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Mailed Fiot of War Cut Short Composition That
Genius Believed" Would Be His Greatest Work
He Says, Will Eventually Prove a Boon to
; plifying It and Giving It a New Virility
BEX the last gun is fired In the great conflict of nation
now raging In Europe art will be born anew -but not the
elaborate art to which we hare been accuatomed. The
effect will be1 the same a on human life a. tendency
toward ahnpUficatios.
- Thla la the opinion of Ignace Jan PaderewaU, the noted
plaoiBt, whose rUlt to America in the Interest of devastated
Poland Indicates, that lore of country- rirala music la the
heart of thla genine, - Paderewski,- griering orer the un
happy fate or iu land, has not played the piano since the beginning of hoatlUtlea,
derotlng all of his time toward raising fond with which to assist the millions of
famlHea that are helpless, hungry and aick. -J
"All of us, eren the poorest, indulged in some luxuries during the. days of
eace," said PaderewskL "The first accomplishment of the gigantic struggle was
to simplify our mode of living. Those who sad horse found them commandeered.
Automobiles and carriages, too, were requisitioned. The net result was to make
people partake of more exercise, especially that of walking, and to eat more whole
some food in fact, to lead a simple and aane life.
"As art Is, after all, the reflection of human life,
so will it be simplified. Artists will try to find more
accessible forms of expression. I presume it will
be a benefit for art itself, which in every one of its
branches tended toward excess and eitfjeratiea to
the detriment of real thought" ;
Cancels Engagements to Work for Poland.
Paderewski waa in England when he learned that
the war presaging general hostilities had been de
clared. He Immediately canceled all engagements
and returned to his chalet in Switzerland, where he
formulated plans to aid unhappy Poland.
While in England Paderewski had begun the com
position of what he believed. would be hie master
piece. From the start of his career it had been his
ambition to compose musio rather than to play it
Well-known musicians will tell you that some of his
interpretations of the masters, especially in his
earlier years, were marvelous improvisations, for the
magic of his talent supplied what at the start his
knowledge lacked
Paderewski has not supplied a 'single note to sis
composition since the war began. "How can XT" he
asked, tears filling his eyes. He wasn't ashamed to
cry. When you know that in times other than these
Paderewski often played seventeen hours a day, a
muscular task which the world's strongest men
would not care to essay ; that he frequently indulged
In the strenuous exercise of swimming that he per
soaally superintended his estate and was even a
breeder bf horses, you are compelled to readjust the
f bought that this great artist is effeminate.
, Vast Area Is Laid Waste.
"How can IT he repeated, "when my Poland is
ia misery'' War is raging over her soil, sweeping
away every sign of civilisation, destroying dwellings,
devastating fields, gardens and forests, starving and
exterminating human beings and animals alike. An
erta equal in slxe to the states of New York and
Pennsylvania has been laid waste. Two hundred
towns, fourteen hundred churches, seven thousand
five hundred villages have been completely ruined.
"A total of eighteen million inhabitanta, includ
ing nearly two million Jews, are continually endur
ing the horrors of this gigantic struggle. Only very
few cpuld flee to the places which are still 'holding
their own against the aggressors ; the great majority,
Almost eleven millions of helpless women and chil
dren, homeless peasants, unemployed workmen, the
very essence and strength of a nation, have been
driven out into the open. Thousands and thousands
are hiding among ruins, in woods or in hollows, feed
ing on roots and on the bark of trees.
"And you ask me why I do not compose! Why
I do not play in concert! Can one with true pa--.
trlotlsm, true love of country, set his mind on -aught
else than the heartrending cries of his people, 'Some
' bread for Polish women and children 1 Some seed
for the Polish farmers !' " '
A glance went, instinctively, to his hands. They
were as long, as thin, as white, -as delicately shaped
as ever. ... .
"Ah, but they are stiff said Paderewski, divin
ing the meaning of the glance. "And my wrists
they, too, are no longer wrists of steeL" '
o World's
But Weir,
by Sim-
This Striking
Portrait of
Paderewski, Taken
a Pew Weeks Ago,
' Has Been
Pronounced By His
Wife to Be. the
Best Likeness of the
f Polish Pianist
Ever Made:
Copies of tt Are
Now Being Sold to
Swell the Fund '
to Relieve His
Suffering
Countrymen.
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CCoprrigtat. Chicago Herald, 1915.1
Yearns to Return to Own Work.
He said it pitifully, as if he yearned to return to
the strenuous life of concert work which Henry T.
Fink described so well in the following extract from
an article he wrote eeveral years ago: - J
"Genius involves hard work, in a pianist as in a
poet, e Ease and finish are the rewards of years of
tolL When we know how persistently Paderewski
works, to perfect his playing we hardly wonder that
he shirks the duty of writing letters. His triumphs
were no too easily won ; he had to practice and
study many years to earn them. To this day he will
: practice ten to twelve hours or more a day when pre
paring for a concert tour, to keep his fingers supple
and his memory reliable. S But the secret of his suc
cess lies tnthls, that he practices not merely with
his fingers but with the brain too. He once told
me that he often lies awake for hours at night, going
ever his next program ' mentally, nete after note,
trying td get at the very essence of every bar.
