The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-27
LOUISE'S OPERA
IS NEARLY READY
Feared Police May Prohibit Per
Torrance of Work of
Princess.
DEALS WITH HER OWN LIFE
Attempts to Show Trouble With
Husband Is Caused by
Court Intrigue.
DEALS WITH HER OWN LIFE

Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch
Rome. October 2s.-The opera writ
ten by Princess Louise. Of Saxony. the
music BY Enrico Tozsili. her erstwhiis
husband. will DO ready In November.
Signor SonsiEo. the Milan music puo-
Usher. will produce It soon. stmuitans.
ously in Paris and Italy. The opera
will DO Translated into Italian. The
title will be THE Bizarre Princess.
The nrst act opens with the shooting
Of q popinjay in an imaginary small
Kingdom. The King. crown prince and
numerous courtiers attend the anaAE
and compete with the peaSants. but the
prize IL won by the Princess Flora
disguised as q country woman. She
mingles with the crowd and IL much
admired by four young men. a painter
a sculptor. q poet and a musician.
The painter, by name Fernando, falls
In love with Princess Flora. and
scandal ensues. The King exileS tbs
four men and orders Flora to a con-
vent. from which she escapes later
with the aid Of the exiled men In
the second act Flora is living with
Fernando and his friends. A chamber.
lain arrives and announces the death
Of the King and also the succession
Of his son. who Is Flora's husband. who
IL willing to forgive her. Princess
Flora agrees to- return to her husband
and become Queen on the condition
that her four friends accompany her
The condition u accepted
The third act shows the party In.
troduced IN court. Flora overoomea
the rigid and severe etiquette and
eventually, convinces her husband that
it Is quite proper to have her four
friends at court, where all can live
happily.
Princess Louise wishes to snow thai
her arrangement from her husband ii
due to court intrigues. 1t Is feared thai
the opera will be prohibited by TIE 20.
lice.
Despite the optimistic bulletins H.
sued at Spexia, there 10 considerable
anxiety about the sight Of Guglielmt
Marconi's left eye.
1t seems that when the infla mmatioI
developed in the right eye. not all Ii,
necessary precautions to secure the
left from contagion were taken Th-
shield" q watch glass strapped dowI
by plaster over the sound eye in sucf
cases. was not used.
Signor Marconi Is reported to b
progressing favorably. The operation
for the removal Of the right eye va,
quite successful, but the vision Of tn.
remaining eye is slightly affected. Win,
efforts OF the doctors are now beint
directed toward its improvement
There will be no appointment OF ;
successor to Cardinal Vico at Madrid
when the Spanish ambassador wa!
withdrawn owing to the strained rela
tions brought about by the effort o.
Premier Canallejas. Of Spain. to effec
q separation of the church and state
the Pope did not withdraw the uunclv
but instead. waited for a year in the
hopes that tie stu alton would improve
He has now conferred the red hat OF
Mgr. vico. and as a cardinal he canno
be nuncio. However. a rupture OF
diplomatic relations between Spain and
the Vatican is not likely. The Vatican
will appoint a Charge d'anaires al
Madrid. and Spain now has similar
representative at the Vatican.