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Title: Men and things
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Atkinson, Henry Avery, b. 1877
Subjects: Working class -- United States Christian sociology
Publisher: New York : Missionary education movement of the United States and Canada
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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king make and color. The Motion-Pictures Contribution. The motion-picture theater has been a godsend to the people of themill village. Most of these workers are very ignorant.Hard living and incessant toil have deprived them of theopportunity of attending school, and even if there werethe will to get an education, the schools have not beenaccessible in many instances; consequently, the peoplehave merely the rudiments of an education, and manyof them can neither read nor write. Hundreds of homesin these villages have no books except an almanac anda Bible. The needs of the workers are almost over-whelming, so that one hardly knows where to begin evento tell about the changes that must be made in a com-munity before much benefit can be secured in thelives of the individuals. The motion-picture has broughtto these workers scenes from the outside world and hasenlarged their ideas of life. Any one can understandthe lesson a picture teaches. The motion-picture furnishes amusement and recrea-
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Copyriglit. II. (. Wliite Conipaiiy. In the colton mills a worker is a worker and little or nothins^ else. THE SPINNERS AND WEAVERS 43 tion, and it gives a glimpse of larger aims and new mo-tives. The girls who dress up in their fine clothes andgaudy hats and go to the city whenever they have achance are trying to express themselves. Inherently theyhave fine traits of character, but out of their ignoranceand lack of experience they are unable properly tobalance the proportion of color and style and makethese to fit in with the facts of every-day life. Thereis no one to teach them; they are unable to go to dress-makers for advice, and the people with whom they asso-ciate admire the kind of finery that they wear. Butwhen they see these pictures presented on the screenthey get a chance to know how people in other placesreally live and act. As one girl said: I only learnedhow to be a lady when I got to see ladies pictures atthe movies. Improvements. Some of the mills have built modelvilla

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