The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-09

When the Hungarian violinist Koeian recently walked off with very fine Guarnerius belonging to New York vir- tuoso the press of the country had much to say about the incident. Geniuses are funny people anyway and Koeian's ex- cuse for his action was remarkable to say the least. Now comes the finale. more like a fairy tale than a happening in the twentieth century and the violin Is still the property of Koeian. Com menting on the cratic musician and his latest freak the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
 For months there has been a sort of tempest in a teapot concerning Kocian. the new stellar violinist, and the Guar nerius Ca famous brand of violins) he is supposed to have abstracted from the collection of a New York specialist in 'hddles." It seems that Kocian was all lowed to play on one of the collection and to take 1t with him for time for his own use, and he became so attached to 1t that he carried 1t abroad and the owner was obliged to take action in the premises. Then the uncle of KocIan showed the young artist that there were certain relations as to ownership of prop erty which could not be ignored.
 'It is an instructive commentary on the various phenomena of human thought that the virtuoso for long time insisted that the violin was his own be- cause he alone was able to use it. He ar- gued long that the patative owner could not be considered because he was simply collector and could not play the instru- ment. In the end he was brought to see the error of his logic, and at great ex- pense of time and money he came to New York and restored the instrument to it's real owner
 It is likely that the ordinary person will not appreciate the moral forces that com bined to reach this result. Kocian seem ed lost absolutely in contemplation of his art, and was willing to sacrifice anything If only he could secure what he wanted. The owner of the violin was adamant until he found that he was actually wreaking not vengeance but amending sorrow on an artist and he showed his own calibre by accepting in the first place the apology of Kocian and later by offering him the choice of his entire collection. Kocian chose the violin which was to him dearer than life and there the incident ends
 The only moral that seems to lie in this incident is that those who want things should ask for them rather than take them without ceremony Art is long, to be sure, but it must be based on legal considerations.
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 At the beginning of the racing season New York society spread itself in the mat ter of clothes. Flounces, frills and furbe loves were much in vogue and the ladies fairly outdid themselves in the matter of clothes. Suddenly the frills disap- peared. Plain tailor-made gowns vera seen everywhere and there was a de- cided revolution in feminine attire Tho following reason for the change is given by metropolitan daily:
 There is an acceptable reason why New York women of wealth and fashion are dressing so plainly at the races this year. They began the season riding aboard coaches and wearing the most billowy and alluring chiffons and laces . They really wore confections' and dreams No sooner did they parade their fine feathers at Morris Park than several thousand of the Tenderlon ladies caught the fad, and the astonishment of the fash ionables may be understood when they found their hats copied and their gowns mimicked by the other class of women in a weeks time. These two classes never dress alike, so the women in society beat hasty retreat behind tailor gowns and plain linen frocks. Laces and furbelows are given over to the other class, during the racing season, at least''