Show SUCCESS fO FOR as Leginska Sees It lEt Help Hints for Women By Br MIE JDIE LEGINSKA To be successful women must rn to be selfish Self sacrifice not hot lack of at ability s kept women I in subjection The he woman who ages most quickly the born mother with a family v Singing is the only profession which so far women have walled men a and d it takes no sins ains to sing If It women would pay as much to their brains as they to their complexions this would a more interesting world I Keep your children in your our home but dont don't keep them r round und your feet feet i B By Dr y NORAH NORAn MEADE fl HERE was nothing in M Mme n Ethel II Leginska at first sight to ine In- In vale v- v ale e a musical genius unless unless' peri per- per i her hands They were broad ordinarily flexible hands with witha a Itie flattened flatt ned tips finger tips finger and close close- close j ed nails nalls of the practising pianist I For r the rest she was short slim ulet let t. t Her hair was dark and bobbed f dress was conventional h her hoe rs-hoe I I id unusually low heels And when when I I t e began to talk talk talk- it was with snI an sn I mistakably En English accent w which ich te explained without the slightest I ce of or humor H Im I'm m from Yorkshire my name is Sly illy lIy Leggins but I was told that audience would stand for or a pianist I th a name like that and to please Befriends friends I changed lt it it 1 Having given her answer she sher r tt and I was forced to announce announceR mission mission somewhat abruptly R What had Mme Leginska meant by 1 i dictum that to be successful a af aman at t man Oman f must strive to be masculine I at II I j 1 Ij I x l lu u There is only one profession profession sion slon in which women rival riyal me men meu singing rl I i ih 4 II w t I I a i test Il r l I i it ii t i 1 Mme lime J Ethel thel Leginska In her Iier stage uniform orm I I t I I didn't say that was the the thes somewhat some s some somewhat me- me what flat reply I said that a woman woman must imitate imitate man in n his essential characteristic the characteristic the characteristic U that t make his Ills sek sex predominate a as it does She must learn rn to be selfish Self s Self sacrifice not la lack k of ability has lias kept ept women in subjection And what's noble about self-sacrifice self anyway anyway anyway any any- way l I Most st women went on on the pianist consider that their duty in life me is to please men and with this object in int inI t I view th they y waste waste hours every day caring for their complexions their figures their hair hall their clothes Clothes Madame entered on on a diatribe I against the frivolities of fashion und I had leisure to observe I made the discovery that she could no longer be e described as quiet Not that she gesticulated those those capable hands hands hands' remained re remained remained re- re re- re quite still sUlI Not that she raised her voice voice voice-it u It was always low and well modulated It was her face that had to life me it changed quickened changed quickened as were were and and the life ute seemed to flow from her eyes They were blue not particularly beautiful yet compelling I r realized suddenly that they had held me almost from her first entry Into the ro room room m. m Business women women should wear a uniform she declared I wear one on the platform I used to wear con con- evening g dress dreu Then rhen sometimes sometimes some some- I times my arms arm and neck got cold E Sometimes the was tight or the skirt unwieldy These things distracted distracted distracted dis dis- me to get rid rf Jf f them so BO I devised a costume for tor myself Ill I'll show It H to you i She started upstairs with the quick toe in out heel-out jerky run of a boy a arun arun arun run that makes for tor speed speed if not ga grace e and returned almost Immediately with witha a 3 photograph There it is a long loose black velvet coat soft collar long long sleeves and trim skirt Its It's always the same and always comfortable so I r l' can forget forget forget for for- get my appearance and concentrate on my art That That she announced with the air of a person having at last found the ri right ht word Is what women women n need cd to concentrate do do concentrate stop dissipating dissipating dissipating th their ir energies on frivolities and follow some fixed career I inquired about the fate of the race race I while women prosecuted their business business business busi busi- ness careers Mme Leginska tossed her head bead with Impatience Im married and have a son Yet YetI I since the age age of eight Ive I've been a pla pianist i t. t I bell believe eve ev every ry woman woman should marry marry it it is the greatest experience f In life and no one least of of all an anI artist can afford d to miss it But Dut there therelo I lo is no necessity to be entirely absorbed by it Have ch children in your home I by all means but dont don't have them have them around your feet feet It does does th them m and you no good What woman woman ages fas fastest est Why the born mother of course who surrenders surrenders sur sur- renders herself hersel body and soul to a family and aud husband Compare her with the married woman who adds her own Interests t to to those of a home Which h Is the more useful socially mentally physically Which of the two do the husband and the children most respect Let the born mothers' mothers stick to their old ways If they want to Madams Madam's voice had gr grown suddenly sarcastic I It is time the rest of women took to cultivating their minds as well as their affections When women she concluded pay payas 1 as much attention to their brains as they do to their complexions this will willbe willbe be a better and more interesting world I ISo So far there is on only y on one professional which they rival men singing men singing and it takes no brains tp sing When I rose at the end of that interview in interview interview in- in it was with the same impression impression s- s sion as when I had begun it I Mme Leginska has none of the conventional earmarks of g genius h s. s A And d i yet v ji if we I Imay may believe the critics of of two c continents con continents con con- n-I n Mme Leginska is the woman i i pianist of of the day I |