But not so in juggling. Some would keep the tricks of the trade a dark secret. If juggling does not advance and keep in stride with the changing conditions of show business it will become obsolete. He got an unmerciful panning in a review in one of the trade papers, saying his act smacked of the 20's with corny gags and old stuff with clubs and balls. So there you are.
Time marches on and so does show business.
There have been quite a number of clever women jugglers, some of them coming close to the proficiency shown by the leading male exponents of the art. She finished her act with color-changing torches, throwing them continuously around back. Lucy Gillette, balanced a large spinning tub on the end of a long pole balanced on her foot while laying on the stage. She knocked the pole away, catching the tub on her feet and keeping it spinning. She also juggled six plates while balancing a long bird perch on her chin and a flower pot on her forehead.