Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-28
Mrs. II. +. Mccormick
Is Granted DiUOrce
Continued from Poge One

Continued from Poge One
Smith Cochranc. millionaire yachts
donna.
Mr.. McCormick. the angel" of the
/ Chicago Opera Company. had been the
adviser and close friend of Nine.
! Walskn. He sponsored her engagement
as prima donna Of the Chicago Opera,
where her appearance in "Iaza' was
halted under mysterious circumstances
Information that the McCormicks
I were living apart and under separate
| roofs was made public In statement
! issued by Mr.. Mccormick on October 3
last at his country home in Lake
Forest. H.. where he was living with
/ his son Fowler. Mrs. Mccormick, who
| had just returned from sojourn OF
eight years in Switzerland. occupied the
town house at 1000 Lake Shore drive.
with her daughter Muriel.
Took Up Psychology
Mr.. Mccormick said he and his wife
would have distinct fields of activity in
art and business, she in developing her
doctrine OF synthetic psychology, treat
! ing neurotics in her home. The formal
statement given out at Lake Forest
! read:
"NIr. Harold Mccormick presents
. his compliments and begs to announces
that the report that he and his wife
! are living apart is true.
| Mrs. Mccormick returned to the
! United States late in September after
an exile of eight years from America.
She was welcomed in New York as
the daughter of Americas richest man,
/ the C-oesus to whom th" American
household refers when it says las rich
! as Rockefeller"
| Her husband was at the pier. But
he did not 60 with hcr into the country
TO visit her father. nor did he stay to
untanglc at the port's customs office
/ the mass Of duties to which her Swiss
lacrs and jewels were subject. The
couple came TO Chicago from New
York on special train. On her ar
rival Mrs. Mccormick denied that she
contemplated starting n divorce action.
II can assure you that nothing is
further from my mind than divorce. >
she said. "a saw Mr.. Mccormick
/ three times in Zurich two weeks ago,
end We had some pleasant conversa =
ton. I am a psychologist and | be-
! licve in freedom of action. ] am very
! human and think that II IL beautiful
!
society and if one can help the other
they should be permitted to do So"
Mrs. Mccormick. upon arriving at
her home, devoted herself to seeing
"the new Chicago" as she said,
With Dir. Joseph Hartmann. of Zurich.
Switzerland who was her personal
physician. and his companion, Edward
Krcnn. she made II tour of the bouln-
wards. Later Mrs. Mccormick talked
CnthusaStically Of hcr now theories
gained abroad. 10 illustrate, she said :
"Ict ug compare tho mind TO house,
and its thoughts To- the furniture It con
tains. Some of the furniture is un-
slightly. covered with dust. broken or
ugly. We clear it all out throw it
away. and the mind il clear. But VIC
must replace this furniture or the house
is useless. SO VIC place n beautiful
piece here and another there. until tn"
house is hnbitablc again.
"Of coursr. tho furniture wr throw
ont are ;hc old worries. undorstood in
psychic. analysis as rcrrcSSi"nS. Th"
more ,iifi,1lt work Is tn" irtrudum lot
,r move ilnaIy. tn" extent to which
II natinut uffcrS depends entirely ON
how lnuch Of tho furnitur" cluttcring
NJ his brain is ugly and broken down.
Ir was denied that McCormick 5 ac-
tivties in grand opera had anything TO
do with his matrimonial troubles. The
Chicago Grand Opera Company was
originally organized through the ct-
forts of Mrs. Mccormick.
It was learned that Gamma Walska
entered into the life of Cochran MS II
result OF the friendship between the
N,,I' t,l /,
the picr two years ago when the Polish
artist sailed for Europe. Cochran was
going on the same ship. Before the
haw sers were cast off the Chicagoan
INTRODUCED the Honkcrs man to Nine.
Walska.
Urged Stillman Settlement
Another report was that Mccormick
wds the mysterious stranger who last
spring attempted to bring about set =
ticmqnt of the divorce suit of James A .
Stillmun. millionaire banker, against
Mrs, Ammo CrQuhart Stillman,
II was said that Mccormick spent an
Afternoon with John L. Mack, guardian
nd litem for Guy Stillman. the baby
whose parentage is disputed by the
banker. At Mack's Poughkeepsie home
With Mccormick we're Mrs. Stillman,
her son "Bud" and McCormick's son,
Harold F., Jr.
Mccormick made every effort that
afternoon to obtain settlement OF the
StilIman case. but the informant said
"the discussion broke on the question
of exile" Mccormick, as emissary
from Stillman, insisted that Mrs. Still
man 20 into exile for five years.
The McCOrnicks wer" married in
1895 and have three children, Matilda,
the Youngest. and Muriel and Fowler.
Jail Terms Given Motorists
Harrisburg. Dec. 2S.s-- Dauphiu
County Judges yesterday began impos
ing iail sentences in cases where intoxi .
Gated drivers of automobiles operated