When are the enterprising Chinese going to take up the production of moving pictures, and have their own shows as the Japanese have? Those superficial or-ill-natured critics who repeat the frequent slander that Japanese are 'copiers, but not the originators,' should see what the Japanese have done in this line. One feature of the Japanese kinema show that might be adopted by the Europeans with advantage to themselves does not seem to be widely known. A trained elocutionist stands near the screen and tells the story as the picture proceeds.