The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-17
Some Gosub Of Nuac And
 WusIcIanS Zn Gay Neav York
Mrs Flournoy Rivers Talks About Her TrpHer New Kin dergarten Method Approved by Josefy Damrosch, tIm pressaro Oscar, Schirmer and Schindler- Attended
 Suffragette Meeting at Mrs Belmont's
 Marble House., Newport
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE.


 back, and I am consumed with joy at the idea of hearing about all the lovely things you said and did this summer" was my greeting to Mrs Flournoy Rivers yester- day afternoon, when I found her in her pretty studio surrounded by books, and music and pictures all the things that are synonymous win this charming woman j tastes and accomplishments
 And I am delighted to be at home once more" she said. 'I have had the most royal time imaginable. Saw every body I cared to see; did everything wanted to do; and had my hearts desire all round"
 T know what all that means" laugh ingly said. Music, musicians, books, charming and clever people, and all that sort of thing"
 "Yes, and more," she said. q hardly know where to begin, but I think I will start with Mir. Joseffy'
 Nothing could please me better" l re- piled, enthusiastically. You studied with him, did you not?"
 Yes, and I never enjoyed anything as much In all my life. He is a master craftsman, as you well know, and all New York each year places him on a pinnacle of greatness. He has a waiting list as long my arm, and charges $10 an hour-cash, as the lesson is finished. But he's worth it. He was good enough to let me go out to Tarrytown-o on the Hudson-fiis summer home, and hear my lessons after his city studio hours. His place is ideal right across from West Point, adjoining Rockefeler's estate, and three-quarters of a mile from The Cas- tie. Miss Masons school which so many Birmingham girls have attended. It is about two miles from Lyndhurst,' Miss Helen Miller Gould's gorgeous home. Sev- eral times I lunched with MT. Joseffy and his daughter, Helen, and think of itI we supped right out in the open air, the little table being arranged for just us thre, in the beautiful grounds overlook ing the Hudson. We usually had a simple German repast of cakes and wines, or coffee, and the dearest little 'Dutch-y' coffeecakes, with little black seeds, all through them. Here and there was a bed of geraniums with centerpieces of queer little Dutch figures, all so picturesque and wonderful But the conversation one heard, above all the little foreign repast and the beaming intelligence in the mast CTS face, and the bright eyes entirely un- dimmed by age, which have an odd little way of opening very wide when he means to emphasize a statement just consumed me with happiness. Once he came out to meet me Cat his own door) in dressing gown and slippers with little silk cap on, a la Wagner. Oh it was delicious!'
 T am positively green with envy, when I think of all those things I said, "and l wish I had been with you"
 '.I wish you had, for you would have enjoyed every moment" replied Mrs. Rivers. And the things I did ask MT. Joseffy. We simply talked volumesi His daughter is very pretty and is pupil of Saenger. She sings very sweetly, but neither she nor his son has his genius. You know Joseffy was born near Buda- pest'
 And where was Mrs. Joseffy all this time?' I inquired into the family af- fairs.
 She and the son were travelling out west, and, by the way, madame Is Parisienne, and perfect mountain of flesh. So pretty 17-yearrold Helen was housekeeper and amanuensis for her dis tinguished father during her mothers $ absence"
 q heard of the beautiful dinner Mr. Joseffy gave in your honor. and how he introduced you as The Soul of the New South in Music.'"
 T was mighty proud of you,' I said en- Enthusiastically.
 T felt greatly complimented said Mrs Rivers modestly, flor l consider MT. Joseffy the most wonderful of us all. His house is a curiosity shop of photographs autographs and souvenirs from every imagina ble source-from crown heads to the people he has taught"
 And are his hands so beautiful as peo- pie say?" I asked.
 "They are the whitest, most beautifully groomed hands you ever saw" said she Small, white dynamos, from which the worlds chief stunt in swift clarity comes. I asked him who he considered the great est of pianists, and he promptly replied Busoni and Gabrilowitsch.'
 And Paderewski?" I said, in a hurt tone
 ESQ did l." responded Mrs. Rivers, "and MT. Joseffy replied, I said Busoni and Gabrilowtsch, and meant it. You see, he continued these two are what l call the legitimists. They have a certain scien- tifc adjustment of brain, finger and con ception that never fails them They are absolute and unapproachable masters, but Paderewski, Carreno and some of their ilk have a beautiful genius that at times lifts them beyond bounds and equally at times fails them. They are poets,' he added (with the cutest little look of satire), and poets are not so dependable, as plainer folk''
 "And this from Joseffy, who is himself a modern" I suggested, 'acute. informed to a sky-scraping degree, means much"
 Well, you know my appreciation of him, when I tell you that I paid him in one week s129 for lessons"
 .'Besides studying with Joseffy, I took the normal training course at Columbia. studying harmony and counterpoint with Rossiter Cole, the composer, the organ with Edwin Kraft, arch-dean of the great cathedral at Cleveland, and l also had lessons at Mrs. Virgil's Clavier School of Music, and I want you to see one of her inventions.
 ]. So saying, Mrs. Rivers picked up a dress-suit case, and said:
 Now, what do you suppose IS in herer'
 .Never could guess riddles" replied, as she opened it, and there was per- feet little piano keyboard, made in tho suitcase and ready for practice pur- noses. matters not where one may be-"
 How attractive!" I exclaimed. And that brings me to your own invention of Modern Kindergarten Methods. Tell me about your success" requested.
 ''Tll tell you more about that when YOU see some things I have here" said Mrs. Rivers, as she piloted me to an- other room where a whole trunk full of things delight to child as we'll as erown-up, explained her invention, which is truly wonderful. It Is a system of doll work, which gives the child It's ideas of music, and as she lauded It's advantages