The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-21
GLIMPSES OF BOSTON
AS OBTAINED FROM TIE NE ON.
sERVArORY OF MUSIC


Career - The Order CT the Kings
Daughters Explained A View of
Boston at Night From an Eieva-
ted Position-Other Matters OF In
terest
NEw ENGLAND CONSERVATORY, Bos-
TON, MASS. Dec. 15.-Last Tuesday a ru-
NOR spread through the corridors that the
great. the only Paderewsh was coming 10
pay US visit. One girl would stop another
to tell the glad tidings, and We were all
anxious TO know the exact hour Of his COM
ing 30 that we wouldn't be left when Il
came TO a distribution OF seats At1I some
OF US went to the main corridor aud
fingered near. hke Mary's little lamb, for
the great man 20 appear. We finally
concluded to try and get seats in
Sleeper ball balcony, and after watt
ing twenty minutes or SO by one OF
the doors we were Informed that the
ssats were being painted and we would
have 10 sit down stairs. SO back we flew
and waited by the main door patiently for
twenty minutes more. Then came a grand
rush for seats and we grabbed the first one
we came to and waited "some more.h After
q WuAAC Ouc CfOn0 was 80 kAcAt Tue balcony
was opened regardless OF consequences aud
We cast longing gla8ces upward TO our
familiar haunts. Something scanned to be
going wrong somewhere and after some
more waiting Mr.. Hale che general man.
ager) said it grieved him 20 have to inform
us that owing to Mr.. Paderewskis contract
with the house of Sbelnway he
could play only on a Steinway piano,
and the one ON the stage Ia
haa tftuI 4
We groaued in spirit and braced ourselves
for disappointment. However, Steiaway
would be brought in from one of the
recitation rooms [cbeersl and Nc. Pade=ew-
ski would play. tProlonged applause I'm
fortunately the piano could not be put on
the stage WHISPERS OF why nota Too
bad ~ as there was not enough men 70 lift
it. daughter and giggles from the girls.
A-nnd fixed our eyes on the balconv
again and at this last announcement we
made q streak for upper regions followed By
other adventurous spirits We felt moro
at home In our usual places, and discovered
that the paint was confined to the let
tiers and numbers on the chair>backs.
Some of the girls neglected TO
make this discovery aud leaned
back. When they leaned forward again
they displayed o neat dscalcomania transfer
of the numbers Qnvertedl on the backs OF
Rotali must have Thought there was safety
In numbers, foriwhen he turned his ample
back to US his coat was beautifully deco-
rated with the multiplication table. He
was serenely unconscious of 1t, phough we
were convulsed by thesl gdtal d .yrtl
THE YELLOW Hkfifsb %aFdAPtEARs.
The Eteinway was fihallS Brought in, and
the conservatory force Of ffnsn rallied to the
occasion and lifted it to the stage amid tu-
mulsuous hand-clapping. But horrorl
Something was out OF gear with
the pedalsl A long and breath
less period OF more waiting en-
sued. during which time there was
much unscrewipg, and filing and final
triumph. The cover was lifted to iif place.
the little floral offering tied with red and
white ribbons transferred from the stately
new Knabe toa the dingy old-fashioned
Steinway, the menl hoped down from the
stage and we realized that In few moments
moro the celebrated Polish composer and
piano virtuoso would be before Us. Presently
we caught q glimpse OF a very. dishevelled,
yellow head appearing on the staircase be-
hind the stage and small. slim man with a
pointed face and . psrfoct shock of wild,
pale yellow hair made his appearance.
While he is settling himself bsfore the
Steinway and strikes the first notes OF
Schubert's "Impromptu" let US read bit
VI LIS OlOkIdpuys Iito uhul0 ID ,lEnhC0 jean
Paderewski tpronbunced Padder -reffskyD y;
he was born at Podalia, a city of Russian
Poland, Nov. 6, 1880. His first aim was to
be composer. and not Bntil he was 81 did
he turn his attention 70 bhe piano and be-
come the great virtuoso he now is. His hrst
studies were unassiebed aud 90 great was
his genius that In 1879 h0 was appointed to
professorship in the Conservatory OF Music
In Warsaw. Afterwards hatqsk complete
-.
position with Flisdrfcn Kisl at farlin. In
1854 ne held professership in the Musical
conservatory Ia Strasburg, butt at the end
OF the year no went TO Vienna,
and there studied plano-forte, play
ing under his cauntrynnn,r Theodor
LisohititEki. In 1887 occurred his first APP
pearance in public, and bis reputation as a
great pianist was almost immediately es-
tabfshed.
forte pieces, composed a concerto for violin
and orchestra an an orchestral suite.
His concerto In A minor, fer piano and
orchestra, was given by him at the last
symphony rehearsal and concert.
He also played on chat occasion an i'm
promptu and valse by Chopin and a rhap-
sodie hongroise by LisEt.
He took New York and Boston by storm,
and if we may Judge of his style by his
greatest abandon and nerve. His technique
is, of course, past criticism, bis touch is
brilliant, and his whole performance is
dazzling aud electrical He was very
obliging and clever on Tuesday, for he
played FIVE times for U.S. Besides the Schu-
bert impromptu be gave US Schumann's
symphonic poem, a lovely nocturne ibis
own composition), O Chopin waltz and a
Hungarian dance.
We had TO wait long time, and our din
ner hour came just an hour behind time,
but we didn't care. We we're amply reY
paid. When his impFomptu programme
came to an end we ell stood up and clapped
and clapped, and Busoni and lots of 9TH
ers" cried brayol and we sent him some
flowers and wanted TO crown his
wild locks with the red and white roses Of
his beloved Poland. l daresey some Of us
will get his photograph and keep it In a
shrine aud burn pastilles before IL and
wreath it with violets, until the next greet
musician comes TO enchant us. Perhaps it
will be Rubensteinl Quien sabe2 Only II
we hear any more wonderful playing we
will be reduced to the condition Of the cav
ages in Robinson Crusoe, who went upon q
hill to worship their god, and oil they could
say was OF
A NOTED SINGER
We had another visitor lately; this time
lady and singer-Mrs. Genevra John
stone-Bishop of Chicago She is singing at
the Cecilia, and will be the soprano Of the
Handel and Hayden Society in Bach's
Passion music on Good Friday She,
too, was most obliging, and sang four or
fva iovaiv anros FOR ne Hor vofoa 10 n