The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-15

the grey slate of the Paris morgue
; but her fate perhaps is not so bad
as that of hundreds of others who are
alive with their shattered illusions.
Whose is the fault?"
81 unhesitatingly assert that the
fault is that of the visiting American
Frankly, the majority of the Ameri-
can visitors since the war shock the
French people. They are violent in
everything. They take their amuse-
ment in the same immoderate fash.
ion in which they do all else.
j Coming from dry country, they
imagine they can store up enough
liquor here in a week to last them a
year.
1.-THE deplorable scenes in the
night haunts surpass description,
Frenchmen are vaccinated from birth
against the lure and tinsel OF such
places.
Practically never will you see a
Frenchman prey to such excuses.
"We like Americans in general,
but we cannot understand them, for
our sensibilities are very frequently
most shocked by their behavior.
The night resorts where cham
payne at one hundred francs drink
flows like water and where women
adorned solely in a few brightly
colored ribbons and many sparkling
jewels freely dance with anybody in
suggestive dances to the strain of ex-
otto tunes especially selected to over
work the nervous system-these
places could not keep open a week
without American dollars scattered
open handedly by the transatlantic
visitors with stupidity criminal care
lessness.
"Who can wonder that the sensi-
bility and mental balance Of young
girls are upset?
"a week of such a life counts as
much as twenty years of normal liv-
ing. The victims are bound to be
many.
MANY who are frightened to re-
turn to America remain in Europe
to sink gradually lower and lower.
Many who return home do so with a
distorted outlook of life, with a
poisoned heart, with a blunted sem
sibility-mere ghosts of their former
selves"
To the establishment of every one
Jack Pickford flew to London this
morning by special airplane. He
left no address. With his departure
all of the members of the party
which proved fatal to beautiful Olive
faded hastily from the scene. Now
in this most remarkable mystery no
one can be found in Paris who is
willing to admit that he ever knew
or heard of either Olive or Pickford.
The famous party was apparently
made up of Olive alone.
Meanwhile the gay cabarets and
all-night dance halls have lost con-
siderable of their trade since Thurs
day as American visitors who heard
of the tragedy cancelled their even
ing parties ip order to escape pub
licity.
LONDON. Sept. 13.-Jack Pick
ford and Owen Moore arrived in Lon
don by airplane this afternoon from
Paris for few days rest. Pickford
gave me the following interview re-
garding the death of his wife, Olive
Thomas, who died Thursday from the
effects of poison swallowed early
Sunday morning, week ago.
"Olive and I were the greatest
pals on earth. Her death is CHASTITY
mistake. We both cancelled work in
America to take a belated honey
moon. We were the happiest couple
Imaginable. Coming over she gave
me big birthday party aboard ship.
When we arrived in Paris her only
thought was that she had to buy
some dresses and then get back home
to complete her picture contracts SO
that we could settle down to have a
home and babies.
II went to London to buy some
clothes for myself and arrived back
in Paris the fatal Saturday night.
We had dinner with few friends
and went to the cafes. We arrived
back at the Ritz hotel at about 3
o'clock in the morning. had al
ready airplane seats for London.
We were going Sunday morning.
Both of us were tired out. We both
had been drinking a little. | in
sisted that we had better not pack
then but rather get up early before
our trip and do it then. went to
bed Immediately. She fused around
and wrote a note to her mother. 1t
read: Mama Dear: Well and hav-
ing nice time. Leaving here Sep
4 TENDER IL. will cable you from the
boat and will tell you all the news
when | arrive.
Glove to all,
"'Olive'."