6

Charlie Chaplin, Comedianof Movies, Had Sad Youth

Remarkable Rise to Fame of FilmCharacter Whose Stork Step and

Falls Amuse Thousands Daily

Chaplin in a comical scene in"The Tramp."

are three musical showsTllKrU--

:

tOWtl wiih characters sup-

posed to repreaenl CharlesChaplin. There are statuettes of

the popular moving picture actor 'r.

most of the windows of the small shopson the uptown streets. PVirty-Beco-

etreet seems the headquarters for them,

end It Is said that the managers of thebig movie w .11 the Madison SquareGarden offered the actor 126,000 toappear for two weeks in person at theGarden Never way there such a pop-

ular player on the screens, JohnBunny never amused as man millionsas this young BngSlah actor doea In

the ritles of this country.Nobody ever heard of the young

man and most those who haveseen him had to be reminded thatthey had probably laughed at him be-

fore If they were m the habit of at-

tending the vaudeville theatres of thiscountry. In the sketch brought over

here by Kred Kama called "A NightIn a l.on, bin Music Hall" it was thissame Charles Chaplin Who p ayed thepart of the rummy woo scatteredhimself disturbingly through the ac-

tion of the fare, ailing In and out of

m

the box ami the nse places can testify, not of a hlshcomposure of the party It was of feme. Hut it was reservedyoung man who wis destined to be for ihls young man to be carried tocome so popular on,, day on the films, I glory on the fame of the cinema.In fact quite the mnsl popular actor j p.ut while his fUlher and motherthat ever made nation laugh, were carrying him front one little the- -

There have been Strat ge atrc to another this youth was dream- -

g the life of this rather mel ini of differentgnchol) and Oriental looking young I from those w hich he has achieved,man. who is scarcely I He had visions of himself as a

Mder the makeup in which' Member of as a musicianhe is known to the world, li s family! ,f and never as an actor,came from Tiny were music The stage was then so much his dallyhall of the kind lo be seen routine that it never figured in hisIn the smaller theatres of 'future plans So much was the then- -

England and in the va- - tre thpiety theatres, which arc, as thaiWho hus ever seen the

tt T WASj aupi

in the lumber uipany sply store, way back In the

hemlock belt, not loni ago,'aid John (illicit, the gro

aeryman, and a native fromtill further back can"'Well, glmon,' sa.il the si uokceper

to the nawcomi r, 'what's theUp on the barrens'.''

" Why. I teii you, Joe,' replied thecitizen from the barrens, 'inch kinds o'thumpers Is goin' p, i..nie in fair tomlddlln', th Ugh, looks asII they was goln1 to run a ll tie shythis season, Kg fer blackeu(ks abuatln'! they're bound to comeIn thicker 11 hair on a die!'

" '( ' course' ' said the storekeeper.With a snort thai s,a m"d to denoteContempt for black (trackers, whatever it mtin 5 were. 'We kin always count onthem fer a crop! Well, what do yecalc'lats the rulln' flggers is goin' tobe?

"'Why, 1 tell you. Joe.' said the manfrom tin- - bat reus country, 'We'll hefto tax ye es mmli ei six fer chompera,an' fer swampers, way they're lo kin',rant he lad down lo ye fir less'nright. Hut ei f,r black crackers,now -- '

' Never mind Ihe black crackers"exclaimed ihe storekeeper. wii talkWack crackeri when the time comesfer 'em jag 111 all ihe ye

n git from now on, an' ye can't g:tman v swamper

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This MM August 1, 18S9. Hlibrother Sidney wan then years old.

