PADEREWSKI'S PRIDE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 147, 18 February 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

PADEREWSKI'S PRIDE.

The turning no nt 111 Padcrewski's career came when a foreign Princes' engaged him for 1 single pertorrnance at a lee of lUd nancs. I':. 1 -lown to fame, the famous pianist was then living 111 a state ol extrenn p.;v:;v 'n Paris. The audience was an e\. ecu r.glv fa-hionablo one, and Pa.ic: -vsl 1 played his best. His efforts were .successful, and the congratulatory remarks were crowned when the Princess actually offered him her own carriage to ride lime. "Ut though Padercwski was poor, lie v.a« aNo exceedingly proud. ".\lad.ime." lie said, "my own cartage is at the door. ' Then, seizing the tir-u opportunity, he quietly slipped out bv another door an.l walked home. In Siberia the cold is so great du'ing winter 'bat milk is offered for sale in cakes or bricks. A stick or string is ceneraUv tongealed into a corner of tlie mass to facilitate carrying, so that a wavfarer can swing a quart if milk at his side or wrap it up r.« a parcel at discretion. *** * , The preacher at the C'itv Fmple. London, on a recent Sunday was Rev. C. W. Gordon, of Winnipeg—hotter known as "Ralph Connor." the novelist. Mr. ( iordon, who is diarih.in tothe 7<>th Cameron Highland'rs, of Winnipeg, wore his khaki ' r.ifi nr in the pulpit.