The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-25
An Interview with Mr..
Maurice Strakosch.
THE ELOQUENT AND PERSEVERING MARQUIS
How Republican Prma Donna and Her Pa.
lrician Husband Could Not Agree.
A BRIGHT OPERATIC CAREER.


1ne RAUL auar ID the exciting Topic OF SOCIAL
gossip here since noon because OF the fact that tho
little Marchioness reached this city at halfpast six
this morning. on the express train from St
Petersburg. The good people here. indeed, take an
unusual interest in PATHS quarrel with her hus-
band as they and all the rest OF she world do in the
love anairs OF prime dome generally. The younger
portion OF society recalls, with ripping laughter
the love romances OF the charming little Lucca
AN OLD BERLIN STORY.
The elders OF the gosspy circles have only to tax
their memories tribe 20 go back to the hilarious
days Of Nile. Sontag and Baron Rossi. Theirs
was love match which provoked acres Of broad
German gnns and lots of scandal 1t
was feast which the gossips OF 1880 fully enjoyed
and have never forgotten Henrietta Sontag was
then In the mower of her beauty Of youth and
charm OF song. She had long declared herself
tnvulnerabe to the arrows OF Cupid, but she
was human after all. Wherever she went
it was noted that the Baron Rossi
was at her heels. II she arrived In Berlin by
one diligence the devoted Baron was sure to arrive
the next. The same thing at Hamburg, the same
at Paris, the same at st. Petersburg-unt the Ber-
iinese made fun OF poor Sontag and called her
persistent follower Baron "Montag.n When loves
secret began to leak out in spite OF all precautions
and scandal took the place OF harmless jest. they
linked Lady Sunday and Baron Monday together
out 1t turned out that the parson had joined
them In advance, so that all the calumniators
and jokers on Sontag were fguratvely Knocked
into 1.-THE middle Of next week." Although nearly
half century has passed one will occasionally en-
counter an old beau In the Thiergarten or the
lobby OF the opera, who will smile thoughtfuy as
he taps his SNUFF box and say, almost sadly, mo
body sings like sontag, and no one ever will''
MOVEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
On arriving here Mme Patti proceeded to the
Hotel Rome. Signor Nicolini, however, went direct
to Vienna. The Marquis of Caux passed through
Berlin yesterday en- route for Paris. He stayed at
the Kaiser-Hof Hotel, where they had
generally stopped during their visits to
the German capital. The Marquis sent q
beautiful bouquet to Adelina's room
GLOOMY ISOLATION.
Mme Patti took short drive ut noon, avoiding
the fashionable Thiergarten, but taking her way to
the Hassenheide, in the lower quarter OF the city,
where she promenaded. On her return
~ the Hotel Rome she refused to see
all vlsitors-even her oldest friends meeting
with the same refusal. The baroness Bcrkendorf
an intimate acquaintance, called twice, but was
unable TO see the persistent Patti
Adelina leaves for Paris tonight, in order to be
present at the trial on Tuesday before the Tribunal
OF the Seine.
INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH MR.. MAURICE
sTRAKoscH-THE OPERATE CAREER OF ADJ
EL1NA PATTI.
So runs tho popular verdict: -s.One or another of
them is always IN a mess with domestic matters"
And though the popular verdict often astray recent
events would seem TO gives force TO the observation
that another OF the leading artists IN the drama
music likely to De at time another tho SUBJ
ses. At time 1t Lucca 'sDie Rlsne Pauline"
known to two hcmispheres and admired by both. Or,
again. Ills Adelaide Nelson, favoraby received rs an
actress OF merit in certain leading parts both In Eng
great prima donna, between whom and her husband,
the Marquis de Caux rreconciliable breach
have occurred-a breach likely to sever permanently
fruitless union that Nine. PATHS friends now say
should never have taken place, and which they en-
deavored to prevent at the time OF its occurrence
She wished TO DO wooded to her art alone ten
years ago, and ten years ago tho public wished
That she should wed no man. But tho Marquis
de Caux. with unliring industry and pcrsua-
sive eloQuence, sought her hand, and ia tho faco
Of many repulse finally won her consent to a mar
rage which gave rise good deal OF talk at tho
time The conditions OF the marriage permitted her
to continue on the stage Until the recent rupture It
was not generally thought that Adciina and the Mar
quis lived an unhappy life Now It would seem that
their union was not blessed IN all Its phases He was
proud aristocrat, taught 10 believe that the world
and its people were created for his enjoyment Sho
was thorough republican, loving her art too well to
admit that shc world continued any person superior to
Tho great artist Then, too they had no children, and
though this surprise 10 some who found in tho
marriage fruitful subject for GOSSIP Is not nj all
improbable that If blessed with little ones the devoted
follower OF art would have found in the duties Of
ties that would have prevented the pres
ent scandal.
MAURICE srRAgoscH's "REMINISCENCES.
Yesterday tho writer had interview with her
Mr. Maurice Ssrakosch, concerning tho
cour,ship aud marriage Of DO Caux. Mr.. StraSosch
ells briefly the Interesting story of the union giving
~ tho time glimpse OF the imperial Court OF
Franco.
Alter discussing the account Of the separation pub
ishcd In yesterdays HERALD, the writer said. by way
II interrogatory
'.And you have read the story"
Nr. SrRAKoscH-"Yes; have read the article in the |
HERALD and have received this very day letters
md tclegraphic dispatches from Europe"
.sRcierring TO this mattcrY"
Mr.. SrRAKoscH--"Yes, TO this very matter"
..Do you know whether there Is any real foundation
or the published reports OF the Marquis dc Cauxs sep