Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-01

Tipe2~o
-. - Mr.. PICKERING
wears. but 1 don't know my way
around, either. Anyway, YOU can
get To the Fisher Building on
the next bus.'
$50 we got on, and I was talk
ink 10 her, so we had gone three
blocks before I realized that the
driver was saying. Lady, would
you mind paying your fares: So
went UP and fumbled In my
purse and put my dime In the
box. and people were looking at
me and giggling.
"And YOU know / always take
my wedding ring off when l
wash clothes, and 1 had Ii oft
today, and I didn't put 1t on
again because II / have fresh
nail polish II always messes 1t up
IL I put my ring on before the
nail polish Ii dry.
$50 remembered my ring,
and fished IL out of my pocket
book, and ! guess the people on
the bus Uttered some moro and
they're probably wondering
about the gal who forgot 10 pay
her fare and then fished q we'd
dinaAr ring out of her purse and
put II on. Anyway, that's why
I'm late"
SHORT STORY: It's been men
toned. now and again, that Tony
Dvorak, nephew of the famou:
composer, Anton Dvorak, used tG
live in Detroit. Pieced together
from information given by Phi
O'Hara and Mrs. Vera Garland O
the WPA, here is his story, cIrl
Gus drama of coincidence.
Anton Dvorak was a Bohemian
This year musicians are celebrat
ing the hundredth year of hi
birth, and his two most familiar
compositions, New World Sym
phony" and "Humoresque." which
never lets you decide whether 4
laugh or to weep, are being playet
again and again.---=-----
When you hear them, you ma,
think OF this story--for:
When Anton Dvorak came K
America, 10 conduct the New Yorl
Philharmonic years ago. he found
inspiration for New World Sym
phony'-the hope, the raw energy
the dreams. the young desires o
new world. All these he put int
music. And returned to Bohemia
Young Tony Dvorak. when h
was old enough heard "Nev
World Symphony" From the ru
sic, he read the ideas that hi
uncle had put into the notes. Ant
II was in pursuit OF that vision
that Tony Dvorak came TO Amer
lea. and finally to Detroit.
He played an oboe. Sometime
filling in under Victor Kolar il
the Detroit Symphony. Sometime
at the Fisher of Fox Theater. I'm
der Samuel Benavie and Eduar
Werner-Benavie used 10 let hin
play. as a solo, his uncle's Hum
oresque."
The whole story do not know
I should like il If any of the PeePi
who knew him could tell me NOR
about him-whether he was happy
as think he generally was. an,
anything else about him.
But Tony's own small persona
New World Symphony developed
discord. Perhaps his health wa
falling. Whatever the cause. abou
two years ago he found refuge il
the WPA, with pick and shovel.
His record showed musica
training, so Mrs. Garland inter
viewed him.
"He seemed a very old man."
she said, although he was less
than so. Very timid, and scared
OF the interview, ~ tried 10
put him at ease and said, You
have a very famous name
"Tony said, Anton Dvorak vos
my uncle And 80 we transferred
UltI1 IfOIn NUVNfI w INV w ~
symphony. He had a bad cough.
I recall; perhaps that was what
caused. Well, we called him In
for another interview, but he
didn't come. Later we got a
routine report on card. Tony
Dyorak, deceased He died, "
said. at 2660 Humboldt, and his
wife-estranged-was In a hos
pital In Mt. Clemens. That's all
we know"
The strange. small life Of Ton
Dvorak. nephew of a giant anon
musicians. His strange. small If
that began 20 New World Syn
phony" and ended-did IL not?
. 10 the strains of "Hunoresque
that never lets you know whethe
10 laugh. or---to weep.