sometimes grows tired of the eager eyes and hungry brain of his child. The poor little traveler is bewildered by the strange world in which he suddenly finds himself. . . . For absolute filth, go and listen to the talks of the boys and girls during recess in our schools. Some of these little ones belong to refined Christian families. Their parents would shrink in horror at the thought of unveiling the sacred mysteries...
Biggest hate of all independent theatre owners is block-booking, or sale of blocks of films to exhibitors sight unseen. Enlisted in Allied's fight against block-selling are church groups, women's clubs and parent-teacher associations which believe that one result is the inclusion among the pictures booked of offensive films which the independent owner is compelled to take. Producers retort that this is untrue because block-booking contracts provide a 10 to 15% cancellation privilege. Great advantage of block-booking from the producers' point of view is that it gives them a constant, steady...
...commissioner. The Assembly was marked by businesslike calm. Commissioner Foulkes and his colleagues learned that the Presbyterian Church had recovered $1,600,000 in property, and counted on $400,000 more, which Dr. Machen's church had tried to take with it when it split off from the parent body. And to Dr. Foulkes, 59, big, well-beloved leader of youth, writer of hymns and Presbyterian mission board member, there went without fuss the office-moderator-ship of the General Assembly-which year after year is handed around among members of the inner circle which runs the Presbyterian Church...
Lowell House entertained prospective Bell boys and their parent Saturday evening at a dinner which was followed by speeches, music and drams...
...Interior and the first German-born citizen to sit in the U. S. Senate.* Under such auspices the kindergarten soon attracted philanthropists. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, mother of William Randolph, opened one for the children in her husband's mining community at Lead, S. Dak. and financed the Parent-Teachers' Association mainly to promote the kindergarten movement...