The Dillon tribune., 1886-09-10
CiNQUEVALLI, THE JUGGlER.

An Expert in s!eight-"f- Hand Describes IL
T Few of His Tricks.
"unless ana developing: u new tricl.
seldom practice now. All a juggler.
invent my own business, That is one OF
my difficulties. New tricks are copied.
When find that l have an imitation III
vent something else. For Instance, a
thought came to me this morning, /. trick
with IL cigar and cigar-!:o!ter. | throw
the cigar up and catch it in every position
in the tube of tho holder l shall practice
it I, month. perhaps for an hour or two Il
day. I never give Il trick without being
SO sure of it that T would bet !. large sum
agai, st failure. Simple Juggling. such as
one does with balls, one could Go blind
folded, SO certain has the hand soc.
come The hand follows the eye, but the
nam is the more important OF the two.
Suppose l have half ii dozen knives il the
air, prOpel one so as to give it a half turn,
another q turn, d third u turn lnlt !, half,
fourth two turns. calculating the rcro~
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 let's it fall to- the
ground.
In teaching beginner one sets him to
work with one ball and one hand--tn.
left 1t is like teaching /, child to re",.
He begins with \ 3 c., then form" =.
word So it is with the juggler's Y ~
things. The left hand must be as + .,..s:
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 it
rule always to use for my tricks the or
dinary articles of everyday life. 1t is more
interesting to the public than elaborate
apparatus. They can go home and try it
themselves. take a candle and a candle
stick, or two candles and two candle
sticks, or put an umbrella and u stick
through number of aerial evolutions.
even use Il washington 1t is often gallir =
to the performer to know that the public
do not understand the niceties and often
the extreme difficulties of q trick. To ri We
them lesson one sometimes pllrposely
breaks down once or twice just 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
1t Is very different thing performing in
q 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
q knife and fork and raw potato Sim
plicity again, you see. With the knife
cut the potato in two after keeping it ul
for some time, then catch the two halves
one on the knife, the other on the fork
That, now, was suggested to me one night
ut supper where was guest. Give Us
something the host said; you can juggle
with anything "A knife aud fork were OF
my plate, and a cooked potato. Twas sue
;essful. 1t is the professionals most diff
cult task to find novelties. It is SO with
all of us in the show business. What ii
there left? I ask. Your insatiate publ,
has had trained feas and trained flies
There is nothing left. You ask me abou
training? Don't drink, and smoke as littl.
as possible. 1t is difficult, but it is neces
sary. The eye and the hand are delicat,
organs. Pail Mall Gazette Interview.