Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
Does the Man Lie Who
Can Win Mary Garden
Intimate Friend
Tells Of Life of
Singer
Br RICHARD G. BuRRITr

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-The man who
ran slip the marriage moose around
Mary Garden, diva of divas, is not
on the census takers books, either
here or abroad, according 70 the init
mates of Chicago Civic Operas great
singing actress.
Because of Miss Gardens high
powered attractiveness, and because
she has never succumbed to the cor
quering males who have laid siege to
her heart, il has been the custom Of
reporters for a number of years TO
ask and to answer the question, "Will
Mary Garden marry?" And to ask
and answer IF not, why not?" And
to ask and answer, is Mary Garden
really in love?" And il so. why?
Miss Garden is to sing in San An
tonic on March = and 3 when the
Chicago Civic Opera Co. presents La
Gioconda, La Tosca and II Travatore
at the municipal auditorium.
This reporter, bent on learning the
he matter, knows that
the printing OF the truth, even il
learned, will in no wise diminish the
questioning. People will 90 on ask
ing whether Miss Garden is in love;
with whom; and whether she will
capitulate to love, and why.
The Investigators search, it can be
authoritative assumed, brought to
light as much of the truth about
this grealy-argued and debated ques-
ton as can be learned by anyone
without Miss Garden herself "upset-
ting the DOPE" The results are
somewhat as follows:
q. Is Mary Garden in love? A. Yes.
Q. Has she been in love before?
A, She has.
@. With whom? A. With life it.
self principally.
Q. Has she given her heart to any
one man to have and to hold for al
ways? A. IL she has she has been
darned quiet about it.
@. Do you believe she has? A. Abb
solutely not.
@. What reason have you to believe
she has not? A. The light that
beats into the life Of a world figure
like Miss Garden is so intense that
it is difficult to withhold very much
from those associated with such a
public figure. If Miss Garden shows
the slightest favor TO any n person
anywhere about her, it becomes al
most at once a general topic for rom
v~ersation. This is the penalty of be-
ing a prominent figure and of having,
to occupy the spotlight.
q. Is this all you have to support
the contention that she has not or
has given her heart TO any IN man?
A. No, one might discuss the subject
endlessly.
@. viii you speak further? A. In
order to build a great career and
maintain it and enhance it in the
face of all that surrounds an artist.
Miss Garden has recognized from the
first the demands upon her. She
gives herself freely to her career, to
her operate work. In private life,
she lives simply but richly, and al
ways quietly. When she is at work.
that IS during the months she II
singing. she belongs to the world.
The moment she finishes her work
she w~ithdraws into a 'circle into
which none but close friends may
pass. There she reads and studies
and receives and plays with a few
friends. She rides and dances,
motors and plays tennis, swims a
great deal and often gives herself
into the refreshing embrace of a
Southern sun. She is not queening
it over a salon. She is not moving
from mansion to mansion. She is
not the center Of a gay social whirl.
nor surrounded by satellites. Out in
the world when she is singing. she
meets thousands of people. She !,
their Mary Garden and she loves TO
honor and delight her public. She
thus has TO make an e~xtravagant ex-
penditu-e of herself. At home. that
is in Morte Carlo. and along the RI
viera, she is the queen of a new, an
other dynasty, hut her life is as diff
ferent from that life before the
public as Brest differs from Boston.
@. To her intimate friends has
Miss Garden ever spoke revealingly
Of love and marriage and subjects
Of that sort about which the pub
lie is invariably curious? A. She has
indeed.
Q. What was the tenor OF them !
A. Please don't mention the tenor Of
them; say, rather, the burden of her
remarks. Tenors have no place in
the picture when Miss Garden is at