The Washington times., 1923-01-18
POLA NEGRI HAS.
VEI|N|0OH
ALL ALONE
Spirit Of Charlie Chaplin With
Her in Lodge on Mon-
terey Bay.
By ERNESTTNE BI.lACK.
tcoDyriEht. 1923, BY International New

tC0pyrtghts 1873, by 1nternational NSWs
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MONTERREY, CAL, Jan. 1S.-Pola
Negri says that q honeymoon = e
state Of mind.
IL that IL 90 she may be entey...g
q mental honeymoon" here at Peb-
BILE Beach Lodge, on the shores Of
Monterey bay.
Charlie Chaplin is not here in per-
son on this honeymoon trip, but
his spirit is expressed in the flowers
that I'LL the rooms, In the constant
distance telephone messages that
come from him from Los Angeles ana
kilograms that further plnctuate the
day.
Friends Predict Wedding.
The outstanding high lights that
illuminate the heart affairs Of these
two cinema celebrities ali point to
the altar as the objective. Their best
friends believe that marriage was the
purpose Of the trip from Hollywood
to Santa Barbara last Friday, when
Chaplin himself drove Pola In his car,
ana her secretary, maid and chauf-
feur followed In another motor.
Neither Of them would admit to press
representatives In Santa Barbara that
they had married, nor did they deny
1t! The party spent Saturday night
at Samarkand.
Charlie Chaplin left santa Bar
bara for Hollywood on Sunday.
Pola Negri and her personal reti-
nue. motored up here to the lodge
ct Pebble Beach, which IL practical
~ deserted at this time of year.
She Is registered as Countess Domb-
ski, the name she ACQUIRED by vir-
tue OF her marriage to the Polish
count from whom she is divorced
She Talks Of Charlie.
Although Pola Negri protests that
she is frightened to death of the
American press and admits she
came here for the avowed purpose
OF lodging interviewers the open
sesame of mutual friendship in
| spired her to grant me the only IN
terview since her engagement TO
Chaplin has been reported.
She talked Of CharIie-sne pro-
nounces his name "Sharlie's and
never did the name fall 80 pretti1y
from any lips, for. Pola Negri has
a voice that would add m1slc to the
speaking stage
She did not attempt to hide the
| fact that blazing solitaire dia-
mond, a single stone. half covering
her third finger, was q gift from
him. But Of wedding rings she
would not speak at all.
Has Found Love.
| TT ees heavy on the hand she
! smiled. as the locked 1t up. BY
!: which she did mot mean that the
Significance which it carried lies
heavy on her heart. For q mo
ment later, when chaffed about
"love," she said:
| II am through hunting for it,
have found 1t. :"
Here at Monterey there are al
sorts of rumors about the affair
One set of romanticists will have
it that Charlie Chaplin and Pola
Negri are living incOgnito In q
mansion they have rented for the
month.
AS a matter of fact, he has moi
been here yet and Negri has not
seen nor talked to any save this
| interviewer.
Marriage Her Own Affair.
Another insistent set OF gossips
maintains that the Santa Barbara
| trip did not eliminate in wed
ding, as Charlie was called back to
the studio before the affair could
be consummated. The rumor has
for its denouement the prophecy
that the wedding will take place
right here at Monterey within the
fortnight.
On the subject Of when and where
ar how she has been married or
| is going to be married, Pola Negri
is as eVasive as the smile that ac-
companies her gesture when the
word is mentioned.
/ az tried to run away from the
world for a few days. the world has
no right to my private affairs
don't you think so? My a~t-that
is another matter, but marriage
| that belongs to me--is 1t not SOP