A STORY OF PADEREWSKI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 679, 20 June 1914, Page 3

A STORY OF PADEREWSKI.

An enthausiastic musician tells an amusing anecdote of Fadcrewski's tour of the Southern .States. "I encountered the pianist and his party whin they were passing through Georgina," he says, "and had the pleasure of riding for some distance with them in their, private "At one of the stops Paderewski was handed a letter from a certain Grande dame and noted society leader of a large Westsrn city. It was the most gushing epistle I ever listened to, and, after several pages of what was evidently intended as , a tribute to his art; th.3 writer wound up by , * and enclosed a stamp for return postage. ." When the laughter had subsided, •Paderewski's - secretary proceeded to indite a reply, which ran as follows '—f Bear Madam,—M. Paderewski directs me to say that it afiords him much pleasure to ccinrply with your request. You fail speeify whose hair you desire, and, to avoid error, he has secured a sample from each of the staffon voyage—to wit, his manager, his secretary, his valet, his two cooks, and his waiter, together with a small portion from a cat and a mattress belonging to the owner of the coach de luxe which we occupy.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant.' "There was some uproarious sport in collecting the souvenirs, especially, that contributed by the cat belonging to the railroad company, but they were finally secured, and the package mailed at the n°xt station. I have often wondered what the emotions of Paderewski's admirer must have been when she gazed 0 n that collection of hirsute freaks."