The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-23
STEEL MhGNATE AND DANGER PART
MabeIIe Gilman, Of TWinkling Ties, And Corey, Of BuSi-
 ness Head, Divorced

PARIS, Nov 29.-CBy Associated Press.)-Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of the American steel manufac- turer, was today granted divorce by the tribunal of the Seine. Mrs Corey's suit was based on the grounds of assertion.
 Prior to her marriage to MT. Corey Mrs. Corey was Mabelle Gilman, prominent on the American stage as musical comedy artist.
 The romance of Mabelle Gilman and William E. Corey. which. after en- during nearly twenty years, ended to- day in a Paris divorce court, was the, composite of elements fused from the American stage, American industry and American society and fashioned into the form of what approaches fiction-like outline.
 Both began life unpretentiously, Miss Gilman as a young girl In Cali fornia with aspirations for fame and fortune on the stage; MT. Corey as an ambitious coal miner struggling to widen his mental outlook and to enhance his chances in the middle west She became one of the leading musical comedy actresses or her gen. eration: he one of the towering fig ures of the steel industry.
 Before he rose spectacularly in the
 
 Cook. who was more interested in her children than in improving her social situation, and in aiding her husband to move ahead than in add ing to her own cultural knowledge. While he was gaining promotion in his business in Pittsburg, Miss Gill man came to New York and, because of her good voice and dancing ability, easily won place in chorus.
 Though temperamenta Miss Gill man was industrious, and within two years she made success Of her first rart-in 'The Dancing Girl"-and two wears later was starred in "The Mock ing Bird" After a successful run on Broadway this sketch went on -our' playing in Pittsburg on q night when MT. Corey had planned to entertain business friends at the theatre.
 He fell in love with the singing dancer. He told his wife of the i'm fatuation and indpced her to divorce him. at the same time settling $1,000,- GOO upon her and making provision for their children. Mir. Corey, then president of the United States Steel Corporation at an unprecedented sal ary, followed Miss Gilman to New York, and, after sending her to Eu- rope to study for grand opera, an nounced their engagement. They were married in 1901 after courtship of two years.
 Although his marital affairs nag aroused some opposition among his associates, MT. Corey was such an able head of the steel corporation that he was reelected to the pres idency just before his marriage. He never had been a great social success, however, and the efforts of his second wife to be included with the 4OO were not highly rewarded.
 In after years they divided their time between the United States and Europe, Mr Corey eventually retir- ing from the presidency of his cor poration. The estate, Villa Vinegendes. which he bought in France, his wife turned over to the French govern ment as a hospital during the war and served there as nurse.
 Miss Gilman appeared both on the American and the English stage, among her other vehicles being "The Geisha," "The Circus Girl" La Poupee,' and "In Gay Paree.'