The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-10
AN EVENING WITH THE JUGGLERs
a Reporter Amongst the ..Japs.r

- Reporter AnnonkAt tne "JapS."
FrOm The NetV York Evening Po4t.
The Japanese juggleis are wonderful.
The immense audience which over
flowed every corner OF the Academy of
Music last night watched with intent
interest, for two hours and half, a
succession OF acrObatfc and RYmnastic
feats which defied the laws Of gravita-
tiOn and made every spectator catch his
breath. ---.-.-a,
At the rise of the curtain the whole
company were presented. A score of
men, women and children, surrounded
by curious paraphernalia, simnltane-
ously knocked their heads against the
floor OF the stage, by way of expressing
their abasement before the thronH Of
American sovereigns. Then came a
short Grafton, in soft and flowing ia
panese, delivered by the earnest master
effort, but not generally understood.
It was intended to introduce the per-
formanees of two "prodigies." These
little persons, endowed with the names
of Thoyokichi and Thomatzu, were
even more extraordinary than the ex.
cellent Mr.. Crummles's Infant Phe.
nomenon. Their posturing and group
ing proved one thing conclusiyely-
that they hadn't bone in their bodies:
to them. They placed their feet on
their necks and walked about the stage
on their hands; they bent over back
wards and trotted around with their
heads between their ankles; thew tied
themselves together in the most incom-
prehensible way, and rolled likes wheel
with wonderful velosity; they did with
the hands what the feet should do, and
with the feet what the hands were made
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funniest of little chRps-with the excep-
! tionof one, still smaller, wEo came In
later. .-. t-.-,..7 tsiir
Next came a series of gymnastic evo-
buttons by the chief OF the company
Mr. Hamaikari Sada akiGhi-and his son,
queer little lad of eight or nine years,
known as HRmaikari Mikishi, other
wise "All Right" The nickname is
bestowed because this spdghtly little
his shrill treble 'sAll right" whenever
he happens to get in peculiarly peril
GUS position-and he got into about
twenty such places before the evening
ended, The father, lying upon a cush-
ioned table, with his head to the audi
ence, elevated his feet and his son sim
ultaneously, and after tossing the little
fellow in the most reckless manner,
proceeded to elevate him by slow de-
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small tub after another under him, un-
til twelve of these tubs had been piled
up, with the boy perched like monkey
upon the uppermost Then thepyramid
began to revolye and the boyto cut ca
pers. It was an extraordinary feat of
balancing. The boy shoutedHAl right"
and grinned with delight at his success
in keeping his footing on precarious
foundation. Alter while the tubs
were kicked away by the elder HamRf-
karl, and the falling boy was denly
caught upon the fathers upturned leet.
Top-spinning was the next thing in
order. Every American boy who saw
the double performances in this line of
business will poster the household till
he gets an assortment OF tops and goes
through series OF experiments, for the
Possibilities" of the art OF top-spin-
ming were never so revealed to the gaze
of an astonished public. To spin tops
is ordinarily an amusement for chill
dren; but Mr.. MatznI Kikoojfrn and his
sunny-faced little daughter Otsunee,
bring It up to the rank of high art, Tops
thrown into the air with a jerk come
down on the point OF a stick and spin
away; tops travel up an inclined plane,
into a lacquered pagoda, spin around
inside, come out through an opposite
door, still spinning, and run down an
other incline, spinning away, and keep
on spinning; tops put on q mans