The Washington times., 1922-12-22

tie imtesviss0 Mrs. Wallace Red
oovs tks Cosrsopolitaw NssOs Ssrv-
2cs rsgardiMa hsr famous screen
stdr hxsb0md s0h0, shS soys, has
been bottliMg to free kiSsssD from
tho drug habit.
Dy WILLIAM PARKER.
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(Copyyisht, iSsx % Cosmopolitan
RsproduotiOn Prohibitsd)
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 32@"It be.
came evident to Wally that he must
take q vacation and regain his de-
pleted strength" said Mrs. Wallace
Rsid, ~ she related circumstances
which, eliminated In her actor hus-
hands Breakdown.
HE had been drinking heavily.
Toward the last. Just before he left
the studio TO rscuperats, Il would
take only few drinks 70 Affect
him.
"But his breakdown eams after
he had reported back to the studio.
ready for work. A condition devel-
oped which baffled and u still pus-
xiing DOCTORS. II first manifested
itsek - IN intestinal disturbance.
Whsn this became aggravated he
consulted . physician. He was or
dsrsd 70 . hospital Other physi-
clans were called in. Every test
which the doctors knew was given
him. Needles half . dozen inches
long were driven into his spine.
Blood samples were taken. The
Wasserman test was administered.
vYea ~,s<<>~xs.sr - -~~ vttl<ssl - ,rftvn na~
Not . single test showed . positive
Loses % Pounds.
I'm the midst of all this, influ-
enxa set In. His average weight
was 200 pounds. His weight now 10
about 122 pounds.
"A story from New York intimates
Wally 10 connected with . drug
ring. want to explain what
know about the initials w. r.
found in the correspondence seized
in New York.
There are to my knowledge two
other Wallace Reids Of prominence
in the East. One 10. I understand.
q New York broker. The other
lives in Chicago. Mail for the
Chicago WsJlacs Reid has reached
my husband. and his mall has been
mixed NJ times with the Chicago
Wallace Reid. Understand. of
course. that I do not mean tasay
either OF these Wallace Reids might
have been the W. r. referred to
In the correspondence found in
New York. I am stating this mere
ly to indicate how, when . man
10 on the defensive, he 10 made the
target for untustified attacks, where
there might Be . hundred other
w. Rs In the world.
'T want to 90 back several years
and explain an incident II proves
how easily one can turn to narcotics
in moments Of painr-and the tragic
aftermath.
~waIly w1s playing the leading
rols IN The valley Of the Giants
an adaptation Of the novel by
Peter b. Kyne. The company was
, working in the logging district of
northern California 0race Oar
mond was cast as the ingsuue.
Painful Acc6dess1-
"A scene in the script called for
Wally and Njss Darmond to ride
down IN incline In Q IogKing car.
While this scene was being taken
an accident occurred
IAN iron block swung towand
Wally and MIS- Darmoud. It sp-
beared inevitable that Miss rar-
.mond would be injured. Sssine
this. Wa1fy threw himssh directly
In front Of her. The iron Mock
struck him ON the head.
~Wally was painfully Injured To
case his pain, morphine vas pre-
scribsd by physicians. ....-
Z know that he did not become
at that timc addicted to morphine.
for I was with him hours and dAys
at q time aftsrwaad. and would
have known had he himself used n
hypodsrmjc needle to inject the
drnE ..,x 49, u,o,.,,. -,
when my mother learned Wally was
using Q drug. She wanted to have
him kidnapped and pat In . sanitar-
ium TO be cured.
"WAlly was almost heart-broken
when naOther suggested this to
him.
my God, mother. don't do that.
IVe never been licked yet--And I'm
not licked now! I'll fight this thing
out mysslf.'"
In continuation Of this inter
view, Mrs. Reid will tomorrow
ten a the discovery OF $S.OOO
worth of morphine secrcted N the
lnolAlng Of . bathroom. ana now
u involved her actor HUSBAND.