Show I 1 III mi o 0 THE MAGIC OP OF THE VIOLIN its wonderful wonder ful charm in the hands of a master described arthur symons thus describes the great violinist isayo as he lie appeared while playing his instrument then the kreutzer creutzer reu tzer sonata began and I 1 looked at ysaye as he an almost shapeless mass maps ot flesh holding the violin between his tat fingers and looking vaguely into the air he lie put the violin to hi ill shoulder the face had bad been like a mass m a S s of clay lay C waiting the sculptors scUlptor 9 thumb As the music came caine an invisible touch seemed to pass over it the heavy mouth and chin remained firm pressed down on the violin but tho the eyelids and the eye brows began to moe mon e as 1 it the eyed saw the sound and were drawing draa ing it in luxuriously with a kind ind of sleeping ecstasy as one draws in perfume out of a flower then in that instant a beauty which had bad never been in the world came into the horld a new thing was created lived died lied having revealed itself to all those who were capable of receiving re Iving it |