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small rates in our town and learned
To play after fa ashion
was Z when my father took us
back to the United States with him.
lie was very poor and could afford me
no further study. But a friend Of
ours, who had some musical standing.
heard me play and advised my father
to take me to DR.. Damrosch with the
hope that ] might he able to get a
scholarship in the Institute of Musical
Art.
DIR. Damrosch received us and |
played for him. | was by no means an
infant prodigy. | had none of that
weird technical facility that YOU see
In many absurdly small children. But
that uncanny technique is really not
an important factor. There is some
thing in the most simply played phrase
that betokens talent. DIR. DamrosCh
must have perceived just that in the
several little pieces | played for him.
He was very kind. and got me a
scholarship in the Institute of Musical
Art.
After a little peri ID of study under
preliminary teachers they put me in
the class of the great master Sto-
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Some little protection the islands.
smoking white In the slsume of the
sea afford to the encroachmentS of
ocean. Iron fragments as they are.
they are making II stern night OF 1t
and all, save the weather-outliers,
those grim and naked tuSkS that take
the first brunt of tlE sea. call vegeta-
tion to their aid and in every shelter
ed nook and Granny are clothed with
trees, that bind their soil together
and enable them to hang on.
1t Is IA Titanic combat, this ele
mental warfare of tempest winged
water and stubborn land. but the
former is winning. Countless ages It
may take. none the less the victory
is certain.
TO see the black forbdling bast ions
of land when, for a brea Thing space,
the winds are hushed in the halls of
heaven, one would say that neither
time nor lightning-Stroke could pre-
vail against them. TO see those same
SpeCter-rocks in the boil of II white
Tipped hurricane makes one rea lZe
the ultimate outcome of the conflict
Is sure.
r THE trumpet of Michael does not
sound first. one distant day the
waves of the Southern Ocean will ring
the roaring forties round. with no
continent athWart their path and only
kernels of islands a-smother I'm their
wake.
To descend from the sublime to the
waters were very nearly The death Of
us.
we were off the pitch of the Horn
at the time. and the weight Of the
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great westerlies held true to their
name and we had no headwinds to
contend against.
Our progress was slow, but not
through time lost beating into the
teeth of the wind. The furious gale
kept ever on the quarter. 1t rose
and rose in successive blasts until the
culminatin blow leapt at us like the
breath of the hurricane. yet never be-
fore the beam.
And the sea was worthy of such
wind. 1t was a wonderful. a mag
niticent sight. From horizon to hori-
zon the rollers stretched. undulating
hills with snowy creSts. In those
attitudes there's never a ridge of land
to check their world-encrcling sweep.
and the ma ieSty of ocean is nowhere
SO prominent.
Small wonder that the apex of the
South American continent Is slowly be-
ing worn away before the unceasing
siege and onslaught of the sea. Those
mighty rollers have worn the. barrier
thin.
The western seaboard has been
fretted into a million reefs and islands
and isolated rocks. Long tongues of
sea run up into the land. The lofty.
precipitous coasts have heen hacked
and hewn into deep f1ords. and archi-
pelagoe of multitudinous islands lie
OF their sezward outlets.
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pe Horn Is Buried Under Avalanche of Great Combers

