The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-20
TALK OF
THE TOWN

IeL Understand music anyway Wei
out il force. and since they have bee
telling stories about the recital whic
: make the musical part al the city furiou.
The man who believes that Paderews ST
. got out Of the piano sweeter music tha
was ever touched from it before goes L
into the air in q passion when somebod
, calls the Pole FOUNDER" But I'll
, real spasm Is brought OF ia the musicia
whea the critic announces ssvagely tina
Blind Tom could beat him PLAYING.
Now the people who insist that tho
didn't like Paderewski's music accus
the people who aid ~ vputting it on
when. as a matter OF Iact. the accuser
are putting on some Of their apathy. Tw
hours and half OF piano playing is con
Siderable on the average auditor. bu
the Wichita audience never became rest
less or lacked in attention Chas. Gleet
Of Topeka, who was in the audience. said
II have heard Paderewski d number o
times. here and there over the country
7 have never before seen q more atten
tive. more enthusiastic audience" Dur
ing the recital a woman In the audience
fen into a state Of suspended animation
not exactly a faint There was naturally
big commotion in the neighborhood. but
people three rows in front of her did not
turn TO look. The wizard at the piano
had their attention TOO closely
one woman from a territory town told
/ the local paper about the recital when
( she got home, and the local paper in de-
( scribing Paderewsld said: He bowed low
! IN recognition Of each applause, and his
/ long hair would hang down in front. al
most shielding his entire body from pub
/ lie view. Surely the reporter supplied
/ that. Nobody ever told it. Yet man
who came back from the recital told Van
Duyn, at the Manhattan, this: Ivan
he said. Paddy is batty. There amt no
doubt about it. He's batty. Why, he
don't sit in front of the piano at all . Not
On your life. He shoyes q low stool IN
der the piano-under it, mind YOU. and
crawls I'm. And then he darts ont. clips
the piano a lick ana lodges back under
again. Then he'll dart ont again. smash
it with his right and skedaddle back IN
DER again. Then he'll dash out once
more and sock it to the worries with both
fists, and then duck under again. Hes
batty- sure's you're alive. Music? Wen.
yes my daughter claimed it was
It's remarks like this which set the
musical part Of the community wild with
anguish
A citizen Of Wichita said. the day af-
ter the recital: II listened. and ad-
nnired the wonderful execution. but I can
not honestly say I enjoyed the music.
But . lady who was with me said at the
conclusion: That is the most wonderful
exhibition OF God-insnired genius have
ever Witnessed. His music is as mar
velously sweet and emotional as man ever
drew from an instrument
TWO citizens were having a discussion
Tuesday: II didn't catch the music.
one said. "Al I could see was that he
was playing the devH with the keys"
"Bosh"r said the other. You know
better than that Heavens. man. What
about the harmonies, what about the
depth the volume. the perfection Of tone,
the blend the pulsation of Melody"
II didn't catch It,"
Yes you did J." exclaimed the other man.
You know you did. There's a kind of
fashion here in Wichita 10 say YOU don't
appreciate music. A man can chase off to /
a horse race and get excited. or TO base I
bah game and whoop 'er up. or shout
himself hoarse over an election, and it's (
an right. But let him snow little emo I
for insane or daffy You did appreciate +
it, you know you did,
40. ] didn't insisted the man
So FAR MS the musicians Of Wichita are /
concerned, they have been in the seventh
heaven Of delight an week. They say THAI .
is the most wonderful soloist (
they ever heard They arc an agreed .
that the master-stroke OF the evening
was Schumanns Symphoneques. All the
numbers were familiar 10 them. some Of
hem SO wonderfully played that they
were scarcely recognizable. Every girl
10 town PLAYS The spinning song of Men
ielssohn The smoothness in the right
land and the accentuation in the left
~ Paderewski En- this. they declare was
ncomparable and beyond ali imitation.
one woman says: II went home and
'losed my piano that niEht and il hasn't
.een open since j feel that / viii never
iay arain. Take that Chopin vaIse. I've
5aled fer hftecn years. Imagine my feel
Bes when Z heard Paderewsld play it,
e Is not difficult. IL IS not necessary 70
ave any particular snced or strength.
BRIT think what he MADE of it, what av-
ID power lac cove u The swing of it.
& crushed me. The wloie recital ahso-
.ltely crushed me THE music I play is
lot music any longer
Many Of the local musicians get their
leads together ana Try to analyze Pader-
wski s. methods. Many of them accuse
i'm of TRICKS. They are an sure thar be
oes as DE pleases with the tempo and
ONE rnsv< ro ffS~e q, ~e.s am mi, ~i-fr.c-
ID have theories about his work with the
edals. and come believe that This IS the
ccret of his power