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Polish Pianijt,War Worn and 6Z , Ha<5 ^500,000 Jea<5or\ l y > \ ? - ? ^ III HI I II 1 Oil. my friend, my heart is full of happiness. .What a man you are! You are more than a musician. You arc a poet and there is poetry in your lingers. ?? Clemenccau. GNACE JAN FADEKKW SKI and his wlte sailed from New York tor Eu rope the other day. No; lie was not going back in to polities. lie was go , ing to take a rest. May lie "loaf and enjoy his soul" to his heart's con tent. Ho deserves it. . For l'aderewski has Staged during the past winter a most remarkable "comeback". His Amer ican tour has Leen the most wonderful triumph ever won by a musician. He has surpassed even ids triumphs of the Nineties. And l'aderewski is sixty-two! When the tour was in preparation insurance was sought. Not an insur ance company in all the world would listen to hiin. Even Lloyd's, which will take a chance on almost anything, re fused him. It is to laugh. l'aderewski at sixty two gave 73 recitals. He traveled 18,000 miles in a private car. He dis likes to be "entertained," but there were social invitations pressed upon him which he could not ignore. His principal trouble was to find halls big encMigh to hold his audiences. His big gest audience was one of 7,000 in San Francisco ? receipts, $24,000. In three recitals in New York the receipts were $47,000; for two iu Chicago, $21,000; for two in Los Angeles, $18,404; for three in ltoston, $24,500. and for one in Cleveland, $15,341. The gross receipts of the tour which no company would Insure were $500,000 ! When Clemenceau was In New York at the Gibson home, l'aderewski ap peared and begged to see the great Frenchman. It was late and the "Ti ger" was in bed. Justothe same, the Tiger was de lighted. "Of course. At once. Why, I would see this great man in bed." They met in the center of Clemen ceau's chamber, embraced and put lip to cheek, after the continental custom After their chat the Frenchman said: "liefore I go home I want to hear you play. When shall I have that pleas ure?" "Master," said the pianist, "I will play for you now." Clemenceau was deligltfed. Leading the Pole by the hand he almost danced downstairs to the music room, shout ing like a boy and summoning the household to "come and hear; come and hear." l'aderewski seated himself, looked at the Tiger a ntoment as if for In spiration, then leaned back, closed his eyes and played? four times. And through It all Clemencean sat erect in his chair, his featured a kaleidoscope of the passion and pathos of the music. As l'aderewski finished Clemenceau caressed blm again. "Oh, my friend; my heart is full of tiappinesa What a man you are! You (?)&y L/rUlvrvroo^ (yUnc/ertvtHxj are i::ore than a musician. You are a poet ami there is poetry in your lin gers." w Well, tpat is rtie way ? figuratively speakiug ? that Paderewski anil the American public niet. Nevertheless, fur a long time there was every indication that the Polish pianist was lost to the world of mu sic. He quit in 1015 to devote him- J self, body, soul and fortune, to Ids native land, lie came to America 11s plenipotentiary from the National Polish committee and labored like a giant, lie raised a large sum through many benefit concerts. He delivered many addresses to recruit l'oles In the United States. He spent his private fortune In organizing the struggle for Polish freedom. In January of 1910, working with General Pilsudnhi, the military dicta tor of Poland. Paderewski became prime minister of the reconstituted Polish state. He was slightly wounded at Warsaw by a would-be assassin. As premier, Paderewski did as well as anyone could in those distracted days. lt? kept tilings going. He represented h:s^ country ably at the peace con ference. Paderewski returned to this country, war-worn and with his fortune gone. And he said at that time: "I shall never play in public again. That Is a closed chapter. I shall com pose music from time to time, but I shall never play again." And there upon be went into retirement in Cali fornia. But Old Mother Nature Is a jolly good nurse ? the very best there Is. She offers rest and quiet and peace to the weary. She has cures of her own for the sick at heart. And the Pole was a patient worth her best efforts. He is a big man physically. Any inan who can play at a public performance for three hours, with only a brief Intermission, is a strong man. And he is a strong man mentally. Anyway, Old Mother Nature had her way with this strong man. Those who know him well