The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-26
BY Dan Thomas
NEA Service Writer

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Copyright, 1927. NEA Service, Incl
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 26.--
Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, who bored her
famous comic husband because she
wasn't intellectual enough" simply
could not teach Charlie Chaplin
grammar! Charlie Chaplin may
have been pretty fair actor, accord
ing to the girl-wife now living alone
with her babies in the Chaplin man
sion Of Beverly Hills, but, oh boy,
what he didn't know about the rela-
tive pronoun!
And that's not the half of 1t, says
Lita Grey Chaplin! Not only didn't
Charlie know grammar, but it was
she, the beautiful but dumb wife,
who spent many a long and weary
hour in futile struggle to let nus
band Charlie know that there We're
such things as subjects and predi-
Gates, to say nothing Of the potential
subjective!
Beautiful young Mrs. Chaplin told
me the story Of struggling to teach
her famous husband grammar along
with other things as we sat In the
beautiful living room Of the comic
artists mansion.
1--WE started out studying and
reading together" said Mrs. Chaplin,
her big brown eyes sweet with
memories "First we tried to master
Latin and French together. But
Charlie simply didn't know gram
mar, so we had to start studying
English so that he might get
grammar background.
"That didn't last long either.
Charlie let me teach him Tor a while,
but he had such difficult time try
ing to grasp even English gram
NAUTICAL rules that he gave up in
disgust"
Speaks Spanish, French
| But with or without a husband
for a desk mate, Mrs. Chaplin con-
tined to parley-voo, and it was only
three months ago when her house
Of cards tumbled about her pretty
pink ears that she laid aside French
grammars for more ponderous tones
of conjugal law.
That ''the hardest cut of alr' those
endured by young Mrs. Chaplin, was
her husbands declaration that she
was mot Intellectually satisfying"
is indicated by her eagerness to tell
that she is a graduate of an exclu-
sive girls school in Hollywood, and
that she can speak both French
and Spanish rather fuently.
| T have talked with Lita Grey Chap
lin for many hours and find her a
sparkling, interesting conversation
alist, able to talk well on many
more subjects than the average girl
OF 10.
Charlie Chaplin's great library,
| famous in the entire cinema colony,
and insured for thousands of dollars.
is Mrs. Chaplin's greatest solace dur
ing these lonely waiting days in the
big palace.
Interested in Napoleon
She was enthused over 1.-THE Life
Of Napoleon" one day when visited
her there, and enthused over the
interest Of biography.
~ am reading The Life Of Napo-
leon now" she explained. "It is
one Of the most interesting books
I have ever read. When studied
about him in history in school, I
thought he was terribly boresome
but / get so interested in this book
that can hardly put it down.
81 have read the biographies of
several famous aaaen recently and
have found them all fascinating.
Before concentrating on these gio-
graphies, used to read many
novels of old English authors. Dick
ems is my favorite and believe 1
have read every one Of his books.
Edwin McMurray, I,ita's uncle
and personal attorney, tells Of an
/ interesting event which occurred
several nights ago.
I'VE were all going out to a show
after dinner. When Mrs. Spicer, her
mother. and ! were ready to leave,