Show Leginska Discus Discusses es M MU Music c I If 11 Lessons for Telegram Readers II I j p 1 r I S S i 4 S i 5 A AI I 4 1 5 r i S Mme Ethel Leginska declared I the greatest American woman 1 concert pianist who gives SI I here the first of three talks on L music lessons for children I I I Pianist Says Talented Should Begin Early to Study Their Art By Ethel Leginska Americas America's Fo Foremost Woman Pianist I believe that the average person should contemplate late earning his living by the time he reaches 16 years of age That an artist or genius should think thi lk of earning a living Jiving as at all aB necessary might be new but I earned my first salary at the age pf 8 If It children in school were taught to earn their living at this age in irs life lite there would not be time for the roundabout study of generalities which now consumes the years of childhood It is wrong to make a q achild child study that for lor which he is not fitted He lIe should be taught to earn his living through his talents The fact tact that a child has tion of ot music does not indicate that he should learn to play pla Appreciation and talent are two different things I Everyone should have an appreciation of all an the beau beautiful but everyone cannot produce produce create A child with witha a talent for music will want to study I and only such children should study Everyone has a talent for something and developing this should be his life lite work I I played my first notes at the age of 1 li 4 seated in the lap of an elder at an old piano At the age of 3 I d demanded lessons of my mother who I helped me as far as she could She saw there was something serious In in my inclination and directed me toward j I specializing in music j My mother was a very very sensible woman Realizing that I did not need the regular public school curriculum curriculum cur cur- I in m order to develop my art she allowed me only one hour each I day o of general study However I believe that every child chUd should have i at least one year of association n with j I other children as a part of his de- de I My interest in music led me to to read everything from history of music to harmony and from the I construction of musical instruments to the study of sound I I Madame Leginska's second lesson on music will appear in this paper I next ne wee week Ie |