Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-06

writer that the organist and the rector
Of All Saints may live as long as they
want, and never want as long as they
live.
Very often one hears Of some one who
is going to be a great man unsteady, or
of some one who is going to be a great
singer, and very often, those whose praises
are sung and chanted in advance Of the
gentle art Of making good" before they
have really done anything p~raiseworthy, do
not come up to expectations, or they sink
into the s~tagnant waters of mediocrity.
But it is ever a cause for congratulation
when one comes across a person, especi-
ally a young person, who quietly and with
out much heralding goes about his work in
a serious, determined manner, and really
achieves.
OF such a one would the writer now COM
pose a paragraph of sincere appreciation.
Clever people are comparatively numer-
Gus. Talented persons are met with here
and there. A Genius is an exceptional
rarity.
Some people have a genius for one
thing and some ave a genius" for an
other. but to be- a genius. that is quite
another matter.
1H I0AAS R&NA SNh-h 0CC2N ava
Omaha, twisting of the truth for the sake
of local" pride, or anything of that sort,
the music critic of The Bee refers to
Stanislav Letovsky, as "a Genius, by the
Grace of Cod"
Here is a young man who, Just a couple
Of brief years ago, was doing his work al
the High School like any other faithful
student. He was spending his time outside
of school hours in the serious study OF
Music. When he became proficient enough
he sought and secured employment in the
orchestras, and gained an invaluable ex,
perience in what we call routine" HI
practiced diligently at his pianoforte, anC
helped his father, s.. b. Letovsky, the wei
known local musician, in the copying, trans
! position, and arranging of songs, accom-
| paniments, and orchestral compositions. Fl,
worked just as hard as any man work.
l who is working to pile up money, but h
l was piling up wisdom, which is create
3 than rubies, and knowledge which is be
e yond the wealth Of the gold Of Ophir.
He possesses already a small fortune Il
wealth of ideas. and he has compounde
s interest on his talents.
And such a fortune is unaffected b.
: market or exchange.
TIL work began to tell. The Genius bega.
b TO burst forth; the lamp was trimmed an
l. the oil was not lacking, and the light be
$ gan to burn.
1t burned so brightly thai It attracted at
: t%ention in that brilliant city Of Berlir
y whose musical armament is ablaze wit
/ stars of great b%rilliancy.
u And its radiance streamed northwar
e until II arrived at Klel, where the Germa
emperor's brother, Prince Heinrich, lives
: And there in the stadt theater this youn
q man from Omaha, a genius. at the age OF
years 1think Of itD is conducting opera.
$ Look at the slender figure Of the you'll
as he raises his baton over the assemble
orchestra of eminent players and thoroug
musicians, Mark the seriousness Of IN
cou%ntenance, the lustre of the eyes, IN
q steadiness OF control, the sincerity OF puI
re pose, and then-some one is seen approach
Ing the royal box, and you notice that IN
prince has the young conductC
70 his box in order to bestow upon hil
N the royal congratulations.
10 And not yet 70 years OF agei 1t sound
a like a biography OF one OF the masters.
{ During his work at Kiel this young ma
Al has been one Of four conductors; he Ia
been engaged In working out the roles Il
1T performances, in-private rehesrsals for Il