THE CARE OF A GENIUS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 130, 23 May 1908, Page 3

THE CARE OF A GENIUS.

KU'.ELIK'.S WlEl'

American journalism Ins for U„. past low montlis l.i-. u active in dcclavin" to an evidently interested public that'tho impressive Jiindoo, who nets as valet to Kubelik. the celebrated liolinist. who begins hi H Australasian season in Kvdney this month. is not wholly accountable fur the liohemiau's dapper appearance. The responsibility for banishing discords from KuMik's attire, tln-v state, with a wonderful unanimity, i,s Madame Kubelik—or the Countess as they call licr, for she was Countess Marianne von Czaky Czell before she married. Such headline as ".lan •Mothered' by his Titled Wife, - ' indicated the lew accounts of wifely care. " Is if true that you are careful of your hu.-han.l's heallh';" the interviewer asked .Madame. "Xo more than every woman is careful of tlie health of the man :■lie loves.'' was her simple reply. "Do you insist upon him carrying: a lnuir to protect hi rt handsV' persisted the same relentless interviewer, lien; kubelik indignantly intervened. I wear my hands in 'mv fur coat sleeves ?o," In; demonstrated. "Xever any mull - . It is reedceculous." "But wo have many innHs-seventeen. eighteen, nineteen," Madame said in her -broken English. " l'eople thev think lie needs niull's for liees hanils. 1 keep the muffs.'' She aiigbcd and continued: "Me will mi use ?e brushes miletairo. I liaf geeve him them. But .lan, he also weal's his ties not- to correspond with heos clothes, lie wears the small low collar. 1 slop thai." Another interviewer is reported to have asked Madame if she was ird jcal*>i!~ to have the American wo;v,;"i lighting lo kins her liu-band. "(111, no - no—no!' she protested. "It makes no.very beppe. As a "real arteest he belongs 111 all the World. They kecs him nut because they loll', but for liecs music.'' The Anieriiau newspapers all agree that Madame is rharniing. The Chicago Tribune gives a pen portrait of iier. "She has sloe black eyes of great depth, and reddish hair," states that journal, "and a rosy cheery face full of good fun. It is a motherly face also —especially when she glances at her boyish husband. lie is 27; she is some years younger. She dresses simply when travelling, wearing no more jeweilery than a school girl—just a few small .goid bracelets oil her arm. At her busband'* however, every one <>t which she attends, she is an inspiring figure—a beautiful woman, beautifully gowned, n diamond siinlmrst sparkling on her neck: watching every motion of her hu.sband as he plays, drinking in every note "