Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-25
BILLIE BURKE DENIES
RIFT IN MARITAL Lutte
ZiegfsId. However, Reveals q
State OF Mind Over Her
Silence.

York Uarbor. Me- July 25.-"Bnis
darling. I am nearly insane. For
Gods sake cable mo what IL il all
about | am not afraid Of the truth.
and swear To God there Is nothing To
which you can take exception. Wait
until | am proven guilty. You and
Patricia are all that mean anything 10
me. Re fair. dearest. VIII sail on
next boat"
rlorcnz Ziegfeld. Jr.. has sent from
Paris Ia his wife. the famous titan
haired Billie Burke. who is summer
,ng here.
The cablegram from Flo IL an an
swcr 10 one sent him by BILLIE in
consequence of the Marilynn Miller
Jack pickford- Billie Rurke-Zlcsfeld
controversy. in which the fair haired
Miss Miller. star q sally" has not
hesitated Ia Castigate the wife OF the
owner of the show. and in which
billie has not been backward i'm slur-
ring Miss Miller.
when interviewed last night. Miss
Burke WAS pale and tired, and her
mo" she faltered To the reporter.
when asked II she dared To deny the
rumor that she would leave her hus-
band because OF the runners that he
had made love to show girls. NO.
won't deny il. | WON'T affirm or deny
anything. simply can't talk about
IT, It's all very. very personal.
ITS quite true that | sent my hus-
band cable. hut the contents were
for him alone. Won't you please say
that Mrs. Ziegfcld says she hasn't
anything 90 say I'll affirm nothing
I'll deny nothing"
l'ut little later she relented and
said;
An the trouble has arisen from a
rarblcd interview. | only said ! had
complete confidence in Mr.. Ziegfeld
Vet from that statement grew great
front-page story Il things never
said
i am sorry that word of the cable
has leaked out. II was intended FOR
Flo alnne-yet now the public must
learn Cf IL. As for my husband.
can only say that | do not believe
tho accusations against him. Since
cur marriage. eight years ago. we
have been very happy. and Flo has
always been thoughtful and loving"
Miss Burke said later: There /.
no trouble 4 any kind Mr.. Ziegfclt
j. coming back to America. hut II is
not because of anything Miss Mile,
may have said. l have not the slightest
intention at leaving him"
Referring 20 pointed remarks at
trihuted To Miss Miller about allege,
attentions paid the sally" star 10y Mr.
Ziegfeid. Miss Burke said:
Il don't know why Miss Miller
should say these things. I'm not pay.
ing any attention 10 them. though. a:
a matter of fact. I haven't been read
ing her statements IN the papers, anC
I'm not well posted on what she ma,
have been saying.
There is no personal feeling he
tween Miss Miller and myself. so far
as ! know anything about II. l den,
even know her personally. and | an
SURE I've never done anything thai
would cause her ~ say such thing,
about my husband. but Certa!nl,
am not going To ask Tor a divorce. n,
matter what the papers say
Observers here see significance il
the report that Mr.. ZieGfeld has Dc
cided L. recall Dorothy Dickson Dan
seau from London. where she ha
been playing the title role ins sally.
1t Is said here that the recall mean
that he will drop Miss Miller from III
cast Of sally" and that when the pla
Is put on AT the Colonial Theatre i
September Miss Dickson Will be see
IN the title role. The gossips say tina
Miss Miller is 10 be ousted AT the specis
request Of Miss Burke Miss Mile
j. now on her way 20 California
whore next month she is TO be Marie
30 Jack Pickford.