Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-09-25
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An Expert in SIeight-Of-Haad Describes
 Few of Hi. Trfckz


 ~Unless am developing a new trick seldom practice now. l am a iuggier. ] invent my own business That is one oi my difficulties. New tricks are copied When find that have an imitatOr in- vent something else. For instance thought came Co me this morning, trick with a cigar and a cisar-hOlder. throw the cigar up and catch it in every position in the tube of the holder. l shall practice il a month. perhaps for an hour or two day. l never give q 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 do blind folded, so certain has the hand ebe- come The hand follows the eye, but the hand IS tne more important of the two. Suppose have half a dozen knives in the ar, propel one so as to give it a half turn, another a turn, a third a turn and a half, a fourth two turns. calculating the reyo- lutiOns Of each one as it falls through the air. Suppose one of them is falling hOri- zontally, instead of vertically. then one gets out of the way and lets 1t fall to the ground.
 ~In teaching a beginner one sets him to work with one ball and one hand-the left IL is like teaching a child to real He begins with 4 B C, then forms a word So it Is with the juggler's play things. The left hand must be as facile and as sure as the right. If you let your pupil begin with the right hand it doubles the difficulty for ike left hand make t a rule always to use for my tricks the or dinary articles of everyday life. lt is more interesting to the public than elaborate apparatus. They can go home and try 1t themselves. take candle and candle stick, CT two candles and two candle sticks, or put an umbrella and q stick through number of aerial revolutions. even use washing-tub IL is often galling to the performer tO know that the public do not understand the niceties and often the extreme difficulties of trick To give them a lesson one sometimes pUrpOsely breaks down once or twice just at the critical moment Then the third time the applause is tremendous. As matter of fact, one is certain Co slip now and then IL is n very different thing performing in a room by daylight and before the fiery glare Of fOOtiichts.
 Perhaps my most difficult feat Is the one am doing every night just now with a knife and forS and raw potato. Sim plicity again. you see. With the knife l cut the potato in two after keeping it up for some time, then catch the two halves, one on the knife, the other on the fork. That, now, was suggested Co me one night at n supper where was guest. Give us something. the host said; you can iuggle with anything A knife and fork were on my plate, and a cooked potato. Twas sue cessfuL lt IS the professionals most difii- cult task to find novelties. It is SO with all of us in the show business. What is there left? I ask Your insatiate public has had trained feaS and trained flies. There k nothing lett. You ask me about training? Don't drink, and smoke as little Rs possible. It is difficult, but it Is neces- sary. The eye and The hand are delicate organs r-Pall Mall Gazette Interview.