The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-07-16
JUGGLING.
An Expert in the Art Describes Some
of His Tricks.

An Expert in the Art Describes Some
of His Tricks.
NJ. Paul Cinguevalli, the famous Jug
gler. said recently to a reporter Tor
The Pail Mall Gazette: ''Unless | am
developing new trick seldom practic-
ed now. am juggler. l invent my
own business. That is one Of my diff
iicultics. New tricks are copied.
When L find that l have an imltator l
invent something else. For instance,
thought came to me this morning, a
trick with cigar and q cigar-holder.
l throw the cigar up and catch it in
every position in the tube OF the holder,
shall practice it a month, perhaps for
an hour or two u day. l never givea
a trick without being so sure of it that
| would het a large sum against failure.
Simple Juggling. such as one does with
balls, one could be blindfol ded. so GER
tain has the hand become. The hand
follows the eye, but the hand is the
more important of the two. Suppose |
have a half a dozen knives in the
air. l propel one SO Us to give it
half turn, another turn, third a turn
and half a fourth two turns. calcula-
! ting the revolution of each one rs it
falls through the air. Suppose one of
them is falling horizontally, instead of
vertically, then one gets out of the
way and lets it fall on the ground In
teaching beginner one sets him to
work with one ball and one hand-the
left. 1t is like teaching a child to read.
He begins with the A b c, then forms
word. SO it is with the jugglcr's 5
playthings. The left hand must be as
facle and as sure as the right.
If you let your pupil begin
with the right hand it doubles
the difficulty for the left hand. l make
it rule always to use for my tricks
the ordinary articles of everyday life.
1t is more interesting to the public
than elaborate apparatus. They can
go home and try for themselves. l
take candle and Il candlcstick. or two
candles and two candlcsticks this is
one of Nj. Cinqucvalli's most famous
tricks or put an umbrella and y stick
through number of aerial evolutions.
even use washng-tub. III is often
CALLING to the performer to know that
| the public do not understand the niceteS
and often the extreme difficulties of Il
trick. To give them a lesson one some
times purpo>ely breaks DOWN once or
| twice lust at the critical moment.
Then the third time the applause is
tremendous. AS u matter of fact, one
| is certain to slip now and then. III is II
very different thing performing in u
room by daylight and before the fiery
glare of footlights. Perhaps my most
difficult feat is the one am doing every
night just now with the knife and fork
and raw potato. Simplicity again, You
see With the knife cut the potato in
two after keeping it up for some time,
and then catch the two halves, one
on the knife the other on the fork.
That. now, was suggested to me one
night at Il supper where was a guest.
Give us somclhing.' the host said;
'you can juggle with anything A
knife and fork were on my plate. and
Il cooked potato. was successful.
"Ihc juggler is the gentleman OF the
profession. still join in the acrobatic
entertainment with my brothers; but it
| is Il severe STRAIN to hold man of
| eleven stone on ones hand. and the
tumbling and hard knocks put one $
nerves, eye, and hand out of order for
the Juggling, which requires such eN-
actituue ANA precision. can unite the
two if | have an interval between the
| performance. 1t is the professional S
most difficult task to find novelties. Ii
is so with all OF us in the show busi-
ness. What is there left? ask Your
insatatc public has had trained ileas
and trained flies. - There is nothing
| left. London-l don't know | have
nothing scnSational; they come to see
me. The Russians, yes: Germans. no.
They want 10 be amused | have once
or twice had narrow squeaks. A friend
bet me a champagne supper that |
would not do a trapeze performanc ce
from II balloon. | took him 1t was
at Copenhagen. The balloon was a
giant, my bar being IL few yards from
the basket. ! was dressed us Il sailor
rhe wind was blowing out to sea.
but we started. clung to the bar, and
bled up and sat on the bar rs we ;ls-
INTO the car. The we ,lriftcd out and
into the sea. We lloated about for an
hour until we were rescued. | got a
cplu, Dul won my cil;llnpagne supper.
That was nothing. | was engaged to
take an ariel flight at an afternoon en-
tertainment 1t had rained in the
night took my fight. landed on the
opposite bar. and fell eighty feet. The
rope was sodden, and had given way.
broke ms wrist, and some of my chest
bones. For eight months | was in the
hospital with my left arm in Il sling.
practiced with my right. Juggling,
then, is better than ariel flights An
acrobat, too, must always be- in good
health He has headache He is no
good. | have Il headache. but take
my turn with the rest. | have had one
or two awkward knocks from the
washngtub, which has weight Us well
as bulk. spin it round, throw it high
into the air, and catch it on long pole
which stands on my shoulder ii may
fall, but wear n helmet now You ask
me about traininga Don't drink. and
smoke as little as possible 1t is diff
cult, but it is necessary The eye and
the hand are delicate organs
Awed by an Ear Trumpet.