Collector of Violins and Rare English. Editions Mr, Efrem Zimbalist was at, home, lewer at his ease; s0 of the prelisinany skirmishing which precedes the average talk for publication, One hag never to delve fay. beneath the surface of the truly great to encounter the essentially hymen clement. The art of the "prospector" lies in this. When you meet a famous man, take it for granted that his vocation is. not ngeeszarily his avocation.
The late Piexpont, Morgan, for example, was, never discovered in private casting up columns of figures, but reading the most lurid of detective excavating in ily created in By these tokens, to} laying to. Efrem to. seek to impress _him admiration of his artistry, were og fatuous as to stand humbly before him, expecting some Jovian pronouncement. Not' but what a] pronouncement was forthcoming:
had a very Into night," said Me.
Thus was the orthodox password] of, Shanghai offered and accepted, apd, "the freedom of conversation" comes tol: understand. the basis. for the immediate contact with his auldiences for which. he is famed. He is the most courteous and friendly of men; and one can well picture him saying to those gathered to hear him, "Well, now that you're here, 17 play the alin for you. No formality, you understand; just_as between friend and friend." All aust be prepared see this evening, beneath the jesterior, of a violinist. among violinists, the student of English literature, to say nothing of one who on occasion steals away to. the cinema, to shed a furtive tear or to] Indulge ina hearty laugh, as the theme of the picture may dictate—
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