weather off the mouth of the River
Plate. where we ran into a 'pampero,
as the hot violent winds blowing di-
rect1y off the vast pampas of South
America are called. The wind rushed
AT us like a witch on a broomstick, the
air grew as black as pitch, and rat
Ting volley of thunder cracked and
banged above our heads.
We worked blindly and frantically at
the ropes in our effort to snug the ship
down. With the wind blowing great
guns, we lay aloft to furl the believing
canvas and restore the stampedinE
ship to some sort of peace and order.
All that night IL ragged. but at daylight
the pampero sullenly blew itself out.
Then we made sail and resumed the
tenor of our days work.
There followed several weeks of sail
ing in light airs. and then one evening
we sighted the winking light of the
Bishop. the farthest flung outpost Of
EnGland's shores and the beacon light
of home. Eventually | set foot again
on English soil. after is months at sea.
whittier the spirit of romance and ad-
venture had drawn me-
Wherein lies the lure of the sea?
What constitutes its Superlative charm
that has called men down the ages? It
is customary to ascribe the growth of
the sea hab bit to the needs of economic
development. the desire for riches. or
the pressuBe of peoples from behind.
Perhaps these played a part. but l
will never believe they were sufficient
in themselves to impel the first drench-
ed barba rian to put off to sea in his
followed tree trunk. or those old ECyp-
tians to venture forth in their trussed
and girded vessels to the land of Punt.
Something more than that was need
ed; il must have been the irresistible
ia sCination to the spirit of man Of the
unknown. of what might lie between
the tumbling eXpanse of water and the
empty blue vault above.
The sea instinct-tha love and under
standing of the sea. no less ~ motive
has been the main r aSon for urging
men afioat as much for that old hero
who "bulted off and on until il should
please God to clear the ice as for the
last polar seaman who laid down his
life on the scene of his conquests.
OF all that salt SCARED host sea cap
tains and seamon. the Horn. IL seems
to me. is the fitting memorial. the
emblem of their exploits and the meas
ure of their valor. The grim old Cape
is the Nalhalla of seamen. Nowhere
else in this old world do the giant
forces of nature walk with so un-
abaShed and imperative stride.
tCopyriEht. 1926
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jowski. with whom | studied until I
was D, and it cost me not a penny.
Then | went to Berlin and attended
the HOffschule. My difficulty there
was matter Of age. The rule was
that they admitted no one into the
conservatory under 8. 1t was all the
worse for my chances. since my sole
object in going to the Berlin conserva-
| tory was to become a pupil of Doh
| nanyi. who was one of the instructors
there and DOhnanyi is renowned for
having a violent prejudice against in
| fant prodigies,
| telephoned to him and got an au-
dience at his house without mention
ing my age. When he saw me in my
short trousers he was quite indignant
| but | persuaded him so earnestly that
he allowed me to play for him. Then
| he got a revised age limit in my case
| studied under his direction at the
Hoffschule for three years. Scholar
ships were given only to Germans. So
| could not get one and had TO pay
tuition. II came to about 500 a year.
] had similarly easy time in he
ginning my concert work. The
coming of the war altered my plan Of
establishing a European reputation
before returning to America to play.
| came to New York in 1918 and cave
my first recital without delay. lost
some money on it. but not much. I
wasn't able to make any elaborate
preparation for it. | had no trouble
in placing myself with one of the i'm
portant managers. NV outlay was
very small and after the first two or
three recitals on the road | began to
make money.
All of this is typical of the pupil
who is able 10 make an early display
of talent. There are any number NJ
important teachers who will take an
obviously gifted pupil and teach him
gratis for the prestige that his sue
cess will bring to them. and similarly
tho concert managers will often take
such one with scarcely any outlay
10 him. they seeing to il that he will
become a good paying proposition
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Thrashed hv wind and wave, the
bark ArethuSa has. in two preced-
ing article by Mr.. Clements. fought
her way from London on an east
erly course to the west coast of
South America Steadily. sturdilN.
she has climbed the sloping alleys
of the sea. at times beating ahead
in the face of head wind. at
others riding out the fury of a
gale.
Twice she has passed through
the roaring forties, where the
winds like whetted knife" ON
one occa sion. With sails torn to
shreds by mighty gale. she was
with difficulty held on her course
BY an indomitable Viking of a cap
tain and brave crew. At another
the men fiunG themselves on the
matches, which they battened down
with water swirling Over them 1t
was a ticklish moment. for one big
sea would have sunk the ship and
all hands
Now. after shipping cargo. the
Arethusa is homeward bound. But
hrSt she must pass earth's most
severe test for sailing vessels and
the seama nShip and courage of
sailorS-the fearful region of Cape
Horn.
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probably go to celebrity. lie has
gone far enough now to need the most
expert instruction i'm Interpretation.
and he attaches himself to pianist
of reputation. twenty-five dollars a
lesson and three lessons week is not
much for this. Three years OF II
comes to $1,000. and the total tuition
bill now is 24S0. The young anist
wants to specialize in Grieg ana Cho-
pin, say, or in Bach and Schumann.
He goes to pianists who are famous
specialists in the music of the com
posers he desires to cultivate ana
takes short. intensive courses with
them This may stand him another
81 900. and the total is $13.4S0 by the
lme he Is ready to give his hrst con-
cert.
A first recital is nearly always
loss, usually heavy loss. The begin
ner may play around at various pro
vincial places, hut the real beginning
of his American career comes With a
New York recital. for the purpose OF
getting metropolitan criticisms. Now
a New York recital is expensive. Its
rates are pretty well standardized.
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accustomed to, nothing but the wet
gleam of painted steel and the tense
ly drawn lines of unQuivering cord
age. Fore and aft no stitch of can
vas except those rigid. straining tri-
angles at the main.
To the hail-whipped fury of the
squalls 1t seemed that bare steel and
wire itself could hardly stand. The
sea was a moving mountain range
of water: broken expanse of green
and white. running true as though
laid by line. and with unfaltering
swing
Half the world seemed to heave up
as we shouldered some league long
crest; not a cables length could we
see when the squalls swooped down.
In, the height of the blasts the crests
of the rollers were blown headlong in
a furry Of spindrift that hung like
a mist.
There was no chance to wear or
heave to. To have brought her broad
side on. if only for moment, to those
mighty following seas would have
meant instant destruction. Like the
AleXandrian sail of old, the ship was
caught and could not bear up into
the wind" There was no alternative
but to let her drive.
Only our best steersmen We're al
lowed at the wheel. Another man
was stationed to leeward to bear q
hand with the spckee. The old man
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Cost Of Making Successful Pianist
May Run Above $4,000, States Expert
BY MISCHA LEVITZKI.

