Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-17
ARbUCKLE IS
VICTIM Of
TOO MUCH
N D NEY
r m inent Psychologist
Draws Character Picture
Of Fat Comedian and Con-
ciudes That He Will Es-
cape Conviction

The Roscoe Arbuckle case now on in
the courts of San Francisco is being
followed by millions Of people who
are interested to know what will be
the fate of this big, rotund comedian.
people than that of any man of state,
science or knowledge in America.
Leaving the discussion of his case
to the court, let US discuss his case
from the standpoint of a character
analyst. Who has not seen this big
faced fat man of the screen? 1t is
not hard to visualize every line of his
face and the bulk of his body. The
big, round head, the big, fat body
rolling in flesh, the thick, fat neck,
fat jowls, round cheeks, bulging eyes
and small nose. He is what is known
as a vital type, fond of the of the
substance of life and living for the
good things of earth.
This type is the natural born en-
tertainer; they like music, like to
have friends around them of a con-
vivial spirit; they like to be host to a
party. They like music and song and
good things to eat. 1t is the fat man
with all his dislike for hard work and
his love for the festive board. Not
that all fat men are like this, for such
is not the case. The fat man of
mental type is not so indulgent with
himself; he has finer sense of val
ue, a sense of proportion, and while
he likes to entertain and be entertain
cd, likes amusement and the pleas
urcS of life, he is equally aware of
tie more serious side Of life and does
not lose sight of the proportion to
(which these two must be blended. The
fat man of the mental type, the round
face and the small chin, is often found
on the bench or in high financial posi-
tions, the judge, the referee in the
arbitration. Examples of this type
are William Howard Taft, Jacob
Schiff and Charles Schwab. This type
of man is calm in judgment, free of
the many petty annoVances that il
ritate the nervous man, who is thrown
off his judgment bv his prejudccs
and strong likes and dislikes, and his
inclination towards pedagogue and his
desire for reform. The fat man is not
q reformer in the sense Of debating
to the world what it shall do, but
leaves that task to his long haired,
skinny brethren.
Fatty Arbuckle is the tyne of fat
man incapable of serious thought OF
sound Judgment; he runs to clowning
and buffoonery. He accepts the lu-
dicrOus appearance of his cOrpulous
figure and turns it to horseplay, with
low sense of comedy He is fastidi-
Gus in his dress and will demand the
best in quality and style. One char
acteristc of the fat man is that he
would rather do without than have
poor food served badly or clothes of a
cheap or shabby texture.
The weakest thing about Arbuckle
is his nose. 1t is small, incuved
nose with little nubbin at the end
Such nose lacks attention, observa-
ton and the constructive quality to do
big things. The world has never put
a heavy burden on a saddle back nose.
Such nose is lacking in aggression
nush and energy and high mental abil-
ity. IT lacks analytical power and
the ability for long-continued reason
ing.
His lips are rather large and are OF
the soft, velvety kind that denote
gensuality, the love of life of idle
ness and ease. They show lack Of
control and are of the pampered anC
petted person, who must have every
thing to please them. He will have
a good memory, but will be more in
terested in idle gossip than in things
worth while. Arbuckle is not cruel
but is kind and generous to a fault
Fattv has found life easy. He has
never had to work, he has never haC
to face the serious problem of making
living. The world has been kim
to him even before the advent of hi
life in moving pictures His round
]aughable face has always won hin