Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-27
GAMMA WALSKA TELLS WHY SHE WENTN
BUSINESS AFTER SEEKING MUSICAL FAME
BY HELEN MCGEE
Staff Writer for Central Press and
The Brownsville Herald

Inc ntr1ld
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Ganna
Walska! Newspapers everywhere
il seems-haye carried the name.
Wife OF Harold F. Mccormick, Chi
cago multi-millionaire who some
years z was divorced from Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick, daughter Of
John ID. Rockefeller. Gamma Walska,
whose operate aspirations have 60
persistently been defeated-well,
here she is in business on Fifth
Avenue.
a striking Polish beauty sitting
behind a desk, which somehow does
not become this exotic creature, an
animated person, vibrant with en-
ergy, she says that music still is
the center Of her interest.
In fact ID is for music's sake that
she is going into business, she
AYERS. Her theater in Paris-the
Champs des Elysee-and a sym
phony orchestra, are continuing TO
pile up huge deficits. as musical in
stitutions generally do. Thus TO pay
these huge deficits, she says with
a naive charm. she is opening q
beauty salon on Fifth Avenue in
New York.
A Beautiful Puzzle
Looking at this beautiful person.
whose wealth and social position
could afford her the Injuries and
ease so desired by womankind, one
wonders what there is hack in her
mind that so persistently drives
her into a field Of activity foreign
to her station in life.
"But what does a life Of social
activities and pleasures offer?" she
counters, cropping for English words.
yet lspsing into French and Polish.
after a little, it becomes dull and
tiresome. In the midst Of it my
mind would turn longingly toward
work. And / have worked-worked
hard at my music. I still am determ-
ined to bring before the people the
best that / feel ! can attain
through persistent effort and let
the people themselves decide as to
the merit Of my achievement.
"But best Of all I like 10 work in
America" she continues in her
pleasant combination Of languages.
II love the American way of doing
things . the businesslike manner
the concentration of time -.
The promptness and alertness with
which things are done here appeal to
me-"
A Moments Interlude
Then one wonders again. How
much does this lady. reared in lux
ury and comfort. know about the
strain OF real business life? Would
she like the long rides TO work in
the subways and trains every morn
ing and evening? Would she en-
JOY the hurried %luncheons az crowd
cd counters and tables?
And all the details Of her eX-
a~uisite attire. could they be selected
in the scarce few moments snatch
cd during a lunch hour. or among
the pushing. hurrying crowds az a
Saturday afternoon?
Madam Walska thinks the Ameri-
can women delightful charming
-. but -. Oh. these terrible make
unsl Everywhere ! turn" she saws,
"be n IN the subway or along fash
ionahlc Fifth Avenue. I sec faces
appallinEly alike. II i clear that
American rirls make NJ to0 heav-
ily and with too little art.
As 10 Lipsticks
1.-THE ridiculous practice 81 cover
ing natural lines by lipstick and
other makeup robs the faces OF
their natural features. making them
these women would only understand
that the greatest claim 70 beauty
lies in the subtle difference If a
face. and one should take bride in
enhancing this individual difference.
"But." Madam Walska hastens 70
add. "a woman's charm does not de-
pend on her face. Even though
charm is hard to define and depends