The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-28
BY Herbert Corey.

BY Herbert Corey.
There's one nice, homely thing
about Ernest Scheiling, the pianist.
once he was a fine, tough, dirty little
American boy. Since then he has
hobnobbcd with kings and princes
but no matter. There was Il day when
any of us would have hcsitatcd to
shake hands with him.
Schelling was born in Belyidcre. n.
j.. not very far from Philadelphia.
His parents saw at once that he WAS
a musician. How they saw it must
ever remain a mystery. for. he hated
the piano above all things. Because
he hated the piano he never Eats ar-
pies nowadays. Here's the eXplana-
ton.
He was given Il child's set of toys
Tor CHRISTMAS n Year" said a friend.
smuggled the saw into the music
room. BY giving it n careful little rub
each day. he finally managed I o saw
off n leg of the grand piano. When
the maid moved 1t. 1t fell down. Little
ernest Schelling. future maestro, was
sent down the cellar to mediate, An
ambitious tingling accompanied him.
Every time he sat down he could re-
member that something had gone
wrong. So he looked about him for
revenge"
In the cellar were two barrels of
handsome Rhode Island greetings.
Little Ernest Schooling, the future
maestro, carefully took each apple out
Of the two barrels. and us .carcfully
bit a single bite out Of each one, and
put them back again. In order to
prevent Immediate discovery of his
crime he swallowed each small bite.
TWO barrels full of small bites make
one sick boy. Ernest Schelling
WDllldnf aDt nm lnn1o tnJaS, = }, -
than he would voluntarily bruise Il
finger. And his waking hours are de-
voted in part to guarding those prcc-
ious fingers.
He made his debut in Philadelphia
at the age of four and one-half years.
hut at intervals after hat function
he used to disappear from home for a
day or two days. or three days. at a
time. His parents worried. of course.
They would worry from parenta at
lection. not to speak of the prospective
career OF the maestro-tO-bc. But they
always knew where he was. He was
always In n a of n of the en-
gines of the Delaware and Lackawan-
ma road. breaking all rules by talking
to the engineer. He would so to the
n Of II maa.s run and come back
with his partner. If schelling had
never become a pianist he would have
made the finest hobo thai ever put
chalk marks on a railway tank.
once" said his candid friend, 'hc
and his pal. Skinny. rode to Bethle-
hem. Pa. 100 miles or more from
home. The weather was very hot. and
when the freight train on which they
were invited guests was laid out by
the side of a canal they decided to go
in swimming.
"'You give US two whistles IL the
orders como tn on fhrS, tnl.l kI,n -,
gineer.
The engineer was A heartless Irish
man of vast capacity for laughter. Two
small naked forms slid into the canal
like muskrats. Just then he saw a
party Of schOOlma'ams making their
way over the cinders between the rails
and the canal. His hand was quicker
than his eye The whistle went 'toot-
tooot.' Two small boys boiled out Of
the canal and fed TOWARD the engine.
clothes claspcd under elbows. Pianist
Schelling still remembers the atmos-
phcse of disapprovar through which
he ran III order to get back t o the en-
gine and safety. ON the floor of the
engine he found the faithless engineer,
a prey to cachinnatory commissions.
lie couldn't even pretend to speak.
ger slightly. just to show that he was
still alive"
This next yarn is valuable chiefly
as contrast. Schelling appeared at the
Paris conservatory when he was nine
years old. toured Europe as Il boy
pianist for a while-"blew up'-for n
time he was the most completely On
ploded phenomenon that, eve left II
village for tho hi" l.aguc-and even
tually became rich and famous. Hcing
rich and famous in Europe. he has a
Handwriting acquaintance with multi
tudes Of royalty-if royalty ever
shakes hands.
One OF his particularly near friends
was n of the minor monarchs of
The duke hated All things
French with Il stern Tcnlunic hate.
ie loathed the French language. and
In order to aid IN wipine his beloved
German free from contamination. no
offered =. prize for the best substitute
in German for the French word bis
Mr.. Schelling aided and ahct-
ted him in this, just because he liked
the ame The prize winning word
was ."knusperchen.''