Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-20
Women Sat Behind Curtain and
Listened to Music Made BY
Cherniaysky Brothers

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we don't know where TO begin, Z
tsaid Mischief. the cellist. Of the Cher
tniaNsky THO when asked to ten Of the
fcxperiences of the three brothers In
New Zealand and Australia The Cher.
| hIaTsky brothefs win appear in con-
cert at the Hawaiian Opera House to-
night In the first OF series Of con-
certs. :. =. If. ~ ~
Jan, our pianist win tell you about
our experiences" said Leo, the elder
brother. The two brothers drew up
their chairs and waited for the first
question. The query was Your Ira
yels? So $50
q belisTs said Mischief, that We
have 3faTeled more than amy other ar
lists IN Tie world. i feel that ! am
modest ID making this statement We
have toured Africa three times. New
zealahd three times, Australia and
China twice, and once we were In
Japan In addition 20 this we have
appeared In all Of the leading cities
Of Europe This is our first trip to
Honolulu, and we regret to say that
we have never been on the mainland
Of North America. This will be our
second appearance under the Ameri-
can Dag. the frst being in Manila re-
Gently
Jan laughed when asked about war
conditions iii New Zealand and Austria
ia. sBusiness was, never better In
both countries chan 1t is at the pres
ent time There Is a general air OF
prosperity III New Zealand and the
residents Of that country realize Il.
They have sent men to the front and
have contributed large sums Of money
to the war fund, but, aside from the
loss Of men and the wounded who are
refurnfns there is no suffering, New
Zealand Is i great agricultural coun-
try. and the sheep have made much
money for the farmer. He can sell
his crops at Increased prices, and his
condition has really improved since
the war started, That Is the way we
found conditions when We were there;
I'VE had q wonderful opportunity
to study conditions in that country as
we gave III concerts IN 105 towns In
New Zealand. There isn't 80 much
war tafk now, many Of the people are
too busy getting rich. We had an en-
joyabIe stay IN New Zealand, and we
found that the Maoris had improved
wonderful I'll their music since we
first app sfed there Conditions were
about the saIiie in Australia as they
were Id N6w Zealand. There Is CON
Esfderable war talk In SYDNEY and Mel
bourne, but you VIII md very httle
poverty in Australia at the present.
played Tor Maharajah.
eve had many pleasant experiences
during Dur stay IN India, said Mis-
,fIiel 81 where We played We were
treated really ard It Is W0hdefful
country FOR the traveller. We had the
Honor Of biayine before the Mahara-
jall Of Mybofe. the second richest man
IN India. We gave q concert IN the
palace. and words cannot begin to DO
Justice to the beautiful home. All Of
the treasures that wealth could buy
were gathered together in his home.
Rugs and tapestries Of unlimited value
were ii Evidence, and we were really
at loss n the wonderful residence Of
the wealthy Indian
.gThe Maharajah has 35 wives, and
during our visit and concert they were
m another room, looking out at us
through S5 holes In & curtain. You
can Imagine how we felt playing to
such strange audience. The Mahara-
fan is q student Of the violin. and we
had many pleasant hours at his pal
ace When we were leaving he gave
each Of us 3 diamond pin, which ! un-
deTstand is characteristic Of the
princes, as we learned later when we
were presented with more presents.
eve rad the pleasure Of d tiger hunt
given us By the Maharajah Of C6och
Behar. We started out tn the morn
ing on the elephants and 100 natives