is accomplished, whereas at the operating table the surgeon must go
on with his work to try to save life and cannot explain every step in
the process of the operation. There is no doubt that the moving picture
machine will perform a very important part in the future teaching of
surgery.

In the naturalist's domain of science it is already playing a very
important part. A device for micro-photography has now been perfected
in connection with motion machines whereby things are magnified to a
great degree. By this means the analysis of a substance can be better
illustrated than any way else. For instance a drop of water looks like
a veritable Zoo with terrible looking creatures wiggling and wriggling
through it, and makes one feel as if he never wanted to drink water
again.

The moving picture in its general phase is entertainment and instruction
rolled into one and as such it has superseded the theatre. It is
estimated that at the present time in America there are upwards of
20,000 moving picture shows patronized daily by almost ten million
people. It is doubtful if the theatre attendance at the best day of
the winter season reaches five millions.

The moving picture in importance is far beyond the puny functions of
comedy and tragedy. The grotesque farce of vaudeville and the tawdry
show which only appeals to sentiment at highest and often to the base
passions at lowest.

Despite prurient opposition it is making rapid headway. It is entering
very largely into the instructive and the entertaining departments of
the world's curriculum. Millions of dollars are annually expended in