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TaE HANLONs.
TaE HANLONs.
Three Tours Around the world
Remarkable nreer Of the
WelI.KuOWn GymnaBts.

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wandering abroad, and have been wan
dering ever since. The Hanlons have
visited all the civilized portions Of the
globe. aud have ventured not little into
the regions Of barbarism, at least they
thought so when facilities for travelling
were not as they are now; when the
diligence, the sailing packet and the pro.
sale mule were the principal means OF
conveyance.
The Hanlon brothers are Ave in num-
ber-George, William, Alfred, Frederick
and Edward. Their eldest brother, Thos.
Hanlon, died some years since from the
effects of a fall received at Pixies
Operahouse, Cincinnati, Ohio. during
a performance. They commenced their
travels nearly forty years ago. and nrst
visited Madrid, Spain, and Paris, France,
in the time Of Queen Isabella and King
Louis Philippe. While in Spain their
performances were witnessed by the |
Queen, also by Eugene, afterwards En-
press OF France, with her sister the Ouch
ess of Alba, During their stay OF three
wears in Spain they learned the Spanish
Language. As pupils Of q celebrated ac-
robat, John Lees, they travelled over the
mountains of Spain and into France;
roamed through the whole Of the Levant.
At Csnstantinople they performed before
The Sultan, and one Of the boys, Alfred,
was admitted within the seraglio. lie
was an attractive little fellow Of six or
seven summers, and must have made
himself a great fayorite with some person
age within the harem, for when he
Joined his brother magnificent diamond
ring sparkled on his thumb. In Egypt,
midway between Cairo and Suez, in the
famous desert oasis of Dabel-Beja, Lees
and his proteges we're the guests lin con-
sideration Of comfortable sum Of the
lucre Of the realm, predetermined by the
slv professor and the British Minister at
Cairo) Of Abbas Pasha, the viceroy. Alb
; has was delighted with the antics Of the
Englishers, and in return treated them TO
view Of an Egyptian game Or rather q
sham battle on horseback BY 100 Bedouins
against the entire suite Of the Pasha. 1t
was a tournament in which the lances Of
! the Bedouins and the soldiery unseated
D rider after rider and brought them TO the
ground with remorseless thuds. II was q
game at human skittles, rip, slap, sci
4 EN- up again. In India Lees visited al
the native princes, rajahs and nabobs h'
could find, and these Indian potentatei
proved 10 be veritable bonanzas. "Profes
sorr John and his boys were feted anC
Toasted without stint, and were made the
recipients Of choice gifts from thei
swarthy admirers. They had more Delh
and cashmere shawls, superb chess set
and greater variety Of elaborate lndial
ART work given them than they could car
nv away. They went TO Java-Of al
places under the sun-and then the.
turned up in Australia, when the gol
fever was at its height, They ha
barely concluded their engagements i
sydney and Melbourne than they joine
the rush TO the diggings and became ab
sorbed in the auriferous craze.
South America was the next place j
which they sought the suffrages Of amus'
IN ment lovers. They did" the countr
" thoroughly from Valparaiso to Panami
Here came the first misfortune which b
fel the Hanlons. They missed connectio
with the steamer for Havana, and, durin
a their enforced sojourn at the isthmu
lie professor Lees was seized with ma i
as- nant fever which cost him his life. III
its lads were thus thrown upon their ow
les resources. They went to Cuba, but 4
ay three months they felt the loss Of ''goS
en- John so keenly that for three mont
ito thew had no heartto begin work. Even
i'm ually they traversed the whole Of Il
X Cuban country, and then went home
10 England. For q twelvemonth the bO
lid praeticed assiduously the most difficu
oy and novel feats They were ambitio
ng lads. and TO excel in what was TO be the
y 3 peculiar line Of professional life W
ng their most ardent desire. Their Fl
i'd appearance then in the roles which aft'
4 -sufd "a e N
len at the Port st. Martin, Paris. In two p'
The and 1.-THE Flying Men Of the Air" The
rs. aerial acts were exceedingly ,dangero'
lue and we're executed without the preci
Is tionary net a device employed by
ced Hanlons only in one instance-wher
small boy, now a member OF the Hanle
Voltas. was serving an apprenticesl
with them and doing mid-air flights.
Russia was next the scene Of their
of PLOTS. They performed before the Cz
n and were held in high favor at on
They traversed the whole OF Euro
they struck across oceans and contineI
and by the time they appeared in Pi
In again, during the exhibition Of 1878, II
~ had been three times around the woI
W and had for Is years been acknowledi
the leading aerial gymnasts..
ing They had been 10 California before
Unconstitutional railways were dream
Of and had played all through these .
esi ted States before the war. When Il
) turned up in Paris in 1878 they had in
gurated new line Of work. They
been gradually dropping those jump
and lsapings and ttrapeeze performar
b which had terrified 50 many audien
,;,s and substituting entertainments Of q :
IA tomimic and musical order, They v
/, aus men Of q remarkable daring, and Il
az had known many fall and mishap.
The Hanlons count seven terrible Il
one Of which resulted in the death Of
eldest brother, Thomas. William has fal
three times, Alfred twice and EdV
ora once. Edward fell at the Academ
Oh Music In New Orleans, and came crasl
IL, down upon q soldier In the orchel
'lhv The soldier was injured more than
gymnast, who managed 70 finish his
iormance. Williams falls we're all
=. severe character, and kept him for mo-
the at q time under the care Of the late
go James Wood, the eminent surgeon
lilc New York. SO frequent we're the '
az paid TO DR.. Wood at one time by
,ged brothers that the worthy surgeon quail
osing remarked: you'll be coming 10 me 8
ems day with your necks broken, and / v
IA DO able 10 FIX theml"
mood II was In consideration Of their "
60l and children that the brothers determ
,,beet TO abAnd their dangerous performaI
PARIS, during tho exposition Of 1873,
the place they started at the Folies-
ceres a series Of original entertainm
why Of which lie Voyage en- Suisse
sample. The Voyage en- Suisse
the fast of their productions at that
tor. One day, while rehearsing at
Folies, M. Coquelin Of the Coincide
caise appeared with manuscript y
his aruI, ian inspiration" as he sal
the night before Coquslin was
urgent that the Hanlons should play
a pantomime. He called the piece
Dentiste." The Hanlons played i, I
lew created a great sensation, much
qualification Of the author, whose 4
Of course, was an important factor
- success. Fancy Jules-Conltant Cog
mite az a writer Of pantomimesl
z a dsl They played piece in Ohent
O., o6o Theater written by the editor In oh
w the Figaro, entitled 1.-THE Duel, Al
is first presentation had In the hou
familiar faces Of Jules Verne,
lola, Got Delaunay the Coqu
Jude, Chaumont, and their futui
pressario Of the Varieties, NJ Der
.el. The present lessee Of the Eden tn
Between the acts NJ. Bertrand, a
Toilet panied by Ohienbach, sought the HI
/ VIII and proposed an engagement at the
Oh eties The terms were accepted, a
performances speedily announced
heW- was while under the management
Bertrand that the Voyage on SuissI
produced. Ofienbach was delighte'
The idea from the beginning, Al
sents proved himself sincere and va
los friend 10 the cosmopolitan panto
gu as gymnasts.
~ Godard's captive balloon was thu