Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-11
Noted Singer and Her Husband Have "Drifted Apart"
GLUCN is SEEKING FREEDOM
Opera Career Breaks Up the
Home of Happy Young
Wife and Mother.

NEW NORh. tti. ILL., mere
commotion this week in artistic. must
cal and dramatic circles. following an
nouncemeut that Mime. Alma Gluck, Of
the Metropolitan opera House Com
pany. had sought a permanent seNe.ins
OF her domestic ties. through the d.
vorce courts Friends however. de-
clared that the action was not uneH-
pected
In this case the husband occupies the
tragic role Of excess baggage. IN inc
rarlsnce OF Broadway. As an nsuT
ance salesman. he proved very sue
cessfu1 husband to a pretty. y'vacious
young wife. who had never entered
rheater until she was married Nltn
their baby gir4 Abigail they hao
charming home
But during the season OF lslo NINE
CHuck the young matron. was "o'scoV-
cred" bv the operate managers ano
r.raised by the critics. Fame pounced
,,pon her after the initial appearance al
me New theater in the role Of SOPHIE
in Massenet's "Werther
For almost a year the young wife ana
mother. who was also the famed ar
tbste apparently struggled between the
drral lives. But It appears that the
p4oA8ing husband, whose crown OF
white hair had drawn upon MIN Ihe
cosnomen Of David Belasco's Double
,fAd not fit into the new order or Things.
The Bohemian friends of the neWest
star to the Metropolitan chafed ner
tA4 II was one of the women there
,xho remarked: Nine. Gluck has mac
all The trouble that is considered ro-
mantle
Simply Drifted Apart,
Ts1uas asnarahv voted that the couple
xncted compatibility Of temperament
Friends Say they simply dflfted apa'
an II by some tacit understanding
rnere was nothing abrupt, NO shocN
Of that sort was given TO the INTENSE
artistic spirit OF Nine. Chuck. But the
eepara ton was noticed just as much IN
the Metropolitan circles as II the courts
hs.d decreed It last winter.
To the husband came friende VINO
tried TO prevent the ending It Is SAID
that among these were some VINO hao
months before responded TO pleadings
for the aid which made certain the sue
cessfuI development and training Of
Nine Glucks wonderful voice. But
now the advice all ran one way. They
said TRY to get Alma away from II
All until she is older
When she was asked about 1t in St
Louis Mime. Gluck would not give de-
r.8ed answer She thought that Mr.
1Guck should tell the story But in New
York if was the talk among her
friends
II have heard the news said Or.
Henry Steinberg. a noted Jewish can
tor But as IT reached me the madame
did not succeed in obtaining the divorce
that she had sought Oh, 1T is bad all
the way through. but we must not talk
IF or about them. ] can only say that
heir many friends are aroused
Not With Metropolitan.
Al the Metropolitan Offices it was
said that the application for divorce
was doubted, but that the separation
had been known for months II was
admitted there that Mr.. Chuck had
gradually drifted out of the notice OF
his wife's artistic associates.
The new prospects for the winter sea-
son does not include the name Of Nine.
Alma Chuck. and people are asking
Can It be possible that the young
matron has already lost that for Whlch
she sacrificed domestic happiness"
II became known that a short time
ago she rejected an Offer Of about &l25,-
600 for a 40-week season in comic opera.
Those who claim to be cOnversant with
the facts say that she was indignant
that such an offer should be made She
made Il very clear at the time that her
ideal was the regular grand opera
course.
But friends asked in establishment
as they fingered the newly issued pros
pectus, why - the name Of Nine
Chuck not here with the sopranos, or
the mezzos, What has happened"
There Is no answer. officially Her
admirers may still have an opportunity
20 hear her In New York this season. It
is rumo~ed that she will he used for
concert work during the winter, with
occasional appearances At "popu ar
opera performance" in the MetropoH-
tan
Nine Chuck Is well known to A.
lantans. she having appeared here last
spring with the Metropolitan Grand
Opera Company Of New York she
made the big hit OF the opera sea son