say that in the depths of his own being he found strength and philosophy to regain his poise; that his present physical and artistic well-being is but the reflection of the man within ; that Paderewski Is master of himself as well as of his instrument. Yet Paderewski Is temperamental, like most artists. He is a man of in tense emotions. At the time the litte president of Poland was assassinated the news was kept from him until after he had finished his recital. When he was to'd he collapsed in a chair ? rage, grief and anxiety overcoming him. j The thinking reader will not have j to be told that there are other features J in the situation which make the "come- 1 back" ot' Paderewski remarkable. It | was more tlian a generation ago that Paderewski made his first appearance in New York. And times have changed since then ? in the musical world no less than in the world of affairs. Paderewski was born in Podolia, Russian Poland, iE 18(50. He was a youthful prod.gy and played the piano in public at twelve. In 1887 he ap peared with marked success in Vienna ; tours in Germany, France and Eng land followed. In 1S91 he made the first of several successful visits to the United States. The young Polish pianist created a furore, indeed. The sensation which followed was epochal in the annals of musici lie was a fascinating figure, indeed ? tftll and slender, with Sir Gala had face and hair that suggested to :he cartoonists a huge chrysanthemum of gleaming gold. It may have been his J personal magnetism, his poetic beauty, i graceful poses and extraordinary col- | oring; anyway, his audiences were his before he striick a note. And when his "fingers of steel with tips of velvet" drew from the instru ment melody and poetry, harmony and majesty, he threw his hearers out ot normal balance. His audiences rose from their seats in wild disorder to storm the platform. Something had gone across the footlights that could not be resisted. So it was all over the country. Crowds gathered wherever he appeared, eager to carry him in triumph. In those days, though there were many pianists of note, there was one Best Pianist and everyone knew his nalt)er But now, how tilings are changed ! Now ('those who are best qualified to judge are ireluctant to attribute pri macy to any artist, however great. They see in each great artist his in dividual excellencies that make him great. They see no basis of comparison between, for instance, a Paderewski and a Hot'iuann or between a liofmann, and a Gabrilowitch. All, they say, are great, but none is the greatest. Moreover, I'aderewski's triumph was a generation ago. The flapper who now goes to recitals knows not the handsome young Pole of the Nineties. No doubt, her mother is loyal to the memories of those fascinating days. But the musical youth of today have a score of superpianists to follow and adore. And yet, in spite of all this, Paderew ski came back ? and in more ways than one. His triumphant reception by his friends on his first appearance was a musical affair. Yet the musical in terest was of minor Importance. The critics tried ? and not very success fully ? to say that Paderewski had not I entirely recovered his early Nform but that he played better than ever. It was evident that they appreciated the presence of a force that lay beyond and perhaps above art. It was there. Paderewski is beyond question one of the foremost artists of the times. He is a patriot who spent his fortune and abandoned his art in organizing the struggle for Polish freedom. He is an orator of distinction. He is a statesman who has been premier of a big nation. And he is a man strong enough to come back at sixty-two. The thousands of Americans who crowded Paderewskl's recitals from '?oast to coast and gave back to him ,n a few short months the fortune spent for his native land undoubtedly saw in him more than the musician. The new artistic laurels they thrust upon the artist were in no small part their recognition of him as a man. Bachelor or Cowherd /? Our word bachelor la a corruption of an old medieval word for "cow herd." In those days utmost th# whole population existed by agriculture, and the "bachelor" or "cowherd" was the lowest office, held by the youngest and poorest. Similarly In those days a "knight buclielor" was 11 knight of an Inferior rank, as nowadays a bachelor of arts la one who hus not yet been Admitted to the degree of master of arts. The word's present meaning of an unmarried mnn is more than r>00 years old, and signifies a man who has not yet entered upon the full