Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-08-16

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country or small
town. took home,
read to his wife. and to his Mother, and
bis Dad, for the older you was the more
1t appealed to you. Then to have some
body speak up that never had enough
humor to get the idea that 1t was q
great character study of a man, The
story wasent of a building. It was of
the mans great pride In his chosen pro-
f~ession.
You can make anything you are a
mind too out Of anything. but that little
story that sold over a million copies.
and here Is a funny thing about 1t. II
was the best people tina. got 1t. The
dumb guy, the cleverness OF the whole
thing was lost on him. | wish this bird
that wrote that knew Chick Sales. he
would get the surprise OF his life. He
has done for twenty five years the
cleanest and most aDplauded act ever In
vaudeville. He Is SO clean that he Ii
almost a prude. | remember years ago.
long before the publication of the book.
Chick told me that story, and | rushed
home to repeat all OF it | could remem-
Der. and | could visualize this old car
penter. an artist to his hammered old
finger tips
Reading this little obscure missin-
formation here tonight, brings back the
memory of my first meeting with
Chick. We were both on the bill to-
geather at the Grand Opera House.
Pittsburgh. Pa. both doing singles.
THAT Is | mean both acts were acts
where we worked along1. Chick was
doing those great set OF characters
that have lived SO long till they have
become classics. Why the old man with
the horn sitting on a stool blowing on
1t. Is as famous as that statue OF q Eel.
low sitting on a rock. called the
Thinker. Then the preacher making
the announcements, then the fresh boy.
then the girl reciting. They applauded
and yelled then. they do the same to-
day. Chick was such q big hit the rest
OF us might Just as we'll have packed
up and gone home. and we would but
we dident want to miss his act at any
show.
he had just got married. and his
wife was a beautiful. lovely sweet girl.
and very accomplished violin player.
Well Chick had her on the bill doing a
single watched his career. and occa-
sionally run into him. He was the big.
gest hit with an audience, and the big
gesf nit OF stage with all actors, that L
recall In all my years OF stage
work. He lived at Urbana, the home OF
the Illinois University. His father was
a dentist. ! played the town, and went
out to see his folks, as grand an old
couple as ever lived. His Dad used to
make him mp sets of teeth that he wore
IN some of his characters, and they are
principally changed his whole
looks.
Mrs. Rogers and | were up to his
fiat one time when his twins
we're born. Now here they are grown
'hildren. and what fine ones his chill
have turned out to be. He lives
somewhere now, and like many OF ad-
hiring friends, our trails just don't
Happen to cross very often. This whole
hollywood and Los Angeles Is the darn.
lest places to have friends that you
lever see, II you don't happen to work
i the same studio. | got lots of friends
hat | haven't seen In years. and /
would just love too. but II seems 1t Just
lont happen 30. II | run onto Chick
m going to show him this little article
this squirt who Ii such an authority
N what constitutes the decay of the
american mind. Its like reading that
he Archbishop OF Canterbury had
cen caught In a night .lub.
Chick is awful good In pictures. He is
real character actor. The rest OF us
Ist do a character. He lives him. He ia