The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-12

A cLING1NG INsPIRATIoN.
other is the subject of this sketch. This
latter daughter was expected TO be an
artist. Instead she was man OF bust
ness. i'm purpose and effect. She had
peculiar makeup. She had the soul OF
an artist. as mad her father, List, and
al the same time she had the method
and kindness OF the Frankfort bankers
from whom she sprung. And ike her
mother and grandmother she was by
nature erratic.
She had been the wife OF Hans Won
Bulow for years and had borne MIN -FOUR
children. when Wagner crossed their path.
The great German composer came 70
Munich ilpOn the Invitation OF King
Ludwig OF Bavaria, and discovered ~
this woman. as be believed counterpart
OF himself At any rate he believed
he had found an admirer such as ne
deserved. and great as be was, and esotis-
teal as most great men are, consciously
or otherwise, he could love. Won Bulow
wife became his affinity. Before khowlns
him at all she had named the Tour
children of Won BulOw after the nero
ines Of Wagner's operas, respectively
Senta. Elizabeth. Eva and isolde.
she acted as private secretary 10 w as
ner. and finally IL daWneu w"
Rulcw for vears. and had borne him four
own, that his wife lived lot "aBhe' anu
NOT for himself Then with placlu
kindness that it is hard for us who
ave- NOT men of genius to understand
W, y, low consented % sure 1der his
liz IN his friend. He even gave his
assistance I'm the divorce proceedings
that they might go through without
friction. There is a letter that IS pup
Iisbpd oneuly now that was written by
VVaener tn a friend and signed by MINI
eeIf and the ex-wife of his friend. IL IS
ourer reading when you consider IL from
our ordinary standpoint or matters So
cial. 1t runs this way:
..you will no doubt be angry with me-
when YOU bear that / am TO marie Won
Rulow's wife, who is 20 become con-
vert in order to be divorced.
eve have the honor 90 announce our
marriage which took place on the Z7th
of August Of this year, 1871 AZ ''e R'o-
testant church of Lucerne.
Richard Wagner.
"Cosina Wagner, nee List.
warner did not stop at taking Won
Rulow's wife. He took all ms cHllule n
as well. and. what is more, ne caIei lol
thau, as though they had been hiS own.
1-i,ora ie another characteristic letter
a-tont written 10y Wagner and dealing
Win this matter. Writing from Lucetie
he said. .,,--., .t, cbft-
.NTv house is full of children,-the emil
dran Of nv wife: but besides there ploolu'
for me a splendid son, strong anu po%u1'
fuI whom / have dared 20 can o1i7ii' 1I
p,obard wagner. Now think What J.
- feel when this happiness has at last
fallen TO my share; am hity-seFe" S1"''
old. ,.., u-oo,,sr
er.,tlv wonderful are the ways OF me"
20 ,,s,ius Among prosaic men shooting
iro1s would be flying oyer the aIpIo
nriation of one mans wife ana '"''N'- ~.
D., another man. Here Won buo"
~, o,ife and family taken, smiles HoI
IL, nbiloeophically. but almost Dles9,'
~ lost consort and her last lover ~,
fact he did appear al their "edui"5 anu
cave them his blessing. r,,,o5
The son whom ""7-'' his
AFTER himself and one b,nd
IT, has been the right hdhu
oPeI'0 ,r.Iana Wagner In her
9do,,r,no wears. Since Wagners uea1n
- mn In the time that paralysis came
80 h. Coslna Wagner herseI was
~ ,noving power in the Bayreulh Ig9'l
-. t,,at were means OF eNploluhS wax
- work. This theatre was me OUT
18Th ~ an idea of Wagner hlmseIt,
= 3. was the executive ablllty Oh MS
! u.ifo and her power over het idthei
| ftszt whose influence was great, Iia1
rnode the scheme successful. IL was
MAJ. Tho made the two great musicians
| frierds and allies ana dlrecteu tilJt ~
fereut sorts Of genius into chahheiS lH@'
hro,,obt money as well as fame 10 them
both. -. ,ii,,,s
II "a remarkable how the woman cllnsS
n the memory Of Wagner. and how utter
~ she seems 10 have forgotten her Hfsl
| husband who. If not cast In so great
| mold as the German composer, was none
tho less a genius OF a very high oider.
| s,e has not in her later years spoken OF
be~ first husband but she fires at the
mention Of her second. II was just DeIore
the attack OF paralysis from when she
| suffers that she replied warmly 10 Nisl-
| tor who ventured 10 say that she was IN
a great sense responsible for the success
OF Wagner.
..,rhe world is wrong I'm holding such
an opiniou." she said. 1T was all his
mighty genius. / could help but little.
u is the eternal principle that man must
| create and woman nurture. Few women
| have ever created. They are wandering
| forces when so strong. Mated with the
/ master power OF genius In man, their con-
| tributions 20 the worlds good have been
| infinitely greater"
Il is in this statement that the devo-
ton of the woman shines out, but 1t IS
| more unselnshness than true, in a way.
| One man here who is in position 70
| know whereof ne speaks says that the
one-half will never be known OF what
| Wagner owed TO this daughter Of a tami-
| ly Of Germau-Jewish money brokers.
| Said this authority.
| "C0sina Wagner was what her nus
| band said she was-one of the most intel
| lectuaA women of her time. Not ms
alone. Her intellectually even she al
lowed TO be lost In her matches devo-
| ton TO her husband 10 did not make
J her his enemy. egotist though wagner
was. IL made her make him. NO weak
| ness. no amount Of fiattery, ever tempt
| ed her into boasts as To the part she play
ed I'm making Wagner what ne became
| Hence. and because of her royal self-aD-
| negation. she win ever be known as lumi-
| nously as Wagner himself. They cannon
be considered apart. He would not nave
| gained the height he did but Tor her' aho
her desire 10 disclaim all credit Is bu'
another proof of this. She has been
| truly great woman. and Is the wreck o.
| one that cOmpels admiration.
II Is even so, for when lying IN Dec
after the last stroke Of paralysis, she
| still brought her wonderful nerve into
play. and while very nearly unconscious
would Insist upon consulting with mel