New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
AL|EN|STS END GAY CAREER
OF MRS. H. |. BL0ODC0OD.
Woman Goes to RiverCreSt Sana-
torium and Husband
WithdraWS Suit.
MONEY FLEW IN TENDERL0I
Party Where Bacchus and Hilar-
ity Reigned Marked the
Close of a Meteoric
Career.

After a scintillatlng three weeks along
the blazing reaches of Broadway. during
which, it is said. $1,000 rolled from her
finger tips with remarkable ease. Mrs
Harry Latimer Bloodgood, who before
her marriage was Miss Helen Hamler
ended her meteoriC career among the
bright lights on Wednesday night when
she was taken to Bellevue Hospital. said
TO be mentally incompetent.
The woman was committed yesterday
to the Rivercrest Sanatorium by an or
der of the Supreme Court, after two
alienists had testified as TO her mental
condition simultaneously with her
commitment TO the retreat Mr. Blood
good announced that he would discon-
tinue the action for divorce which he
had brought against his wife.
This city has known many "spenders'
who squandered their money along
Broadway, but this is the first time a
woman has occupied such position.
Three weeks ago Mrs Bloodgood. who
was separated from her husband, is said
to have received $4,000 from friend.
Money mad always come easily to her
ever since she stopped earning her living
as stenographer years ago. and she
knew how to spend lhis unexpected
windfall
Hilarious Hours in Tenderlon.
With party OF chosen friends, the
wife Of a member Of one of New York
old families started ouJ 10 show her
hospitality. Restaurants the length ana
breadth Of Broadway entertained Mrs.
Bloodgood and her little parties. Wine.
women and song was the order Of the
night, and the bills are said to have
averaged a round $1,000 week.
The wind-up came last Sunday night
She ard a party Of friends. it Is said
spent several hilarious hours In well
known Tenderloin restaurant When the
scenes grew too riotous, even for blase
Tenderlo!r habitues. the supper. party
adjourned to Mrs. Bloodgood's apart
ments. at No 352 West 10Th street Here
the carnival Of wine and food kept up
until the hostess was in such condition
as 10 require medical attention. The
apartment is said to have resemoled a
cyclone swept waste when the reVelry
WAS finally halted by Mrs. Bloodgood's s
indjsposition.
Thrcc days after her sensational exit
from the lights OF Broadway Mrs BLOOD
good was taken to Bellevue. She regis
tered under her maiden name. In order
to escape publicity. Friends OF the
woman communicated with her husband
and he. after consulting with his attor-
ncy. engaged two alicnists TO pass on
his wife's sanity.
Thus ended the career along Broadway
e the woman who had succumbed 10
its music. its laughter and its al
mring lights. She closed her passag
,long the street as she had entered IL
when sh, married Harry Latimer Blood
good threc years before-in a blaze OF
prodgality
Harry Boodgood is now living WIN
his mother. Mrs. John Bloodgood' AT NO.
127 West J6th street. Miss cara BLOOD
good. the actress. who killed herself a
few wears ago, was the wife OF Jack
BloodgCod. a brother OF Harry l.. Blood
good.
The latter is a member Of the ST. An
thony Club and the Racquet ana TenniS
Club. and is interested in the lnterna-
tlonal Railway and Industrial straw
Products Company. Of Phoenix Ariz. He
has a brokerage office at No. lil Broa l.
way.
Marriage Was Romantic.
Harry L. Bloodgood and Helen Ham
ler were married i'm Hoboken three
years ago. There was a wide difference
in the social standing Of the HUSBAND
and wife, and the marriage Of the two
was something of a romance. Mrs.
Bloodgood, according to rumor Of the
time, was we'll known along Broadway,
and her husband. too. was regarded az
a high liver.
During the first six months Of their
married life. Il Is said, the young couple
managed TO dance and laugh their way
through about $4,000. Something was
bound to snap under this strain. and
eventually Mrs. Boodgood and her hus-
band drifted apart. Both brought ac-
tIons for divorce. both relented. both
quarrelled again and were reconciled,
and Mr.. Boodgood was bringing action
for divorce third time when the suit
was dropped yesterday.
Yesterday Bloodgood said he had for
given his wife. although he had not seen
her for several months. He said some of
her recent friends had robbed her OF her
iewelry. clothes and what money she had
left.
At the examination of Mrs. Bloodgood.
conducted by Dr. Carlton Simon and DR..
Charles f. Atwood. friends of the woman
as well as her husband and his lawyer
we're present. After the proceedings in
the Supreme Court Bloodgood's attorney
announced that the papers I'm the divorce
suit had been withdrawn from the files
of the County Clerks office.
"CITY HALL" FRANK REJ0ICES