A MONG the many thousands
~ studying for careers in music
II one question forever arises:
4 a How much does it cost in
terms of money to get to the
point of success?
/. of course, can talk principally
from the point OF view of a pianist,
and if you make the question: How
much should ii cost to arrive at
money,making station as Il concert
pianist? | must reply that ! know
of no theme where figures will vary
SO Enthusiastically. Still. a result can be
arrived at by considering the usual
course of such Il career and by calcu-
lating on Il basis of current costs.
Take Il supposititious case. We must
assume that our pianist makes his
studies In America. People often won.
der why American students in the
past have gone so much To Europe for
their tuition. That has been. of
course, principally because of greater
prestige of the European teachers be
fore the war, but there is no doubt
that It has also rested somewhat on
the fact that study in Europe is much
cheaper. A young man from the
West, for instance, if placed between
the choice of going to New York or
to Berlin to study, might readily take
INTO consideration that the costs of
both tuition and of living are much
higher in New York than in Berlin
Now, on the basis of current Ameri-
can prices. we see first off that the
price of lessons on piano is con
sderably less than that of lessons
for voice. For ordinary piano in
struction so a lesson is fairly high
However, while the singer begins at
the age of II or IS. and continues
studying for seldom more than three
or four years before beginning pro
fessional work the pia mist must begin
to study as child. | began at I.
and many begin at ;. In my case I
went on my first concert tour al 49,
which meant II years of preliminary
study. and this may be taken for an
average.
SO let us say our supposititious pu-
Pill studies for III years. and that he
is well enough backed with money to
get the hest instruction. He will begin
with "A teacher who charges him So
a lesson. say. He will take three les
sons week. which comes to $3.50
year, and he will continue with this
teacher for five wears, say. That runs
the tuition bill to $4,000. He will
bly, go for three years to "A high
er priced teacher, costing him $40 a
lesson. These three years will cost
For still another three years he will
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oontlnued from Second Page)
q book about America in Arms. -
Ihen he went home to France and
Parliament to which he had been
elected. His voice, ever ready vii n
facts and figures in clear biting order.
became terror to all and sundrv.
The peace of Versailles came. and
he wrote book about it, Meanwhile
ne was great aid and probably a
comfort to the aged Prime Minister
'lemenceau. who saved the war and
made the peace. He was minister of
the ifherated provinces. whose devasta.
tions had to he repaired.
With Prime Minister Poincare. who
next TOOK up the reinS OF government
Ahore Iardieu did not cooperate. al
though 1t is said that M. Poincare
wished him to do SO and offered him
the post OF minister of the interior.
Today the financial Petit Rleu.
winch seems to love neither. brings M
against Tardieu that old refusal to
serve. 1t says: IF Tardieu had
worked along with Poincare. things
would have changed completely. At
least In their ulterior consequences.
we should not have been in this nres.
ent period Of difficulties and muddle.
wherein we risk our future
Andre Tardieu." it continues "Is
"A patriot in the exact mea ming of the
wOrd-that is. a F'renchman fully in.
formed of all national questions and
not mixing up with his patriotism the
intolerable exaggerations of profes.
sional patriots. And above all other
interests. he will always put his coun.
try's interests and the necessary re.
qurements of her security"
1t Is not a foreigners business to
appreciate such words. But if Andre
Tardieu resumes his place in the
French Parliament we shall see light
on many dark things. And if. with his
masterful knowledge and power of
exposition. he does not get into gov
ernment, it will be. perhaps. because
his ambition is misdirected or lack.
ing-and not by stubbornness like that
of Mussolini.
In any case. Andre Tardieu will re-
main one of those notable French pub
lie men of the war and after-war who
are remembered AS America ns''-
Clemenceau. Viviani. BRAND and now
Berenger. For all these men renewed
their minds by direct contact with the
United Statee
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standing before them, coming the
ship.
The binnacle was useless. broken for
all we knew. for the Flinders bars had
gone with the skylight. Eye alone had
to guide the ship now.
Night came, and still the old man
stood there. and the next day broke
and he hadn't once moved away. He
rarely spoke. but. with eyes ranging
| to port. to starboard and aloft. direct
ed the steering with motions of hand
and arm The navigators among us
were fond of criticizing the old man,
but that night he silenced criticism
| as far as had weather was concerned
once and for all. We should have been
| in a bad plight but for his skill and
| endurance.
Fortunately. our good main tops
| stood. We carried nothing away aloft
| though several times we had To lay
! out on the yards and secure a sal
| that was IN danger of being blown
adrift For the rest. all hands could
only shelter on the poop-sold. hungry
and heavy. eyed waiting for a break tC
| tighten to windard
| X + +
THE, fury of the gale moderated a
| DttIe on Ine lOllbNIHE dItti
| and we were able to repair the broken
| skylight and restore the waterlOgged
| cabins to some semblance of order
| The wind still lessened. and at night
| fall We shook out both lower topsls
and were able to bring the ship TO her
course. On the following morning il
had dropped to a fresh gale and we
| set the upper topsls.
| The old mate gamely struggled on tC
the poop and directed the work from
| there. Tommy coaXed a fire into the
galley stove and we had a welcome cur
OF coffee. Chips was kept hard al work
boarding up the skylight. and the cap
tain spent a long time adjusting the
icompass as best he could.
IT is impossible to describe the might
and ma iesy of Cape Horn sea
Words are not capable of such a thing
one is tempted to pile adjective on ad
jective and revel in terms that from
the mouth of roaring Tuphon dropped
would seem hyperboles.
It's all useless. Those who have not
| seen it cannot imagine il. and those
who have need no shake of memory
wing. Seen from the deck of a little
bark of thousand tons or so. such q
sea is the high watermark of elemen
tai ma jesty.
After rounding the somber head nd
| we encountered one streak of bat
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Personality Test.

