Show r r I t-t t i r G Geraldine e 1 A a. a 1 d. d l. l il F 1 a. a L 1 I J CI t z u M a. I 11 1 M i 1 J 7 I rJ I 1 OIl W r. r w a i f a on v w. w 4 l. l J f z 1 S f L 0 I. L y Reparation ear a z z of Beautiful r ij S Diva and Actor Husband I r 2 r t. t r 1 A i r I. I With Spicy Evidence of yf i Y v r i I j V Vr Divorce Suit S U i it t Another N r Sample of Many an Blighted i Musical R Romances c iri c e r v IZ S r rJ t r GIRL GIRL in a cottage Two dark Spanish eyes peering out the tho 1 rf window of a wind rind swept cabin r I The sea rises and f falls surging out its t tf ceaseless song Vi Wide le and deserted stretches stretches ro fhe beach The mic gulls fly low loss r on only y a dory f dragged r up out of the reach of the tide t foJ b brg ks the wild lonel loneliness ness of the scene 1 Jut ut lIe he comes comes in old raincoat flung over h his s. s arm his his' w l sic throat bared to the s salt wind Lou elI gen comes omes y Two r O witnesses es at the private privat hearing j V Geraldine of-Geraldine Farrar's Farrar s 's s suit salt l t for divorce have P told told lP of the tho mysterious romance romance I of stage- stage 1 ii nd s 's s gr great at lover with a a young young Spanish ya l who has ornamented th the picturesque f ng cabin where 1 he has has spent recent nt summers The fl A The difficulties difficulties of Americas Ameri Americas America's as a's great r opera sing singer r and her actor husband husband have havet haveth t th threatened i ea to take more more of ot ofa a sensa sensational Honal urn than ev ever r w with h. h the seeping out of r ese e details which sketch an outlaw idyl I f f fantastic as lines line from the j hese two Lou and his lustrous I 1 Ps t e IMF fed d companion have I been seen strolling ing about the beach together In th ir bathing athing they have gone fishing The beau- beau iii ul face e of t the themy mystery g girl irl has app appeared ared br briefly eft at the door of the fishing shack t tu to 0 f kc m in n u Ie lies it has been Pr pressed to lI lIi i window watching I the the tumbling of the f Watching Latching and and- waiting j Lou b bo and his famous wife split l o ori n the rocks of domesticity it is said by Ep spore c. c Sarah Bernhardt's leading man S citing ng as closely to her hearthstone as a T Chouse Ii uSe cat it is reported while Geraldine l is of a different disposition 1 She Sh loved loved her husband charged and eras was 5 giving the best of he her life to men she id hever never seen the seen the masters of music who J Alive today through the immortal operas r i which their genius produced and in which Miss iss Farrar took leading roles with such brilliant success She threw all aU of herh her f h Heart art and her love and her life into these roles and into worship of the m men n who had hadd cr h d them them- These observations are interesting ore More than that If you care for sensation the ithe inner story of the marriage failure of h pj Ge Geraldine aldine Farrar an and Lou furJ fur- fur J ashes hes food for astonishment I it l' Tf however you are axe fond fon l of quietly t U i fb b about in the dusty pages of f ti b cs c's history you will realize that one i that pair at least is but stepping into q i the h heritage of tribulation and unhappiness rJ t that seemed des destined ned from the ve very y beginning beto be- be eta e- e ta ginning to play it obbligato to the life t 1 stories cst lies of those who make music musi i y From t rom the fhe fi first st almost fatalistically thet the J tl lives v s of our have been touched 1 unhappiness Love stories have run i l u eVenlY and often ofte when they have not f death ath or some tragic happening ening has has' co come e ria make short shrift of bliss The rhe sweetest love ove songs of the world have been born in I. I tN fd travail of dissension heartbreak or or hords that have crashed stormily down downs Jears s have had their inception in lives live s filled with storm I I t Geraldine Farrar Farar s seeks eks her freedom J oin ih Lou I l fi A Margaret Matzenauer famous diva is lT ted a divorce from her ler proletariat ti J oyer Er I f t Elman noted violinist sought t itA ideal girl only to lose her before the 1 world d the front of e wor on pages pages' a r 1 Does the of f ordinary Y abruptness mari