THE "HUMAN HAIRPIN”

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 107, 9 November 1938, Page 4

THE "HUMAN HAIRPIN”

LOSS OF FORTUNE LONDON, Sept. B.—Tlie v “Human Haixpin” tt-he Great Carlton), who once topped the hill in five leading central JLotidon music halls in the same week, who once earned ,£287 ,i\i a week with his comic conjuring, walked through Theatreland yesterday trying to sell his collection of mother-o'-pearl sea shells for os. Arthur Carlton needed the money--but nobody wanted the shells he gathered—and valued—as a wealthy man in Santa Catalina. In his own words lie is "in the rocks”. Carlton was at the height of his fame in the years just before the war. Hundreds of thousands have laughed at the “Human Hairpin”— he weighed loss than 9-) stone; “elevators” and his padded wig raised him from Git. 2in. to nearly 7ft. Now lie weighs 17£ stone, takes size 19£ in collars, says he is fit-, and all he wants is—work.