The Washington times., 1922-01-08
.FOLL|ESBEAUTY
bROOD|NG OVER
WRECKEDHOPES
Mary Lyzo, Recovering From
Two Attempts at Suicide,
!. Presses $500, 900 Suit.
olLDED YOUTH At MIAMI
Wealthy Mother and Son Re-
joice Over Latter's Escape
" From the Vampire"
."Hearen hath no rage like lovs to
hatred turned,
Nor hell r. fury like Womd,,
8, -, scornedr"

( CHICAGO, Jan. 7.-Convalescing
I after two attempts at suicide, Mary
.Lygo, the vivacious "Follies" show
girl" is brooding today over the
wreckage Of her great romance and
= meditating revenge on the mother Of
the man she loves
Down in Miami, Gordon Comstock
Thorne and his militant mother. Mrs.
Billie Camp, are celebrating together
what they call the young mans "es.
cape from the vampire" The love
nest in Hampden Court is deserted.
"a. The showgirls family in the West
are in despair over the melodramatic
denoument. Mary Lygo is seeking
' revenge through a 100000 breach Of
promise suit.
f., Money Versus Love.
e., Gordon Comstock Thorne threw
9, me down, for his mothers money;
that's quite clear!' said pretty Mary.
And that is quite clear-the one
clear, outstanding tact in the whole
" mysterious infatuation between the
man about town and the girl Of the
stage that twice verged on tragedy.
Young Thorne Is the son of the late
vice-president Of Montgomery Ward
4 Co. Recently his mother, Mrs. Billie
Camp, divorced her second husband
after an informal raid on a Los An.
geles' hotel, where he had installed
pretty film player.
Young Thorne himself was d.
vorced last summer after he had
=. begun the siege Of the show girls
Y heart. 1t was just before the de-
cree that Miss Lygo made her first
attempt at suicide. She had heard
that her admirer, the Prince Charm
In Of oil hA hair
of the great merchant, was paying
undue attention to another pretty
woman. Then she found. after care
ful inquiry, that the young woman
was his wife.
Cuts Self With Razor.
She summoned him to her room
from the gay party at which he was
host. Gordon came. He avoided men,
ton Of the matters closest to her.
Miss ,ygo rose and went to a bath
room, where she seized q safety razor
and slashed herself. ..a
When young Thorne rush ed to her
she was shrieking on the floor. stab
bling the air with the razor.
Ultimately a physician arrived. But
the doctor reported the matter to the
and Mr.. Thorne, apparently recon
ciled, were kept busy denying that
anything Of the kind happened.
She had not been Tilted, she said,
oh, not at all, nor was there any pos
sibility Of such an eventually. As
for her. accident" well, really, II the
public must know, she had slipped on
the tiled floor Of her bath room.
,n Jtlted-By An Aviator"
But finally. Miss Lygo was forced
to admit that she had misrepresented
the situation slightly and she then ex-
. planned:
yes, I was Tilted. A Canadian
aviator Tilted me and I felt blue over
it---but just for a little while. It was
q moment Of foolishness and really
not worth talking about at all now"
The thought intrigued her and she
elaborated on it. But when pressed
for exacts details, Miss Lygd stopped
talking about the aviator and made
her admirer q Balkan prince, who had
been given the gate in his own coun-
try =, oy
All, of which might have been
highly. plausible we're it not for the
lack of team work on the part of
the show girl and her admirer. For
Thorne, after the safety suicide"
went back to his friends and told
them how much the girl loved him
and how she tried to die when she
feared her love was not returned.
-. Wife Divorces Thorne.
When Thorne was pressed again
for information concerning the &C.
capade, he explained that Miss Lygo
was an old friend, intimate with his
wife. whose picture, he pointed out,
adorned the actresses dressing table
AT that moment. All of which ap-
peared to go very well until Mrs.
Gordon Comstock Thorne read the
various explanations In the news
papers and SHE said:
IT do not know the young woman,
but neither she nor Mr.. Thorne can
hide behind my skirts. There will be
q divorce as soon as possible"
All Of which came to pass within
three weeks. Habitual intoxication
was the charge on which the decree
was granted. Mrs. Thorne was given
$3.50 a month alimony and went to
live with her father, James p. NIL
ner. president Of the Standard Steel
Car Company. And then Miss Lygo
said:
~ II think It was Providence that
prevented my death. Some unseen
power must have saved my life."
And Gordon Thorne renewed his
attentions publicly, sending flowers
to her frequently at the theater, writ.
ing amorous notes, and. calling fire.
auently at her apartment.
Threat to Disinherit Him.
Miss Lygo announced that they
were to be married last Wednesday
and that announcement brought about
another tableau forthwith. For Mrs
Billie Camp, the indulgent mother of
Thorne, had rather thought the at.
tempted suicide and scandal that fol.
lowed It would cure her spoiled child
Of his infatuation. When she heard
that there was to be ceremony. she
said:
aft Gordon marries that show girl
that vamp-after all this, I'll disin-
herit himr'
And Gordon baked right away. He
declared that there would be no we'd
ding bells, hastily made preparations