The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-20
TO HEAR PbDERENSK|
Went Alan Dale, With Many
of Womankind.
P0KES FUN AT THE SHOW
His Long-Hairedness as Ador-
ed in SWeet-GirldOm.

!
Paderewski matinee is just about as or
namental as the poor, limp and bedrag-
gled super who poses among the mu-
| lierose grous at the Casino or Weber &
! Fields. 1 sneaked into Carnegie. Hall
yesterday, feeling thoroughly ashamed
| of myself and completely out Of place.
| There 1 was simply girled in. A hlge
| and dominant gynarchy seethed ar:und
! ne. there were girls in shirt waists OF
Xix, and OF flannel; there were girls in
| Loose oorsets, AMI In tight CO. s,is,
| There wee large AMI bouncing girls, ard
| sho;t and stubby ores. There were girls
io hats, and girls il bonnets-the plInes
Of which waved, like stern Nemeses,
from the topmost galleries. There were
girls who wore wedding rings, and girls
who didn't. There were girls who looked
as though they had tasted life's olsen
chantments, and girls apparently anx-
ious to imbibe long draughts OF its en-
chantments. Enfin, girls wherever you
looked-girls everywhere. How good it
must be for Paderewski ii think that
DR.. Schenck was invited late IN his life!
How Paderewski must loathe Dr.Schenck!
I should like to be able to say that ST.
lence settled over Carnegie early, but
it didn't. Carnegie was swayed by the
brou-haha of thousand pair of more
or less ruby lips. Girls stood up and
chatted. Girls sat down and chatted. 1t
was the chat of anticipation" 1t was
the chat of the first Paderewski concert
a function for which mere man has no
use whatever Either girl monopolizes
all the music in New York. or Paderewski
is not precisely musical attraction. Let
US wait and see.
A pale and pensive married girl sat be-
side me. She looked as though she in
tended to cry later on. I hoped that she
didn't, but I was prepared for the wrost.
I longed to ask her for her opinion of
man, but, alasI I knew it. Man meant
to her boiled mutton, riotous children,
whats there for dinner tonight" and
so much per week for pocket money. She
was at Carnegie to see the man idyllic,
man as he ought to be, man with long,
untrammelSd hair, man who, for all she
knew, ate rose leaves and dewdrops.
Poor, pale, married girl!
Carnegie was dark, and religious"
looking 1t got on my nerves. Being
trousered I coulden't appreciate it. Why
couldn't Paderewski appear in a cheerful,
brilliant place, that inspired jolity and
good humor? Why, indeed? The mys-
tically gloomy Carnegie was part of the
"show," part of the bold attempt 20 play
upon the sensitive nerves of the gynarchy.
1t was counterfeit religious DEVOTION
absolutely unhealthy, utterly non-sani-
tary, but very correct. The successful
musician today must agitate rather than
delight This jaded century end has
passed the stage of mere idle relaxation
And then the great-little man with the
Everton-taffy colored hair appeared. He
was another's, but you would never have
guessed it. The girls. regardless Of kid
gloves that will tear, applauded fercely.
Being trousered, l could take in the
scene with my own favorite levity. 1
thought of the picture in the nursery
rhymes called 'Shock-headed Peter"
And the sloven, 1 declare,
Never once has combed his hair.
Anything to me is sweeter
Than to see Shock headed Peter.
Mrs Paderewski-ohI how hateful it
sounds! Think of missis-ing this idol
has not taken the scissors Of polite So
ciety to her Ignace's locks. They are
paler than Zaza's, but they are just as
much of a trademark. Paderewski. to
me, looked like an inspired savage. And
there is reason for this view. Says a
very analytic person: while in civilized
society woman exercises her ingenuity
to increase her attractiveness; among
savages it is the men who are anxious
to increase their physical charms" The
great girl-crowd, raving over Paderew-
skis hair, will be interested TO know
that once upon a time King Radama tried
to introduce European customes among
the Hovas Of Madagascar. He ordered
all his soldiers and officers TO cut their
hair The result was such a disturbance
and riot among the women that the poor
King had to orded out the militia Still,
1 don't want to compare Carnegie's girl
ocracy to the Hovas of Madagascar. At
least, not precisely.
1t was nearly three o'clock when he
sat down to the piano Through the
gloom he looked pallid and worn. That
also must be part OF the show. II
he were fat and well oiled, and rosy
cheeked-bah,-how tame ne would be.
Carnegie settled itself Not a girl re-
moved her hat. Fancy unstIcking pins on
such an occasion! Perish the ign0ble
thought.
With a look that said. This IS torture
to me. It racks my nerves. But I will
yes, I viii" Paderewski began TO en-
broider the Bach-Liszt "Fantaisie and
Fugue in A Minor" L was pains-akiHg.
conscientious embroidery. Stitch-stitch
stitch. 1t reminded me Of the tale o.
the shirt. On il went. Stltch-stitch-
stitch. I pledge you my word that you
might have heard a pin drop I happened
10 rustic my programme. and the pensive
married girl al my side looked as though
she would Ike % tweak my nose.
watched her. Yes. she was miles away
already from boiled mutton and Tiotcus
children. and What's there for dinner
tonight she sat there with head drop
ped. positively labelling Up the soup of
sound that dripped-dri1ped-dTI
from the Evert1n-taTy -haired little old
chs-ub az the piano.
From he 'Fantalsio and FuEue, he
went without rest 70 Beethoven's 80
uata." No =. and thence n an intern
Unable faBtaisie by Schumann- L VS.
all splendid mechanism. but what
more 20 the point & had soui il l. ca
he weut. passing for eTecc az the end
Of each movement They zniSat have ap-
p!audei hin when &c paused. 5Et they
didn't he VAS rs ing-on hls psa1o-to
get 10 some distant shore. and the move