The Washington times., 1920-08-04
TELLS HOW SHE SUFFERED.

| Chatham, after she had toiu OF the
reconciliation with her screen-idol
husband Just before the birth OF their
baby. said:
| "You ought to hear abont my linn
CUISINE since II was the biggest thing
I had to look forward to during the
long days In the hospital When II
came To call for me all my pictures Of
Rolls-Royce tumbled in heap. IL
was an old secondhand hand-me-
down that Charlie had snapped In a
studio car for. l went home in the
thing and he wasn't interested enough
Ito come for me or even be at the
house when | arrived"
| Mrs. Chaplin did not seem surprised
that proceedings had been begun In
| Los Angeles by her lawyers since
she had left the case in their hands.
Talking of her husband and her
grievances the slim little golden
| aired wife said:
| some newspapers have said | was
suing Mr.. Chaplin on grounds OF
cruelty. II was mental, not physical.
| cruelty. lie never struck me or hurt
mS physically. He did cause me un-
| speakable suffering and anxiety dur
ing the long intervals he stayed
away from home.
i
Il don't really blame him for any
thing. He's an artist. and artists. l
suppose. must have their tempera-
ments. He used to walk and walk
for hours at night thinking as ne
expla ined IL. The harder IT fained
the longer he walked and harder he
| thought. l never seemed to please
| h i'm and he was nervous and irritable.
| Then, you know. he had Social
istic tendencies and ne insisted upon
| thrusting them on me. He told me
| two dresses and topcoat were
enough for me and should last two
years. One automobile in a family
was enough. he said, and he always
had that one for himself. The result
was that | used taxis and then he'd
be furious about the bills.
He always hurt my feelings ter
ribly. Every time he thought / was
looking forward TO any occasion with
happiness he'd promptly douse my
gay spirits.
CHRISTMAS GLOOM.
| "You know, I've always had a
Christmas tree, and Christmas days
and birthdays were glorious. ] fixed
a tree Christmas, and was having
a wonderful time with IL. Christmas
morning when ! took down the pres.
ents / was breathlessly expectant.
| There was nothing for me from
Charlie. when ! cried he said he
knew I'd be expecting something, and
he didn't think he should give in TO
me.
II was just seventeen when we were
married, October %. 1918. He was
thirty-one. l guess ] had been spoiled.
was mothers only chick. and she
always dressed my hair and did every
| thing for me. Charlie didn't want
her to do a thing for me, and would
get furious when ! asked her TO come
over and DO my hair.
And he wasn't only stingy with
me. He would have been in rags il
hadn't looked after him and bought
things for him with my own money.
don't think he had a decent pair
of socks when we were married. and
his shirts and undetthings and pa
jamas were frightful. all full of holes
and tears and rips. Mother look ed
after all that. and when she had him
fixed up he was delighted.
HE WAS SWEET SOMETIMES.
I'VE never read the same things
or enjoyed the same things. Yet he
COulu 50 sweet sometimes, ana
ne hadn't left me so many times and
shown SO plainly he wanted his free
dem / wouldn't have started the
so paratior suit. The divorce suit is
new TO me.
Like all artists, Charlie loved
bloom and life and youth. During
tic n.o~ths before the baby came he
was fretiul and awfully irritable.
even though he'd set his heart on
having the little one. And when it
died. 80, N after birth, he didn't seem
interested in looking out for me.
| "He didn't come to the hospital to
take me home. and left word ut che
house he was busy at the studio and
couldn't wait. After that everything
was over with us. ! don't know what
he's dcirg. but he'll be all right.
As for me, I've already made four
movies in the last three month. SINCE
got well, and I'm thinking of going
on the stage. I've had offers for
| musical comedy. but | think I'll do
| better in comedy drama, | will be in
New York indefinitely, and I'm sorry
I'm just nineteen. | think, perhaps,
| I'l D.. halter of IL too were thIrty-