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Show MARY PICKFORD LOVES FAIRBANKS l Injured Husband and Brokenhearted Broken-hearted Wife Make a Public Statement. v KY FORK, April 17. Expressing Willingness to stand aside until her' I husband and th girl film star who has j lately been the recipient of his attentions atten-tions have decided whether tne force 1 (that has drawn them together is deep 1 and lasting love or ; mere temporary infatuation, Mrs. DduglaS Fairbanks gives details Of the reasons that led to j her separation from her husband. "Mr Fairbanks and I talked it over ! He told me that he and (here Mrs. Fairbanks mentioned the name of the I screen favorite) loved one another, land that they fell that ii was the one 1 great love of their lives so lh;it in comparison noihlng else mattered, I h.4e decided to stand aside until , they find out if it is really that kind ol love. Regret Expressed. "I am sorrv the woman who has caused nil this unhappiness is our , home Is not willing to acknowledge to 'the world as she has acknowledged to ' her friends and her family her love for Mr. Fairbanks "My .husband has never openly confessed con-fessed his love for any screen star in mj presence But our separation now has come about because In h;id srown I to feel that his love for some other woman was the bisest thins in both J their lives When he reached the point where his wife and his son no longer I mattered in comparison then I knew ! there was only one thing to be done -'that he must so his way while 1 went mine. Mj Interest in my husband Is ab.-o I lute and sincere. 1 love him and will never love anyone els I have no idea of molesting or annoying any other J woman who may have come in to claim the happiness which belongs to me. I' am" simply makinc this statement as I 'do not want the world to think this separation is the result of my wishes in the matter. Wants Facts Known. "I will not sue ana there will be no divorce Money will never recompense me for such loss as this " Mrs. Fairbanks said last night that Word had reached her that her husband hus-band had denied, in Detroit, where he was speaking for the Liberty loan, that there had been a separation. "It was like him to say this" she said He characterized the report as German propaganda.' He has a good sen.-e of humor. "This Is my final statement. I will have nothing more to say about the matter." OWEN MOORE TO ACT FOR OWN PROTECTION LOS NGELES, April 20 In a formal for-mal statement issued from the Los An cele- Athh tie club his present home. Owen Moore, husband of Mary Pick -ford, announced today that he will lake prompt action against Douglas Fairbanks, declaring that this i fur his own protection. Mr Moore's statement was called forth by the interiew given out by Mrs. Fairbanks in New York. In the interview Mrs. Fairbanks said that if "the other woman" refused to make a statement within a few days, she. her- self, would produce the evidence in the case. In his statement Mr. Moore says he will leave judgment on the meriis of the 'ase to the 'great American public, pub-lic, morally sound and always posst -ing a keen Instinct for justice " "Other Woman" Is III. In his statement Mr Moore says, after referring lo Mrs. Fairbank s Interview: In-terview: "The 'other w oman is now dl and ' under great nervous stress and I feel it to be obligator) upon myself to make a "Matenient to save her the humiliation hu-miliation of making any public state ment. "I am surprised that Mrs. Fairbanks was able to maintain silence so long ' It may be explained by the fact that 1 Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks were warned , by their physician that Mrs. Fairbanks Fair-banks condition was such that any shock miqht prove fatal. She maj I have feared thai if she mule an issue I of her misfortunes it miht kill her and have her son without care and j without even the protection of an un-1 un-1 sullied name. Mr. Fairbanks in his days of poverty pover-ty took his wife from a home of wealth and refinement Her devotion to him since that lime has been absolute and unselfish. Tribute to Wife. "I met Mr. Fairbanks in 1915 and we immediately became personal friends I Introduced him into my home, and our friendship became unabated until , his return eas1 "My wife, known to the public as Miss Man Pickford, lias always seemed seem-ed 10 me to be little more than a i hihl v, ith child v w insomerie-:-, ,,r,. peallngness and trusi in others A,dded to these she has also seemed lo me to j possess many of those rich, womanly (Continued en rac. i MARY PICKFORD L0VESFA1RBANKS ( Continued from Page 5 ) qualities that seem to explain her universal uni-versal appeal. Our life together has alwt been one of mutual trust and 1 affection. Mr. Fairbanks possesses a peculiar and complex personality that has a strong fascination for women. He combines a warmth and enthusiasm and the persuasiveness with the instinct for possession that has doubtless doubt-less come to him from his Anglo-Saxon ancestors. For a long time my blindness to conditions merely duplicated dupli-cated the common experience in affairs af-fairs of this kind. Lddl 1J I ..w...w.. "I was the last to hear of rumors,' and the last to believe them. It Is only recently that I caruo to a realisation re-alisation of actual conditions, and I have hesitated to take action, at first, because. I wished to be absolutely sure, then, out of consideration for Mrs. Fairbanks, and recently, because 1 I did not wish to Interfere in any way jwith the Liberty loan campaign. "This hesitation to act has covered only a brief period of time, and I had already made up my mind to act as any man must under the circumstances, circum-stances, awaiting only the end of the Libertv loan campaign, when Mrs. Fairbanks broke the silence. "I wish it to bo distinctly understood under-stood that in ray opinion there is only one aggresbor in the whole situation. I The 'other woman' has been as much victimized as the rest, not wholly blurnelesn. perhaps, but imposed upon.' Toronto (Canada) civic employes atk an S-hour day. |