The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-18
She Did tho courtlns and He Was
Not Slow to Surrender to
Her Many
Charms.
THEY HAVE PARTED NOW
After Four Years Of Married Life the
Professor Is Writing About
It For the News
papers
by Henry Wood. Rome correspond
emf Of tha TTnited Press

10y IlSuIy WOOu, TtOulS COIIe3SpOAu-
ent OF the United Press.l
ROME, May 17.-Enrico Toseln has
just done an ungallant thing. The
Florence music master, who for four
years was the husband of Louisa OF
Saxony, archduchess of Austria and
former wife OF the present king of
Saxony, has just tipped 1t off to the
public that previous to their matri-
mony. it was Louisa, and not he, who
did the proposing and all Of the love
making. In fact SO cleverly did she
do it, SO irresistibly and SO artfully
did she pit her thirty years Of expert
ence against his twenty-four years Of
youth and innocenceall OF this ac-
Icording to Enrico--that in one Of his
articles of defense Toselli entities 1t
1.-THE Man Seduced."
| On the other hand, the music mas
ter is gallant enough to admit that
when 1t came to reciprocating the af
Election Of Louisa, he was right there
with the goods. IN fact, he unhesitat-
.Iingly and unblushing admits that he
4 was just about as suddenly and just
about as badly smitten as ever hap
pens to person this side of a stroke
lof lightning.
:. The rather disconcerting way in
which the royal princess met the
j poor music master one day, and Fro
lpcsed to him the next is described by
\; cd nNHv
4 Marriage with Louisa of Saxony'
4 The same story is also being given to
/ the public by him just now In var
ious magazine articles and interviews
4 that are calculated to awaken SYM
pathy for the man who was once the
boy musical prodigy Of Europe.
4 According to Enrico it was precise
lily on December 8, 1906, that return
j ing to the house Of his mother at
Florence he found caller in the
jperson of a certain Signora B.. who
was the vocal teacher Of Louisa of
s Saxony Ostensibly she had come to
4 visit Mrs. Toselli but in reality the
visit was fer the sole purpose of max,
luS IL hllOWl W 19IliSO IiAcL '<Sal9e
4 would be glad to know him.
Enrico admits he was only too will
ling and the next day when the auto
mobile arrived to take him and Mrs.
H B. to the villa Of the princess he was
mot little disconnected to find that
the princess had come with it. He
recovered, however, sufficiently to
kiss the hand of Louisa as Mrs. B.
presented them and the three of them
at once repaired to the royal villa on
one Of the hills overlooking Florence.
The net prosaic result Of this first
visit was an invitation on the part OF
Louisa and an acceptance on the part
CT Enrico to call again the following
Monday The more poetic result, how
ever, was that Enrico couldn't wait
till Monday and calling UP the princess
by telephone the next day was per.
mitted to call Saturday instead,
This Saturday call was the fatal one
in which the princess proposed to En-
rico and it is described by him as fol
lows:
Precisely at 8, was ushered into
the salon Of the Villa Montauto
| ouisa of Saxony came to meet me
leraciously extending her hand. Then
she seated herself before the crate
Iand laughing, allowed to drop off heI
two dainty slippers, presenting to tbs
FIRE her feet quite unencumbered Of
their former covering, but doing SC
with a grace that d'ssipated rapidly
my surprise at an act SO unusual"
Following few selections on the
piano by Enrico, the two turned tt
the subject of love.
and you have never loved?" de
manded the princess.
"Your highnes, am but twenty
four responded Toselli IF wer,
to say that / had loved my declaration
would appear presumptious. / have
lived but little
A little later the two adjourned Il
the window to watch the F7orentin,
sunset, and how long they remained
there in silence, Toselii cannot re
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