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Opening his study with a phrase which the composer put in one of his letters to Elise Wille, "I ... adorer of women," M. Barthou proceeds to detailed accounts of Wagner's amorous adventures. He was the adorer of many women but most notably three: Minna (Wilhelmina Planer), a stupid, clamorous, third-rate actress whom he married; Mathilde (Mme. Weson-donck) who inspired Tristan; and Cosima (Frau von Bülow, natural daughter of Franz Liszt) who provided the stimulus for the Ring series and whom Wagner loved most of all. In his relations with these ladies, Wagner provided the world with...
Married. Franklin P. Adams ("F. P. A."), 43, colyumist for The New York World, to Miss Esther S. Root, 30; at Stamford, Conn. He was divorced privately, last month, from Mrs. Minna Schwartze Adams...
Notably, his biographer finds, Wagner was unjust to Conductor Lachner, to Robert von Hornstein, his friend, to his first wife Minna, to all hostile critics. His disposition was tempestuous, overbearing; he never paid his bills; not merely asked, but demanded loans of his friends as a condition of continued friendship; was enraged at Minna for her imbecilic protests at his open amours; indignantly resented any interference? even the most pacific?from the husband or family of any lady who chanced to be the object of his rather various affections. A boorish, choleric, tactless, amorous gentlemen was this Wagner, improvident...
...permitted to gaze at one of the most sordidly natural tragedies now open for inspection. It is a man-and-wife tragedy. The man is a drunkard and a beast. The woman is driven into the protecting arms of the family boarder. Vigorously written and vividly performed by Minna Gombell, the part of the girl carries the evening's interest. The saccharine platitudes and copybook virtue of the boarder (Ivan Miller), take the edge off the climax. If he were an individual rather than a clipping from a Y.M.C.A. pamphlet, the play would be decidedly engrossing. Under the circumstances...
...Author. Maxwell Bodenheim was born in Natchez, Miss., in 1892. He has served in the Army, studied law, art His first writing was poetry (Advice, Minna and Myself, Introducing Irony). He has one other novel (Blackguard). He is at present associated with Ben Hecht (Chicago "bad man"?Time, Sept. 3) in editing the Chicago Literary Times...