The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-11
An Evening with tho Jugglers.

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An Evening with the Jugglers.
The New York Euening Posi- gives the followil G
interesting account of the performance OF the Ja-
panese Jugglers in that city:
The Japanese Jusglers arc wonderful. The mn
mense audience which oyertowed every corner OF
the Academy of Music last night watched with III
tense interest, for two hours and half, success,
sion of acrobatic and gymnastc fests, which dehed
the laws Of gravitaton and made every spectator
catch his breath.
were presented. A score Of men, women and
children, surrounded by curious paraphernaha,
simultaneously knocked their foreheads against
the floor OF the stage, by way OF expressing their
abasement before the tnrong OF Alnerlcan soVer,
elgns Then came short oratlon IN soft anu
flowing Japanese, delivered by the earnest master
of ceremonles-no doubt u mastery effort, Dut not
generally understood. 1t was Intended 20 mtro-
duce the. performances OF two " prodlglcs. ihese
little persons, endowed with the names OF lnoYo-
klchi and Thomarzu, were even more extraordna-
ry than the exceilenJ Mr.. Crummles's Infant Phe-
nomenon.
Their posturing and grouping proved one thing
conclusively-that they hadn't O oone IN tnelf
bodies: ut least no bone that was inconyonlent to
them. They placed their feet on their necks ana
walked about the stage on thor hands; they bent
over backwards and trotted around Wltn tnelr
heads between their ankles; thoy tied themselves
rolled like q whoci with wonderful velocity; they.
did with the hands what the feet should do, and
with the feet what the hands were made for. II
short these little Japs were the FUNNIEST OF uSt.e
chaps-wlth tho exception oi one sIni sin''h'
who came in later.
Next came q series OF gymnastc eVoluuons pf
the chief OF the company-lLr. Hamaikarl Sada-
kiehi-and his son, queer little LAD OF elght OF
nine yoars known as Hamaikan MiF1shi, other
wise An Right" The nickname is bestowed be-
cause this sprightly little creature has habit OF
shouting out in his shIill treble SAN right" when-
eyer ne happens to get into peculiarly perllous
before the evening ended. The father, lying upon
a cushioned table, with his head to the nudence,
elevated his feet and bis son simultaneously, and
after tossing the little follow about IN the most
reckless manner, proceeded TO elevate MN py SION
degrees by the process OF putting One small tuo
after another under him, until twcpo OF these tubs
had been piled up, with the boy perchc6 Ike q
monkey upon the uppermost- linen the PyraniiNu ~
began to reYoiTe and the BOY TO cut capcrs. IL
was an extraordinary feat of balancing. The boy
shouted ..Au right" and grinned with delight at
his success in keeping his footing on preearlous
foundation. Alter a. while the tubs we're kicked
away by the elder Hamaikari, and the falling boy
was deity caught upon the fathers uptnrned lees.
Top-spinning was tho next thing in order.
Every Amencan boy who saw The donble perform
ances in ,his line of business will pester the house
hold till he gets an assortment OF tops anu eoes
through series Of experiments for the possloll-
OF VI LUp-SklLulllli6 WSAS ~
yeaIed to the gaze OF an astonished pubic; 10
spin tops is ormnariy an amusement Tor ehndren;
but MR. Matzui KikOoiiru aud his sunny -facod Ut
tle daughter Otsanee bring 1t up to the RANK OF
high arr Tops Thrown into the air with q jerk
come down upon the point Of stick and spin
away :: tops travel up an inclined piano, into n
Iacauered pagoda, spin around inside, come out
through an opposite door, still slllnIng, anu run
down another incline, spinning away ana keep
on spinning; tops put on man snoa,aer ra sLai
and still spin; tops thrown spinning up to tue
height of twenty feet, fall upon tho sharp edge OF
sword-blade, and spin buck and forth upon that
slender bridge, with as little danger OF falling Or
stopping as the Mohammedan saint passing into
Paradise over similar footway. Once or twice
the TOD failed to obey tho hand Of the master,
whereupon the Inter abased himself before the
people and rose from his knees to do still more
wonderful things.
The 'tButtorhy trick" was y piece OF slilllful
legerdemain, with touch OF poetry in it. ma
gician who answers to the cheerful name OF ~
midangawa Matzungoro, standing behind table,
performs this trlck by cutting from paper the
image Of butterfly, and causing 1t to futter ABOUT
his head in the breeze created by fan. A bouquet
OF flowers, held in one Of the performers hands,
attracts the butterfly; presently other butterflies
appear, and soon swarm hovers about the nose
gay. This trick is simple, but very graceful and
Beautiful.
Two women then appeared. One Was juggler;
the floor, with Japanese guitar-a queer lnstru-
ment, compounded Of o either and o bapiO-and m
company with dreadful drummer, who beat
wooden beetle and struck some cashlng brass, ana
another gutarst who was very aoeia aags aeps I up
the neighboring table. The principal feat was the
production from japanned box Of an incaloulabe
quantity Of silk ribbon which, when ignited, e1-
ploded like piece Of fireworks and changed INTO
huge Japanese umbrella, gorgeouslY colored.
Later in the evening came three OF the most
surprising teats of the progranme-frst, evoll-
tions on an upright bamboo pole by ''Al Right"
secondly, performances on . suspended oampoo'
by Matzungoro; thirdly, tho "Enchantea Laa-
The bamboo pole upon which the little Jap DIS
played his powers was twenty feet long, and sup
ported only by the shoulder OF his father: Inc
boy clambered to the top OF the pole, seated nm
self on O space OF two inches, swung oil by one
foot, clung BY hand, tied himself into knots, and
came united Instantly, cried his war-cry, and then
varied it with bit Of slang picked up in Caht9r-
nia-thus: "Al right, you betr-whereat an inc
through the evening, at critical moments i'll tho
play. ,,..uor;o
performance (which was excellod only by tho ladder
trick. This was clear defiance OF all natural
laws, and it was watched with breathless interest.
The chief, lying upon his back, supported with his
feet a huge ladder, to which smaller ladder was
attached ut right angle, Up these ladders scTam-
bled the little "AQ Right, pausng occaslonaily 10
utter his cry or scream "Ow!" Getting to tho top,
he stood erect and said 'Ow" and all the Japs be-
low said ssOw" Coming down, the little fellow
laid himself out on the cross-ladder and said 'Ow!
then he travelled cautiously to the tip hung by
one foot, famed himself, and exclaimed '.Al
right" This seemed TO bo IN impossible trick,
but it was performed without u blunder. At the
end of the ladder-cGmbing and posturng, tho agile
little lad sprang up cord to the roof of the Acad-
emy, put pulley upon tight rope which spanned
tho building, and ran down to tho first row of
boxes with immense velocitt. Ho was caught by
two men, upon the shoulder OF ono OF whom he
perched, aud went out OF sight in blaze OF glory.
sAn rieht-Owl"
The perfect grace of those performers is note-
worthy All they Go is to destroy our faith IN the
laws Of nature by the calm performance OF feats
apparently impossible. The performer who en-
Cages the attention of the spectator al the mo-
ment is always grave except the irrepressbc Young
gentleman before noted, who cannot help showing
that lie is jolly. The remainder of tho company
find relief in the cjaculatory "Ow!"-a inonosylla-
bic refrain which resoundod through the streets
around the Academy last night, rs tho laughing
audience dispersed, repeating it IN chorus. The
Japanese clearly give us new sensation.
How they Manage Railways in England.
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