The Washington times., 1922-06-11
MONKEY
DIVORCE
WITNESS
Women Spoiled Her
''Perfect Man." Dc
clareS Flo Hart, Su-
Ing Movie Actor.
Hc Left Trail OF
Broken Hearts, She
Charges Broadway
Whispers Made Her
Believe He Spent
Much Time With
Other Women.


action Of Flo Hart. former Fol.
lies" dancer. against Kenneth d.
Harlan. motion picture actor.
10 be sure. there are human wit
nssses who win testify to the allie.
cations she has sworn to. But II
d on the evidence made possible
by giving away Miss Hart's pet
monkey. Nilko. that she bases her
charges OF misconduct between her
husband and Pssgy Brady. also a
SFollies" dancer.
When Flo Hart and Harlan were
married In Port Chester. N. r. on
June %. 1890. she considered him
the perfect man and 90 proclaimed
him to her friends. They had met
q few months before in California,
whore she was on Q health sojourn.
She said yesterday Of their early
married life and what followed:
I'VE went back to California.
because he was In the pictures.
While there We were very happy.
He was busy working, and every
body out there was working, 30 he
didn't get, much attention. wona-
On. didn't pet him or mako q fuss
over him.
''wOMEN SPOILED HIM"
when he came to New York
the women went wild about him.
. He treated me in an inhuman man.
ner. beating me. He was . good
boy. Women spoiled him. They
fawned on. him and his head was
turned. .... .....
Last summer she filed suit for
separation. He countered with .
similar charge that she had been
intoxicated and had dons wild
dances In front Of the Hotel Am.
bsssador. These charges she Wig
orously denied. In his papers he
Included letters she had written
him, one Of which said:
my Own Darling-Havs no
fears. Lam not drinking . drop"
Another said: b..
''r only had three drinks Of gin
since you left" 49,
Miss Hart believed that her hus.
bands relations with other women
were moro intimate than mere flir.
tatious friendships. So she placed
detectives on. the job. She sent
them to Atlantic City.
GAVE MONKEY AWAY.
OF what was revealed In that in
vestigation. she said:
''Quiet whisperinss on Broadway
had convinced me that my husband
spent much Of his time III the
spartmsnts Of certain movie
actresses. Nikko. our pet monkey.
proved this to me. Nikko had &C.
companied Ken and to Atlantic
City on our honeymoon. Later. my
husband gave the monkey to Miss
Psgss Brady.
Last Decoration Day he told me
he had to 10 to Atlantic City to APP
pear I'm q yachting scene for q mo-
Zion picture. When the picture
was produced saw II. 1t did not
contain the scene he had described.
The picture was The Dawn Of the
New World ~,
when asked Kenneth about
the absence Of the scene he had
xons TO appear In. he explained
that the photography Of that scene
was 90 bad It was cut out.
.when he returned to me from
that trip to Atlantic City no told
ns giowingly Of the wonderful
work he had done. I would have
believed his explanation to this day
had It not been for the monkey.
..ons Of my detectives went to Q
hotel. He was told that Ken and a
woman had been together May 30
and 81. The man who saw them
noted their presence because the
monkey was with them. This man
had seen Ken and me- with the
monkey on our honeymoon. .....
"IIs knew that Ken and were
husband and wife. and he knew
that the woman with Ken this time
wss not Flo Hart. Ny mother and
I went to Atlantic City. We cooked
at the register for May 80 and a..
we found that II contained the
names Mr.. and Mrs. X. Brady
That settled It. The separation suit
has been changed to one Cor di.
vorce. e..t.a - g.. III
"Hsvins suffered untold tortures
during the two years Of our mar
rfed life. I have Determined TO
leave no stone unturned to secure
sverytbinE win come out an right.
my freedom. W. lFsE3 &
"A HEART BREAKER.
s'Hs y only twentyssven. wom-
On showered presents and mash
notss on him bx the hundred. He
often showed me love letters from
youns siris Impressed By his love.
nsakipg On the screen, begsing for
szmssdns scr him :