mar- mar i life break break for gen genius s the the the i illusion lusio- t f Jye and fail fall to fulfill its hope in In this 4 r experience Y Does genius temperament its crescendos and diminuendos refuse x l o call can the divine passion that which has lunk back into reading the morning paper r the breakfast table and which advises fo for instance that it is a wet wet- wet morning morning and rubbers robbers had better be worn Y Lou it is is said has charged j I that his wife threw her herself into the roles I she he sang in In the opera with such an excess I of zeal that she sho became I mental 8 and d impossible for any any normal I human Duman an being to get along long with Vl h unfitted 1 I r I n 41 1 r 11 p r Irr q r iz r r c r y y v b L. L 5 tt 1 A L Mh I j j h f 4 Mf j rz 1 r r ill JI or I j N v Y 0 w Sr o i r v t r fd t tt A r 4 7 1 t 1 t 4 t hK r LIPI t 5 c r H f I fd i Y r III rY r r y x s 9 t M s 1 Fr 4 ip p r f s 's r n rf f Farrar as Carmen one of her most effective roles which q r Tell g gen en says 9 s in a wa way t typified ife d th their sir m married a cried hf life ilie e He 7 J j 11 p accuses her with being more in in love with the dead and r r f i x y gone one m masters of music than with the living man whom she 8 f i i pa Y r. r ra M 2 X fY r C promised to love honor and obey Ii f f q I j l r Z ik 1 it t. t Uti i I 1 I. I i f oj 4 ii if l i t Y f cd y I x IJ v h. h f t J i k Eti 4 t f tf h t t r r r I 1 1 s f l i w r f y L t n H I 01 In Farrar thought thought- she she- had found her het ideal desert lover with all the flame and passion of or orthe the burning sun and sands He fondly hoped in in her to have di discovered covered the loving attentive wife It now appears that both were sadly mistaken for the role of peaceable and loving wife This was in 1922 but bu way b back ck i in 1850 no less Jess a person than the gre great t tV Wagner V agner himself was giving giving giving ing th the other th r. r side of or the story Of h leis his s first wife Linda he wrote My Mi inspiration s carried me me int inta into a sphere she could not follow and the exuberance of my enthusiasm was met with a a cold douche She Shedid Shedid Shedid did not feel I am a man who cannot cannot cannot can can- not live with wings tied d down It would be impossible to to go into the lif life stor story of Wagner at all aI wit without out touching on the part his genius genins heart played in it His first wife to whom he he referred in the letter was V Plan Planer r a asinger asinger asinger singer and an actress but also the daughter of ofa a poor German spindle maker Kind gentle a and d loving at first she was wag unable to understand she was was married to a genius It was was in f flirt ct rather the mating of the dove with the eagle But Mina J did I not always remain n nth th the dove Although they began marriage li like two o inconsequential ons I r children playing at something g the alliance had fateful consequence Their views of life were entirely different Life became insufferable for both Mina them bec became beanie me a nagging shrew Discord was con con- Finally she left him entirely In Inthe Inthe Inthe the year Wagner Vagner was working g on his Tristan and Isolde the work the world has stamped as the finest fl flower of his genius genius- Mina Mma gave up the husband she labeled simply as asa asa a monster and went back to her relatives In 1866 she sho di died d. d This 1 his is however only the first chapter of the love affairs of Vagner Wag Wag- ner nor What t came Caine next affords one of the famous human triangle stories stories' of all times Into it is written pathos not for Wagner Vagner but for Hans von yon Bulow whose wife he won Avon from him Von Bulow wad was the most noted pianist of his d j. j He was was' days day was also a famous orchestra or or- chestra I. I leader In both of these thes c position he was wa an ara nt a admirer of or orv Wagner v and he did a no gre great t deal to to 5 Introduce him to the public PUb I t 4 The musician lives in a world apart His mind is filled wi with h visions of ethereal beauty such as never a ho home me or rocked a cradle cradIc The painting here reproduced d' d The The Visions of Wagner is the artists artist's conception of those brain children ever with th a creative