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New York Times, New York, January 19, 1916.

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& FILM FAN

      „WELL, I see Charlie Chaplin. after doing some clever

ground and lofty tumbling about among the motion

picture companies, has volplaned himself into a pleasant little

job with Mutual. heard what he was getting? A fat

little sum of $520,000 per each and every year,“ said the Film

Fan.

      „Stage money – stage money!“ growled the Grouch.

      „I‘m crazy to see him in ,Carmen,‘“ said the

pretty Secretary.

      „What‘s he play – the bull?“ snapped the Grouch. „Let

me tell you something about this fellow Chaplin – –“

      „Cheer up!“ grinned the Fan. „You always talk this way when

you eat sausages for breakfast. Did you see that story

of the priest in England, Father Watt, who, so the London

papers say, declares that Chaplin is more to some

people than Almighty God? He says they‘ll go to see Chaplin

when they refuse to go to church.“

      „Ya-ah,“ said the Grouch. „I see the New York police called

in those pesky little disks that were passed around

as Charlie Chaplin medals, too. They got to be more to some

people than nickels, they looked so much like ‘em.

Stage money, kid, stage money!“

(...) Film Fun, April 1916

„Charlie Chaplin coins tumbling by thousands into the slots“

Editorial content. „SLOT MACHINE MEN

      FIGHT CHAPLIN COINS

      Lead Disks Resembling Nickels the Cause

      of Wide-spread Frauds.

      SALE ORDERED STOPPED

      Chief John J. Henry of the Local Secret Service Bureau

      Issues Warning.

      Charlie Chaplin coins tumbling by thousands into the slots

have aroused owners of vending machines to form

a defensive league against everything not real money.“ (...)

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