The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-22

be bored when he is travelling on a
comp" But this isn't intended to be
an interview with the reporter
Speaking of Paderewski; a COMPARE
son with him makes Malek a little
tired. He says So Just as he said
the hotel fare was-weH he probably
didn't want to be quoted and it is not
unlikely that he will tell the next re-
porter in the next town what he thinks
about Topeka hotels He has way
of talking about towns he has visited.
Springfield, Mo-, was bad Galveston,
Texas, was warm. The people were
warm and the weather was warm and
it was very pleasant. Wichita was ap-
preciative and acted as though it knew
good music This was news to the re-
porter and is important if true.
Il don't play like Paderewski," said
Malek meditatively, as he fumbled with
the handle of the dresser beside which
he sat in his room at the hotel 1t
makes me somewhat annoyed to see
that in the newspaper. l don't like it.
I don't read the newspapers much be-
cause one sees the same things over
and over again. 1t is an old story after
a while But I notice that which the
Topeka paper says about me being the
peer of Paderewski- We don't play
alike, because we do not feel the same.
No two pianists ought to be compared
together. They do not play the same.
You take the two greatest pianists that
lived and every one say that each is the
best. Then you put them together and
let them play the same piece and you
see they are very different"
Malek spent a good part of the
morning in poking about town in the
sunshine. He was out of the hotel the
first time, but on the second trip the
reporter found him in his room and
sent up his card via a small darky
aCome in called Malek promptly
when the bell boy knocked and stood
back for the visitor to enter. Malek
was before the door and called the re-
porter's name with a soft, guttefal
foreign INSTRUMENTATION that was al
together satisfactory in v1rtuoso.
Then came the handshake- Malek IS
tall and he employs the nigh hand-
clasp. 1t strikes you on the elevation
of YOUR necktie. The reporter has mix
ed I'D with politicians considerably of
late and has been accustomed to the
political handshake, which finds your
hand about the region of the belt- But
the reporter recovered hlnselt ana
made good It is possible that Malek
brought that hand grasp movement
from the old country and he may nave
acquired it in the artistic circles OIL
Chicago. 1t would be good anywhere.
Tt begins with an outward movement
Of the entire arm and at the same time
the elbow bends slightly. Then comes
the unexpected sweep of the arm.
You can see it coming and you nave
time to get your own hand INTO the
n,.oner position so that however I'M
looked for it does not necessarily breed
embarrassment.
In fhe first few moments of his con-
versatfon Malek talked about his man
ager The fact that the reporter had
been made the messenger for the de-
livery of a letter from the said man
ager which had been improperly d.
rected to him. gave an opening for this
subject of discussion Malek's man
ager is his evil genius. He insists on
making more engagements for him,
when Malek wants to quit. He avoids
| informing his pianists in regard TO his
/ exact location. SO that Malek can not
wire to him and tell him to make no
| further dates. He makes his engage
ments too close together, so that 1t is
! impossible for him to get sufficient rest
+ between performances. It is too siren
uous But afterward, when the season
is all done, Malek has a cottage about
fifty miles north of Chicago. He will
| hunt and fish and have a good time
and he Will forgive the manager who