After his mother well the littlefamily returned to England and

there. His mother, who was

known on the stage as l.lllle Harley,went on singing the character ballads

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which had made her reputation In thehalls, and his father, who was CharlesChaplin Primus, returned to the sing-

ing ins descriptive ballade,ll was indeed as substitute for his

11, other that the present CharlesChaplin, then made hisflrsl stage appearance. It Is patheticevident I the mutual efforts of thelittle that when thewas taken 111 little Charles,

than disappoint aildier.ee. was

Shoved on to sing roster balled, byname "Jack Jones

Then the dark days for thefamily Chaplin's father, neverstrong, exhausted the travel andthe changes of tempi-ra- ure.

sometimes that yev got to 'am'fore ye kin pick Ihe an' In

so thick that on 'em 'drdered from ti n man from the bar- - m.,K,. WMIH,. !ok to think o' havln'renap t,, squeeae through em dunno what"Whal kind 0' goons?' replied JOB, they'd call these big. Juicy berries

plainly astonished at Hi nstion. dldn, Hwamps .taters.ye don'l mean IO say e don't .,,,. th(v ni.t ueiy gWP,,t nor

know I've iieerd of iggo'iy sour.but a sort o' betwixt an'4fo.ks that dldn'l know beans, but ' pet ween Then ag'in. swampi rs sonev. r see nobody afore what didn't llegln' g, that if they didn't growknow m an' wns easv to git al" I know all right,' .,,,,1,,.,, ,1,.. i,n ,said I, 'but ain't chompera and swamp- - Heifs. air then the question '.1 com..rs an.i i.iack crackers queer names ,,x ,,, wh(M tr,y ,,,,. ,( hl, nn.

.tor ,,,,,, kil), tMnmt. K th-"Not fer huckleberries, aid Joe. ain.( nQ b(J wh;it maU(,,.s

They moughi be fer buckwheat cakes. .,,,, ri(h, ,,. wilv ln,.v lllvhut r.ot fer Chompera ...,.,., . ,

1,m--an swampers an' black cack-r- s Is all

stvi.s 0' the Th',ni "omea lataway know em In this lure lay f" "" w',h, "H,"' w"' 1,1

Kcr Instance, why chompfrs" " ' "" ,",,,, ,mVui

rw-l- l. sir. that style Is Ihe h gh an' "' " " "vv H"""H ,,,0V(iow v ""' '''"""bc.s an' the swampers'arly the rust onea

ime along In the season, and fust PtaW wl" This styleirate stayers Ml that. They're the ones 0 grows on a hlh bushthat folks 'II stop they pass along "" lhe barrena, an' the hotter the sua

fer an' ls "" "' '"" an' seedierby em lo pi.-- .lesl to chomp,if pickers wants to sal while ,n,'v aii.they're plckln' they'll give all t'other '"Ba ye along through thiskinds the g,. by an' the 'arly here stretch o' kentry ye'll gil blackbines So o' orackere s,u out to with milk,

the name 0' ihomper SI long ago an' sugar lots o' places, but yc RlOUght

the fust settler In this garden spot J'"t about el well pilch In an' gobble0' ever a sgaaer 0' glass beads Hut In Pies

si to swam pars. the black cracker goes good enough,Is them b'K reddish black fallen thai an I never go back on It when thwith a leetle sugar on and drowned ain't no chomper puddlnIn cream lest about pz nigh to an' cream.makln' a ,iish better'n stewed prunesWl li oulen ez kin bean' 'twlxl me an' you, John, an' don't

and let II go no prunesthe 1 (.UK my ik in'

I m Jusi goat enough, Joe, to wanl ahead of any p servo that grows!to know w hat kind of goods ll was you " grows on so big

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THE SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1915.

and died. The support of the littlebrood of two fell on the mother. Hutshe was heartbroken and she1 wasSo there could be no more singingof the for a while. She bailneither the heart nor the voice. Hutthe little ones had to live. So

there was only place In whichwithout money or family they couldenjoy the privilege of existence onthis earth.

