Show many sided genius sir walter the newly appointed professor of music in oxford university is an enthusiastic chess player on one occasion he undertook to lo play jwo two men at once and at the same tini time e play on the pianoforte filin lamoly pieces selected by those lueser eat from any ot of the classical writers for that hat instrument lie he not only I 1 clayed brilliantly during the games once looking at the chess board but conversed with several persons vho aho did their best to 10 distract him the game lasted an hour and sir walter was the victor his pianoforte selections while the game was in progress pros resi tame ame aiom such giants as bach so beethoven shon and chopin and lie he afterward explained that tor for the greater pait of the hour bour he be had been intensely Inte interess retted ted in the of a fly to disen disentangle tan le itself from a spiders sp ideis web I 1 |