Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-30
FIGHT BY ROUNDS
Round One

y The men shake hands. Abe standing
still in his place, Weeks draws back
|. quickly and lands left to the face.
dNWeeks missed a left swing. Attell
anumps in and puts left to face, following
'th right to jaw. Weeks seems con-
And. Attell lands left and then right to
presenapd tears in like whirlwind, placing
is not oaSe lefts and rights and knocking
the hearAto ropes, Weeks finally holding
present th,
torium on ,ds on. In clinch Abe loses
l. It is not olneys. Attell rips in left to
absorbed feelfhe clinch Weeks lands right
ence away witoming out of clnch Weeks
concertos are pAhead. Weeks misses hard
pose that appare sends Abe back with a
the difficulties W
average violinist. u, ~ r,uo
Powell tone is marvu wv
even in the most prange Abe tries fierce
pa ssages With reposses' ana they come
from the suspicion of out ol tne clincn ,
wonderful how Miss Phs wraps ts.S al iin, :
in her interpretation sue 49,. .s,.t =
sion and sentiment. S s 1,l, 80 :
In Maud Powell are tLose anu "eeAs
fas scination of an almost 80.
artistry There is the musP az "eens nc
and a transporting pleas oiiiieii' 1Ape
Powell stands today before
can public as the representa- 1919 siH.s J
linist Of this country. She has " olose
with the leading orchestras, SaSe asaln ~
never been found wanting, eva face. In
| director herself she has gained ~ neau'
| in the east. In concert work she f.se .s 4l, en
approachable, and as program M nSn,,t;, AZ ]
she has never been eGualed even ane'e
| the male virtuosi.
| Certainly the composer can thank lach
stars when Miss Powell introduces hel.s
work to America. When Maud PoweS, ~,
plays, one thinks not of bowling antAs
lingering, of staccato or legati, of har-I,s
monies, or double stops Of trills-t
| though they be, as hers are, Melba like
| in their perfection-one thinks only of
the music. Like a great actor, she
| makes one forget the player in the art.
Miss Powell will be assisted by Maui
| rice Eisner, an excellent pianist and
accompanist, who adds much to the en-
| joynent of the high grade programs
presented.
Maud Powell, violinist. was born in
Peru. I'LL, August %. 1863 daughter of
| William Bramwell and Minnie PauD
Powell and niece of Maj. j. w Powell,
the ethnologist Her father was well
known educator and author,
She was educated in the common schools
of Aurora ILL.,, where she also had her
first lessons on the violin and piano OF
William Fickencher and his daughter. At
the age of she studied the violin under
William Lewis and the piano under Miss
Agnes Ingersoll, both of Chicago.
The child prodigy was occasionally heard
in concert. at one time making six
weeks tour through Illinois, Michigan
and wisconsin with the Chicago Ladies'
quartet In 1881 she went abroad to study
with schraidieck in Leipsic and Dancla In
the Paris conservatorie.
She spent year in England concertiz-
ing (being commanded on several occa-
sions to appear before various members
Of the royal household) and one year IN
Berlin with Joachim. She made herI
debut in New York with the New York
Philharmonic society In 1884 and a series
of successful concerts followed, lasting
musical societies and orchestras of the
states.
In 1892 she toured Germany and Austria
as representative American violinist with
the New York Arlon society under the
conductorship Of Van der stucken, and in
the following year she appeared In the