HERO WORSHIP.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1921, Page 5

HERO WORSHIP.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S TOUR. PETTY DETAILS WIRELESSED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright. London, Sept. 9. . Though the Olympic is fogbound she >s expected at Cherbourg to-day, enabling Chaplin to land at Southampton to-morrow morning. Public interest in the topic i s tested by the space it occupies in the newspapers. It apparently eclipses Ireland, the League of Nations, and the British Association. By means of wireless, details of Charlie’s daily life on shipboard are chronicled. Commencing with breakfast at 11 upon a glass of hot water with a pinch of salt, he later has a bout of gymnastics, a Turkish bath, and cricket on the for-

ward deck with the deck hands. The Olympic is similarly bombarded with wireless messages from Charlie’s admirers, justifying the announcement that Charlie is getting nervous about his reception, remembering the troubles Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks h a 'l in 1 n. Scores of special reporters have been sent to Cherbourg and Southampton, hoping to interview him, and many travellers have booked on the steamer and at the hotels Chaplin is likely to stay at in order to share the reflected glory of the great man. Chaplin’s rooms at the Ritz are paragraphed and photographed as though they were intended for a visiting monarch.

The police at "Waterloo are making special arrangements to deal with a crowd, especially near Kensington, whence Charlie’s boyhood friends announce that they are coming to welcome him. Low, Poy and other caricaturists are utilising the opportunity to the full. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ARRIVAL IN LONDON. TUMULTUOUS RECEPTION. Received September 11, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 10. Charlie Chaplin has arrived in London. He was accorded tumultuous receptions wherever he appeared.