"This mental' practice at night explains the per
fection of his art, but It is not good for his health.
Indeed, If he ever sins it is against himself and the
laws of health. He smokes . too many f dgarets,
drinks too much lemonade, loses too much sleep, or
sleeps too much in the daytime. : For this last habit
as is, however, not entirely to blame; for whenever
he gives a concert all his faculties are so completely
engaged that he is quite exhausted at the end, and
unable to go to sleep for hours. His favorite anti-s
dote to this artistic insomnia is a game of billiards.
Of this game he ia passionately fond, and he regards
it as a sort of tonic, for, he says, If I walk or ride
or merely rest I go to thinking all the time, and my
nerves get no real rest. But when I play billiards I
can forget everything, and the result is mental rest
and physical est combined." -,
And to return to ibis life is Paderewskl's wish,
but grief forbids.
Were Paderewskl's emotions and sentiments less
delicately tuned;. if he could woo back the perfect
contentment of mind which he says Is necessary to
musical genius, he could aid his country materially
by concert work. Following .are a few figures cov
ering fourteen consecutive concerts on his second
tour of America : -
Binghamton, $1,500; New Xork, $5,069; Boston,'
$2,364 ; New Haven, $1,628 ; New York, $3,069 ;
Rochester, $1,S62 J Albany, $1,350; Hartford, $1,915;
Boston, $2,995; New York, $5524; Buffalo, 12,050;
Philadelphia, $5,324; Brooklyn, $3,162; Boston,
$3,999; total, $4390, or an average of $3,113.
i - What Concerts Really Pay. " -
v.'- The total number of concerts given during this
second tour in twenty-six American cities was sixty
- seven, and the receipts amounted to $180,000 a sum
never before equaled by an Instrumental performer.
Of this amount about $150,000 was net
"But It is impossible for me to play until the war
is over rather until my Poland rises from the ashes
of her unhappy fate," said the master pianist re
cently. He rose to prepare for an address to Polish
sympathisers in behalf of the General Polish Belief
Committee. Paderewskl's gift of oratory is second
only to his genius as a musician, as shown in the
i following extract from speech he made:
' "We are in sore need of strengthening, of reln
spiration. Blow after : blow has fallen upon our
stricken race, thunderbolt after thunderbolt ; our
whole shattered country quivers, not with fear, but
with dismay. New forms of life which had to come,
which were. bound to come, have waked among us
on a night of dreadful dreams. The same wind that
' blew -to us a handful of healthy grain has over
whelmed us in a cloud of chaff and -sittings; the'
clear flame kindled by hope of universal justice has
reached us fouled by dark and blackening smoke;
the light breath of freedom has been borne toward
us on choking, deadly waves of poisoned air.
' "Our hearts are disarrayed, our minds distorted.
We are being taught respect for all that is another's,
contempt for all that is our own. We are bidden to
love all men, even fratricides! and yet hate our own
fathers and brothers should they think otherwise,
albeit' no less warmly, than ourselves. ; Our new
teachers are Stripping us of the last shred of racial
' instinct, yielding the past in prey to an indefinite
futue, thrusting the heritage of generations into
the clutches of the chaotic ogre whose monstrous
form may loom- at any minute above the abyss of
time. -
"The immemorial sanctuary, of . our race, proof
until now against the stoutest foe, is being assailed
y by brothers who batter at the wall, meaning to use
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Grief Over War Stays Hand of Polish, Genius
HOW can I compose when my Poland is in misery? War is raging over her
soil, sweeping away every sign of civilization, ; destroying dwellings, devastat
ing fields, gardens and; forests, starving and exterminating .human beings and ani
mals alike. Only very few could flee to the places which are still holding their own
against the aggressors;-the great majority, almost eleven millions of helpless women
and children, homeless peasants, unemployed workmen, the very essence and strength
of a nation, have been driven out into the open. Thousands and thousands are living
among ruins, in woods, or in hollows, feeding on roots and on the bark of trees. And
you ask me why I do not compose! Why I do not play in concert! Can one with
true patriotism, true love of country, set his mind on aught else than the heartrend
ing cries of his people, "Some bread for Polish women and children ! Some seed for
Polish farmers 1" - . . , . :
our scattered stones for the building of new struc
turesas if these poverty-stricken architects were
unable to afford material of their own. The white- -'
winged, undefined, most holy symbol of our nation
is being attacked by croaking rooks and ravens; '
strange, ill-omened birds of night circle around her,
screeching; even her own demented eaglets defy .
her." ' '":r " . -Ar , -
Paderewski Not a Youns Man. -
Paderewski is no longer yonng he was born in
1860 and he spends the greater part of the day in ,
conference with the leaders of branch relief societies.
