Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-06-10 | Page 20 | Twaddle from J. Kubelik

TWADDLE FROM J. J KUBELIK Fiddler AVas as as Gratified to Find PInel Civilisation Civilian Civilian- tion tiomi Among mon Americans London June Junc 9 My ly My single experience In America says Jan the thc young oung vir- vir who has just returned here with in yankee money as the thc net res lt of oC his tour of miles was my performance at the White House to an audience of about twenty perSons persons persons per per- sons ono of or whom was President Ft Roosevelt It The Thc President gave save me mc autograph copies coplEs of oC his books Including The nOll Rough h Riders These I 1 shall always treasure ie i.e. What hat struck me about the thc President dent lent who has nervous ous alertness was his pronounced natural Instinct for formu mu music ic This I found round also In a surprisingly surprisingly sur sue marked ed degree among among- audiences audiences audi mull in the backwoods of oC America and In little towns Joplin Mo 10 to The people though few Cew have ha an any trained knowledge c of or music had the truest Instincts In- In and the Iho most sensitive c artistic feelings I have perhaps ever eYer met with wiLl I attribute this to the fact act that they aro arc always living l lii to touch ch with nature Mentally Menially and they are simple but hut the they arc are far Car from front be beIng being belag be- be ing lag Ignorant They formed a great contrast to many fashionable f audiences in the cities where art Is largely a slave to fashion and whore there are many ver very man many people trained In technical 1 music but with no souls no Instinct for its beauties or Us Its meaning I loved those far western audiences because with their rugged surroundIngs surround surround- ings lags they were sere natural Now I r am going to lake take a short rest and ancl then go to Australia