The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-03-02
For the Palladium.

For the Palladium.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Feb %, 10
Admitting with you and Capt
Croker, in the liberia! idea that it
is wrong to go 10 a respectable
place Of public amusement more
than six nights in tue week. !
dropped into the Academy Of Mu
sic last evening to witness the per
Torrance OF the Ucrivelled Royal
Yeddo japanese Troupe. 1t would
take u better quill driver than /
am, to give the vivid pen descrip-
ton they merit their ease, dex-
terity, holiness. and sudden re-
suits arc truly wonderful. The
troupe consists of Prof. Gangero,
two men, two women, and three
boys. the latter from seven to
twelve years old. Not being o
reader Of Mrs. Dsmorest's Japan
csc Book of Fashion, l am unable
to describe their dress, which may
be said to be all gowny, and it is
only from your guessing at the
announcements or the programme
that you can come to any conclu-
sion, which of the party would be
entitled to the right Of suffrage as
it now exists. Their complexion
is something OF mulatto by
moonlight. their hair is tied up
short in such a manner as to show
white streaks where the scalp looks
like grayellcd walks in a cemetery,
going round and round leading no
where in particular. The pro-
grammc led off with sword jugs
Cling, and how those long ins;ru~
ments managed to keep clear OF
each other in their journey from
hand to hand in the air, would dis
tract train dispatcher to des-
cribe after balancing q bamboo
cane twenty feet long on his FORE
head, he shot with bow and ar
row three balanced swords from
the top Of it, and caught them by
their handles as the points came
falling as it were direct into his
face. The terrific walk barefoot
up q ladder of swords sharp as
razors, ma lie the blood to curdle !;
before placing each sword in its
place az a round to the ladder, the
'heathen' cut a sheet of paper into
small strips with each sword, one
at q tina to show that it had an
edge-wben the swords were all
placed edge up, he exhibited the
naked coles OF his feet, to show
there was no protection, and taking
that everlasting fam in one hand
he stepped with one foot slowly
upon the sharp edge of the lower
sword and balanced himself for a
moment, then placed the other foot
on the nj xt sword, holding the sole
of the first foot up to view-no
sign OF a cut or blood-thus step
by step he slowly assembled the
ladder, TO the top the swords
were then taken out and distribut-
ed among the astonished spectators
that they might see their reality.
The most wonderful trick, as it
seemed to me, was one by Miss or
Mr.. Yannanewah, dressed in the
height Of Japanese fashion, she
appeared kneeling upon 3 raised
platform, and after manipulating a
while with some white tissue paper,
she commenced tanning small
butterfly, holding an open fan in
each hand, she made the insect
travel from point to point OF one
fan, now receeding, now approach
ing, now upward, now downward.
IS the butterfly is often seen do
ing-keep:ng up the tanning with
her right hand the butterfly woulG
go away from her and then return
now fly up in the air, and theI
return-Low fly up in the air, ant
then come back to her-then sud-
denly another butterfly appeared
above the fan, and the two winged
insects chased each other thro
tue air, now up, now down; nov
away, than back; the performe
still keeping her fan in motion
held bouquet of flowers in he
left hand, and tho two insects hat
q merry sport in and among tn
flowers-now flying, then restin.
1.-The deception was most complete
Suddenly the performer cr,she'
the insects in her hand. and throw
ingthem suddenly away they lei
to the floor o handful Of fine Gu
paper.
Box completed the entertainment
The box, about six inches square
appeared to follow every motto
and bidding Of the performer
| hand, without his apparentl,