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De Wolf Hopper, 5 Times Wed To As Many Beauties Has Not Lost His Faith In Love
De Wolf Hopper enjoys in a gigantic wedding ring symbolizing his five attempts at marital happiness. Left to right: Edna Wallace Hopper, third wife; Nella Bergen, fourth, and Hedda Hopper No. 5.
To As Many
In Love
FAMOUS COMEDIAN NOT TO TAKE SIXTH WIFE. HE ASSERTS
Must Pay Thirty Per Cent of Entire Income to Fifth Spouse and Their Son
EDNA WALLACE HIS WIFE
Renowned Stage Beauty Was Third Consort Taken by Celebrity Many Years Ago
By STEVE HANNAGAN
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. - The odds are against De Wolf Hopper, much-married man of the stage, taking his sixth wife within a year.
His fifth wife, Hedda Hopper, who recently divorced the famous comedian, was given 30 per cent of his income as alimony and custody of their eight-year-old son.
"With your romantic spirit, Mr. Hopper, it's an even money bet you'll be wed again within a year," it was suggested to him.
"You better take odds on that," laughed the man who successfully weathered five marriages. Two hours before he emphatically refused to discuss his marital successes or failures.
But he has not lost his faith in love.
"Brother," said Hopper in a voice that countenances no imitation, "when you find a real sweetheart who also is a pal, and who in being a pal loses none of the sweetness of which you have something should be cherished."
De Wolf Hopper is a character.
He has played practically every theater in the country from Broadway to Main Street in the 41 years he has been trouping.
His age, which he mysteriously admits is 'somewhere between 40 and 80,' more likely 65 to 70, is overshadowed by his youthful spirit and enthusiasm.
"The stage, even with its absence of recognized home life, is conducive to longevity. Just reflect a moment-you won't recall many performers dying young," he said.
Five wives did not appear to be recorded in De Wolf Hopper's attitude. Ella Gardiner, a second cousin on his mother's side, was his first wife. The second was Ida Mosher. Edna Wallace was the third in the days of "Wang." Nella Bergen was his fourth wife, Ella Furry Hopper, known on the stage as Hedda Hopper, who just divorced him, his fifth married mate.