The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13
Fargo Missed Doug and Charley and
Our Mary But Here's What They Did
In NeW York and Washington

Doug yelling above the roar Of shout
ers, who did not know that young
| Mr.. Fairbanks was standing at their
elbows Fairbanks! Bring Doug
Fairbanks out on the platform. Who's
the greatest actor in the world? Doug
Fairbanks!"
And from the crowd pressing
around the other end OF the obserya-
ton car the voice of Charley Chaplin
could be heard calling shrilly. Chap
, lin! Oh. YOU funny Charley Chaplin!
Bring out Charley Chaplin, the great
est actor in the world!"
Both Doug and Charley were graci-
Gus enough to intersperse their yells
with cries for Our Mary Bring out
Mary Pickfori!" And when Charley
and Doug had got his particular
group of standees on the station plat
forms yelling hard enough for Char
the brake beams Of the car and then
sneak back into the car and stroll out
onto their respective platforms while
the going was good.
In time they got to Washington,
where President Wilson received
them last Saturday night. That was
the evening the President delivered
his important speech at Baltimore,
and although the Three Star Spec
the President was gracious enough
to wait an hour overtime at the
White House until Doug and Charley
and Our Mary had got there.
"And what are you going to say in
your speeches about the third Liberty
Loan2" the President asked the three
movie stars.
They all thought hard and then
variously they murmured to the
President half ineligible remarks to
the effect that although they could
do fair work for the fillums they
weren't so sure Of themselves as ora
tors.
Mr.. President" spoke up Doug
Fairbanks at last, "the only general
scheme I've got for a speech is TO
mention your name whenever / get
stuck. That'll get a cheer every time,
and while the crowd Is making lot
Of noise I'll keep waving my arms
and working my lips as If I was say
ing something. And when the noise
dies down again I'll shout, And, fell
low citizens. this great President,
Woodrow wilson Bingo, they'll
begin to cheer again, and I'll work
my jaws and pound one palm with
my fist, and keep swinging my arms
until the noise dies down some more. |
Then I'll shout out your name again
-'as long as good as we say in the
show business"
All Of which the Honorable Wood
row Wilson enjoyed immensely.
But Charley and Doug followed no |
such plan once they had battled their |
way knee high to the heroic bronze |
legs of George Washington at Broad /
and Wall streets at noon yesterday. |
Charley got the crowd going first by |
dipping his trick hat and then lead
ing the khaki clad bond on the sub
treasury steps, and Doug, who arriv- /
ed few minutes later. rendered the i
office bog contingent of all the finan-
cial district speeches. with ecstasy /
as he vaulted to the pedestal beside /
threw of his mustard colored \
polo coat. grabbed up a little red
and led the cheers in col
lege boy fashion!
Doug JiggIes Charley.
Charley Chaplin, when a semblance
of quiet was restored, yelled out over
the human pavement that although
British born he was ''144 per cent
American" and would be in the
trenches IL 1t were not for a physical
disability that makes him impossible !
as military material. And Doug
reached for the slim WASTED little
and gripped him below the
belt on the East River side while
was facing the Hudson. Then
the muscular Doug held Charley high
in the air with one hand and jiggled
him above the roaring crowd.
Doug made his speech after that,
mega phoning questions to the crowd
which enabled the roaring thousands
to yell back resounding Alternatives
which, If the crowd meant what 1t
said some day viii be heard away
out in the eastern suburbs of Berlin.
And after that Lieutenant Reuterdal,
The illustrator naval officer, made
brief speech and the movie celebrities
went indoors to-heft real money.
This morning Doug and Charley
will go to Philadelphia, where they
viii meet Miss Piclzford, who was
speaking in Baltimore yesterday
while the other two-thirds OF the
Three Star Special" were talking
1ere. Then they will separate, each
10 go on a separate Liberty Loan