The Washington times., 1922-09-13
POLA ARRIVES;
IS GAY, EAGER.
SURE Of HEART
Willing to Bet With Lloyd's
She Doesn't Fall in Love
While Here.

NEW YORK, Sept. l3. - Pola
Negri, famous European film vamp,
with only one divorce to her credit
so far, steamed into America yester'
day exclaiming excitedly about the
majestic elegance Of American men,
the thrilling Significance of Miss LIB
erty, the jig-saw skyline, short skirts.
bobbed hair, and the art Of the photo.
play. Mime. Negri says there is art
in motion pictures.
Pola Negri Is on her way to Holly
wood, where on September rs she
will begin acting in her first Ameri'
can film, a production of Robert
Hichens Bella Donna" Until next
Sunday. however. she will be quar-
tered in the Hotel st. Regis, Fifth
avenue, in rooms costing upward OF
$25 a day; and there in her parlor
she will attack the interview cham
pionships held jointly by Margot As
quith, Lady Astor, canon de valera
and Frank Vanderlip.
Although she doesn't speak Eng
lish fluently. the electric personality
Of the Polish "vamp" expresses itself
in dramatic shruggings, shiverings,
shudderings. smiles. pouts and sly
Rlances to which her vocabulary OF
jerky English is just a slight assist
ance. Pola Negri could express her
self to q Choctaw chief by one
flicker of her long. black eyelashes.
Tossing far below the saloon deck
Of the liner Majestic on the choppy
waters Of the bay was tug, char.
tered by the Polish consulate and
tammed with Polish residents OF
, New York, who sang and shouted
their welcome to little Appollonia
Chalupez, which 10 the name Pola's
papa gave her. She ran out to the
rail and waved and blew kisses to
them and then ran back to take up
the conversation where she left off
about the Statue Of Liberty.
"Ah, the Statue Of Liberty" she
exclaimed. 1T Is America. I have
waited so many years to see Amer.
lea; but / am proud to be Polish.
Next in order came the matter
OF, short skirts. She did not ap-
prove short skirts, because most
women's ankles couldn't stand the
pitiless revealment. Also. short
skirts were inartistic, which was
the only reason why she personally
wore long ones always. She has
her hair bobbed, however. but not
In obedience to the fad. Her father
had II clipped when she was lit
tie girl, and bobbed II remains.
American men were fully approved
and this business out Of the way,
Nine. Negri proceeded to describe
her fascina ting costume.
This is white charmeuse. she
said, land II is trimmed with
monkey fur. which Is very fashion
able now in Europe"
She said n lot of other things about
the costume, too technical for men
to record
Pola Negri admits to twenty.three
/ years. Her hair il raven black. her
complexion pallid, her eyes black.
her features small and pretty. She
! is Of medium height and very slen-
der and the ex.wife Of a Polish
count, who still lives, according to
her press agent. who supplied the
informal ton about the divorce. The
star was on the passenger list as
Cou ntess Appollonia Dornbska. She
was born in Warsaw.
At the pier the manager Of the
corporation which employs her In.
! formed the star that application had
been made for insurance against the
accident Of her falling in love and
marrying some one in Hollywood.
She offered to underwrite this risk
herself for the price Of the insurance
comma nV's premium