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for lemon ices and rewards himself with one
after every public recital; the Schumann-
Heink who reads herself to sleep with the
latest detective story; the DamroSch who spends
hours making Punch and Judy show Tor his
grandchildren the Werrenrath who regular
" as the tide, goes to a Chinese restaurant once
a week for chicken chow mein
The greater the MUSICIAN the more human he
seems to be- and the more all-round his interest.
1t was Mischa LevitSki, who when concert
admirer expressed surprise at see him roofing
vociferously at base ball game, announced
with pride
"I can tell you who has won the champion
ship for the past 10 years-what's more can
tell you the name of every player on this field"
r-and then he continued seriously:
art should never completely absorb an artist.
II he Is a great artist, he must have many in
terestS-make all sorts of contacts. His art win
be all the finer for what it absorbs from other
arts ard interests"
To return to Paderewski, one of his weak
nesSes is making small bets. He invariably
wagers 81 or So with member Of his entour-
age on the number Of people who will attend
each recital. When he guesses wrong he cheer
fully pays up and when he Is right, he Is fully
as cheerful about collecting. He bets on many
other things, but never for high stakes
Once at Monte Carlo, he had an irresistible
impulse to play, being sure that he would win
He did win-34 times in succession, but at No
time would he gamble more than a dollar, de-
spite the pleadings of other Casino guests, who
implored him to take advantage Of his luck
and place higher bets.
They tried to place their money on his num-
bers but having hunch he should play lone
hand, he was careful to wait until the very
last moment and then left his money lie where
1t dropped. His run Of luck was said by Casino
officials to be almost without precedent.
HE has the Poles inherent love of land, and
Is strongly attached to his American ranch
at Paso Robes. Calf, spending three or four
weeks there each year that he visits this
country. The ranch is about 1900 acres in
size and is under cultivation mainly to almonds
prunes, grapes and walnuts.
Paderewski is extremely superstitious and
refuses to shake hands or talk with any one
over threshold, believing it will bring bad
luck He also shudders at the thought Of
lighting three cigarettes from a single match
He used to feed tramps whenever they came
around his private Pullman car but the Knigtrta
OF the Road passed the word around so gener-
ally and came in such hordes that the harasSed
chef finally took matters into his own hands
and took to chasing them off with q kitchen
knife.
Movies. cooking her own noodle soup and
reading every mystery yarn she can lay her
hands on form the chief recreation of Nine
Ernestine Schumann- -Heink
She admits she likes her own cooking better
than any ones else. When recently she came
to New York to spend two or three months the
first thing that concerned her was ftting out
her hotel apartment with pots and pans, dishes
and an electric stove. so that she might get her
own meals whenever she felt like 1t.
She loves corned beef and cabbage She
takes delight in finding out q persons fav-
orite dish, then inviting him to dinner and
serving that dish.
An early riser (she usually is up at o'clock,
she casts scornful eye at the sluggards who
when visiting her do not get out Of bed at
that hour She has a horror of being late
though she has never yet been late for any
ting in her life. When she is on tour she always
insists on being at the railroad station half
an hour before the train is due
Shakespeare is the only "highbrow" author
she likes. She Is a connoisseur Of great sculp-
ture and once wistfully remarked:
"If had my life to live over again think
] should like to be Rodn"