The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-30

worker. He directs as well as acts.
Every set regardless Of its size, is
placed under his personal supervision.
He is an expert in lighting effects.
Every thing must be in proper shape
before he viii literally start" Once
started, he becomes Just about the
busiest young man Imaginable re,
heal sing, acting, demonstrating di-
reetng analyzing, synthetizing,
theorizing and simplifying. Chaplin's
day at the studio comprises anywhere
from eight to ten hours, the variant
depending on the Importance Of the
production. In many respects this
comedian is a hardN taskmaster He
is, for instance, a great believer in de-
tails. Every member of his company
from himself down the line to the
extras, must individualize his or her
part, and do it we'll
Work over, the comedian is the per
sonification of kindness. TO every
one in the studio he is plain Charlie,
Regardless of how tired he might be,
Charlie always finds time to shake the
hand and say few words TO every one
Of the throngs that crowd into tie
studio each day to watch him work
His day at the studio generally ends
about 4 o'clock A half-hour later he
is again in street clothes. But this
does not mean that he rushes away
from the studio to seek some alnuse-
ment. Far from it, When the day
has closed, SO far as the actual work
is concerned Chaplin enters little
| private Office and lays out the routine
for the following day
Next he goes for a short spin in his
! car with his studio MANAGER or some
| other intimate. The drive winds up
at the Los Angeles Athletic club
where ne is domiciled during his stay
in Los Angeles. Until dinner time
| Chaplin lounges about the corridors
talking with friends or reading the al
| ternoon papers Dinner over Chaplin
| gees Immediately to his room. where
| he dons his gym suit and repairs TO
| the clubs gymnasium, Here he spends
an hour each evening boxing. wresti-
ing, tussling with the weight machines
and bag punching, followed by a
plunge into the pool.
| Then-uness booked to spend the
evening with friends or at theatre
| Chaplin remains in his suite answer
ing the mass OF correspondence that
reaches him every day from admirers
in every section Of the universe Chap.
lin bothers little about personal bust
ness. Most OF that is handled by one
Of his secretaries who does nothing
else whatever The letters run into
| dozens; sometimes into hundreds.
But Chaplin replies each day to as
many as he can.
| Chaplin devotes almost two hours
every night to his correspondence and
he few business affairs which inevi.
tably exact his personal attention.
Ten O'Clock finds him ready for bed.
His valet prepares his bath again.
| There is another cold shower With
in few minutes the Comic Funny
Man is fast asleep.
| He does not smoke to excess nor
drink at all According to his own &C.
count he once smoked a cigar He
has never cared TO repeat the attempt
On the other hand he is an expert
tennis player and clever dancer as 30
fits man who does daily seanco
with a chiropCdist
Golf is his most recently adopted cr
thusiasm. Motoring Is his hobby
but he prefers to let his chauffeur do
the driving. He does not believe IN
speed. rather preferring to move alonl
at fair rate and drink plenty II
fresh ali.