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Adela Rogers St. John, Photoplay, New York, June 1919.

Los Angeles Athletic Club (where Chaplin is staying

before he marries Mildred Harris), Interior view of swimming

pool, Los Angeles, 1912, waterandpower.org

& Charles Chaplin was once noticed to make a dive

off the springboard. We have since that day been

watching and waiting to see Charlie try it again. „Shoulder

Arms“ has nothing on Charles‘ diving when it comes

to a laugh. He should try a swimming picture and I am sure with

Charlie in a French swimming suit about seven times

too large for him and making dives, etc., would make a scream

of a picture.

(...) SOME OF THE STARS IN WATER

By VANCE VEITH

Swimming Teacher, Los Angeles Athletic Club,

Camera! Los Angeles, April 20, 1919

& Adela Rogers St. Johns, 1927, Looking for

Mabel Normand

& Photo by Stagg

(...) Photoplay, June 1919

„An Englishman for a lover“

Editorial content. „,My Heroes!‘

      When you think of all the soldiers Edna Purviance attracted

      to California, it‘s a wonder we won the war“ (...)

      „,An Englishman,‘ says Edna, ,is so surprising. Sometimes

he‘s so cross you aren‘t sure he mayn‘t throw the tea

things at you. Then suddenly he says the most divine thing

most divinely. Above – Edna and her complete

tea division.

      By Adela Rogers St. John

      ,I SHOULD like an American for a husband, an Englishman

for a lover, a Frenchman for a playmate,

a Belgian for a friend and an Italian for a soulmate.‘

      Having uttered which polygamous statement,

Edna Purviance dropped her pretty head back against

a cushion and turned her serene gaze, that

is at once very wise and very simple, upon me.“ (...)

     „We went back to the composite harem she

had chosen for herself and I remarked, ,I‘m a little surprised

at your choice. Why an Englishman for a lover?‘

      The clear skin showed a faint blush. ,Oh, because they

are so – surprising. Boredom is the one fatal thing

to a love affair and nobody could be bored with an Englishman.

He‘s too mean.‘ She giggled. ,Nothing pleases a woman

so much as to think that a man doesn‘t want to love her but

can‘t help it. Englishmen – and of course I also mean

those wonderful Canadians – are like that.

      ,An Englishman always acts as though he thoroughly

disapproved of one, and women would rather

be disappointed of than respected. He is always ungracious

about everything you want to do, and yet he will go to

any amount of inconvenience to do it for you. Sometimes

he‘s so cross that you aren‘t sure he mayn‘t throw

the tea things at you. Then suddenly he will say the most

divine things – and say them divinely.“ (...)

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