The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-17
La Marquise de Fontenoy


"OoNi 81 EfiiEN ITCHY, who ar
rived in the United States on
" sunday last. from Europe, on
board the America. and is now
staying for few weeks in New York.
- cousin OF Count Geza Itchy. who
mas Just handed to the uunrarian
ihn liz OF Music. on the occasion OF
enc .ns ce!ehration at Budapest. OF the
WIN stipulation that IL should moi
"e npened for another ton years
Cpunt Geza IicAy was ono M III.
, nv. intimate friends OF the famous
celebrated amateur pianist ~ nt0st
poser IN Europe This is all the moro
:, r I'm Pc since he lost his right
snit az ,"e age OF sixteen. as tho re-
WIN MS left hand. but with such skin
atnI genius tAai the absence OF the
i ,, hand Is not noticed have
SHOWN him for many years. and have
otteh watched and heard him play,
o en wnen among few relatives ana
ttr IRE ana In amateur concerts. So
bis nIa,t couid see, he accompllshes
OF the wonderful Aexibility watch he
nas developed In the thumb. He uses
ne IattcT Tor the melody. with the ut
~ 10. ti'cacy Of touch. and the way
~ Tnicn the accompaniment of the air
Is played. sometimes two octaves lower
PE me remaining four fingers Is moth,
me snort OF marvellous, especially the
:
accomplished. The count. who Is a
member OF the Hungarian House OF
Lords, and possessed OF very large es
iates, only plays in public FOR charity
and has, by means of his amateii- ctn1
terts, raised. and turned over to mill
Ahthroplt enterprises and institutions
sum OF over two millions OF crowns.
during his long and useful life. Amonr
MS compositions have been n couple Of
patriotic operas, one entitled "Alar,"
and the other Master Roland" which
nave been produced with much success
IN Berlin. in Vienna. at the opera
houses OF the other German capitals.
and al. Pesth. where for twenty years
ne filled, without pay, the court office
OF director general Of the royal opera.
At the present moment he is president
or the Royal Hungarian Conservatory
of Music
The package. which he has placed in
in question contains. according 70 him,
proofs that a review article always at
tibuted to the able, In which Hun
garian music was belittled, as entirely
sayn wittsenstein. Its publication
created such an unplcasant stir in Hun
gary that tiszt's chivalry led him to
himself. Count Geza Itchy states.
further, that the documents in the
package, when opened ten years hence
will relieve the able of the charge of
against him. Count Geza Itchy has
four children. one of his sons in-law
being likewise his cousin, Count John
zichy.. who is Minister OF Public In
struction and Public Worship in the
present Hungarian Cabinet.
The family. which is one OF the old
est in Hungary, it's Castle OF zIchy, in
the Hungarian province of somogy,
having been In. its possession since
1915 and its title of count, borne by
all the members. dating from i655. is
garlan arlstocracy. In fact. there are
probably at the present moment nearly
a hundred Counts Ziehy. and what is
more, most of them are in anluent cir
Is the venerable Count Ferdinand
itchy, who is grand treasurer of the
hungarian crown. while two OF his
sons nave held Cabinet Office.
one of tho Hichys, Count Bella Zichy.
formerly attached to the Austrian en-
bassy at Washington. married Miss
Mabel Wright tho divorced wife of
the late Fernando Yznaga, and a sis
suelo Duchess of Marlborough They
spend a good deal of their time in Eng
land, in London and Eastbourne. or
else on their estates in Hungary. resi-
dence in either Budapest or Vienna be-
ing unpleasant. owing to the fact that
the former Mrs. Yznaga is barred from
court, both as divorce. and owing to
One Of the srandest members of the
family was old Count Edmond Zichy,
who died In 1894. and whose portrait,
painted by the great Hans Makart,
went through a series OF such startling
vicissitudes after his death. Some time
subsequent TO the latter. his family
being DESTROYS of securing one or more
copies in oil of the picture. intrusted
the well-known Magyar painter Kardos
with the original. He had Just finished
the copy. to the entire satisfaction Of
the Zichys who had ordered IT, when
their castle took fire, and was burned
down. the duplicate being destroyed
in the flames. Two more copies were
then ordered from Kardos, but they
never reached tie hands of tho family.
For as they were passing through the
streets Of Pesth, In charge OF servants.
them. and completely destroyed them.
Knrnns q 90 m sni In work and cd