Yehudi Menuhin, riding up the bay on the liner Champlain yesterday, told proudly how his little sister, blonde and apple-cheeked Hephzibah, 14, whose instrument is the piano, made a successful debut in Queens Hall, London.
Yehudi—no longer a prodigy now that, as he pointed out himself, “I will be 18 in January,” but still one of the world’s most marvelous violinists—was grave and would not say much. He was dressed in a raccoon coat, a fur hat and large black galoshes as he went on deck with Hephzibah and his younger sister, Yaltah, 12, to compete in identifying various skyscrapers in the Manhattan skyline as the liner pushed toward port.
PROUD OF HEPHZIBAH
When the reporters gathered around, Yehudi said:
“The tour was all right. I am very proud of my sister. I think of us three she is by far the best musician. She will make her American debut in a sonata recital with me December 19. It is at the Town Hall, I believe. Please do not say she is my accompanist.
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