Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-07-15
JUGGLING.
An Expert in the Art Describes Some
of Hia rricka.

An Expert in the Art Describes Some
of His Tricks.
NJ. Paul Cinquevalli. the famous Jug
gler. said recently to reporter for
The Pail Mall Gazette: "Unless l am
developing new trick l seldom practic-
ed now. am juggler. invent my
own business That is one Of my diff
ticultes. New tricks are copied.
When find that have an imtator l
invent something else. For instance,
thought came to me this morning, q
trick with cigar and a cigar-holder.
l throw the cigar up and catch it in
every position in the tube of the holder.
! shall practice 1t a month, perhaps for
an hour or two Il day. l never give
trick without eng so sure Of it that
| would bet large sum against failure.
Simple jugg ing. such rs one does with
balls, one could be blndfol ded. so GER
tain has the hand become. The hand
follows the eye, but the hand is the
more important Of the two. Suppose l
have a half a dozen knives in the
air, propel one so as to give 1t
half turn, another turn, third turn
and half, fourth two turns. calcula-
ting the revolution of each one as 1t
falls through the air. Suppose one OF
them Is fall nc horizontally, instead OF
vertically, then one gets out OF the
way and let's it fall on the ground. In
teaching a beginner one sets him to
work with one ball and one hand-the
left. 1t is like Seaching a child to read
He begins W tn the A b G, then forms
! word. So 1t Is with the juggler's
playthings. The left hand must be as
| facile and as sure as the right
| II you let your pupil begin
| with the right hand il 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
! 90 home and try for themselves. l
| take candle and candlestick, or two
candles and two candlesticks this Is
one of Nj. Cinquevalli's most famous
tricks or put an umbrella and stick
| through number of aerial evolut ons.
| l even use 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 oown once or
twice Just at the critical moment
Then the third time the applause Is
| tremendous. AS q matter of fact, one
is certain to slip now and then. 1t is a
very different thing perform ng in a
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 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. | still join in the acrobatic
entertainment with my brothers; but 1t
is a severe STRAIN to hold n man OF
eleven stone on ones hand, and the
tumbling and hard knocks put ones
nerves, eye, and hand out of order for
the juggling. VIII CHI requires snch ex-
actitude AMI precision. / can unite the
two if have an interval between the
performance. 1t Is the professional 8
most d fiicult task to find novelties. 1t
is so with all of us in the show BUSH
ness. What is there leftp / ask. Your
insatiate public has had trained heas
ard trained flies. There is moth ng
left. London-l don't know. / have
tnothing sensational; they come to see
me. The Russians. yes; Germans, no.
They want to be amused. have once
or twice had narrow squeaks. A friend
bet me champagne supper that l
would not do a trapeze performance
from balloon. took him. 1t was
at Copenhagen. The balloon was
giant, my bar being few yards from
the basket. was dressed us n sailor.
The wind was blowing out to sea,
but we started. l CLING to the bar. and
did few turns in the air, then scram-
bled up and sat on the bar; rs we MS
cendeI to great height cambered
into the car. The we drifted out and
into the sea. We hoated about for an
hour until we were rescued. ! got
cold, but won my champagne supper.
That WAS nothing. l was engaged to
take an ariel flight at an afternoon en-
tertainment 1t had rained in the
night took my Ill ht. landed on the
opposite bar. and fell eighty feet The
rope was sodden, and had given way.
l broke nv wrist, and some of my chest
bones. For eight months was i'm the
hospital with my left arm In a 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 q headache, but l take
my turn with the rest. have had one
or two awkward knocks from the
wash ng-tub, which has weight as well
as bulk. Ispin it round, throw 1t h gh
into the air, and catch it on a long pole
which stands OF my shoulder. 1t may
fall, but wear helmet now. You ask
me about training? 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"
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