A TEST for personality has been de-
scribed by Prof. John J. B. Nor
gan Of Northwestern University. 1t
consists in showing the person being
tested series of 10 symmetrical ink
blots. some with black alone and 9TH
ers with red. green and yellow inteis
mingled with the black and asking
the simple question. What mISht
that be-" His reaction To these fig
ures classes the subject as convt ~
tional or OF a certain personality
type.
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Supreme Moment Comes to the CAL
liant Arethusa as She Struggles VAL
iantly and Appears to Make No Head
way Under Fierce Bu@eting of One In
cessant Gale-Marvelous Feat of
Strength in Saving a Life-Waves With
World -Encircling Sweep-A Scething
Whirl pool on the Main Deck" Another
Bucket of Water Would Have Finished
Us, Says Luck KY Sailor.
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broken glass beneath. He was all
night bailing it out.
All through that shrieking afternoon
with never iot Of abatement in wind
or sea, we ran blindly on our way. two
men at the helm and the old man,
broad shouldered and bare headed
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The steward. who was below in the
cabin, was nearly drowned. There was
no escape for the water up to the
height of the pantry flap, and 1t lay
three feet deep in the saloon and
cabin. swiShing about with a wreck
age of wood on top and a reef of
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nNE morning at daybreak we
sighted a small bark outward
bound, and were able to thank our
lucky StArt We were not en- board her.
she was plprGtnH eiose.hau!ed into the
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MONG the many thousands
~ studying for careers in music
II one question forever arises:
4 How much does it cost in
terms of money to get TO the
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ardieu'S Influence.

