The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

thcrthy losing much valuable tirne that
could be spent to much better advari.
tage George Eliot lisa shining example
OF what woman can do In the field OF
novel writing; Chaminads5 he French wo-
man. of what she may de II, musical com.
position, and Teresa 'Garrsiio. OF what
she may Decomesas IL a tpia MIST. OF tho
many distinguished lady performers that S
1t has been my pleasure to hear. I place (
her first She Is the granddaughter OF s
ono of the Presidents of Venezuela In &
her early days she was instructed by
Gottschalk, and 1t was doubtless from ~
him that she lnbibed great deal OF SS
that dash and ripple for which shells
noted When Carreno played Rubenstein 81
y minor concerto in New York a few
years ago, she was greeted with storms
of applause. Anton Seidl said he had N.
never heard 1t played in such mastery
style since. Ruhenstein himself played
It. have heard her play Gottsehalk $
great "ApotheoseS Grand March solen-
nellie and ii Treniolo' Etude wivh daz-
cling execution. dc not recall That ! Is.
have ever heard any one, Paderewski. u
Second Raraps ody With more dazzling IS
brilliancy, fire and dash than this same
Caireno. the "lp.less Of the piano"
Withal she Is a beautiful woman OF the
Creole type. She surpasses many mSle
planists OF note that l have heard on the !.
concefted wight who looks wise, wears
slong hair, and puts on airs ut the plano
that cannot but feel the ei.lcacy Of tho =
following lines, after hearing, charming
Teresa Carreno-- 9
"Amo, amas-I loved a lass.
For she was tall and slender,
Anas, amat--sho laid me fiat.
Though sof the feminine gender"
4 There is no. dry-bone business about
Carreno; there Is no disputlng that g
PADDRDWSKI. e s
The great Polish pianist Paderewski Will
appear in America again at no distant
day. He Is indeed a great performer. as
every. cultivated person must know. But ~
no mortal can excel In all lines. I; In M
Eachs figures prefer Won Buiow; lii
the performance Of Chopins waltz, op
Il? Rosenthal. In my opinion. surpasses II
any living pianist He goes out OF, tho n
usual rut; he plays It WITH ar ndividual-@S3
4 lily that is very refreshing. In the mats
ter OF technique he Is superior to tho
red-no authenticated Pole. AS sa!dt}E
any educated MUSICIAN Is bound to concednly$;
the greatness OF Paderewskl. but I have
often wondered whether he would have
had the same popular success II he had
come among US as plain Mr.. William Il
Smith. with hair less fiery and more trim
med. n ~ E5i5y mi Il
SOME BRIEF PARAGRAPHS. ~
Harold Randolph, now at the head ,of 81
the Peabody Conserva tory, In Baltimore,
is a son OF lines Randolph, who wrote the Is,
celebrated fish poem. I have the poem 8
among my books, but can't place my d
hands on 1t at this wrlung. We all res
member how the old negro went a-fsh-
ing, tied his lines to his legs, and wen t s
to sleep.sSA big Ash came along, made q @
bite. pulling the old negro In the water. NM
When his body was found 1t was always i
said afterwards, that 1T was never.
known whether the negro went a-fshing 81
rrrts
lines Randolph wrote our old war song, M
90 + am q good old rebel. now that's
Just what am, and ] don't care g. ---.''sss3
+ Please fill out tho rhyme yourself, dear
reader. s#aS 4. ss Il
81 Harry Watterson, the, brilliant editor #
4of the Louisville Courler-J ournal, stu
died the piano, but an incident. to his
hand changed his course; SO. instead of 6$
brilliant pianist, NE have a brilliant edit
( tor. Few people to-day are aware soI
the fact, that 1t Was he who played on
the piano Fosters !" old Folks at Home.
FOR Christian Nilsson, the great singer
That was the first time she ever heard IA
the sweet old tune. She afterwards sang hi
1t In public.
Robert Browning. tho poet, was an edn 81
Gated pianist. Read his poem, called THE
understood the structure OF Q %tugue: &e
II you understand what a fugue is you Il
will appreciate the poem Isl rs
Leigh Hunt. another poet, was g plan
LIST, Among his writing MAY be found a.
poem called THE Plano" 81 ssy
Il DR.. Holmes, the author OF the mimi
table breakfast Ia bler series, was Q
good physician poet, lecturer. prose writ
6er, and q great lover of8music. He prac- 5
@tlced on the violin, and II he did as well Is:
on that instrument as he did In the q
various other things that he undertook
+ he mus have played very we'll. All read KS
crs of the "Autocrat Of the Breakfast N
Table remember that after eploring the III
horrible practice OF pnnnlng, he makes 9
Stlrst-rate one himself i.
onion q" ana answers, because IFS
s'mell-odious bet AZ 53is. Il mi N I'M
{ III the same work he speaks OF THAI;
berg, the pianist. Dear old Doctor Holmes
how l should like to have known him 3
and basked In the sunshine Of his merrl-5 sS
ment! st5Es & I'd ii Ss5gg
Ono Of our Presdents-Th mas Joner-
son-loved the violin and played on it.3ss&
q But rather suspect he was more OF a sis
fiddler than4a vionist. s
& Carl Schurz the famous sta esman.8f 5s
studied the piano, and, with the idea OF 88
making It profession. We know him.
however, as the brilliant speaker and Il
politician. s%
Our own Sidney Lanier, the Southern
poet played the flute In the orchestra
at the Peabody symphony concerts. His @
tastes We're equally divided between mu-ls
sic and poetry It was no who wro tie that AZ
music Is love In search OF a word"
6# Of5course we ,all relnemberi Oliver Colds
smith and his flute. VI it Il 81, Il "
7 will close this rambling article with
the description OF a piano as given by a SS,
ssiamese Ambassador. Flo SAID he was
not much impressed by the music, but 8
was astonished, Interested; and pleased 3Si
with q OfanO-torte solo. y!Th6E sound 4
produced by u great square box set upon 4
legs; "a woman he wrote. "sits Iii front
of this. and tickling a sort OF tall Che
pedaD that 1t has, with her toe, pros %
duces variety Of sounds on a number Of 5
little bits of Ivory In front Of her. This 81
is about as good as the Irlsh1nan's de-
Escrption OF fiddle that 1T Is the sligo <
a. tl.rltav ard ana Of a .enfise,..G