Indiana daily times., 1922-01-10
Foreign Leaders Slight
American Composers

orchestra and only recently had it pro-
duced by Kathleen Partow, the violinist,
and even then without the orchestra.
Louis Gruenberg's winning of the $1,000
prize for the best orchestra symphony
given by the Angel of the New York
symphony orchestra ought TO demon
strate that great talent is domiciled in
the United States His THE Hin OF
Dreams is a work of art.
WORK OF
AMERICANS REJECTED.
When one contemplates the pain of hav-
ing to sit for hours through the playing
Of "Old Stuff" written by Europeans,
most of whom had their works played
when they were young, the realization
that probably equally fine orchestra
scores written by native born Americans
are being constantly rejected IS not pleas
ing, especially in view of the knowledge
that the subscribers and supporters of
the various orchestras are the best Amer
lean families
Fanny Hurst, the writer, and her
husband comprise only one of an in
creasing number Of dual household
I couples in Manhattan. John Kitchen,
friend Of John Drew and former leader
Of cotillions In Chicago, also maintains
a separate home from that of his wife,
Frances Cameron, who succeeded Ethel
Jackson in the original Merry Widow
company and an attractive brunette seen
last year in Agar" They have a
common address. 157 West Fifty
Seventh street, but Mrs. Kitchen is the
occupant of an apartment on the tenth
floor. while Mr.. Kitchen holds un-
dispUted sway in an apartment on the
eleventh floor.
The Kitchens have rules governing
their marital existence. One is they
rarely meet before midday, the head
Of the family, if not the house, com
muting in for luncheon from the floor
above. Before his marriage last June
Mr.. Kitchen was considered Chicago's
champion bachelor. He is a broker and
is g..
In the same street with the Kitchens
at 80 East has been established a restau-
raunt where one can be waited upon by
a Russian general, the former military
governor Of Moscow. / dropped in there
this afternoon TO verify the report. and
was agreeably surprised at having our
/ "Zabouska" (hors-d 'oeuvre) and "bortch"
] (beet soup) served by Mai. Gen. Theodore
Lodijensky. late Of the imperial Russian
army, a distinguished looking man Of
about so.
Mr.. Lodijensky. as he prefers to be
called. for he is on the road to full
American citizenship. arrived in New
York two and a half years ago. He came
in fat broke. If ne had been in the
steerage instead Of the first cabin he
probably would have been held up at Ellis
Island and deported for the lack of the
necessary $50
Once landed. he Immediately set him
self 10 the task of finding a job.
In Russia before the advent Of Lenin
and Trotski he had owned a string Of
race horses. He knew the care Of horses
from its direction Thus it came that
he went to work as 4 stable man for the
American Railway Express. He after
ward worked in q shipyard. Meantime
his wife opened a millinery shop at the
address where the restaurant is now To-
Gated. He waited on the customers in
the evenings. Then they leased the en-
tire building and took in roOmers upon
the three upper floors. Finding that
there was stiu a hiatus in the common
purse covering the overhead. they have
opened the restaurant. All three indus
tries are running-millinery shop, board
ing house and Russian restaurant
In contrast is the life in America Of
Baron Leopold Pepper of Vienna, where
he was regarded as a Beau Brummel, rid
ing in the Schonbrunn Park with mem
berS of the Imperial Austrian family, and
clicking his heels along the ring -strasse
ia the company Of Franz Lehar, Emmer-
ich Kalman and other Viennese COM
posers. Baron Pepper is the husband OF
Madame Jeritza, the sensational prima
donna Of the Metropolitan Opera House.
and they live in a sumptuous suite upon
the tenth floor Of the Hotel st. Regis.
looking out upon gay Fifth avenue They
are often In the afternoon promenade on
the ayenue.-Copyright 1922, by Public
Ledger Company.