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Polish
Worn and £2,
450Q000 Jea<sor\
Oh, my friend, my heart is full of
linpplni ss What n man you are! You
nr more than a musician. You are a
poet and there is poetry in your lingers.
—-Clomenceau.
M (JNAi'E .IAN PADEREW
SKI and his wife sailed
: from New York for Eu-
L rope the other day. No;
/V rtgß AV\ he was not going hack In
rtj JB w io politics. He was go
vfL ing to take a rest. May
he “loaf and enjoy his
soul" to his heart’s con
tent. He deserves it.
1 ** For Paderewski has
staged during the past winter a most
remarkable "comeback”. Uls Amei
ican tour lias been the most wondeiful
triumph ever won by a musician. Lie
lias surpassed even bis triumphs of
the Nineties.
And Paderewski is sixty-two!
When tin' tour was In preparation
Insurance was sought. Not an insur
ance company In all the world would
listen to him. Even Lloyd’s, which will
take a chance on almost anything, re
fused him.
It Is to laugh. Paderewski at sixty
two gave 78 recitals. He traveled
IS, ooo miles la a private car. He dis
likes to be "entertained," but there
were social Invitations pressed upon
him which he could not ignore. * Ills
principal trouble was to find halls big
enough to hold his audiences. His big
gest audience was one of 7,000 In San
Francisco — receipts, $24,500. In tlnee
recitals in New York the receipts were
$47,000; for two in Chicago, $21,000;
for two in Los Angeles, $18,404; for
three in Host on, $24,500. and for one
In Cleveland, $15,841.
The gross receipts of the tour which
no company would insure were
$500.000!
When Clemeneeau was In New York
nt the Gibson home, Paderewski ap
peared and begged to see the great
Frenchman. It was late and the “Ti
ger" was in bed.
.lust the same, the Tiger was de
lighted. "Of course. At once. Why,
1 would see this great man in bed.”
They met in the center of Clemen
cvau’s chamber, embraced and put lip
to cheek, after the continental custom.
After their chat the Frenchman said:
"liefore i go home 1 want to hear you
play. When shall 1 have that pleas
ure?"
"Master," swid the pianist, "I will
play for you now.”
Clemenoeau was delighted. Loading
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'aderewskl seated himself, looked
at the Tiger a moment as If for in
spiration. then leaned back, closed his
eyes and played—four times. And
through it all Clemenoeau sat erect in
Ids chair, his features a kaleidoscope
of the passion and pathos of the
music.
As Paderewski finished Clemenoeau
caressed him again.
**Oi>. my friend; my heart is full of
happiness. What u man you are! You
L/nd*irnroQ<J
are more than a musician. You are a
poet and there is poetry in your Un
gers.’’
Well, that is the way—figuratively
speaking— that Paderewski and the
American public met.
Nevertheless, for a long time there
was every indication that ttie Polish
pianist was lost to the world of mu
sic. He quit in 1015 to devote him
self, body, soul and fortune, to his
native land.. lie came to America as
plenipotentiary from the National
Polish committee and labored like a
gipnt. He raised a large sum through
many benefit concerts. He delivered
many addresses to recruit Poles in the
United States. He spent his private
fortune In organizing the struggle for
Polish freedom.
In January of 1919, working with
General Pilsudski, the military dicta
tor of Poland. Paderewski became
prime minister of the reconstituted
Polish state. He was slightly wounded
at \\ arsaw by a would-be assassin. As
premier, Paderewski did as well as
anyone could in those distracted days.
He kept tilings going, lie represented
his 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 lias cures of her own for
the sick at heart. And the Pole was a
patient worth her best efforts. He is a
big man pltyslcally. Any man 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
i 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 *io reflection of the man within;
that Paderewski Is master of himself
I 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 late
president of Poland was assassinated
the news was kept from him until after
he had finished his recital. When he
was told he collapsed in a chair—rage,
grief and anxiety overcoming him.
The thinking reader will not have
: to he told that there are other features
; in the situation which make the "come
; l ack" ot Paderewski remarkable. It
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
was more than a generation agotlia
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, in ISGO. He was a
youthful prodigy and played the piano
in public at twelve. In ISS7 he ap
peared with marked success in Vienna;
tours in Germany, France and Eng
land followed. In IS9I lie 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 music. He was a fascinating figure,
indeed —tall and slender, with Sir Gala
had face and hair that suggested to
the cartoonists a huge chrysanthemum
of gleaming gold. It may have been liis
personal magnetism, His poetic beauty,
graceful poses and extraordinary col
oring; anyway, his audiences were his
before lie struck a note.
And when his “fingers of steel with
tips of velvet” drew from the instru
ment melody and poetry, harmony and
majesty, lie threw bis hearers out of
normal balunce. 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. Ju those days, though there
were many pianists of note, there was
one Best Pianist and everyone knew
his name.
But now, how things are changed!
Now those who are best qualified to
judge are reluctant 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 Hofmann or between a Hofmann,
and a Gabrilowitch. AH, they say, are
great, but none is the greatest.
