The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-25
CHARLES CHAPL IN IS VERY CAREFUL OF PAY ENVELOPE.
Film Star, Earning $1.30 a Minute, Doesn't squander
 Single "Jit''

dizzy month on F5roaoWay lhe most zsseses moving picture actor in the world is back again at work in Los Angeles
 S>urirg four weeks he was in evil a1ence every night and sometimes at dawrs and up and down and across s-se street that whips the universe. dl1aa.-ss, wining, dancing, playgoing and having the time of his young life But Keeping his bankro11 exclusively to himself.
 At the age Of twenty-six, and with an annual income Of $670.O0O, Charlie Ehaplin has the finance idea developed to 100 per cent, ef1ciency. The only thing he spent on Broadway in a month of gay life was four weeks
 Not since Harry Lauder astonished and then amused New York with his Scotch thrift, to use a pleasant word. has Broadway known such a frugal celebrity.
 No Foo1ish NicIe1s for Him.
 In justice to Chaplin it must be said that he has had colnpara lively little opportunity to spend money. for the reason that during his stay on Broadway he was the most sought 'af- ter man in New York
 With a dozen moving picture mag mates and their organizations literally breaking their necks to place him un- der contract at an almost unbelievable
  ever feted in New York before
 The most elaborate 1uncheons, din- ners and midnight suppers were gfy- en in his honor.
 Be was presented to all the celeb rites Of Lobster Square, his every whim vas instantly gratdhed, and when. he departed for California he took i with him a frunkful of costly presents from his adniring friends
 Stiu the fact remains that he did lnot spend a nickel foo1shly during his stay in New York And the u1ti-. mate reason for that plaenomenon is ChapHn's natural tghtWadedness" "
 Car HIS One Extraxagaace.
 Despite the fact that his income last year was in exceB Of $2O0, ,0O0-lis former contract called for S1- 800 a week in salary and royalties amounting to more than double that 1n1-I1is made of living is practically the same earning $50 week playing small fl1ne,z as bookings in the low price 1heatres are called
 Money has not gone to chap1in's his earning capacity is in no small way head-tl1 tl1ouzh it must be admitted that indebted to his feet
 His only extravaga1ce is a twelve cylinder motor car He does not even allow himself the luxury of a wife.
 Jewe1ry, slow horses and fast com pany. country homes obJects dart anu other expensive fads of this slen- deg young movie actor who has risen Tn less than i've years from obscurity to the distinction of being the highest paid emp1oye in the world.
 He has fEe traditional anti-suend4 thrift qualities of the typical English music hall performer - for that is what Charlie Chaplin really is. The great American public that has seen him only on the screen has no con ceptian of the real Chaplin beneath his comic makeup
 Mustache Is ArtthciaI
 It is dihacult to disassociate Charlie Chaplin and his little black hirsute appendage. vulgarly called a mus ferenf from what he appears on the gelatin
 He is of unexpectedly small stature, weighs less than 12S pounds, and he possesses a perfectly ordinary face-a face that would not attract attention in a crowd Of five, let alone 800. To be sure, he has, hiack eyes of more than ordinary br1lIiancy, and a mass of coaI-b1ack hair inclined to curl But all in all, his appearance is absolutely undistinguishe
 His manner. too, is in striking con he is unusually shy. quiet and reserv- Cd When he. talks his cockney speech betrays his origin
 Strangely enough he speaks with put gestures, remarkable thing for an actor Of any brand.
 For the interest of those who are t1Il- familiar with this young mans career 1t may be said thai he was born in France while his parents, English mu- sic hall performers were touring con- tinentaI music halls. That was in 188e--ApriI Is, to be exact
 Jumped at the Chance
 While he was still a youth he adopt sd the variety stage as his calling, and for several toured the provinces as the smaller towns of England are known to the profession. His father died in the early sS0,s, but his mother Is still living in England
 His acting was largely confined to pantoTnine and acrobatfc tests but he learned to play the violin and cello holding the bow in his left hand-and f he composed several marches which sto this day he plays the cello quite well1.
 He never earned more in those days than six pounds less than s30 a week i; and he was often idle for for months at time.
 Consequently. when the opportunity presented itself for him to come to America with Fred Karno's "A Night in a London Music Hall" at $50 a week, he Jumped at it
 So at the age Of twenty-two, Charlie Chaplin found himself playing the part of -drunk'' in this aforementioned vaudeville offering in New York.
 His acrobatic feats and his sense of comic values attracted the atten- ton of George KesseI, who engaged arim for comedy roles in the movies sand sent hin to California rejoicing with $75 week salary.
 How He Gets S67O.O0O.
 The rest is history And the best answer to his critics is that Chaplin will receive $67e, ,000' for his clown Ing during the next twelve months Already he has pocketed $150, 900 of It, for he demanded that amount down zfc