The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24
PADEREWSKI GETS
$4,000 FOR POLES
Makes speech in Carnegie Hall
and Gives a Chopin
Recital.
PRAISES MME. SEMBRICH

fcna,c Jan paderewski. the amous
Polish pianist. delivered yesterday after
noon IN carnegie Hall AN address on
the past. present and future of Poland
and played a short programme Of COM
pnsitious by CHOPIN in aid OF the Polish
Victims Relief Fund This hall was
,rowded aud FOR "A time before the
pianist appeared young women and men
we're busy selling photographs and
20 to the fund.
MIR padcrewski. entered from the side
ioor Of the stage nc 2 "a o'clock and
TODD directly In front Of "a huge Polish
3ag draped across the rear wall between
Two American flags. A reading desk
with a din light stood IL front of the
piano in the foreground. but was not
used by the artist. clad In a frock
GA, and wearing the flowing white
uecktie familiar to his admirers. the
artist advanced to the front Of the
stage and stood with his left hand
thrust into the breast OF his coat and
his hcad thrown back rs he quickly
began.
At first he spoSc slowly and deliber-
at.ly. and used no gestures. As he
reached certain emotional episodes In
his speech he threw open his coat. dts
dosing Il white waistcoat, and m
p!oycd the freed hand as well as the
other in sesticulatlon. while he spoke
more rapidly aud will a passionate
note OF protest IN his voice.
Those 'vho are acquainted with Mr..
padesewski know that he is master Of
three languages besides his WIN, namely
French. German and English. His COM
rand of the last is distinctly literary.
His vocabulary Is wide and aristocratic
and his style distinguished by Dcrvous
dircctuess combined with scholarly re-
hnom.nt. His enunciation yesterday
was generally good, though the way
ward acoustics Of Carnegie Hall made
imp.rious demands upon Il.
Explained Ills Presence.
Mt. Paderewski began with a brief
explanation of his appearance as a
spsake-. He wished TO interest his
audience In Poland. II was her mis-
fortune that she had suffered untold
misorics Of which the western world
VI, almost entirely ignorant. In the
first place. little or nothing was known
here of Poland. Her size was such
as 10 ASK 1bf tDilSlutI " it'i'us
he declared I'VE do not measure the inn
portance Of ation by their size. but
by their contributions to the progress OF
humanity
Poland mad claims from this point
OF View too. The country vas as large
as the middle md New England states
combined. The population amounted 10
about So. 0OO. 900, so many human be
ngs should 10y mere aggregation appeal
49,. 49,. In.l hAAn nTsA
,,utcd hy historians. not disintcres,ed
and often dow nright dishonest. Trey
had been called anarchists, ignorant
retroactive, dull. Yet this people had
produced a great literature. "A great
music and II great political history.
Poland had practically adopted 'h'
prime. pies OF re~publicanism before
either England or France She hat
shown herself a champion of the
brotherhood of nations and previous tt
her own downfall had concluded viii
Lithuanin = treaty couchcd in the Ian.
gudgC Of love, 4 treaty celebrated
throughout W great nations AZ one
Of the noblest and most bencf'ccnt com
plcts of mankind.
Poland has always been perhaps roc
liberal. but she could at least boas'
thai she had never prosecuted a rae. Q
creed or even "A language. To re
boundaries had He'd the prosecuted Jew,
from Germany and TO them Ill lVs'
Ladlsias / had granted citizenship
Eut IN the course of time PolAnds LID
crafty wds hor undoiug ard In the enc
mo greatest political crime of histor!
was accomplished in her partition
Poland fen said the speaker, BE
rli,se three other nations were greedy
ur%scrupulous M strong because sh'
WAS generous, humane II weak Su
when she fcll she did not fall alone
with her f.ll tho honor OF three mon
srchics.'