The New York herald., 1922-07-30
McCormick's Attitude To-
ward Artist Said to Hang
OH Her Ambition.
DAUGHTER SAILS SILENT
Refuses to Mention Swiss Rid
ing Master or Purpose of
Her Voyage.

master, sailed for Europe yesterday
on the White Star liner Majestic. She
will meet her father, Harold F. Nc
board of the international Harvester
Company Of Chicago. In Paris She
refused to talk of her plans abroad.
1t IS understood, however, that Miss
Mccormick and her father will hold a
conference on the subject of their re-
spectiye wedding plans. Cable dis
,atches reported the decree of divorce
of Nine. Gamma Walska from Alexander
Smith Cochran became effective yes
terday and that Mr.. Mccormick and
Nine. Walska have been seen together
frequently on the streets of Paris.
Their friends. the dispatch said, have
been unable to confirm the rumor that
they are engaged to marry. but 1t is
believed that Mr.. Mccormick is wait
ing for Mathilde to arrive before he
settles on any definite course. Mathilde
also is waiting to see her father before
she makes UP her mind. Her grand
! father, John d. Rockefeller, and her
Rockefeller cousins. are said to oppose
her marriage to Oser. who Is many
wears her senior,
II Miss Mccormick Silent.
i Mr. Mccormick sailed July 81. He
said then he was going on a pleasure
trip and would be absent several
months, but refused TO discuss his per-
sonal affairs Miss Mccormick yester-
day was equally .reticent She smiled
sweetly but told the reporters she had
nothing to say. She went aboard the
Majestic at s o'clock with her brother
Fowler Mccormick: her sister. Muriel
and her maid. Her stateroom was No
SO on ''E'' deck and she reached II be-
fore the photographers identified her.
Miss Mccormick wore tan travelling
J suit. a tan straw hat with two ribbon
cockades and black shoes and stock
ings Her dark bobbed hair stood out
almost straight from under the brim
of the hat as she peered cautiously
around the edge of her stateroom door
while refusing TO say anything TO the
many reporters who clustered the cor.
ridor.
IT appreciate how you feel.' she saiC
to young women reporter. who asket
her to make come sort Of statement
but you can also see what my position
is. / cannot say anything; I've decide,
not to- and there the interview" ende,
by the maid gently but firmly pushing
the stateroom door shut.
Miss Mccormick Is accompanie,
abroad on the Majestic by her uncle
Cyrus H. Mccormick who had a state
room few doors away from that OF hi
niece. He was noncommittal regarding
his niece and said that he was mot par
ticularly interested in what she did ol
her family affairs" He is going e
Europe for several months vacation and
will look over the various plants OF the In
ternational Harvester Company abroad
He Is chairman Of tn eboard OF director
of the company.
Special Cable to TIE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, by THE NEw YonK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. July 20.
The long looked for announcement
that a decree of divorce for Nine
Gamma walska from Alexander Smith
Cochran had become effective was made
to-day when the official entries were
filed in the Paris courts. Although ap.
plying parties appeared before a judge
and the decree virtually was filed a
month ago, the delay in filing judg.
ment under the French law has been en-
forced in order to prevent the defend
ants later claiming that they had not
the proper opportunity for presenting
their cases.
There Is no record OF Mr.. Cochran
having filed a counter suit. and thu
courts decision dates back to May %
since then Nine Walska has been en-
Pertaining lavishly at the mansion II
the rue de Lubbock, presented to he
by Mr. Cochran. and frequently hal
been seen on the streets with Harolt
f. Mccormick since he arrived II
} Paris.
Their friends here are unable to con
firm the report that they are to marry
Others declare that Mr.. Mccormick 4
waiting for his daughter Mathilde be
fore he settles upon any definite course
and II Nine waiska persists In he
ambition to become an American oper
attic star Il Is understood that Mr.
Mccormick has no intention OF carry
ing his ,eiations beyond the platonic
The decree was filed to-day in tn
Eighth Civil Court.
a Mime. walska married Alexande
, Smith Cochran. well known sportsman
' while she was singing In the Chicag
opera Company. She also met the Nc
, Cormicks through her connection wit
/ the opera. as they have been the chic
financial support OF grand opera In Chi
cago. having met a deficit Of abou
) 100000 last year.
Mr.. Mccormick was divorced las
December by Edith Rockefeller Nc
, CormIck. daughter Of John ID. Rookie
, felier. on grounds OF desertion. The ds
|, cree permitted Mathilde the only mino
, child. to live with either parent. She me
oser. while In Switzerland with he
; mother.
II YOU have diffIcuity ,ocatlng the deslrabl