Continued from Second Page)
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!" HERE, is an old saving AT sea
that no one is a .iior until he
has been around the Horn
Il three times. The saying bears
Belt Valley times., 1926-12-16
MISS RYAN ENTERTANs

Thursday evening was 50 stormy
that it prevented two Of the rural
teachers Of this district from attend
ing the dinner given by Miss Ryan
and her department 10 the teachers
and to the trustees. The two absen-
tees were Misses Sophie Miller and
Lillian Servoss.
The hostess and the girls in the
domestic science department re-
ceived many flattering words Of ap-
probation of the cookery and the
service. There were a lot Of good
things to eat, after which came
few short talks by trustees and
teachers and the party adjourned to
the gymnasium -where they watched
the girls gym class go through their
evolutions.
Belt Valley times., 1926-12-16
COASTINe ON
CASTNER HILL
IS DANGEROUS

Coasting has been a favorite
amusement among the boys and girls
of Belt ever since the first snowfall.
People in Michigan or Iowa would
wonder why a state like Montana is
wofully short of good hills for coast
ing. A state half full Of mountains
ought to have a surplus of. hills
There are some elsewhere in the
state. but the boys and girls of Belt
have not one good hill to coast on
except the public roads.
So far there have been no very
serious accidents as the boys coast
down hill through the main street OF
the town but there have been num-
erous miraculous escapes. It waits
upon the proper grouping of autos
and coal wagons to make a tragedy.
One boy was thrown from the middle
of the street TO the sidewalk as ha
struck a car backing out.
Two boys ran into post on the
upper Great Falls grade. One o,
the. boys hurt his leg severely, the
other broke a rib.
The state papers have already
chronicled the death Of three
children in the state from eoasting
accidents. In each case the coaster
has run into or under an auto. In
every case no blame has been at
Eached TO the driver Of the car. The
Castner street hill with its blind
turn at the bottom is not a safe
place for coasting.
Belt Valley times., 1926-12-16
CAR GOES UP IN SMOKE

About ia Saturday night Frank 3
Smith and another man from Lswis
town passed through town in 3 Big
Six Studebaker BroughAm- In the
blizzard they missed the Great Falls
road at the head Of the grade and
continued on the Tiger Butte to =
point near the Roman ranch where
the machine caught fire from some
unknown cause and the entire car
above the running gear was con
sumed. The men walked back to
town and tried to get garage men 70
20 back after the wreck but were un-
successful.
On Tuesday it was brought in ano
is still at the Pioneer Garage. The
car seems to have been utterly ruined
and 10 be beyond repair. The tires
were probAbly covered with snow and
did not burn.
Belt Valley times., 1926-12-16
GREETINGS TO THE
REBORN GRANGE

The Wayne Grange, after period
Of inactivity has been revived and
will function again with headquarters
at Fife where they will meet on al
ternate Fridays. The newly elected
officers are. Master. Clark Bumgar-
ner; Overseer. Ed Lason; Steward
Clarence -Bumgarner; Lecturer, Mrs
Lester Howard; Assistant Steward,
= Finn Chaplain, Mrs. Clark
Bumgarner; Sec.-Treas., Guy Porter;
Cate Keeper Ted Porter; Ceres, Mrs.
Guy Porter; Pomona, Mrs. Clarence
Bumearner; Flora. Mrs Ed Larson;
Lady Assistant Steward, Helen Stew
art.
Belt Valley times., 1926-12-16
CLASSY Iins0a
Lions l;harierday

The Belt Lions Club reealved thnAs
charter last night from ths hands 90
papufy Distgsct Governor Jaznes
Crdf1en of Chinook. The club starAs
with an initiated membership Of %.
The meeting started with a dinnaw
served in the most acceptable naannsw
by Mrs. Berg. Mrs. johnson and MxA~
samueIson. Several. lady teaeh@Es
acted as waitrsssss " the aatinae-
tiOn Of everyone.
The program started with sslse-
ton played By the Great Falls Eoys
Band which was repeasedly eneorwa
The Boys Band Is directed by Chesr
A. Roberts Of the Great Falls En-
craving Co. The boys show carsfn1
training and reflect great credits Hpos
their dlrectoF. Ths music played was
Of a class to show that the band h@A
emerged from the beginners class.
For the Club Leo G. Graybdn
greeted the visitors IN AusHeHems
vein that called forth deserved sp-
plause. John Van Dixie accepted tha
charter as president Of the club afbsr
which Louise LOchray sang beauk
fully ''Felfcea and an encore, DR.. Il
win talked Of the possibilities of the
club. Marjorie Sharrard played ano
a selection and on ths
encore Cal joined in. Mrs. MaeDon-
sid gave two humorous readings to
he delight Of her audience Cal
aught the ladies what the sound %
he bell meant, after which all the
rowd stood and sang Montana"
The rest Of the evening was spent
n dancing to the inspiring music of
he Belt Valley Orchestra.