The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-22
Some Gossip Ab0ut a Trio Of People
Prominent In the Public Eve
Noted Authoress and Her Marital Troubles-Wy Shoudn
Two Great Musicians Be Happy Though Married?
Rather Pathetic Was Mark Twain's Remark
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

"It was rather pathetic said very
clever woman to me yesterday as we
were discussing the marriage which &C.
Cured a few days ago of Miss Clara
Clemens and the distinguished Russian
pianist, Mr.. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, what
Mark Twain said when he was asked
II he was pleased with the alliance"
"And what was that?" I queried
"That he was as much pleased as any
marriage could please him for after all
they are all tragedes-even the happy
ones, for the terrors of life are then to
come"
And so different from what one would
expect from Mark Twain" observed,
because he is always so witty and you'd
think that he would have had something
humorous to say Which reminds me
that I see on reason why this love af-
fair shouldn't turn out beautifully since
1t is SO romantic. You know the twain
were students at the same time of the
great Leschetizlxy in Vienna and have
known each other 10 years"
yet their troubles have already be-
gun, following quickly upon the heels
of Mark Twain's statement, since Mrs.
Gabrilowitsch's former accompanist is
now making trouble for her about alien
ating somebody's or other affections and
the press dispatches announce that the
young couple have Cancelled their pas
sage just as Mr.. Gabrilowtsch is on the
eve of his European engagements.
HE has acted rather grandly on the
whole, l Think said my friend .but
what could you expect when a man is
I,tc liz
begin to throw things at you and pull
your hair out until the first illusions,
at least, are dispelled.'
well, 7 don't believe he will ever
do ugly things l remarked, for a man
who can ply like he can certainly must
have an abnormaly developed soul and
heart"
Nonsense" said my friend who was
rather pessimistically inclined I dis
covered as we continued our conversation
Don't ever judge by a mans looks
some of them look like angels and act
like-devils.'
"Well, at any rate, am not prepared
to believe such things of Mr.. Gabrilo-
witsch," I insisted, "for anybody who
has heard him play Chopin and Beetho-
ven must indeed feel as I do about It.
Let me recall to you a little "reminiscences.
Mr.. Jack Bacon of New York, who. by
the way, has written some charming
things for the magazines, is personal
friend of mine and he is Mr. London
Charlton's Cthe big concert manager) as
sistant at Carnegie halD. One afternoon
two years ago when Twas in the metrop-
oils he sent me tickets one afternoon
for a Gabrilowitsch concert. ploughed
through snow and rain with chum of
mine. who is as music mad as am,
and when we got to Carnegie hall you
have never seen anything like the crowd.
We sat for two hours and half and
heard this wonderful man play. His in
depreciation of the Chopin funeral march,
as we usually hear 1t called, was the
most superb thing have ever listened to-.
and there was not a dry eye In the
house. Oh! no, man like that couldn't
help but have heart and that is. after
all, the only thing that counts. And
then think of his temperament"
yes, recall what Dorothy Dix said
about Mr.. George Cohen when he and
his wife, Ethel Levy. were having their
differences-she said that a woman
couldn't expect anything as husband
from a man who could write a song like
"''Give my regards to Broadway
Tell all the boys III be there"
''Oh, how could you make such COM