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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. NOVE3IBER 13, 1921
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She Did; But Now, She
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THE chost of Dr. Joseph Frankel
chanted Its mind, and the ppirlt
led maritaJ voyage of Alexander
Smith Cochran, richest American
bachelor before his marriage to the
beautiful Ganna Walska, is about to
end on the rocks by reason of the
wireless direction from Spirltland
countermanding the original order
upon whloa the romance was founded.
Madame Walskai or Ira. Cochrane
la now In Paris, discussing the
means of getting a divorce, while
her mature husband, unable to com
prehend the situation.' stands read
to spend a fortune to retain the re
markable woman who would put him
aside at the be-hest of the ghost of her
former husband.
Walska is a ravishing Polish
beauty, famed as an opera singer. Her
first husband. Baron d'Kingorne, was
killed) on the field of battle. She then
married Dr. Joseph Frankel of New
Tork, who died April 24, 1920.
Dr. FranJoel was a noted psycholo
gist. Hla life study dealt with the
mini aid Its peculiar power and. ram
ifications. During the short period
of their married life the artistic wo
man undoubtedly absorbed much of
the mystlo aide of what was a very
material thing to the doctor. Her
childhood1 had been passed In a land
where the mysterious has the 'fullest
way, and the ancient traditions of
the land are filled with remarkable
Instances of the occult and the super
natural. So hers was an Impressionable mind
upon which the experiments of the
doctor-husband In the alchemy of the
brain must needs have made a marked
Imprint. She learned many of the
basic elements of the science, and
there was small surprise when, after
the period of mourning had passed,
she emerged from a spirit conversa.
tion with the ghost of the doctor,
carrying the message that she must
inarry Alexander Smith Cochran.
One must recall that elemental psy
chology lays down the principle that
mind Is the sura total of immediate
experience. It takes account only In
the science of what has happened up
to the date of the accounting and the
ghost of the great psychologist found
that time that Mr. Cochran had the
elements required for successful mat
rimony. The Richest Bachelor Succumbs.
The marriage took place. Cochran
had been considered the one bachelor
In all America proof against the
shafts of Cupid. No designing mam
ma had ever penetrated his Innermost
soul with the same accuracy as that
developed by the ghost matchmaker.
But there Is a branch of psychology
utterly distinct from that which deals
with the mind. It Is known as beha
vioristic psychology and It takes its
reasoning from the shades of conduct
of the subject and likens animal life
to the falling of ' a ball, which may
be In one position now and present a
different speed position and aspect at
another time.
And the ghost of the second hus
band, taking the later view of the
marriage after watching the degree
of happiness developed by the union,
has now come to the front with an
absolute change of mind concerning
the advisability of the whole affair
and has, according to Madame Wal-eka-Cochran,
directed her to remedy
the condition by procuring a divorce.
Science Explains the Gaoet.
Scientifically, the change of view
on the part of the eminent ghost Is
to be classed under the head of per
ception, which Is made up of groups
of images and sensations, and In
studying the question the eminent
men of mystic lore call attention to
one of the elementary principles of
the science as a possible explanation
of the weird reason behind the pres
ent attempt of the beautiful woman
to leave her millionaire spouse.
"Perceptions that are often re
peated," say the authorities, "tend to
decay and become skeletons of their
original form."
Did Walska's sensations and Images
as conveyed to her by the ghost In the
days when the marriage was advised
become so often repeated that they
followed the, well-known line of psy
chololcaXsnleacT TJddXlxst dream Images, of a perfect
marriage-become a-erle of mere
things and there are two strong tz- to the match and reached the conclu-
planatlons of the present attitude of sion that the first advice was bad.
the beauty of Poland toward her leading to a correction of the spirit
adoring husband: . airection by means of a second dream.
First That the transmitted Image -oalska. Insists thai, she has fre-
or Idea that prompted the marriage quently "talked" with the late. Dr.
underwent change by-being constant- Frankel. Her "talks" comet In Ahe
skeletons by Teasott-oMreqnest-wepe- ly repeated. lozza of- seeing' reallstlo jmasw n
tltion? ' Second That tiebotrtoakiock - dX8Knfin6 of JiearJng worde -Chat
It is the logical course of such of tb-etoTloci8)tlciIactorabBeqnit- -mlgb'a6fonowedV stenographer
follows the dictation of a business
man. In fact, the sense of the sec
ond form of communication is Il
lustrated by her with that very
simllle.
