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Show 1 - PAOEREWSKI I S I BUT LITTLE KNOW Inner Personality of Great Pianist Disclosed to Few. Writer declares v mW Krtltor'S Net The following arll- gflpfl tCle by Mr. O'Connor Ik reprinted from ftneendoi Tl - M P gB 'recent announcement that he eTOJlfl .never again return to Ih piano lend timeline-. (o ibi" interesting desicrtp- bi oxxon, Bo Poderewikl i" " i"1' n" mort'' Thin I the tragi, nrwn I find In in 1 nowopnperi I will refuse fe5SKI it long I ml ga dor how many people outside n.s Ik' . ' ' K1 erewskl thins, i bo Inner peMOnalltj till sn "' hroiiKhi him nn1 m together, i nna looker! at hln. frblll ifjr fni r - II and the npi look Willi which he played) the lent f.'1'- hair, the few 1 dreoinineei of the eapreMlon, even when he Wns nol jiu Ing. and Ihi port i 4ih.i hear.i of certain meian- cholv t lint haunted him. gave Blf IM Imprrton of on of Ihnse rttlC souls that aWy from the rallltlrs M of ltfi 9 of nr. i i. ii i i m i imi-ki sew M An.i (ben "iK i " AmerioO on a mission i found myself coming In I contact With him eonetahtfi when Ibualftess brought both ii i ii a no mi I to Washington, and I began m form ,juitr different impreeglon of him m .when. brought i" tact, W ns- : cussed political problems. Hut ih'-I ih'-I ; real Occasion on which l wai to get I (to understand his thoroughll came I when i attended a grat Pollen meet-A meet-A ! Ing In Chicago. It was fl most lm- prewtlv- gathering Tharfl Were 20,-H 20,-H I 000 Poles present; amid Impressive H I xcrnm some of ihem were sworn In -1 I to Join lhe Polish Irrtlon to fight for I Fr-ir. r hi. I f"i I 1 MM front. All the Polish priests of Chi- MM , cago were on the platform to give , Their blessing HI ' th. cause of Poland. trJt M'KAKI It M Rl CONTEl R. Hj terest of the meeting, was ti"- chair J TI i man and Podcrewskl wat the chalr- . man I had been lold Hj waa aurprloi thai hi wat on dl Hjf the greatest drtttbra Poland had ever Hi produced. I hoard him for all hour. Ha J could tint understand him. of Hi .for the peech wae in Poljah; bul i HP icpdld see the cffocl oii ih' audience; Hi and 1 lenlltc-U thai thie Blight, almOai Hj fragile looking man, . mil. I sway the Hi i emotions of these people .ifl com- J pleteiv nnd as promptly lis the bre sea Hi 'wa1; the fields of growing Wheal '1'hls was m f:r-i aurprlae. A great-H great-H rr bailie when I. it. i In tin- night 1 ac-i HJ cepted his Invitation to dine with him. For four hour on ehd I listened to 'him -i he spoki- on evi'rsthing and a few other things. It was one of the most fascinating of my experiences. Hi Melant holj ! He Waa lhe gayesi lalk- H r I had heard for years. Btory fed' H lowed story, nil llght-htaftet), but Iwlth acorn for the Germans under-, neathi and eyu.il scorn for the pacifists paci-fists espei Ully in America. And h. Hpoke in several languages) -mnltilv Ml Knpllsh and With such SOje ami fecllon that it Was hard to i-nlir.e tli.it he win not a nativt : i h of ih.-jsajp ih.-jsajp " countries whose languagi he spoke Hb Then I realised that Paderewskl Hi wa not merel) i gri it pianisi but ; Mi hlg man As to h' sondness, ih.- ytsvri he devoted in hln countrj 8 HI eause in America awacj from his art, HJ away from h'.s beautiful hum.'. Hj neying hundreds of mii s every week, HI seeing tllOUSanda Oi peopll they are HQ the testimonies to his patriotism. Hut Hi the man was what Interested nie. PaderewskTs personality was one of the biggest surprises of my late. |