That place was the workhouse. So

there they went to live, appalling asthe mere Idea of the workhouse Is toall English. Whatever else there may

have been In the life of Charles Chap-

lin there, he could not he robbed ofhis dreams. So he lived In the worldof his imagination, and even In

the walls of the workhouse that madehim a person of great power and po-

rtion. Such he always pictured him-

self In his dreamsIt may have been that he was a

Member of Parliament or a great mu-

sician. He was especially fond of

thinking himself a musician, since he

had real talent and to this day can

play piano, cello and violin by ear.

The days In the poorhouse cnme to

an end after a while, for the healthof his mother was reHtored and shetOOk back to her the boys whose

education was now her problem. In

travels Mrs. Chaplin had plcke.l

up a knowledge of thelanguages, and these she Imparted to

her son. In addition she had

meant that he should be an actor. S

she taught him all she had learned

from observation. As be came ol

theatrical stock and his brother bad

violated the tradition! of the

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should drift to the theatre.So the age of eight found him act-

ing In a musical play called "The

Yorkshire Lads," and how natural a

boy he whs In those days may be

gathered from his escape fromIn the Thames when he had fallen

In while competing With n lot of otherkids as to which could throw a stick

the furthest. He made sufficientreputation in this play to be engaged

to act in a touring melodrama called"Jim," which was the work of H, A

lalntabury, Later he 'he boy

HilliJ In "Sherlock Holmes" and actedit for several leaaoni in tne nr. 1111

provinces. When that was llnlshedthe boy parts were a thing of the past,

since he was too large to act them butnot yet mature enough for the adultroles. Eor a while he united withhis who had come back fromthe sea, and the two were doing anacceptable gel In the music halls.

Hut it is to the days of his careerhere that our pubic turns with the

interest l,ng liefitv became to this oounttv to act in "ANight III an English Hall."which Kred Karno brought. CItartoe

RETIRED BURGLAR TALKStKINfl in a gem ral w ay,

I the retired burglar, '

is easier to get into people'shouses m summer than in winter, forthe simple reason that ill Huninc:people are mole likely to leave doorsami open for air and ventila-tion, And so you might think thaisummer would be the easiest and mostprofitable pan of the year for men inmy profession Hut If youthat you'd simply he showing that youwere not yet old enough to know thatIf it Isn't one thing it's thitwherever you find great advantagesyou are sure 10 dnd someyou never tlnd anything that is allvelvet.

"Due great drawback 10 my businessIn summer Is to mosquitoes Youmight wonder whal mosquitoes havegot to do with burglary, but they havea lot 10 do with it, keep pieawake. No matter how easy it maybe to get Into a house it does you1.0 good If yuu Hnd Ihe people BWUklgfter you get Ini and I have had that

often, though one tune I

Woke Ihe people up myself. In thisl ouse, one summer night, Just as I

leached the doorway of the room I

was making for a giant moiqultnlanded on my cheek. Instinctively I

reached up and swatted it. Thaion my check in this quiet housesounded like an explosion. Kca.h it

startled me and it had 'he same effecton the man asleep in the bed iii frontof me He woke up and sat up allin one bounce,

"df course never did 'hat again.often I hive Blood In a house, eatenalive by moeqUltoee, and never moved

muacle, ono thing you do learn tu

had acted In the little piece.He wa.s at various times in differentroles, but It woe ae. the comic drunktlUkl he will best be rememlxrcd hero.Blllle Keevcs nnd other a. torsplayed this )nrt. but tt was his nrnns-- !

Ing actions In this part which led tothe apiearance of Chaplin In themovies.

In the search for actors for the comicfilms, this and grotesquefigure did i"t escape He wasinvited to take a place In the forcesof the Keystone films two years ago.It Is characteristic of the ambitionsof the comedian that he hoped to liea serious actor once hi had g..t be-

fore the camera. Hut he was onlyrequired to be Just as comic as hetiao oeen :ts me ninny urniiiv 111 uipmusic halll plus the adventures which

iwere expected to befall him daily. Hisj SUCCeSS on the films was Immediate.After a year and a half with the Key- -

ut,.iiA C.,mii'uiv lm v.,il to llin Ks- -

sanay and Is now their most valuedresource In the making of the comicpictures.