Yet no weariness shows in his dignified figure or in
his eyes, and be talks with animation. This anima-
Hon is partcularly noticeable when Poland Is the
subject of conversation. On music, painting, Amer
ica on most subjects he talks with interest, but
with.no great eagerness. But when the wrongs of
Poland are mentioned he rises from' his chair and
speaks with fiery passion.
1 His masterpiece?'
"It shall not be born for the time being," says
PaderewskL But when it is given to the world who
doubts but that it will express yearning maidenhood,
grave manhood, tragic and sad old age, light-hearted,
joyful : youth, r love's - enfolding - softness, action's
vigor, valiant and chivalrous strength ail of Poland,
for whose tragic fate Paderewski grieves, and which
, is dearer to his heart than music Itself?
Is Love a Disease? If
WThalfc Is ttlie Coire?
IS LOVE a disease? '
Nearly three hundred theories, the majority
of them scientific, exist as to the nature of love.
Most are physiological theories.:' It remained, for
William Brown, M. A D. So, of King's College,
London, to show" that the mental y phenomena in
volved the ideas, thoughts and feelings of lovers
can be to some extent explained by mental causes.
Says Professor JBrown :
"Whatever may be the theory adopted to explain
how it comes about that the ideas and emotions of
two people become centered each about the idea
of the other, we are still left with the striking re-,
semblances which love presents to certain forms
of mental disease. Besides the fixed idea' there
is the period of Incubation, during which the in
dividual does not know what is the matter with
him, but feels restless, depressed and 'out of sorts.'
There is feebleness of will power, which may, in a
few eases, even persist after love' has become mani
fest Again," there is often a complete change Jof
temperament and character.
"Once more: Some natures seem to be more
susceptible to the love fever than others, and would
appear to be possessed of a special mental 'diathe
ses' or. disposition, resembling the physical diathesis .
the tendency to cancer, scrofula and so forth so
well known to the physician. And the greater
proneness to the affliction when in 111 health, mentaf
or physical, brings it also into Hne with physical
disease. There are, however, exceptions.
"Again, a love affair of a certain type makes the
individual, in many cases, partly or entirely Immune
to one of a'slmilar-nature for the future. Whether
It is possible to be in love with mare than one per
son at the same time is a difficult question, but we
are, perhaps, a little too ready to answer it in the
negative.
"No one will deny that extreme cases abound
which are obviously diseased, but these shade off
tooths so-called normal cases by imperceptible de
grees, and the dividing line is not easy to draw.
How are we to regard the numerous love tragedies
of history? What are we to say of the love mur
ders and suicides which we read about in the news
papers? Can we honestly convince ourselves those
of us who are not entirely Inexperienced in thewnat
ter that these cases belong to a class by them
selves, and have no closer relation to ordinary love
than, say, a cancerous liver to a normal one? Per
haps if larger proportion of people were insus- '
cepUble to the passion that some such, people exist 4
: cannot be doubted wb should be more ready : to
class it among our diseases.
"If disease It is, we must lookf for its cause in
the subconscious, and therefore thetordlnary healing
methodof 'suggestion,' in which the patient's inter-
- est is turned in some other direction, is In most
cases useless unless helped out by some means of
getting down to the subconscious life of the indi
vidual Such means are afforded us by the method
of 'psycho-analysis invented by - Professor Freund
of Vienna and employed by him and his disciples."
The principle of this method is similar to that of
cross-examination as; employed In a court of law,
except that single words instead of questions are
used as the bait The physician learns of the cause
of the disease simultaneously with the patient and
is then able to help the matter by thoroughly "talk
ing the thing out" with bind It has been used with
remarkable success, ssy scientists, in certain forms
, of mental disease.
"The case of love is very similar," adds Professor
Brown. "Love Is a disturbance in 'which the sub
conscious is largely involved, hence its seeming mys
4 teriousness . and. irrationality. ; Not all love affairs
need, to be cured,' but in cases , where this is - deslr
able the method of psycho-analysis enables the rea
son and will power of the lover to be directed upon
the- irrational emotional tendencies that have gained
a footing in his subconsciousness, so that they; are
seen In their true light and combated accordingly,
."Let us imsgine the instance of a pair of lovers
where,' owing to some internal reasons, Jealousy, for
' . instance,' love y Is not f flowing smoothly If these
two people be tested separately and independently -
;wlth the same list of words much information can
be obtained as v to the nature of their subconscious
' selves,' snd, also of the more bidden parts of their
explicit 'consciousness.
"Cases of hopeless love' could be treated in a
, similfr wsy, so that Indirectly the . method might
even prove to be a new and efficacious way of curing
some cases of consumption, or at least directing the
physician's attention to the mental' factor which
is not infrequently present in these instances. The
actual curative treatment .so far as it is mental,
would in every case take.the form of 'suggestion
and the talking of the matter but with the patient;
the psychologist -would prescribe measures .' for dl-
. recting the flow of the patient's ideas and emotional
tendencies Into other channels." ,
Therefore, from the - viewpoint of Professcj
Brown, leve in some, cases is a disease.