PADEREWSKI'S MAGICAL FINGERS

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2142, 27 December 1920, Page 2

PADEREWSKI'S MAGICAL FINGERS

If, as is stated, Padercwski's decision never to play again is due to neuritis in his hands, it, is certainly) hard luck, seeing how carefully he has looked after his magical fingers, says the "Daily Chronicle." Tor many years he has refused to accept any floral offering from admirers, for fear, as once happened, he should prick his fingers with the wire; and since he burnt his hand against a cigar he has been exceptionally wary about shaking hands with gentlemen friends. His hands were heavily insured, the policy covering every finger and thumb separately, and a few years ago he received £IOOO under the policy, owing to breaking a finger-nail while playing a particularly strenuous selection at a Nov/ York recital.