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Show wuJ4 tiave bean fee! he bean concealed fcehlns. a acreea. The ntaalt of tba rauld not fee peBatrated1, tut the muaiv waa thre. And It -aa muilo of M h a worxlM-ful hvra"tr that tia memory 111 remain Hh thoea ba were there kmr aftw Oo4awky hu oae )olo hia fain ere. Godowtky Plays Divinely, but His Manner Is Cold XT GORDON K. PLACB. Leopold Oodowakybaa come, and ha haa gone, and thoae who heard turn at the First Methodlat ohuroh laat night will retain for a long time tn their mind the picture that hia playing Impraeaed. Oodowaky I a genius of the ft ret order, a planlet whose sheer art, vrhoee wonder-ful wonder-ful technlo can scarcely be eurpeaaed. Hia audience appreciated theee charac-terlatloa charac-terlatloa of hia playing which were abundantly abund-antly demonetratod, and by lnetetent and steady applauae won from tho master added numbers which gave still greater lnatxht Into hia powers. But Is Oodowaky art of the warm, soulful type that move ts tha greateet depths, the human capactty for feeling? It la not. rather, an art that appeal more fully to the analytlo ssnss, because of tta technical perfection. Tha picture that were thrown upon my mental screen were not the picture of deep aentrment, but they were more like a vllon of a midday aun upon an la floe, with tha cold blue watere at the edge, and a llmltleee .expanse of Ice and enow and cold blue aky on all aidea and above. Kvery note sparkled like the rsys reflected from a cryatal. ptrc-lug ptrc-lug almost because of their cold, brilliant bril-liant beauty, but not of ths kind that conjured seen of equatorial warmth and moonlit nlshta In a atlll lagoon. But Oodowaky was wondarful. Prom ths first bars of ths Bthovn sonata, opus SI, In K flat, to hi own marvioua ymphonlo matamorphoate of "Kuntlr-lebeu," "Kuntlr-lebeu," by Btrau, n held hi audinc ln a grip that oould only be maintained by a master. Ajid when h responded to the rwlterated demand for more, with hia masterful rendition of "Campa-nella." "Campa-nella." by Llast. he filled the cup of ar-tletlo. ar-tletlo. enjoyment to overflowing. Thl laat. given when a part of the audience had already toft tn auditorium, waa the moat transcendently brilliant number on a brilliant program, and gripped tha audience with an Intensity that was al-moet al-moet painful. Oodowaky program w riot of the asual order of tlioes given bv men of his standing. It waa widely varied. Prom the Beethoven sonata to the Chopin sonata, opua el, In B minor, and hi own symphonta number on one side, to the dainty snd charmtrr "Songs VVItli-out VVItli-out Words." by Mendeleaolin. he seemed to run slmoat the rimul f pianoforte eeihllltles, save that he dig not arouse the deeper sentlincmi uf te.ioerneita and yesrnlns that some tnsstc-s can sivjuse. His nearest approach to this was In ths second of the songs without words, when he more needy touched the hidden chorda of feeling than In anv other. Oodoweky' own "Reneleaanre." which he gave Jut before the "Pastorale" (An-eluel, (An-eluel, bv Corel!!, wss an axqtltsttelv dainty and beautiful selection, which left ths sudience breathless snd silent for msny seconds sfter ths last tonea died awav. "f-fearenly!" exclaimed a prettilv gowned woman, and that was the elgnal for a tumult of apolauee. Oodowekr seemed unmoved, glaolsl, Slmoat Sl-moat frigid In hia personal manner, and appeared to be entirely apart from hi audlno. Hia manner lack the warmth of southern temperament In fact, he seemed strangely lacking tn temperament more like a mathematician or a aclen-tlst aclen-tlst than a musician of nenlus, tn that respect he differed so much from many other muelclans of note, that ths man'a Sersonallty was commented upon freely y those In the audloncs. who did not ensrg this ssalnat him. save that the lack of ths touch of perse nelltv left hie hearer 1n the me from of mind they |