duties of manhood's estate. Our ancestors did not dream that middle-aged and well-to-do men should ever remain unwed ! "Better End" Is Correct. When one speaks of pursuing a courw of action to the "bitter end" he means that he will follow It to the last and direst extremity ? death Itself. While the phrase In this sense hns the sanction of good usage, it is probable that originally the expression wns to the "better end." This latter form Is used properly to designate u crisis, or the moment of an extremity. When, for Instance, a vessel has ptJiJ out a'l her cable, it has run out to the "bet ter end" ? the end which is secured within the vessel and little used. Rob inson Crusoe, In describing a terrible storm, says: "We rode with two an chors ahead and the cables veered ont to the better end." HEED TIIE PILOT YOU will seldom he In a crowd of men an Lour before you hear one of them say: "If I werp twenty-one years old and knew as much as I do now, I'd be a whale of a success." Perhaps he would. Perhaps he wouldn't. Iiut It Is certain that If he could begin life at twenty-one with the experience of forty lie would be far better pfT. And the curious thing about. It all Is that he could avail himself of this experience if he would ^pay heed to the pilots who are always willing to direct him. What would you think of a man, who, after asking a policeman for the way to the railroad station, and get ting the direction would deliberately go tlie other way? , Yet that is what is done, repeated ly, by almost every young man who starts out in life. From his father, his employer, from older friends, he constantly receives directions which, if followed, would be invaluable. They come from the experience which these men have dearly paid for. h> They are invaluable. Yet youth is unheeding, and the ad vice is almost instantly forgotten with the result that the recipient has to learn from an experience as expensive nnrl often as disastrous as that of the man who counseled him. If you are a young man you are fortunate. Almost any of your elders will give yon sound and sensible ad vice?advice which you can follow to your own profit if you will. You can learn by the mistakes of others, instead of by your own. You can plot your own course from a chart which has been made by those who have gone before you. You will be wise to do It. Your own experience is a good teacher, but Something to Think About By F. A. WALKER BUILDING OX SAND DE WATCHFUL of yout words and ^ acts lest you build your reputa tions of sand. Seek truth, accuracy and exacti tude. Better be plain, matter of fact and a bit old-fashioned than to go wabbling through life unsupported by a strong, underlying principle, and especially by the good opinion of your Intimates. - \ Kather than make a promise which you know in your heart cannot be kept, hold your tongue, or you'll slip in spite of yourself from the base of verity. By some, the trutli at times may! be termed undiplomatic, but it never fails to hold for the eternal ages the full weight of any structure you may elect to build upon it. And certainly, the conscience is lighter, the eye is steadier, and the character is stronger for the effort. Those who may be inclined to fancy that this is not so are at liberty to make the experiment and judge for themselves. It is difficult now and then to strike the nicest balance between a question able truth and a plausible lie, but a moment's clear thiuking will usually ; It is uii expensive teacher. Far bet ter listen, and listen carefully to the pilot who has traveled th<j same sea you must travel, and knows where the rocks are. * Some young men do this, and all of them who do so succeed. Remember that, and you will be saved many griefs, many losses, and perhaps final and utter failure. And when you are forty, and nowhere, you will not be repining that you can't start the world at twenty-one with your present knowledge. (? by John Blake.) o Improvement on the 'CeMo. A new form of the 'cello, having five strings instead of the usual four, is illustrated and described in Popular Mechanics Magazine. The additional one is an E string, made of No. 7 piano wire, which Is kept under a ten slon of GO pounds by a small worm gear, and extends the tone range of the Instrument considerably. Conan'tJoyle on Dreams. Sir Arthur Oman Doyle never had a recusing dream. "Hut," he added, "I have several times had prophetic dreams, exact In detail. In sleep the soul is freed and has enlarged knowl edge. This it endeavors to pass on to tlie body, but it seldom succeeds. When it does It is just at the moment be tween sleeping and waking." .. mmmmmm'mmmi | DEFIANcp' By grace E. HAL], LET no man sav t,. . shall full- ^ Flinp back Ills words and,. I are but lies'. Although your spirit quail ? 