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12 The Berkhirf Evening Eagle, Thursday. July 14, 1949 Crock, France's Top Musital Clown, Is 69 And Getting Laughs From Secbuft Generation r-x Chicken I SOLID PACKED NO WASTE By ROSETTE HARGROVE PARIS (NEA) Honoring veteran entertainers with film biographies, like "The Jolson Story," seems to be catching. Now France is doing it, with the beloved musical clown, Grock, as the hero of the piece. Grock his real name is Charles Adrien Wettach has made two generations of Europeans and a smattering of Americans happy with his gay clowning, his grotesque costumes, his collection of A JJHL. swZ3S- we IE vt, in BBttP rr SJNd 1855 IN DOVER, DEIAWARC weird musical instruments.

Now 69, the veteran star of music halLs and circuses is still going strong, without his grease paint, he looks like a retired professor. But once he smears his make-up on his long, rather sad-looking face, he's all clown. Fight high meal costs by treating the family more frequently to this delicious chicken Try These Other ft TrwatM Chicken Fricassee- Egg Noodles Chicken Chicken Broth with Rice Chicken a la Kina SUPER MARKET YOURX'SHURFINE" STORE Watchmaking Loses Apprentice Grock would probably have fol lowed in his lathers lootsteps as a watchmaker had not a small ON STAGE In his make-up, Grock is all clown. traveling circus set up its tent near his native village, Reconviller, on the Franco-Swiss border, when he was eight. was sympathetic, my act did not go over as well as it did in the old country," comments Grock.

"Maybe it was too European at that Wl SJ You've heard us talk about extras 1 The boy went home dreaming of flip-flaps, handsprings, tight-rope walking and clowning, all of which OFF STAGE i Grock looks like a retired professor. future and forget clowning. He apprenticed him to a watchmaker to leam the trade. This lasted six weeks. For five years he job-hopped, working as waiter, pianist and tutor.

But always in the back of his mind the desire to join a real circus. In 1903, he finally was offered an engagement in an "eccentric musical act" and it was then he adopted the name of Grock. time. But I would love to have the opportunity of going back there. It's all a question of 'mazu- he immediatelly began to practice in the parental back yard.

About the same time, young Charles was developing considerable musical The year before the outbreak of World War II, Grock retired. But the attraction of the footlights Droved too strong and, in 1947. he at AfOAM SAW xjrC From then on, for close to 50 years, he toured in both circus and accepted a six-week engagement at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris. He showed that," at 69, he could still vaudeville. Grock has appeared In every make children and grown-ups capital in Europe and before many crowned heads in command performances, with his acrobatic, mu His life story, "Au Revoir Monsieur Grock," is in reality, a plea talent.

"Father was known as the best yodeler for miles around," he recalls, "and mother used to accompany him on the guitar. There was an ancient upright piano at home and already at five years old I had started picking out tunes by ear." When he was 10, after he had seen his first "musical clown," he set to work building rudimentary musical instruments which were eventually to become the greatest attraction of his act. "The first big moment in my life," declares Grock, "was when I replaced a tight-rope walker who was to perform one night in a for international peace and under standing. Co-starring with the old sical clowning act His talent as a linguist he speaks eight languages has enabled him to put his patter clown is Henry Cassidy, an Amen EVAPORATED MILK X. 3 35c D.

M. PEACHES YELLOW CLING large can dm tor 59c PRUNE JUICE sweet 7c TOMATO JUICE 27c can newscaster, in his familiar role of commentator of world events over in every country where he has appeared. Three school boys represent the The offer of a nine-week engage children who invariably are the principal sufferers in all wars, ment took him to New York in 1920. Proceeds are being donated by Grock to French war orphans. "Although the American public neighboring village.

The rope was Sheffield CAMPBEL rS BEANS 13c Two Elders Assigned Here by Mormon Church Elder Harold H. Stout of Los An AND HERE'S A NEW EXTRA I A fll cellophane wrapper Hardy1 Entertain Gilston Hardy of Bronxville, N.Y, stretched across the market place from the third-floor windows of two houses. "I negotiated it one way and, feeling rather proud of myself, I decided to repeat the act. The rope started sagging. Without a moment's hesitation I grabbed it with both hands and finished the trip this way.

Never in my long career have I ever been so thrilled by applause as on that occasion." an executive or tne J. waiter Thompson Advertising Company of New York City, with Mrs. Hardy entertained for the week end at geles, and Elder Neal S. Kol-Jer of Preston, Idaho, have been sent to Pittsfield to represent the Church of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) from the church head their summer home, Indian Rock Farm, two of his Princeton Univer sity classmates, Boyd Bailey of When he left school at 14, Grock's father decided it was time he should think seriously of his quarters at Salt Lake City, Idaho Bath, assistant attorney gen They plan to be here from three eral of Maine, and Reynolds Har SILVER CAKE MIX aunt jemima box 29c DUFF GINGER BREAD MIX 25c MINUTE TAPIOCA 16c FRIZZ ICE CREAM MIX te 33c UNA FISH FANCY SOLID PACK WHITE MEAT can 43 to six months. I ris of Brompton Park, London, England.

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