The Washington times., 1921-10-19
COCHRAN TRIED
. To MAKE RUG
Of DIVA, CLAIM
Carpet Manufacturer Has Mid
Victorian iieas. Declares
WaIska's Attorney.
BY MARGERY REX.

NEW YORK. Oct. ls.-Who is the
real vampire OF today9
Not the lineal descendants OF Cleo
patra or those addicted TO her wiles.
Not the flapper. the unhappy married
woman, nor the movie queen. But the
man OF fabulous wealth who believes
the Jingle of his coins and the crackle
OF his greenbacks can not only secure
him any woman he wants but that,
also. should he tire OF his choice, he
may toss her a nominal tip and go on
his way.
Malone Raps Cochran.
Alexander Cochran, millionaire car.
pet manufacturer, thought he could
make a rag rug out OF Gamma Walska,
his singer.bride, according TO Dudley
Field Malone. whose theories about
the manner OF the millionaires wooing
and his subsequent matrimony are ex-
pressed in the first two paragraphs OF
our story.
Cochran tires of everything he pos
sesses," Malone said. when he was
contented in his married life he gave
Nine. Walska a sumptuous existence.
When he decided he could not live
with any one and that he wanted to
be alone. he sent a friend OF his wife
to say he would give her $4,000
year and call II quits"
Cochran buys strings OF horses,
tires of them, sells them off again.
He has built thirty or forty houses In
different parts OF the world. AS soon
an he gets anything, Immediately he
Is weary OF II.
He is arrogant and has been In
sulting to my client. He said she
couldn't go into her home in Paris but
in NJ II
word to her by one of her friends. She
replied that she would go to her home
and at the time arranged would talk
to him but would not communicate
with him, directly or indirectly, be-
fore that time.
What a terrible anti-feminist Coch,
ran must be, and his lawyer, too, to
advise him TO take such action against
any one OF Walska's independent type.
Neither of those men can know any
thing about women.
Cochran took his wife's furniture
In New York as further duress-
s23 900 worth. He stripped the home
DR.. Frankel left her. He threatens to
cut her off without any money. He
! advertised in Paris papers that he
would not be responsible for her debts.
He didn't know Nine. Walska.
"a Hopeless Mid-Victorian."
The Walska Cochran tangle has been
discussed widely from different view
points. 1t has remained for Malone
to point out the difference in mental
attitudes that is so striking in this
case.
Cochran Is hopeless Mid-Vic-
torian," he says HE holds women
to be property, to be bought and
disposed of as such. He has the
'old.time religion about women.
'T helped In the fight for suffrage
and I am a strong supporter of the
feminists. l believe absolutely in
the equality OF the two sexes.
Though Nine. Walska has al
ways been admired and pursued by
attentions she was vastly compli-
mented by this reputed 'wealthiest
man in tho world who had never
been in love before as he billed
himself to her. He was the pursuer
always.
Cochran pursued Walska as
though winning her was a business
deal he wanted to carry through
successfully. He kept running back
and forth between London and Paris
and on the continent to be in touch
him into any web. Those are not
her ways. She is proud and aloof.
never saw so much courage in
woman. She is not afraid OF any.
thing, much less OF her husband.
although he has done some strange
things"