Probably there Is no srreater mar-vel In tin- - history of the films thanthe rise of this modest young man tosuch fame that he Is now one of thebest known persons In this country.

nn annual Income as large asthat of the of these I'nltedStates and affords every day amuse-ment to hundreds and thousands ofpersons In every city of the country.There are Charlie Chaplin statuettes,Charlie Chaplin mustaches, Charlie

'Chaplin walking sticks nnd everyother evidence of greatness. Illsname li known in quarters that neverbeard of John Bunny. He Is the nndisputed king of the film theatre to- -

day. .

His skill In the pictures Is said tobe due to his lack of all consciousness.,f the camera, bla ability to enter ascene without a word of script andextemporize to a degree that supplieshundreds of feet of unrehearsed andImpromptu fun. Indeed he Is averseto excessive rehearsal, since be be- -

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llevei that it deprivesJam il y Since n, Other111 ide such a generalcamera comedian, bissubject must be right.

my business anyway and that l,

Another trouble is that inBummer you never cm tell whetherthe 111 in 111 bed is ready asleep or not.1 have stood sihutiy iii a room thaiwas still as death With the mall ,11 the!Is d sleeping apparently as sound as ,1

log and then all of a sudden I havebeard a loud swat and then I've heardthe man say to himself: 'Well, I golyou that time,' or maybe souk tilingquite different, lie had been keepingsii still, actually holding his breath,waning to catch that Moretl an onoa I have had precisely thatxprriencc."As 1 grew older and came to have

more sense avoided as far as couldmosquito Infected llstrlcts and soughplaces on higher drier ground where,eSS disturbed, people slept better, or,

It I was particularly attracted 10 someplace where mosquitoes w re plenty. I

Selected houses that WCftl We'.rccned, Tins may seem a minor

detail lo bother about, bm I assureyou that it is of Importance, don'ldoubt for 11 moment thai I owe mySUCCeSS in more than on,- summer Jobto Just that careful looking after littlethings.

"St summer burglary ll a ticklishbusiness anyway, and then there isthe further drawback that summernights are short, giving you less time111 winch to get away. So in the lateryears of my active life g ive it up a'.'most entirely and devoted myselfpractically wholly, as you might say,to work In winter, When general eon-dltto- ni

aro more tattled, the nightslonger and when people generallysleep more soimdiv The summer worklook! aura, the. but It never really

' appealed to me."

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Trench Singing of StarsWorries Opera Manager

CAMPAMM. di

CI of the newly formedhlcago Orand Opera Com

pany. In Europe looking for

new stars anil material for the Bp

j pfoechini season, Is worried because

most of the foreign born singers would

rather sing for the soldiers In the.

trenches than for the most he canoffer for an American contract,

One of these Is a Husslnn primadonna of great beauty. I.lpkowska by

name. Campnntnl had I.lpkowskaBlamed by bis ngents last November

lie went over, among other things,'to complete her contract.

"Produce her," he said on arriving."Wish we could." said his agent,

"but It's InipueOlMa She Is a nationalheroine. I.ipkowska s In the Husslan

trenches singing to the soldiers I

told them to sue iber, but no Pariscourt would give n decision against

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the patriotic child, ihehad left the Jurisdiction.

