Evening star., 1930-11-30


Russian.
three thrilling minutes experienced what 1t
feels like to be a Spanish matador The bull
would seem to have had the better of it.
There are parts of Europe whsre Kochanski
Is as wen known as tennis player as ne is as
Vlolinlst. He once won the tennis finals at
Ostend He hunts in Scotland. He skis in
Switzerland, taking hair-rai5ing chances on
the most difncult slopes. In fact many Of the
things he does as natural part of his exist
ancs bring cold chills to those who think q
great artist owes It to the world to keep him.
self wrapped in wool
There is John Charles Thomas, famous
American baritone, who is so addicted to golf
that he often comes to operatic rehearsals clad
IN pius-fours, with his clubs slung over his
shoulder.
a for that brilliant Italian American soprano
Dusolina Giannini, perfume, dogs and
Russian literature are her chief weaknesses.
The greatest admirer of her vocal capabilities
is her Pekingese dog, who listens while she
practices aria, but refuses to let any one else
sing in the home of his mistress. G:annini is q
great lnguist and can speak French, italian,
German, Spanish and English with equal
1aclhty. She Is now engrossed in studying Rus
sian, so that she can read in the original the
literary masterpieces of the Russian authors
whom she admireS 30 intensely
and most conscientious workers among the mu-
s1cai artists, who guiltily slips away from prac-
L1clng 70 take In q prize fight and whose one
regret Is that he Is prevented from attending
the major league base ball games
He loves to dance, swim and plav tennia
He plays jazz almost as well as he does the
classics. Once he was at hotel in small
town where his name meant nothing to the
population. bevy Of girls accosted him as he
was coming through the lobby. Some one had
fnl fH<aNrN vNsAw
them pianist meant only one thing They
asked II ne would play for q dance they were
giving that evening. The musician they had
intended to have had been suddenly taken III.
CHUCKLMG sleefury over this request.
Levitski agreed He was even more eleeful
later when young couple dancing by threw
out the remark: Gosh! You're good! You
play for real jazz band somewhere, don't
you?"
There Is Rudolf CAM, who is as devoted n
dancing as Is Levitski. He loves playing prac.
tical jokes and has been known to write yitriolic
anonymous letters 10 the newspapers criticizinR
the way he himself conducted an orchestra
work or played piano composition.
Pass any Of the off-stage personalities Of the
greatest artists in review and there will be seen
an amazingly human assembly, with all the
weaknesses, foibles and enthusasms of less
fortunately endowed mortaIs.
Many an artist comes of the concert stage a&
the end Of q performance in state of COM
pete exhaustion. Then instead of the rest ana
privacy that he Graves at the moment he mlsk
go to the green room and greet as cordially as
possible the hordes of people who make q
practice OF shaking hands with the performer
asking him for his autograph trying to get him
to play at this and that charity.
Is 1t any wonder that Paderewsd likes 10
snip into darkened movie house where no one
can see or recognize him and where he can
enjoy hearty laugh over a comic picture like
any ordinary human being?