The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-28
NINE. WA[SKA
READY TO SAIL
Friends of Diva Who Quit Zaza
Role Wonder II Husband
Is Going Too.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-Ganna
walska will sail for Europe on the
Olympic tomorrow.
At least, that is what friends of
the tempestuous Polish beauty say.
The tickets are bought. Her pass
ports for France and England have
been obtained. And her trunks are
packed. But will she go? And
will her husband, Alexander Smith
Cochran, he who was New York's
most coveted bachelor, accompany
her?
COCHRAN BUYS MANSION.
Friends say Cochran has just done
bit of shopping by cable by which
he purchased the James Gordon Ben
nett mansion on the Avenue dIena
In Paris. These same friends say. too.
that he and the madame spent yes
terday shopping for things to take
over with them.
Thus did they deny rumors that
tween the multi-millionaire sportsman
! and the bride who left Chicago. with
out explanation. a weeko ago on 'he
eve of her debut with the Chicago
Opera Company.
Grinning rumor ,has played about
the names Of the couple q good deal
recently. Some gossips have said that
Cochran, who has been described as
a man worth $50. 1000. 900. but one who
does not own his own wife's Kisses"
has objected 10 newspaper notoristy
attendant upon his wife's debut: that
he objected to the rather daring cos
Zaza-the role which madame was 10
sing in the Chicago premiere.
WONDERFUL KISSES"
Maybe he didn't like the stories
newspapers throughout the country
recently printed IN which Madame
Walska spoke warmly OF the purely
professional caresses of Joseph His
lop. a member OF the Chicago Opera
Company. 1t may have been the
work Of her publicity director-as-
Stunning she has one-but. anyway she
was quoted as saying:
This Joseph Hislop kisses, oh, so
| wonderfully in the opera show. I
| like that. M. my husband will not
be jealous. ! hate a man who docs
not kiss we'll"
There have been stories Of dissen-
sion between the couple who were
| married In the American church In
Paris last September after falling In
love a few weeks before on trip
across from New York. Seeming to
give color to these is the fact that
after her return from Chicago the
| diva occupied the Cochran home at
Ninety-fourth street and Park avenue.
while her bridegroom-her third, by
! the way--maintained his quarters at
! one OF his numerous clubs. Also
Madame was accompanied only by her
attorney when she applied for her
| passports.
MAY YET SING "ZAZA."
why did Gamma Walska leave
| Chicago on the eve OF what prom
| Used to be the most momentous event
| in her operate career? From Chic
ago come rather vague promises from
President Harold Mccormick of the
Chicago Opera company that prob
| ably sometime in the future Madame
Walska may sing in "Zaza" in Chic
ago. And then there are rumors Of
bronchial trouble, of Lake Michigan
fogs, of almost everything.
Now, as to the truth of any of
these. the answer Of Alexander Smith
Cochran, husband Of Gamma Walska- is
the same as that Of the lady herself
nothing.
And there are a great many more
| than few servants about them to
see that inquisitive reporters do not
have a chance to look into the violet
| blue eyes of the beautiful singer or
| lions direct.
But will Nine. Walska sail for
Europe tomorrow?