Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-17
JUGGLING.
An Expert In the Art Describes Some
of His Tricks.

An Expert THO AEt
of His Tricks.
M. Paul Cinquevalli, the famous Jug
gler, said recently to reporter LOT
The Pail Mall Gazette: Unless am
developing a new trick I seldom practic-
ed now. / am a juggler. i invent my
own business. That is one Of my dif-
ficulties. New tricks are copied.
When l find that have an imitator 1
invent something else. For instance
a thought came to me this morning a
trick with a cigar and cigar-holder.
I 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 4 day. / never give n
a trick without being so sure OF it that
/ would bet 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 eve, but the hand is the
more important of the two. suppose L
have a half a dozen knives in the
air, l propel one so as to give IL
half turn, another turn, third turn
and a half. fourth two turns, calcuIa-
ting the revolution of each one as 1t
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 a beginner one sets HIM 10
work with one ball and one hand-the
left. It is like teaching a child to read.
He begins with the A b G, then forms
a word. So it is with the juggler
playthings. The left hand must be as
facile and as sure as the right
II YOU let your pupil begin
with the right hand it doubles
the difficulty for the left hand. l make
il a 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
90 home and try for themselves.
take candle and a candlestick, or two
candles and two candlesticks this is
one of NJ. Cinquevalli's most famous
tricks1 or put an umbrella and stick
through number of aerial evolutions.
/ even use a washing-tub. IL is often
calling to the performer to know that
the public do not understand the niceties
and often the extreme difficulties OF a
trick. To give them lesson one some
times purposely breaks Gown once or
twice lust mt the critical moment.
Then the third time the applause Is
tremendous. AS matter of fact, one
is certain to slip now and then. Ii is i
very different thing perform ng in
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 a supper where l was guest.
Give us something the host said
you can juggle with anything A
knife and fork were on my plate. and
a cooked potato. was successful.
THE juggler is the gentleman of the
profession. 1 still join in the acrobatiC
entertainment with my brothers; but II
is a severe strain to hold man OF
eleven stone on ones hand, and tht
tumbling and hard knocks put one
nerves, eye, and hand out of order fol
the juggling. which requires such eX
actitude and precision. can unite thu
two if / have an interval between the
performance. 1t is the professional :
most difficult task to find novelties. i
is so with all of us in the show busi
ness. What is there left? | ask. You
insatiate public has had trained flea;
and trained flies. There is nothing
left. London-I don't know. hav,
nothing sensational; they come to seI
me. The Russians, yes; Germans, no
They want to be amused. | have once
or twice had narrow squeaks. A frient
bet me a champagne supper that
would not do a trapeze performance
from balloon. | took him. 1t wa:
at Copenhagen. The balloon was ;
giant, my bar being a few yards from
the basket. was dressed as sailor
The wind was blowing out to sea
but we started. | chung to the bar, ant
did few turns in the air, then scram
bled up and sat on the bar; as we as
cended to a great height | clamberec
into the car. The we drifted out an,
into the sea. We floated about for al
hour until we were rescued / got
cold, but | won my champagne supper
That was nothing. l was engaged Il
take an ariel flight at an afternoon en-
tertainment 1t had rained in tn
night. i took my fight, landed on tn
opposite bar. and fell eighty feet. TIL,
rope was sodden. and had given way
l broke my wrist, and some of my ches
bones. For eight months / was in tn
hospital with my left arm in n sling
Ipracticed with my right. Juggling
then, is better than ariel flights. A
acrobat too, must always be in goo,
health. He has headache. He is N
good. i have headache, but l tax
my turn with the rest. / have had Oh
or two awkward knocks from tn
washing-tub, which has weight AS we
rs bulk. Ispin it round. throw it hig
into the air, and catch it on a long pol
which stands on nv shoulder. Ii ma
fall, but wear helmet now. You as
me about trimming? Don't drink, an
smoke as little as possible. 1t is diff
cult. but it is necessary. The eye an
the hand are delicate organs"