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Divorced. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, hirsute & dynamic impresario of the Metropolitan Opera Company of Manhattan; by Frances Alda, famed Metropolitan soprano, on the ground of incompatibility, in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. "We are the best of friends," stated Soprano Alda, "and I shall continue happily at the Metropolitan under his direction...
Sued for Divorce. Giulio Gatti-Casazza, famed hirsute & diplomatic impresario of the Metropolitan Opera Company of Manhattan; by Frances Alda, dusky soprano; after 18 years of wedded life...
...Frances Alda Queena Mario
...Hotel Astor, but he likes Milan better. He always dines in his own apartment, eats little and preferably Italian food. Like Lord Rothermere and Il Duce (see page 18), he never smokes. He sleeps five hours a night, with his dog Pictiu, a Brussels griffon given him by Frances Alda, beside him in a basket. He shaves himself-and with a safety razor...
...Frances Alda (soprano, wife of Giulio Gatti-Casazza, czar of the Metropolitan Opera Company) has no children, wants some. Said she: "In a few months I shall ask Miss Spence of the Spence School [Manhattan] to find me two adorable babies. I do not believe in the heredity jinx. I ask only that the babies be intelligent and healthy. I'll want them, regardless of parentage or legitimacy...