The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-30

en hair which rose and fell as his flying hands wrung startling volume from his instrument in the loud passage or stroked delicate gradua- tions of tone down to soft phrases that seemed to sigh away to noth-
 insness. Brilliant technique was rec cgnized as his even by critics who
 were inclined to quarrel with the unorthodoxy of some of his inter pretations.
 Wealth Given Away
 In those days he played under strcng lights, seemingly oblivious of his audiences. On his late tours in the early '30's when his hair and
 famed goatee were gray and he had
 lost much of his fiery inipetuosity, he
 performed on darkened stages, his figure barely disceTniblc to his lis teners, as if to impress upon them that it was the music, and not the player to whom they must pay at tention.
 He earned millions of dollars by his concert work, his tours covering both North and South America, virtually all European countries, South Afri- ca. the Far East and the Antipodes. The cause of Poland got most of his money, but his other charities were international in scope.
 Established Fund
 Notable in this category were the Paderewski Fund, established at Bos- ton by deed of trust dated May l5, 1900, for the encouragement of American composers. gifts to the fund of the American Legion which in 1926 brought him the distinguished service medal of that organization, and $75,O0O which he gave in 1929 to French war chari- ties. Decorations from many govern ments and numerous honorary de- grees from universities in America and Europe were awarded both for his musicianship and his humani- 
 Paderewski was born November 6, 1860. at Kurylowka, province of Pod ,lla in what then was Russian Po- and. Like Listz,. Kreisler. Elman. Hoffman and many another master he was a "child prodigy" ie played creditably in public when l ie was only years old and at IS { vas professor of music at the War | aw conservatory. He went on his ! irst concert tour in 1876-77 but de- 'oted his time largely to teaching lntil 1884 when, at Strasbourg, he net Mime Helena Modjeska, the eel brated Polish tragedienne. She rec 'gnized his flair for concert work nd did much to start him on his cal career. Three years later at yienna he made formal debut, fol- [ owing it with triumphs in Paris and london.
 Career Halted By Death
 His first American appearance was t New York, November IT, 1891. 'ritics were none too enthusiastic, ut the public was startling demon trative and he made a six months our of the United States, giving F recitals. The following season e returned for a series which net ed him $2,500 a performance and rcssed $l80,000-a figure which has cen attained by no other instrument alist. Sure box office. from then n, he repeated his triumphs at will trough 16 succeeding tours, with his fficial career marking l9l8-2l in- crude. His first post war tour of he United States in 1929 netted i'm $460,000. His final American were in 1933,
 His second wife died January 16, 034. at their home ill Morges, Swift srland, and later that year Pad- rewski announced he had given up Il thought of again touring Ameri- a. In July, 1886, he appeared in a 'ritish film titled Moonlight So- ata." His work on it showed that espite his 75 years his sense of time