Telegram-herald., 1886-07-16
JAPANESE JUGGLERS
Their Wonderful Natural Skill
IN Balancing
CHATTING BITa 4 CoSlg8ER
Q Aisini. tns jap of Japs. Tells About
wizsrus -Scms strange A.
oienCes rarem
a1d Palace

ard Palace.
1ts ssh u A.lll -le wizard Is le
dellr t..e tae ashes " Ills cirsr 0ut
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N- lA-1 t-e A-lA-1 ~ t-e street.
drou-at over tse nrst pang ef Jar4ne,e
Ia.sI-rs fn.f ever exhibited la FuroU~ or
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iuz feals The JAP Is u haiaucer by nature
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'-e s-'e'- -e 'e7 I'D. 'e'i 't - any 'tAsi
man would he balance 10 deitly ou One
shoulder sri .aee-f. along as II only a
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l- against d Naii i'i some one else ID ASCEND
quick as q dash he turns 10 from bis
sh..lae~ an8 res,ing bi. bach I'm tha
i4
:" '7 "'.N ms '7e
instead oi nitn The handsi as other people
do
Il ae4uirel mv profession among the
rer. ! l,.s ..,r.s ....f f..o, rn,lans with ,
~'iN'' 0''i' t@"9 anu "@' 9-lAil~eu J." 'HVii
country was so impressed With the
marvellous ,leirht-of-hen5 nerf,rmaoees of
the japanese iueslers that I determined 10
learn fhr business When / had acquired
some INSIGHT info lis methods the ife, came
ro me- fhsf if woufd h4 "a Oood scheme Ia
take "A native couuany 10 Fngland Here
il the ORIGINAL contract Ynn sae II CON
t,ins NOR only th.. Terms of s,,raan,ant bnt
also the u4rf,i.,ion al The Government for
rn.. t, fat = fI,r4e in.-siers with me and also
a list of the professional properties of the
ronnanv ard their ne-sonel beionripgs
The Jsns w.r.. greativ concerned f,r fsar
fhev xoul3 he unsble fo nrocure tooth
brnsbes ar roo,ler while soi,nrpin., in tho
land. of the western htrba-ians Accord
iDvlv thew Obtained p4rmi~sion m carry
with them what they considered would be a
sufficient supplv la last rben dnring tbeir
absence from home There were between
twenty and twenty five men in the troune
But they carried with them as the contract
shows = 900 packages Of tooth powder and
3 0O0 tnofb-brusbes for their nersonal nse
Their anazenent when thew saw similar
articles far saie IN American and Fn0lisb
shots wss comicaI
The Ian il the most skilled of all oriental
iurglers The wonderful tales related of
the unarvelons faafs nerf,rp,ed nv the CON
iurers of india are mere fairy stories The
Indian iusrler does not comnare in skill
with the professional paoicians of America
or Furope Their tricks are sucb clumsy
affairs that they cannot h. termed ontical
illusions No traised Western performer
would think of irving them a. they do
Crude as thev are however they have fur
nished most Of the ideas for the deyelop
ment of the wonderful Stage Illusions of the
dav.
The Indian iuggIer has neither skill nor
enterprise He does not travei To other
lands. but remains az home and gives his
little performances i'm the streets and
SQUARES He knov,s nothin., of the science
emploved in latter day legerdemain. He
does not understand what electricity or
compressed air means. For. Won must
know. electricity and compressed air are the
modern maniciaus most iuportant fools
some Of our best Illusions are performed bv
the means of delicate crushable glass used
10 confne the compressed air. The stories
of the marvels the Indian performs have
their orisin in the prolific oriental imagina-
ton"
In what countries do people show the
most interest in entertainments of the class
given by magicians2"
THAT i somewhat difficultt TO say. Where
the entertainment is novelty they will
want To- see IN every ni,,ht for A long time
For instance. was the first European en-
pioved 10 20 to Egypt to give legerdemain
performances. I was hired expressly 10 en-
fprfafn the naTem OF the ruler then IN now
er. Well gave performances night sfier
night for months and was still retained
The theatre was within the rulers palace
The STAGE was Al one end and All aronnd tho
rest Of the wall were compartments of diff
fsrent sizes The largesr were for the wives
Of the ruler. OF those of royal birth. and the
smaller ones for The Circassians and other
low born beauties attached 10 the harem
"But the most peculiar audiences that I
have ever had were the Zulus gave enter |
tainments botn in Madagascar and along |
the coast of Africa / was induced To do So |
1y Richard William Dunn. who is a power |
in Madagascar. Heis the Englishman who |
was so active in supplying the Zulus with |
guns and ammunition during the war be- |
tween the tribes aud Great Britain. The |
only wav managed 10 give nv perform- |
ances among the Zulus was bv exposing the |
tricks Then they became interested and /
followed me around all the time as If was /
a superior being If had not explained /
my Illusions they would have fled from me /
iu dread and watched their opportunity 10 /
put me out Of the way. They are abiectlv /
suresiitious
we would travel from village to village.
or more urou4rIv sueaking from camp ~ /
camp. and bsrtered with the natives for so