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Show IU.il'a l-rr onalltj. I B The best Iropreiuilon of Liszt's ap- j' praranco In 1SS4. writes Dr. William U H Mason In tho September Century, la j conveyed by a picture which shows H H him approaching the Altenburg. Hla I H back la turned; nevertheless, there Is I H n certain something which shows the man aa ho was, better even than those H portraits In which his features are H clearly reproduced, Tho picture H gltra his gilt, his figure and his H general appearance. There Is hit tall, lank form, his high bat set a lit- H tlo to ono side, and his arm a trifle H akimbo, Ha had piercing eyes. Ills H hair was very dark, but not black. Ho H woro It long, Juat ns he did In his old- H er dajs. It camo almost down to his H shoulders, and wss cut oft squaro at H tho bottom Ho had It cut frequently. H so as to keep It at about the same H length. That was n point about which 1 he was very particular. " As I remember his hands, bis fingers H wcro lean and thin, but they did not H Impress mo as being very long, nnd he H did not havo such n rcmarkablo slre'ch on the keyboard aa ono might Imagine. H Ho was always neatly dressed, gener- H ally appearing In a long frock coat, H until be became tbo Abbo Llazt, at tor B which he wore a distinctive black H gown, His general manner nnd hie H faco wero most expresilvo ot his reel- M logs, nnd his features lighted up when M ho spoke. Ills smile was simply H charming. Ills faco was peculiar. Ono jM could hardly call It handiomo, yet H tbero was In It n subtle something that H was most attractive, and his whole M manner had n fascination which It Is H Imposelblo to drscrlbe. H |