The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-22

journey which seemed to her 50 full of
peril.
Is to see that the yionnist does not indulge
excessively his tendency to give away
most Of what he earns. Fol 1t Will never
be said OF the young Bohemian, as It has
been told Of 10 MANI other noted musical
artists. that he Ia not liberal.
He Is supposed TO be more OF a chevaller
In the matter OF disbursements than any OF
his recent predecessors. Lake all foreign
artists hat come here he has received the
customary appeals from his unfortunate
oountrymen, and the number OF letters
in strange script that are left at the Hotel
Manhattan increased materially when the
news spread that they were answered
with unprecedented generosity. III ku-
belik were allowed to respond 10 them In
the way that he wants IL would require more
than the guaranteed eiOO 900 to make his
tour here worth the while.
The man. whose early life was
passed In humble surroundings, shows
his taste for spending money In other ways.
He loves luxury OF a certain kind. He
loves expensive clothes and delights in
the hest that the London talon can make
for him. .
His taste in dress is luckily refined and
he loves quiet elegance 30 long as i is the
best that money can procure. He will
never wear any other than patent leather
shoes, and they are mad FOR him by a
famous London bootmaker who INDUCES
the artists taste in certain peculiar1tles.
He likes them to look small and rather
dainty.
His luxurious tastes are shown also in
his desire to have a large personal entour-
age, and when he moves from place TO place
he is accompanied by no fewer than six
persons. In spite OF this delight In luxury
of a certain kind his tastes are in other ways
very modest.
He il very abstemious at table and leads
a life Of great simplicity in all respects
but In his desire TO have the best that his
money can buy in all that contributes TO
his personal comfort, That he II liberal
in other respects was shown after the last
concert he gave in Prague.
He founded a free scholarship In the CON
servatory there for students who, like him
self, should in the future be able TO enjoy
the advantages of the institution. He has
two brothers, one Of whom is now a student
at the conservatory, and IL said TO he a very
promising pianist.
The charmthat Kubelik ha for he women
who make up the larger part OF the concert
audiences IL din erent from any ever before
exercised by a virtuoso, lis IL younger
than any Of his colleagues and Is not hand
some In the conventional way He II
scarcely 10 he looked upon AZ a mature man.
since he IL 50 fragile that many Of the
matrouly enthusiasts who rush down 20
the footlights might without difficulty pick
him up In their az ms and carry him home;
This IL a new danger for the Carnegie
Hall idol, who usually il only In peril OF
being compelled generally To play until
he IL exhausted. But he Is also too mature
toie viewed In the W me way that Holman
was when he played here first az a child.
Thus he IN quite a new type OF musician
for the women to adore and II Is In the
opinion OF experts that novelty which has
impaired "A new spirit TO the regular rush
from the back seats Of Carnegie Hall TO the
platform whenever the artist plays. There
IL al last a change from the alluring melan-
choly Of Paderewski, who used to be the
only inspiration for this kind Of demonstfa-
ton.
Hofmann's manner chills even the eX-
cited admirers that try To organize these
demonstration after his reciials. He hates
applause under all circumstances and shows
that plainly 10y his manner OF receiving II
during his concerts.
II In certain that lac Ia kes no more plea sure
ia these inlpromptu outbreaks after the
programme has been played. He
Indicated that so clearly after his last re-
Cital that IL would require a very hardened
feminine Carnegie Hsller again to attempt
10 make the independent young Pole the
victim Of such an outburst.
Kubelik, on the other hand, " lille entirely
free from self-consciousness, plays AT these
recital encore ~debauche- with
just a. much apparent delight as at any
ut her time.
New York IL 80 much more closely in
touch with the musical affairs Of London
than Of other cities Of Europe that the
Young violinist is supposed TO have met
with great success now here else. But m
Italy he was ca He'd the Dir1no BOeno"
and h- start In Milan had all the enthu-
siasm with " hich the Italians surround the
triumphs ~ the favorites
lie PLAYED siX timer al tie Tedtro l.yrico
"a. Af1oV hLa times in ElATgDfA fnnI fITnn.
a. the San Carlo IN Naples which ~ the
largest ol-4ratic theatre IN the world. eleven
times at -" 'os'an2i in Rome and -four
times IN Genoa
And his secretary adds win pr,de,
theatres were sold out at every con
C-rf. all bat the first IN Milan
The violinlst was Interested chiefly in
h. visit 10 the Pope He va only - when
I, tool llac" and IN spite Of his experiences
~ an artist II L. not surprising hat ihi-
hour passed IN the Vatican should seem
the mo- wonderful ~ HE hie
II was on one Saturday afternoon on
the last day 81 Aiarch. he said IN dsscnb.
Ing the interview, which was the highest
hat could he paid to him IA l'alv.
''hA' / drove 60 the Vatican AMI Wa shown
into thu laIgY audience CHAMBER. There
Wee Rer'or Zplrtsl ~ the Bohemian
Seminary met me- and NJ vent 20 The Iarf
~ she Vatican - aside fuf only the Pops
u-,
~. we're shown into a small room and
Their. Wai',si 'pf tho Holy Father After
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