The words that came to her from
the departed! husband are described
as "echoes' of words the very sor.
of an echo that the stenographer .
registers when her flying pencil puts
on paper the sound of what started
from the lips of the boss as a sp'okea '
word. i
One has only to try the experiment;
to get the meaning of the singer. .
Write rapidly from dlctatlon-and try
to recall what you have registered '
a series of -words, or the echoes of
words.
So much for ' the science . of tht
strange case. ' For. pure fact one has"
the sudden recent appearance of the.
stage beauty at . Paris. She was in
conference at one of the leading. Paris'
hotels with a lawyer, and the object
of the conference was admittedly the.
means of procuring a divorce. By
some coincidence she was at the
Ktench capital at the same time that'
Harold F. McCormlck. Chicago mil
lionaire and chief backer of the Chi
cago opera company, made his - ad
vent. They werea together upon a
number of occasions while the di--vorce
was being discussed.
The preparations for the divorce
fight went ahead at an astonishing
pace. ' There ' Is - as yet the greatest
secrecy as to the place at which the
suit Is'to 'be filed, and the grounds
upon which It will be Bought. Dud
ley Vleld : Malone. a lending ' lawye?
of New York, who came to the front
during -the administration .of Presi
dent Wilson as a light that was fated
to shine In politics until a difference
over the suffrage question estranged
the former president and his lieuten
ant, was summoned to Paris. ' -
He went over the ground with Wal
ska and hastened back to New York
with plans for her court campaign
In formative stage. -
By marriage, under the American
law, the singer Is a citizen of New
York. She still has the prior claim
.to residence in Paris, with .the own
ership of a home 'n the French cap -tal
to stand behind the claim. In
New York but one ground exists for
divorce and an act of Infidelity must
be shown In that state to make di
vorce possible..
In France ' there are several
grounds, the simple one of lncompat
billty ieingwf avored-J n- iriarynotable
It i90lntediuub t "hatpin, countries)
wbeoe3eeipdsoDoasnislawp0tattne
the- riglrts- vt-ftxxtnm having- -tury
sort of claim to citizenship are care
fully guarded, especially where prop
erty is at stake, and the gossips In
clined to the Paris field of probable
action as offering the easiest and
best way for Walska.
Cochran's preparations for a con
test have been Just as rapidly pur
sued as have the plans of his wife.
He has retained Samuel Untermyer,
who happened to be taking a vacation
in Europe, to represent him, and has
fully acquainted him with the facts
upon which the fight must be waged.
Persons close to Cochran Insist that
it Is chiefly a question of property
Interest that absorbs' the attention
of .the millionaire and his counsel.
Literally millions are at stake In the
proceed-ings, , and the proprietor .of
the millions seeks to guard' them
from a possible clond resulting from
the Judgment of a French court. '
All -Paris knows that Gochran and
hie wife have, not lived together since
last spring, when Cocpran left his
home In the Due de 1Ubeck. which Is
one of the most elegantly appointed
homes In all of the. French capital,
and went to .Scotland for a tour.
When he departed it. was reported
that they had reached the- end .'of
their marital Journey. ,
-Walska had been engaged for the
Chicago opera, but. she left the com
pany on the .eve of the announce
ment that ahe would have a leading
role, and It became known that she
had closed her engagement after, a
violent quarrel ' with ' the beautiful
and temperamental Mary Garden,
who had come to the management. of
the company In the-dual role. of singer
and dlreotor all under the-patronage
of McCormlck as chief financial
sponsor.
And It was to McCormlck. in far
Paris, that the singer has now ad
mitted that she is '.'tied for life to a
living ghost"
This ghost found a most peculiar
mark In Alexander Smith Cochran
when he was selected. as the husband
of the pretty woman. Cochran was
graduated from Yale in 1R96. He had
reached the age of 45 with the proud
boast that he could thank his lucky
stars that he was still a bachelor..
'The' vast carpet manufacturing
business at Yonkers had fallen to
him by Inheritance and his wealth
was counted at more than $100,000,
000. He was known as a modest and
retiring man, with none of the ap
parent vices and habits of the rich
set. What surplus energy he pos
sessed was worked off in sport. In
which field he was one of the best
known patrons and to which he was
a devotee of no mean ability.
His fortune was always at tfle-com-mand
of the amateur sportsman, and
he could, mount a pony in. hls -own
propr-Jeronandi play-wellithatmiost
exactiilsBofteCQsexBttoK'gamos
polo.
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