The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
III 1 NEW | l YORK
pY JULIA BLANsHARD

New York--Headiine on the Douglas y'airbanks- Mary Pickford divorce brings hack vivid mem oFiee of war days of 1ot7-1S, when they. with Charlie Chaplin, were selling Liberty Bonds in New York It was on this tour that the romance started Both then were married to other mates Mary Pickfofd sold one of her famous gold curis, then the sym. boi of all the sweetness and light that he-men wanted in their wo.. men, to the highest purchaser oi bonds. She stood on the landing of the little stairway leading up from the back of Lord and Taylor's and the store was 50 packed that doors had to De locked to Keep tho rest of the crowd outeide.... Afterwards sine joined Fairhankx who did his bit by turning back somersaults, walking on his hands and going through a lightning series of fantastic Eymnastics' and Chaplin, who made q speech, on q platform in front of the Li- brnry on Fifth avenue .. Crowds filled the avenue and 40th street. entirely blocking traffic, and that trio got more npplause than the soldiers who parndcd the pre- cedins day. =. -.
 Chaplin Turns the Tables
 Next day, the three again ap- pearcd, this timc on q platform built up in front of the treasury building in Wall street Fairbanks did his stuff and Miss Pickford came forward to smile and wave and urge everyone to Buy Bonds" Her llttie-girl
 voice carried no iarther than the front row but just seeing "Ameri-
 ca's Sweetheart" in person WAS enough in those iong-ago days.
 However, when Chapiin's turn came there were cries of dcrision. |. Nobody recognized the dapper young man, in an immncu-
 late gray suit. soft felt hat, Eng fish shoes and no nusthchc ..
 ""That isn't Chaplin" was heard on
 aii sides. |. Charlie heard tf too, and stood stiil second :. | Then he leaned over and asked somebody for q derby and sonie- body else for q cane Then he hurried back, dragged forward one of the tables that they had been using for bonds, borrowed couple of chairs right out from un- der officials recording bond sales, and placed one chair by either end
 .tr.,ss,tass of tss sss' m faced ,hs rm'n erowa ng put the derby on his head, Just
 SO: turned his weii-shod feet out.
 fin the Chaplin manner; twlrled his cane c time or two; walked over to tho table in his iDimltabls manner, walked right up over one chair, across the table, down the other table and faced the crowd
 again When he Hced them
 again, they almost split their thr0ats .D
 A Film Star Turns Cook
 Tho former Carol Dempstcr, 1ovc1y film actress, now Mrs Ed-
 win S. Larsen, has gone In Tor
 cooking in q big way =. she
 has one of the biggest private col. col. lections of cook books in America and thinks nothing Of concOcting
 Il dinner from Iiagdad, Tahiti,
 Shanghai, Greenland. Ireland,
 Budapest, South Africa or any
 other spot you can finmc However, quite often shc has trou-
 bie with her grocer, one kaboolian. l., What Kabooiian hasn't Tn
 stock, he always will get.
 Her first trouble came when she ordered c pIg's bladder over the
 phone ,. But she wnS firm ana
 KabooiiAn got one for her
 The other day sine phoncd Tor
 frog's legs. we don't ever
 have anything like that. Mrs Lar
 ser, ho said, in m injured tone.
 Again she was firm '. But 50 was he! Finally he called
 the butcher over to tho phone and
 she repeated her request to hlni
 But what do you want with
 them?" he asked her. reprovingiy.
 Then pride in their shop got the
 better of him Mrs Larsen"
 he said. sternly. We don't
 handle dogs les and have never
 seen q butcher aiiop in my life that
 did. And whGe's moro, Mrs Lar.
 sen, we never will handle tbcni!'
 she had to go around in per-
 son to pacify tbem!"