Show Complied With Her R quest I New Orleans TimesDemocrat I An enthusiastic musician of this city tells an amusing and hitherto unprinted I anecdote of Padcrewskis last southern tour I encounteredthe pianist and his haiti when tney 1 < ere passing through Georgia he says and had the pleasure of riding for some distance with them In their private car At one of the stops i rg iat rhateJl fthfr Padorewakl was handed a letter front a certain grande dams and noted society leader of a large western city It was the most gushing epistle I ever listened to I and after several pages of what was evidently evi-dently intended as a tribute to his art the writer wound up by requesting a lOCK ot hair and enclosed a stamp for return re-turn postage When the laughter had subsided Vadcrewakis secretary proceeded pro-ceeded to indite a reply which as nearly eit ird icsasfO I sasfO as 1 remember ran almost as follows Dear Madam M Paderewskl directs me to say that it affords him much pleasure j to comply with your request You fail to specify whose hair you I desire and to avoid error he has secured a sample troll each of the staff en voyage I I voy-age towit Irs manager his secretary his valet his two cooks and his waiter together with a small portion from a cat and a mattress belonging to M Pullman r > roi rletaire of the coach dO luxe which we occupy I have the honor to be your obedient servant I There was some uproarious sport in i I collecting the souvenirs especially that contributed by the cat belonging to M I the uroprletaire Pullman but they were finally secured and the package mailed I I i I ij 1it L I I fN f i j1i 1 I J I A Close Fit Demanded By the New i Styles at tho next station I have often won dered what the emotions of Poderewskis admirer must have been when she gazed on that collection of hirsute freaks |