Show SMOKED CIGAR DAILY out but great musician ln insisted on having good geed one on until his HI day of ef misfortune Ml fortun liszt wo was la in the habl ot of smoking I 1 one cigar a day but that one cigar was an exceedingly choice one when he h was wag starting on a journey he I 1 told his hi valet how many days day he be would be away and his valet put into the valise pl n corresponding number ot of those clr ginji cigars cigar once when liszt was going golego to ital italy ay the chief customs officer at the fo frontier U post of cafasso ChiEL sao asked I 1 lim him li it he h had anything to declare the musician with hla his thoughts centered on hla his music eugio rather than his cigars madi made signs igni to the effect that he had nothing in 9 the officer opened the valise without the trav traveler elef agitating himself over the search a rumber of virginia cigars were brought ta light the whole lot was confiscated and he be w WM ordered to pay a fine ot of when liszt reached milan he told hla his agent of his unpleasant adventure laughed at the whole affair took tooh a stroll to the italian treasury treasur and recovered the cigars and the line op returning to the arast he offered him with a smile one of his own precious virginian virginia no my cay dear friend said liszt 1 I have taken a vow never to smoke again to so as not to expose myself a second time to such buch a humiliation ricardi says saya he kept his vow other authorities recall rogers visit to the virtuoso in 1870 liszt smoked and offered me a cigar said roger reger and while I 1 took my ease case ho he walked up and down 11 ending bending out clouds of smoke in th the direction of certain terra cotta figures figurea |