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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2651, 23 December 1915, Page 6

Maud the foremost of American violinists, is a firm believer in constant praotice, no matter where she happens to be loqated The famous record of Paderowski —seventeen hours a day practice—has been to her an inspiration. Musioians enjoy a story she tells on herself. She was staying in the summer at a country place. Every morning she went through lier customary exercises. Every morning a boy employed about tho place "doing chores" passed her open window, and heard her working away at something which in the course of a fow days he learned to identify. When he heard her playing it every morning for more than a week he could no longer contain himself, and as ho passed the open window he Bhouted: "Aw, say, can't ye play it yitp" A stranded but still haughty "leading lady" was obliged to put up at a dilapidated country hotel. She glanced frowningly about the office, reluctantly signed tho resistor, and took the brass fcej from the proprietress. "Is thero water in my room?" she demanded. ".Why, there was," replied the proprietress, "but I had the roof fixed." The teacher of natural geography directed all her pupils to write a'definition of the word "geyser." Willie evolved this definition: "A Italssr is » diaturbwoo of the earth's aur£»W- /