Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-04-07
BILL NYE AND HOFFMAN,.
Any One May Become n Child Wonder
Early in Life II He sticks to 1t.


great many questions relative to music and
other things, and so had jotted down a few
which would assist me and refresh my mem-
ory wanted to ask him when it first oc-
CURED to him that he could succeed as a
prodigy, also what books had helped him,
and whether Hofmann was his real name or
only nom de plume. 1t was my idea that
/ could take him on my knee and while I
told him about Jack and the Beanstalk
could ever and anon read his very soul and
afterward print several columns about him.
called at the pleasant house Of DR.. Lam
bert and his sister, on Twenty y-seventh street,
and for half an hour talked to them about
myself In a very chatty but interesting way,
while We waited for Josef to come down from
his own room, which was very pleasant one
on the first floor facing Twenty
street, and not only large, but very tastily
furnished and CHEEKY. For another half
hour l talked about my struggles as child
wonder and told my friends how had sue
ceeded at last, at a time Of life when it
brought ne very little joy.
DIR. Lambert said it certainly must be dis
heartening TO find myself at last within
reach OF my goal and about to win place
for myself as an infant prodigy, but, alas, at
period of my life when l no longer looked
well in a Garabaldi waist and knicker-
bockers
Master Hofmann in the meantime was up
staire developing negative in dark room.
He was given camera, ETC., by Mr.. Falk the
other day, and now he can make a very good
picture and tell you how he does it. While
We were talking about 1t he marched in with
the negative under his arm. He wore a kind
OF belted blazer Of soft dark red and black
stripe and knickerbockers and dark hose.
His turn down collar was fastened with a
white scarf with pale pink dots on it, and he
had the air Of very busy man weighing
about forty-seven pounds.
He held out his hand to me and took it
In mine as l would little stormbeaten tom
| tit / addressed him in easy, well modulated
| tones, telling him that had read about him
in the papers and that / had come to play
with him and stay all night. He then drew
| away from me and went in another room,
but returned in less than an hour and talked
| freely with the family In a Franco German
way about matters that were entirely foreign
| to me- He speaks French and German flu
entity, and enjoyed his gestures very much.
| He has been somewhat spoiled by adulation,
| and gathered from some Of his gestures that
he was very much bored by something. ! do
not understand French as it runs. know some
French idioms, but he did not seem to use
any of those while l was there. German
speak with q strong, female seminary accent,
but when try to converse with people who
have never had the advantages Of an Ameri-
can seminary do not succeed in riveting
their attention. remained some time talk
ing with Dr. Lambert and then Master Hof-
mnun said good-by to me and went upstairs
to bed, from which gathered that the inter
view had terminated
do not claim to understand the German
language when uttered in the rapid and reck-
less, asthmatic tone assumed by Germans,
who rely upon it solely, but judged by the
way Josef took OFF his boots upstairs and
said his prayers that change Of scene and
rest would do him good.
He is certainly very bright boy, ex-
tremely nervous, precocious and very natu-
rally spoiled by tho gross fattery he has re-
ceived while here. AS matter of fact, his
parents have almost lost control Of him since
he Ehas been so worshiped as he has hero.
And what can a parent do with 10-year-old
boy who can Ill the Academy Of Music and
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