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to meet the interesting people on board but the situation made meetings on an equal footing impossible.
Finally Chaplin tried another group, the ship's fireman and stokers, who had invited him down for a game of cricket. He warmed up to the men but he was still looked upon as a celebrity, not a cricket player. And even this relaxation was spoiled by the intrusion of a motion-picture cameraman assigned to cover him on the crossing! The rest of the trip Chaplin spent partly in eluding him. Realizing he could not be himself on the ship Chaplin did not try to mingle further. However, he met one interesting couple, Guy Bolton, author of the musical "Sally," and his wife Marguerite Namara, the opera singer.
At the close of the voyage, there was another jarring note. Chaplin was requested to perform at a seamen's fund concert. He begged off, explaining that he was tired, that he had nothing prepared and, lacking his costume, the illusion would be spoiled. It was understood that he would not be called upon but in the course of the entertainment, which Chaplin attended, people in the audience turned toward him and the chairman, Herman Metz, announced that Chaplin had refused to contribute an act. He added, no matter, they could see him on the screen, anytime, for a nickel. Chaplin departed for the smoking room in a fury, leaving Robinson to tell off M. Metz. A few shuffling steps or one of his inimitable take offs might have been an easier price.
The boat stopped at Cherbourg. Chaplin's knees began to shake at sight of the attacking army of reporters and cameramen. He complained that he had not come to Europe to be interviewed but to rest. Since Chaplin knew no French, the mass interview did not last too long. One reporter, who appeared to be a Russian, asked whom he considered the greater man, Lenin or Lloyd George; to which Chaplin quipped, "One works and the other