Show as a ti a d worker to bo be a pet of tho the public sometimes has its disadvantages 31 waki for instance keeps up his reputation only at the cost of tremendous efforts to an interviewer for black and white ho has confided tho the fact that he lie practices at the piano often for 15 or 10 16 hours a day once in new now york lie had toworu to work up eight entirely distinct pro grammes in little over as many days and then it wa was a case of 17 hours practice daily one must always be at it ho he explains to keep tho the fingers right and tho tile allemo active tho the work is certainly ti tiring ril and II 11 considers that playing billiards a game he lie is very fond of has saved his life by affording him the necessary relief from his arduous work those crashing blows of his on tho tile piano aro are not as some might imagine ma made dewith with the closed fist Somei sometimes iines they are dono done with the third finger stiffened out sometimes with the t thumb sideways he seems to see nothing wonderful in the effect produced althon although gb his bands hands are so delicate that au all ordinarily fir firm m shake shako makes him wince it is true that he lias has a forearm such as a professional strong man might envy so perfect is it in its muscular cular development london daily news nea |