St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-08
ABBE LISYT,S LOVES.
The Romance of the Great Pianist
Early Life.

Early Lille.
P arts Letter to Chicago Times.
Celebrated in music, List has been none
the less celebrated in love. The great ad-
venture of his life was the liason with the
Countess d'Agoult Daniel Sterm who was
the mother of his three children. They
were BlOndine, who became Nine. Emile
Olivier; Cosma, born at Lake Como, w no
has been successfully Nine. Hans Won
Bulow and Nine. Wagner, and Daniel. who
at the age OF II died on a couch covered
with love letters addressed to him by
femmes du monde. The Countess d'Agoult
was beautiful, even in her old age, and
cOQuettiSh to an extreme degree. Her
dress was always pearl gray, covered with
lace, and in order to make herself
appear transparent she had her bedroom
hung with black velvet. List and the
countess lived in Bellaggio, on the banks of
Lake Como, for years, and the cause of
their separation has never been fully ex-
planned. He says there was difference of
opinion with reference to the training of
the children, who remained with him. Their
friends say they separated because he met
the one whom he called Princess INTRIGUE.
At her wedding LsZt was seated by her;
she only Is, and nothing more beautiful had
ever been seen by him. Que vouleZvous?
The musician succeeded in winning the con-
fidence of the husband and the love of the
bride. so that when they left for italy the
new friend cried: ''If | were to go with
you?" They were delighted. and the friend(?)
accompanied them on the wedding journey.
The newspapers talked, the husband be-
came little troubled but List said he
was only the guardian of so much
youth and beauty. During the con-
certs given during this liaison. List
would never play until the princess was
in her box. One evening at ST. Petersburg
| the emperor, empress, princeSSeS, all were
| there, and as soon as List appeared bou-
quets showered from every box. The
Princess INTRIGUE" alone kept hers-she
had quarrelled with the maestro. List
| was pale kept his eyes fixed on his imam
Orata, and would not touch one of the flow
ers before receiving hers. The audience
understood the trouble and the emperor
sent his aide-d camp to the princess"
with the order to throw her bouquet and
| put an end to the scandal. She obeyed. as
women usually obey, with reserve. She
gave her flowers to the officer, who threw
| them. List took her bouquet first from
| the floor, afterwards those thrown by the
imperial party. The maitre was horribly
| jealous of Princess INTRIGUE" and allowed
| no man 10 pay her any ATTENTION. HOW
ever. he insisted that she should be invited
wherever he was. Once a German prince
engaged HIM to give concert at Ems. At
the last moment List returned the money
he had received and refused to play because
the ''Mirifique' had not been invited.
His life wit h the Princess Wittgenstein is
well known. She is the aunt OF Princess
| -Wittgenstein-Sayn of whose
troubles have written you. This annie
could not obtain the annulment of her mar
riage from the pope, in order TO marry
List. He became priest, and says that
the tonsure has saved him on earth, and he
hopes in heaven. He is very faithful, it
must be acknowledged; says mass every
morning and confesses often. But he has
| cared more for the admiration of women
than for anything else on earth. He must
be satisfied, for up to the present time he
has been followed by magnetized women,
willing for him to leave family and country
without looking back and without regret.
One enthusiastic woman calls herself his
| guardian angel and says she was sent from
heaven to save him from accident and
illness. If he drop glove twenty women
are ready to cut it in little pieces and each
one wear piece as holy relic.