"Soon the London and Paris paperswere Hill of it. Her onriisti,- stages iltllid shell tile, the idolof hairy battalions, passed the fron-tiers Somewhere inside the lines ofWarsaw or the Hug or In llcssara-bu- t

the heroic Infant is cheering onRussia with that voice of hers, whichmelts the heart and tires the souls ofglory. They call her the Trench So-

prano, and she his a danueroiis In-

fluence eti 01 her prima donnas "

itut 'he maestro Is busy doingthings III 111! own w .y He is Ju.st

BALD FACT LONG HIDDEN

,,f the best known wigmak, irthe city declared recently

thai he had won a wager Witlhis barber by wearing wig to thtonsor'l shop and having it welltrimmed before the man with tieshears discovered his mistake. Whetherthis Is nn or not. the hairfurnisher has a long list of additionalatorles to back up h.s claim thai wigscan be made so natural that It is all

Campanini Signs Prima Donnas of Allies. They Jump Contracts

War---America- ns Get Chance"in Europe" to put Americamusically foremost In the world. Noone seems to know where lie Is. Tele-gram- s

to Ills Zurich hotel are re-

turned, amihis agents In tOndOfl nnd Paris askin agony, "Will "he ever come back?''

Hut I.lpkowska Is not all that I",,!,,.. Mr ramDnnlni, There areother prima ilonnis of the trenchvariety whom he thought "e hnd se-

cured foT the United States shO seemto have ileal 1 1 Sll the fidd. One dayhis- agent was jub.lant.

"The niost beautiful C.erman girl In

the world'" he exci.Jmed "A pearlof loveliness nnd a great artistemaestro has found her on Eakstance' She is Marthn Chenalhe has a new Herman opera, a

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But for

preparing

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ody and sweetness, n Sensation and anovelty not even heard :u Qermany,Put now Mine. Chenal is 111 Parisand wants to break her Contract SheWants 10 sing 111 the trenches."

Then there are the ISnglllh womennot to be outdone by their French andRussian sisters They scorn c.im-panlni'- a

offers of contracts This oneis l.ou se Kdvttia. and fthereb) hangsanother tale in ihe I 'lace V'endomethe agent fumed

"Martlia Chenal wants to break hercontract and sing 111 the trenches.Mpkowska is singing for the it us- -

but Impoaalbla to detect them as artif-icial head coveting

"Why." said tin- wig mm as hepointed to ,1 case m his Sixth BVCIUieestablishment, "there are wits .11 theremade ,,f human hair that I would defythe closest scrutiny to detect ifakes.' Would you believe It, one of

Rll,' ,1.11 li.11,1 is11 iti. sii, 11 mtt e

in eur auo 0111 ior tne ielie tnat

siana Now BdVlna wan's to hrei'Kher contract and go as a Hi '1 hjgsj.

pita nurse'"Such are the trials nd INhutntlnfU

of an opera Impresario in f 1.

zone.In of time. how r Cam.

panlnl returned to Paris."Orand opera - saved f,.f An r.

he said. "The season Will

and representative ei v.great United itates!" And he

"A wonderful season f,,r hamtalent' Ifever have I engagedmany American .it r. Ti ..

Amrrican tnl'-nt- , driven I k toAmerica the Ruropenn waibefore has an American grnnd .jr,i

company had I

starsSo Campan ni b id

ami lectudint the Orand 11 tel

Italian reata iranttakes wine , N

wlllii: lt. how ever lo I

Jei t nearestand the great iri

"Ah. b pi'lti " he xisee an rtlsbIf yes 11 r civance,"

Ho spoke of Balnt-S- n

Which baa never t

It Is a miopera he sayand Ihe Saintsince s treson rl Hit

He rejoici d in ..

opera of m i net,heard only ntbe pari 'ularljcans ,11 v f t! 0

i the Prem h repUieenci s, Then ho frtcii

the I'arla Orand f'i nwin n Hire is was toI:

11! show in t'iiicai

aaid Carep'init "TTro lie 1

i chest ral siderevolution, v, hllo .'

everv thin.' w lilcltBalnt-- H 0 m v i.

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Has Hell, w!it nevertluin it. lie Isisent himdress. II,advertently,Wife found i,

my ousioiuet s. a wen gnnwn man in j histhis section of the city, wore one of hem ilthese wigs from the niuht he was in ,i- - wu , .rled for ten long years, nnd his Wi0 Ing for4,UI-- llC W.IS 11 ,

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