Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.] PowER IN Puxo PLAYING. 75
These conditions must change before long: therefore he up and
doing. Begin with the little acts of every rlay life .• Try to gain
a victot·y to-day, be it ever so little. It is the little overcomings
that lead to the final victory that will forevet· ft-ee man from a
world of sin and unhappiness, of chaos and disorder, and permit
him to enter that realm where order prevails and happiness
is to he tht> lot of all.
POWER IN PIANO PLAYING.
The amount of powet· expentletl in playing on a piano has
t·ecently heen estimated in a way which, if not altogether accurate,
is at least interesting. Commenting on the statement
made that '·it requires mm·e fm·ce to sound a note gently on
this instrument than it does to lift the lid of a kettle," an exc•han!:!""
~ays that this is easy to verify if one takes a. small handful
of ~~oins and piles them on a key of the piano. When a
sufficient