The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-15
VE RSAT ALITY OF' YOUNG vIOLINIS7. HAS WIDE RANGE.
Covers Whole Gamut From
 Kitchen to Library With l Strong Penchant
 For Sports

Premier violinist and besides--eook, expert auto chauffeur and mechan- ician and a pianist who would light up any jazz dance orchestra in the world. That is Jascha Heifetz. young wizard of the how, who will make his first appearance before Brming ham audience Wednesday night. ac- eording to his own confession to a representative of The Age Herald Sunday afternoon. MT. Heifetz stopped over in Birmingham en route to Montgomery, where he will appear in concert Tuesday night.
 Mr. Heifetz admitted preference for the kitchen over the dining room for taking meals.
 Everything is so clean and white and the utensils fascinate me-, he smiled. Sometimes I cook my break fast--favorite Russian dishes and American, too. You know, French cuisine and of course that of my na- tive country are my favorites."
 Quietly dressed in gray. his wavy dark haid close cropped. the violinist presents picture of 8 typical young American student or business man. tending more toward the student. He is Every mortal" to use his own words, and has little of the stereo- typed genius attached to his outward makeup.
 Tennis, golf, riding, swimming and other outdoor sports claim his at tention at times, with the piano his great indoor diversion.
 Concert tours force him to carry a varied wardrobe of large capacity, he pointed out, with engagements made for the far northern states and Canada, the middle west. the south ern states, Cuba and a yachting trip in the Gulf. White shoes and f1an- nels share space along with fur coats and warm boots.
 Hunts Rare Dickens Works
 But the subject which makes the eyes f~the artist gleam, next to his work, is the collection of rare volumes. Just now his crowning de- sire in this line is to complete a first edition set of Charles Dickens, being missing from his group. He told of difficulties in obtaining Oliver Twist in the three-volume edition, a search of two years culmi4 hating when he found two copies in different New York bookshops.
 He started out collecting first editions and rare volumes, MT. Hei- fetz said, but gradually dropped into concentrated effort to complete the works of Dickens.
 It developed that MT. Heifetz, be- sides being 8 lover of horses, is also a good chooser of winners on the track His first flyer was taken at New Orleans some years ago, he said, with four winners out of five being his lot. He won on the Grand Prix at Paris this season past, he said, the race ending amid the wild est excitement ever shown by the French sportsmen. He picked the winner in the English Derby also. In both races he said he was lucky enough to choose the second horse also.
 Recording for the photograph makes him more self-consicous than play ing before a huge audience because of the care necessary to prevent marring the record by foreign noises after the number is completed. He told of one incident when he started a record shortly before the noon hour and whistles from the factory spoiled it when they began blowing before it was finished.
 MT. Heifetz was anxious to impress the fact that he was not person of extremes, but that he was per haps little bit eccentric because of his vocation, but in the main, just as human as any Of his au- ditors."
 The violinist arrived in Birming- ham Saturday night from Chatta- nooga with his manager and accom- panist and will go to Montgomery Monday.