Colombo, nothing is recorded. From his earliest youth
   the boy Christopher developed a passion for mathematics,
   astronomy, geodesy, and the other sciences of the
   day…"

   But, no,—stop! I am going too fast. The reader will get
it better if we turn it into pictures bit by bit as we
go on. Let the reader therefore imagine himself seated
before the curtain in the lighted theatre. All ready?
Very good. Let the music begin—Star Spangled Banner,
please—flip off the lights. Now then.

   There we are. That gives the child the correct historical
background right away. Now what goes on next? Let me see.
Ah, yes, of course. We throw an announcement on the
screen, thus.

   CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.. Mr. Quinn

   Here the face of Mr. Quinn (in a bowler hat) is thrown
on the screen and fades out again.

   We follow him up with

   SPIRIT OF AMERICA.. Miss E. Dickenson

   Now, we are ready to begin in earnest. Let us make the
scenario together. First idea to be expressed:

   "Christopher Columbus was the son of poor but honest parents."

   This might seem difficult to a beginner, but to those of
us who frequent the movies it is nothing. The reel spins
and we see—a narrow room—(it is always narrow in the
movies)—to indicate straitened circumstances—cardboard
furniture—high chairs with carved backs—two cardboard
beams across the ceiling (all this means the Middle
Ages)—a long dinner table—all the little Columbuses
seated at it—Teresa Colombo cutting bread at one end of
it—gives a slice to each, one slice (that means poverty

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