M. Maxime Pathe, of Pathe Freres, Paris, is in Shanghai at present with plans for travelling in the country for several months to improve and expand their present business but admitted that there were lots of difficulties ahead. The Pathe Company was originated by Emile Pathe and Charles Pathe who are respectively father and brother of M. Maxime Pathe. These two men were inventors, and when they succeeded in perfecting the cinematograph machine, they immediately gave up all other things except the phonograph to that.