The New York herald., 1922-08-12
HAROLD MCCORMICK
WEEDS MIME. WALSKA
Pair Leave on Motor Tour At
ter Ceremony Without
Guests in Paris.
ILLINOIS LAW BARS UNION
Miss Muriel Mccormick Says
Sorry I Wasn't There
Mother is Silent.
Special Gable to The New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929. oy THE NEW YoHK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,


Special Gable to THE NEW York HERALD.
Copyright, 1929. by THE NEW YoHK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. Aug. IL.
The romance between Nine. Gamma
Walska, the Polish opera star. and
Harold F. Mccormick eliminated this
morning in the sixteenth arondiss-
ment of Paris with their marriage and
immediate departure for motor tour
of northern and central France. The
witnesses were Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley
Field Malone.
The divorce decree obtained by Nine.
Walska against Alexander Smith
Cochran became effective last Monday.
Mr.. Malone represented the bride in
her recent suit. sf
No other guests were present. but q
telegram was sent at once to Mr. Nc
cormick's daughter. Miss Mathilde Nc
Cormick, In Switzerland. and 1t Is be-
lieved the couple may visit there before
the end Of the month. In time to at
tend the wedding of Miss Mccormick to
Max Oscr. the Swiss riding master
which, it is believed. will take place
the last week in August.
Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. Aug. 11.--News of the
wedding OF Harold F. Mccormick. re-
tired president Of the International Har-
vester Company. and Nine. Gamma
| Walska, Polish singer. has been ex-
pected by Chicago friends ever since
he was divorced from his first wife.
Mrs Edith Rockefeller Mccormick.
daughter of John d. Rockefeller.
Illegal in Illinois.
Mrs Mccormick had no comment to
make concerning the wedding. Through
her social secretary she issued the fol-
! lowing statement:
There is no comment that / wish to
make concerning the reported wedding"
Miss Muriel Mccormick, eldest OF the
Mccormick daughters, when seen, de-
! clared
II hope the newspapers will let papa
alone now. The wedding was no sur
prise to me. knew II was coming
off--sorry l wasn't there
! II has always been said that Mr.. Nc
| Cormick and his nineteen-year-old
! daughter Muriel were pals" The girl
herself has frequently told interviewers
who wished to sec her father that she
could speak for him, since he told
her everything"
1t was pointed out by Chicago law
yers that under Illinois laws the mar
riage of Mr.. Mccormick and Nine.
Gamma Walska would. be illegal IL they
made their residence in Illinois, mas
much as one year has not elapsed since
TMr. Mccormick was divorced by his first
wife. The marriage caused revival OF
the gossip that Mr. Mccormick has de-
cided to live abroad and expatriate him
self from the United States.
An official of the International Har-
vester Company. OF which Mr.. McCor-
mick was formerly president. declared
that Mr.. Mccormick would remain out
of Illinois until January of next year
and then have a civil ceremony per-
formed here. Mr.. McCormick's brother.
Cyrus Mccormick. chairman OF the
board OF directors OF the Harvester
company. is now In Europe.
Gossip since 1870.
! The nannes OF Harold +. Mccormick
and Nine. wnlska were FIRST linked In
| tea table gossip az long ago as the
summer OF 1920, when he was the
strongest influence IN the Chicago Grand
Opera Company and she was under
contract to sing here IN "zaza." Each
OF them was married then. Mr.. McCor-
mick's wife was Edith Rockefeller Nc
Cermick. daughter Of John d. Rookie
fellor. Mime. Walska was the wife of
Alexander Smith Cochran. a wealthy
sportsman OF New York.
Between that day and this lies n
crowded history First came the SEN
sational departure of MnYt. Walska on
the eve Of her Chicago operatic debut
then Mr.. Cochran's suit for divorce and
later Mrs. McCormick's divorce. At
times the Mccormick walska story was
almost forgotten In new interest aris-
Ing out OF the Oser-McCormick romance.
Mr. Mccormick Is a son OF Cyrus
Hall Mccormick, one Of Chicago's
pioneers. He was % years old and
had just graduated from Princeton
when he married Miss Edith Rocke-
feller in, New York. November rs. 1896.
Coming to Chicago after their mar
riage. the young couple sought at once
the social leadership then held by the
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