The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-15
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OFTEN WITH
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cas- wealthiest bachelor and the
harvester magnate was more or
less encountered with a wife. So
Mime. Walska married the New
York bachelor, and despite this the
Chicago benedict did not permit
his interest to wane.
MADAME'S CAREER.
Nine. Walska originally attempt.
ed to break into American music
via Hammerstein's Music Hall, the
old Victoria, on Forty-second street,
where she appeared In an Oriental
sketch and failed to score. Soon
after her engagement was announc-
ed and broken to Brooklyn bach
elor. Then she was wed to DIR.
Joseph Frapkel. the distinguished
specialist on nervous diseases, who
died soon afterward, leaving her
a magnificent house and the bulk
Of his estate. Their marriage was
a rapid-fire romance, with the eli.
max an elopement and a ceremony
in secret before a westchester Jus.
tice Of the peace.
Nine. Walska had told the world
chat she was the wife of a Ger
man military officer. Baron Arcade
dEingorn. She wept over a cable.
gram she said she received, telling
Of his death in the Masurian cam.
paign, when Hindenberg hit the
Russian line. But when she mar
rted DR.. Frankel she said she
knew not whether the baron was
living or dead, but that she had
been divorced from him In st.
Petersburg. When asked where her
divorce decree was she naively ex-
planned that she had lost It. Neither
her father nor mother, as she stat
ed in her application for a mar
rage license, bore the name of
Gamma or Walska, and she offered
no explanation Of her own posses.
sion Of it.
Soon after her husbands death.
she attempted That's" in Havana
and failed disastrously. She sued
the impresario who had engaged
her and he sued or threatened to
sue In return. and the case never
reached public conclusion.
SHE MARRIES COCHRAN
Then came the meeting and the
marriage with Cochran in Paris and
her return alone to try "Zaza,"
which caused Conductor Marinuzzi
to throw his baton up in disgust and
quit the orchestra. Came then the
dramatic demand of Mr.. Mccormick
that the singer be permitted to play
the role in public and while II was
threatening to disrupt the whole
company Walska took flight Tor
Europe and Mary Garden emerged
from the chaos at the head of the
company.
Nine. Walska's prodigality with
money may be indicated by her
answer to newspapermen who en-.
countered her at the pier and asked
for an explanation of the "Zaza" de
bacle. She replied:
Il would not make a statement
for 81 .000, 900"
And as none Of the reporters pres
ent was able to bid above the figure
no statement was Forthcoming. In
an early interview she expressed
her general contempt for men
which she had frequently reiterated
in this form:
American men fall far short Of
the ideal as lovers or husbands.
My husband must be my slave. hut
II Is hard to find men in America
who are willing TO be slaves. Hus
bands are hindrances TO arr. They
get IN the way. Even fiance Is
bad!'
And this is walska epitomized a.
completely as she has revealed her
philosophy of the heart.
MRS. MC0RMICK'S ROMANCE.
So much for the woman whose
meme is most frequently linked by
gossip in and out Of society with
that of Harold F. Mccormick As
for Mrs. Mccormick, a far different
environment Of the past and pre-
sumably Of the future is Conjectured.
On the stand Mrs. McCormick 90
serted that she and her husband had
not lived together since May 81,
1918. Mrs. Mccormick was then
ensconsed In Zurich, Switzerland,
ending the fifth year Of her volun.
tary exile from America.
1t was on this May day in 1918
that Harold Mccormick found him.
self "out of rapport. with his wife.
This spiritual alienation became
more and more marked, particularly
after Mrs. Mccormick from girl
hood forceful original character
with the power complex" always in
the ascendencyl embarked upon new
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