The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

education unsteady (and heaven be
 praised. although he's a cut and dried
 further" he spoke English, and not
 broken" either, and my ears were not
 strained to catch 'zat eez so and so"
 and ''dis eez something else'o, found him
 to be quite an earnest young man and
 particularly modest regarding his accom-
 plishments.
 Beginning at the very first he said
 Although I was born of Bohemian pa-
 rents, my father and mother both being
 fl om Bohemia, first saw the light of day in Chicago. I lived there only very short time however, as the best part of
 my life. in fact all of it practically, has been spent in Germany and Bohemia, where l have studied ever since l was
 big enough to handle a fiddle and a bow"
 l always adore artists when they are
 big enough to call the king of instru-
 ments' d fiddle
 It sounds so human.
 l remember how adorably Yasaye talked about his beloved ifddle.'
 "I began my studies in Chicago With | Mraz, and later went abroad, where at | the age of Is I made my debut continued Mir Dolejsi, playing the Paganini and Mozart concertos," Does the naIlODauty or tilt toiilposc'' | l asked, affect you when you render | d masterpiece? For instance, when you | play Paganini, do you feel Italian, or | when you play Russian, French or Ger man music. do you feel the strain of blood
 that characterzes these different people?' Not at all," said MT. Dolejsi. The great masters wrote for the entire world. | A person does not have to be Russian to | play Wienia wslSi, or tot understand him. | Music is 1e plus grande art, and life is expressed through music, and 1t Is not a ]. question of nationality, or climate, or To- ] ca tion, but it is just universal, message | to all mankind whether written by Bo-
 hemian, Swede, Dane or an Amerl- | can"
 l When I went back to my native coun- l try" Mr. Dolejsi said, "I meant to make ! a name for myself, and the first tour that l 1 ever made was through Bohemia, the | land of my forefathers which l love so
 much. First, however, I studied in Vienna with Sevcik, and now you have caught me | on my favorite theme-my master, the
 greatest of all teachers and players. l
 had two years private instruction with | Seveilx, then l entered the master class I at the Royal academy. There are only
 F pupils received, and l had the honor I Of being one of the dozen.'
 How Is that honor acquired?' I asked. | By rigid examination" said MT. Do-
  | studying with Sevcik l then graduated from the Royal Conservatory, and with | one other vlolnist born in America like myself. David Hochstein, who is now l teaching in New York. I attained the
 honor of receiving the royal state dip l loma."
 l "Sevcik is the mast wonderful teacher of the violin In the world" said MT. Do- I lejsi, with whom this artist is an ideal. | He was chosen for the royal appoint
 ment at the academy. for the position he occupies is royal appointment. you 1 know, from such artists Ysaye, Mar l teau, and others. and that in itself is con- 1 sdered the greatest testimonial possible | to attain. Sevcik is now 62 years old. a l bachelor, and he does very little concert l izing; in fact, he left that off at 40, and 1 has devoted his time to teaching and | composing His studies for the violin are | famous the world over, you know, l Opus One alone making over $1 100000 for 1 his publishers. He is the most patient | man 1 have ever seen with pupils, and | that is one of the secrets of his success. l His record Is brilliant one, being sols violinist at the opera at Kiev. when he l was very young, and later he was ap- pointed conceremeister of the Opera
 Comique in Viena. None of his compo-