Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-24
BY Perry Reigleman

An artist who is an artist to his fin
ger tips yet who does not look like
the conventional picture of man who
has stirred audiences from the Atlantic
to the Pacific ocean, is William More
Rummel, violinist, who. appeared here
III the armOry last night III concert with
the Ord-Rummel company.
Modest, unassuming and somewhat
reluctant to talk about himself, Mr.
Rummel was found in his rooms in the
Marion hotel yesterday afternoon. Yet,
once the strangeness is worn away, he
is delightful conversationalist.
Naturally, he was full of his subject
and talked music and the way the au-
dienees in the different parts of the
United States "took" his playing He
was frank to say that he liked the west.
ern people best because they were not
so blase; because theygwere not afraid
of showing enthusiasm for anything
they liked. In the east, he said it was
proper not to be too deponstrative even
over the finest artistry in the world.
Both Mr.. and Mrs, sftummel like the
west because OF the genial bonhommie
they have found and the appreciation
with which they have been met. In his
opinion the northwest feels freer to eX-
press itself, is more generous in its APP
probation of his art, than any other
part of the coast, not excepting Los
Angeles, which is reputed to be cen
ter for art, music, and drama. Conse-
quently, he has deeper feeling of re-
gard for the people of this northwest,
This is the second time he has visited
Salem and he is very much impressed
with the beautiful weather. When he
was here the first time, it was with
Madame Nordica under the manage
ment of Miss Minnetta Mayors, it was
February and the weather was bad.
This is the first trip of Mrs. Rummel
here and she is well pleased with Sa.
lem. She says she liked the western
men, and she smiled at her husband,
because of their code of morals-if you
steal horse you get shot Immediately,
etc, etc.
|, Mr.. Rummel is an interesting person
ality and the more one knows him the
better he is liked. But hos is Il man
without a country; he has no flag he
can really call his own. His ease may
be likened to the kittens that were born
in a bake oven-were they biscuits!
He was born in Berlin. Germany, yet
he is an Englshman.. His grandfather
was William Morse, the inventor of the
telegraph. When he was here before he
owned the English flag. Now he has
taken. out his first citizenship papers
which means he renounced allegiance
to- England He is not n full fledged
American yet.
He had numerous dates made in Can
ada from Montreal TO British Columbia
but on account of this war he had to
cancel them. His name is very German
so if he stepped across the line into
Canada he would probably be seized
and sent to a detention camp. If he
proved he was an Englishman, he would
be; sent TO the sfrent to- fight;sand even
| if he went into Canada he would lose
his first papers and have to start al
over again to be an American. SO h,
stays this side OF the Canadian border
Among the artists of the musica
world Mr.. Rummcl ranks high. II,
counts among his personal friends ar
fists like Ysaye, whose favorite pupi
he was, Kreisler Iimbalist, Thibaud
Maud Powell, GodowsRi, Bauer, an,
Paderewski. At the end of his lyeeun
season, which will take him over
large portion of the United States, h,
will appear as soloist with the Roches
ter symphony Orchestra He is ais