genius s. s r Von lead had been fortunate atc enough to win the hand of of CosIma Liszt a ab a b beautiful u ful y young unS' unS woman of ot deeply arU artistic temperament temp and the daug daughter iter itero l lo o Franz Z Franz Liszt No No sooner had the gr great t than he became composer met h her r strongly Infatuated te In 1870 1810 although Uth Wagner agner was was 57 y yar years ar old ld and aric only 29 the they y were ere marled Von had made Bulow rc by a 11 divorce vh ho he Jl ver d hIs his' wite fee and his great frIend lov IO d. d d each ech e ch other to ot of himself u. u the theno romainer romaine no no rancor In hl his heart tor r Wa ner d Jos Joseph ph Haydn the classic composer whom we hato hav ha to thank for Creation was another to whom mar brought unhappiness But Haydn was not lik Wagner in temperament He was a a. sweet gentle spirit and It was only by a vast screwing up ot of courage that he had the nerve to take a wife wile at all aB All musicians who married did not of course marty Into misfortune but lt here enters th that t peculiar D E of fate which h has s so often orten held blight of ot some som IIO sort even wh when n domestic happiness was achieved j There was Mozart for Instance who loved lond his his completely and dearly and who was never away from her side Consider for instance the letter Jetter he wrote and pinned on her pillow one morning Good morning my darling wife I hope you ha her haft J slept well that you were undisturbed that yoa you not rise too earl early that you will not catch cold nor ear r stoop too much nor scold your servants nor stumble over the threshold of the adjoining room S Spare yourself all aU these household worries till I come back bacu May ilay no evil befall you OU 1 In all life there could be no sweeter love storT than that of Robert Schumann the fair Y 21 21 old Clara Wieck Vleck he took as his bride If It ever th tb tw was a 11 childhood sweetheart romance this was on When Schumann was 22 and Clara 13 he wrote You are to to tome me dear Clara not a sister or a a. I g P I friend but a pilgrims pilgrim's distant shrine While JI YO yoa have been away I have been to Arabia for fairy W to please you OU In my dreams 1 I sometimes hear mush I It must be yours j Fate Pate laid her hand hanl e early ly on these two There W was virtually insurmountable objection to their mart marrias I father and an an when years later Robert wrote to Claras Clara's asked for her hand In this way he wrote My feeling toward Clara which thrills in e even elJ rr fiber fiber- of ot my being is no o passing desire no do violen en enI I emotion no surface thing but the deep rooted cons conj that everything augurs well for the of af our union union union-n a conviction founded on Claras Clara's p PO pow e s sto to find happiness for us both Does not her n nO ogle l nature diffuse it everywhere every I for m my P N give you my word not to communicate with bet he j without your our permission I only ask that we WO m f be o on long 0 ng allowed to write when you ou are away tours J JIt It was only after a a. bitter lawsuit however the in i young Robert was able to win his belo ed Cl cia I in J Happiness blessed them and eight lovely children child whom they both took keen delight But on this happy home settled that the t hIgh hIghe eS tragedy of all Clara and Robert Schumann e watched the g Insanity slowly creep on toward musician le te tee I will close e now It is is' is grow growing ing dark darkIn dark dark- h hin he in one of his last letters and it was true He lie ee all the symptoms of his own maladY and at l suggested that he be sent to an asylum lest he h hany MC h hany any of the children or his wife At Dr asylum at and all a n da day after atter day ur bo Clara Schumann His leis last cast sat by b his is bedside er were not those of ot a n. madman madman but of some who had lost his life wa way In dr dreams ml of the p past s ata tI t I Beethoven en who dedicated his Moonlight A apt t to Julia JulIn an oman oman did marry at all aU He was wan pitifully v poor m nes st m t of or his and a as s i it t was vas his penchant to fall tall in tor lo c With ti l f far tar above him tm in the possession of wo- wo wo v 10 1 was never hover 1 possible for tOr him to marry any of t they cin |