The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1920-03-05

stand and swore that Mrs Moore had
resided at his home in Genoa since
the 18th day of February. Mrs
Moore was the next witness to take
the stand and before being called.
had removed her dark glasses. The
judge had questioned her for some
moments and 1t was not until he
touched upon her life, he recognized
that the fair plaintiff was none other
than Mary Pickford. She was on the
stand about ten minutes and in that
time satisfied the judge that her hus-
band had actually deserted her, and
upon showing he granted her divorce
on the ground of desertion.
During the court proceedings Mrs.
Moore's mother sobbed' continually
and appeared to deeply regret the fact
that her daughter had been forced to
seek the aid OF divorce court to free
her from unhappy matrimonial en-
tanglements.
Mrs. Moore contended that she had
no regular place of residence and was
in Nevada for her health and intended
to spend great part of her time here
Her husband had been called to yir-
ginia, according to report, to attend
to business connected with his mining
interests and came to Minden to rest
N fnr 70 nd Al
lowed personal summons in the di-
yorce action to be served upon him.
i Inasmuch as Mrs. Moore has no
permanent residence and the fact that
1t was possible to secure personal
summons upon the defendant, it was
not necessary for the plaintiff to Sc
cure a residence in Nevada under the
law. and the same procedure was fol-
lowed as in the Selwin case of some
months ago.
| After the divorce had been granted
by Judge Langan to Mrs. Moore, court
was adjourned and the little lady OF
motion picture fame stepped up to
the judge and gave him hearty hand
shake as well as the other court Off
Gals
To Sheriff Nielsen she confided that
she went to work ON the stage at the
age of five and from that time until
the present had given most of her
time to acting, of recent years entire
ly before the motion picture camera.
Mrs. Moore displayed no style or
! naughty terms of speech, declares the
sheriff but talked and acted the part
of an exceedingly agreeable little lady.
Mrs. Moore, with her mother, Mrs.
| Pickford, the formers maid and also
her manager, took up their residence
at the Campbell home in Genoa on the
/ 18th of February and so carefully was
her secret guarded that it is not be-
lieved that a soul in Genoa outside Of
the Campbell family knew of her pres
ence there.
During her stay at Genoa, Mrs.
Moore was frequent visitor to Car
son, where she went for the purpose
of filing kilograms, not relying upon
the telephone for fear her identity
would be revealed. The Jepsen boys,
who operate rent service cars, quite
frequently were called to Genoa by
Mrs. Moore, who used their machines
but the drivers did not recognize her
as Mary Pickford
| Tuesday, with the Campbell family,
Mrs. Moore, who concealed her iden-
tity with the dark glasses and the
further camoufage of a heavy veil,a
visited Gardnerville and spent an hour
or more at this place, without being
identified, it being stated that the
ladies were friends of Mrs. Campbell
here on a visit. Since her departure
| II is learned that Mrs. Moore did not
regret her short stay at the Campbell
home, but quite to the contrary, en-
| joyed her soiourn in Nevada's oldest
town. and the hospitality that she
found at the Campbll home.
Mary Pickford is twenty-seven years
old. She was born in Toronto, Can
ada, and went on the stage under the
tutelage of her mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Smith, at the age of five years. later
going on the road with Chauncey Oh
colts companies and still later scor-
ing notable juvenile success at the
little girl in "The Warrens of Vir-
ginia." Under the direction of ID. W.
Griffith. she began her screen career
with the old Biograph company. but
refurnad IN the stage in RalaSco'c