Moreover, Paderewski’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 nil this, Paderew
ski came back—and in more ways than
one. llis triumphant reception by bis
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
entirely recovered Ids early form 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. lie 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 Paderewski’s recitals from
coast to const and gave back to him
.n a few short months the fortune
spent for his native laad undoubtedly
saw in him more than the musician.
The new artistic laurels they thrust
upon the artist were in no sjc.iil rtv
their recognition of him as a fiji*.
lEAT COLONIAL
TyPEBUNGALOW
Makes Attractive Home of Com
pact Convenience.
HOUSE THAT WILL WEAR
Arrangement of the Rooms Helps the
Fortunate Mistress of It to Keep
It as Neat and Tidy as
Proverbial Pin.
Ey WILLIAM A. RADFORD
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questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
paper. On account of Ills wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford, No, 1527 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, 111., and only inclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
There is a nicely-proportioned en
trance to this bungalow, using Colonial
detail to excellent advantage, and
flanking it are windows dressed with
gratings which give character to the
whole. The quaint sidelights flanking
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the entrance light a very pleasingly
proportioned hall. In this our house’s
first convenience Is noted, for there is
a handy clothes closet to accommodate
the wraps of the family and of guests.
A colonnaded doorway to the left leads
into the living room—an unusually
cheerful place, what with its three
windowed bay, its fireplace flanked by
windows and ingle seats, and built-in
bookcase on the opposite wall. We are
able to walk directly into the dining
room through the long French doors
which divide it from the living room,
and looking through other French
doors we look out on an attractive en
closed porch which can readily form an
extension of the dining room proper
and give us a real outdoor dining room
through the hot days of summer. The
dining room is a very attractive place,
what with all these windows, and the
conveniently placed buffet, which is
right alongside the door leading to the
kitchen —a detail which makes serving
easy.
The kitchen, while small, is com
pactly arranged, so that the most is
made of all available wall space. Pro
vision is made for cases and shelving
on two walls, so much so that a pantry,
as such, is not needed, the refrigerator
being placed on the rear porch.
The two bedrooms are well-isolated
from the main portion of the house, but
both are very handy to the bathroom,
to which access is had through the hall.
' >ff this hall opens a linen closet and a
iothes chute leads to the basement.
A house like this should carry out.
•; its interior arrangements, the pla’n.
neat, serviceable decorative note sound
ed by the exterior. Whin* „
suggests itself natur-Uy. ° o(3wo h
finished woodwork.
genuine mahogany, 0r <o me ” *
ished in that cherry-red, r olor fln ’
teristic of mahogany. The harac v
be of hardwood; or they i , *■
soft wood overlaid with l iuo i eui ! f
some neutral tint, unpatterr.ed j
which would make the Ulost ’ f ' 1
small-dimensioned rooms
For the walls many varieties of
ish suggest themselves \v e ‘
choose between wall paper paint” 11
kalsomine. Wall paper always tl
itself to a Colonial interior a L
smaller patterned the paper the bet*
In the bedrooms could be used brifi
cheerful patterns, with pink and b I
predominating. A man will not like
pink room, nor will a woman- it i!
apt to be tiresome, but pink
In with other colors in a flower-mf
terned paper is cheerful and welcomed
by either sex. In other words, it i 8
not a purely feminine prerogative to
enjoy pink or any other of the so
called pastel shades. It should be so
handled as to be characterful instead
of being innocuous.
As to the window draperies, the
brighter-colored chintzes and cretonnes
suggest themselves for a house of this
type, with the. actual window curtains
themselves of some simple white ma
terial, such as white dotted swiss or
marquisette. The shades should nat
urally be white, so as to cause no dis
agreeable break in the uniform whit}
finish of the exterior, for it 15 D j\
urally assumed that the owner of t
house will have it painted white.
This is a house which will wear " e •
which will never go out of fashion, an
which will never appear at a ' ISJ
vantage, regardless of how pretentious
a mansion may be built alongsi e
And that is a test few small hous
can meet.
Would Be Absolutely Useless.
Martha Jane’s immediate fa® l *
consists of mother, daddy, Aunt -
and five youngsters, in addition
the six-year-old Martha Jane. -
ly anew car, a five-passenger t"Ui' •
was bought and in talking it ‘
a neighbor about her own age • 1
Jane was asked whether the ( -" r
one-seat or two-seat, meaning rua ‘-“
or touring. ~ .
‘‘l’d like to know what we'. ■
a one-seat car,” came the
joinder. “We can’t all get in tne
we did get.”
More Sweet Corn for Seed-
Over 8.000,000 pounds of sweet
for seed was produced com
in 1922. which is an increase -
per cent over 1921, but ■ ,T, r aW.
cent less than the five-year n ’
according to the United State
ment of Agriculture.
The Scientific Attitude
“I have no real basis for
t'nn by a scientist except t.. ..._
nothing so much as to - -
■ Theodore Roosevelt-