1,1 You shall not lose ut.iess v. age dies; So long as you are hhive try, The flame of strength v.iUr* - not lie. If sometimes you si: .n {tP> ,? . urge To let your grip _v>w \ life's reins, Lash every energy w/'i v. merge Your forces lit a dr'.vc pains; Let no one have the chfetiv .. and say You are a weaUl'.r.u wm the way. Let no man smile and say y,.;-,v your hold ? You're Judged by what y.ii .(v. actual view; Within his heart he t?m r.iy \ bold i A thousand times thrir. ! <?>.:: to you; . The one who takes the upc: -? J is he Who fights each day a ytr<.s;w to be. Whatever ho the pl:> -?* r.-.-ru . Ue sure he fought t<i i <? by Dodd. Mr-ad & Co i SCHOOL DAljS Copyright ' dispel any lingering doubt. To do as much good as we can, to think .thoughts that we are not ashamed to utter, to be charitable ought to be our dominating purpose. If in these things we fall in the slightest degree, we are building our reputation on a support of sand, like ly at any moment to shift Its position and wreck the good name we have been striving years to construct. Even the best of us, especially in our emotional moments, when tongiies Wi"?4 V.i**-'CHN?'l?l? V rhe worlt: goes up and the world ffoes ] down. And the sunshine follows the rain; But yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never come over again. ? Charles Klngsley. WHOLESOME DISHES KEEP tills recipe where you can find It when apples are plentiful; Baked Scotch Apples. ' Select perfect apples of medium size, cut In halves and lay In a casse role. I'our into the dish one-half cup ful of boiling water. Mix one cupful of shaved maple sugar, or Ilght-brpwn sugar, a bit of salt, one-half teaspoon ful of cinnamon, one-fourth of a tea spoonful of ground cloves and sprinkle over the apples. Just before putting thtf dish into the OTen turn over the apples the juice of a lemon and a tabiespoonful of butter. Bake cov ered In a moderate oven for half un hour, then remove the cover and bake fifteen minutes longer and at greater heat : Bottled Cocoa. For the, mother who serves cocoa often the following will prove helpful : Take one cupful of cocoa, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of salt, one-third of a cupful of sugar, and one cupful of boiling water. ( Boll together until thick, then put In the Ice chest Id a bottle when cool. Add a tabiespoonful to hot or cold milk and It !s ready to serve. Put a tablespoonful of strained honey into the grape fruit as U Is pre pared for breakfast or luncheon. Gar nished with a maraschino cherry it makes a most acceptable dessert. <?. 19^3. Western Newspaper Union.) o I OKtlS CHOIIlH fit. ? /x ?i A are glib ;tn<l imaginations :;n> ??: heated, incline to c<|iiiv'i<aiiM;. spite of our pood hre^iiin;' ami i. able intentions. If by should be found out, oi:r n j goes to pieces. All we have t<- :? coine on is (;ur language. S;s< ? trip up in its use, or <1< ['"? words in wrong places, we eri"* r,?' earthly structure on a l>?^l of > ^ which in later years brlnjrs us fan- '.a face with humiliating disaster. (?. 1923. by McCiure Newepai' ' S) I -o MEN YOU MAY MARRY By E. R. PEYSER Has a Man Like This Proposed to You 7 i Symptoms: Rather rtnrkv- J short ? round head ? rrc!i:!> , cropped brown hair? a c"'; J plodder "Everythinsr suits w" he tells you. "What ? c!rieli fi*"" J he," think you. Caller/ ?*?'* i are good enough for film? I* J likes the feel of the dffT eren':-.!- i In-coln In his sensitive [ Rarely hu.vs a new Mil'. N'"''r 1 thinks of taking n .taxi f"r v' : i I when you are cnnjrlit in 8 J J storm with your best <?!?>? I?'*- ,r! i i ? never enters his mind' j J he has n tidy bit of dou-li. r % I the ba(n)kery. and he Is a rer? j J safe bet. IN FACT { Safety-first Is his hyphenatf! i ? middle name. Don't dare! ? f) He likes yon hernnse I"1 J i ^ thinks you ire saving Save yourself by earrln* J l something on the side, unf'? ' known to him. I Absorb This: J A SELF-EARNED / PENNY I TURNETH AWAY ARGUMENT. ? <? by McCiure N?wBp*per Syndic*1* 1 Speed in Oiling Ship* Facilities for Increailn^ tf>e P"^ lng capacity of the United States ""'f P-'og board fuel oil station at Island, MoblJe. Ala., have re< been installed. The pumpln? . .. H aO StHtl0" from storage to ships of their s1 is now approximately 1,600 bsrrei*
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