Pola Becomes Reconciled In Divorce Court

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 892, 8 February 1930, Page 25

Pola Becomes Reconciled In Divorce Court

Prince and Princess Change Their Minds

MANY NEGRI OUTBURSTS Princess Mdivani, better known as Pola Negri, who journeyed to parts recently to secure a divorce , exercised a woman's privilege and changed her mind. She is to remain Princess Mdivani. CHE became reconciled to her husband in a most unexpected manner. As the judge went through the formula of trying to bring about a reconciliation, he asked the prince: ‘ Don't you love her any more?” "Yes, I do,” was the reply. "And what about you?” he asked, turning to Pote Negri. “I love him, too, but he wants me to lead a social life. That would interfere with my career.”

Puzzled, but still judicial and judicious, the judge decided to retire

while the couple talked the matter over. When he returned he found that they had forgotten all about the divorce. Later they left for a second honeymoon at their castle in the country, with the intention of returning to the United States at the end of January. When I saw her a her hotel this evening Pola Negri, all smiles, confirmed the news of her reconciliation with her husband, wrote a correspondent of the London "Chronicle.” “It is quite true,” she said. “My husband and myself have now banished the word ‘divorce’ from our vocabulary, and we are both very happy. SECOND HONEYMOON “We are off on a second honeymoon. We shall go shortly to St. Moritz, for the winter sports and enjoy ourselves as a young married couple. You can imagine that for the present I am not thinking about work.” A piquant situation is created by the fact that Miss Mary McCormick, the Paris and Chicago opera star, announced last month that she was to be married to Prince Mdivani as soon as he nad been divorced from Pola Negri.

“The Prince and I met last January on board ship,” she told an interviewer recently. “It was a case of wild love at first sight.” However, the* report that the prince and Pola Negri had become reconciled was received by Miss Mary McCormick at Chicago with the utmost equanimiity. “I think they have done the right thing in making it up, and I wish them the best of luck,” commented the twice divorced opera singer whose name has been frequently mentioned with that of Prince Mdivani. AUTHORITY ON LOVE Pola has been quoted as one of the greatest living authorities on love, that she has become a sort of dictator in the realm of romance. “Men I have Loved and Lost” was the title of a series of articles in which she once laid bare her heart to the world. Her first husband was Count Dombski, but she secured a divorce from him within a year. In 1922, soon after she went to the United States and sprang into fame as a film actress, it was stated that she was to marry Mr. Charles Chaplin, and their engagement was formally announced in February, 1923. On occasion she said: “Besides being one man in a thousand, Mr. Chaplin is the greatest artist that has ever lived. We not only love each other and understand each other, but w r e have also a new Reeling about our lives and our work now because of this love. Where- there is love there is complete happiness.” In the following month it was announced that the engagement had ocen broken off. ARLEN AND VALENTINO In 1925, when Michael Arlen was at Hollywood the well-known novelist tlenied that she was engaged to him. Then in 192t> came the love that sne has described as the great romance of her life, her engagement to me late Rudolph Valentino. fell in love with his portrait. It was love at first sight—love, romance, delights untold. . . .” Then •ley met. ... “I surrendered my soul ° him. He was so manly; he; knew s° well the delicious art of love. In Rudy I found utter happiness, to ° Precious to last. Then fate iinr Ped in » ni °eked us, snapped the nks that our love had forged.” Valentino’s death prostrated her a grief, till a few months later V e lnet Count Serge Mdivani. Then said: “He is my greatest love. I did love first husband, Count Dombski, I adored Valentino, and I grew very °nd of Charlie Chaplin. But Serge means more to me than them all. I ’hink that a woman can have more than one love in her life, hut this* is tho biggest of all.