Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-09

talks of his profession. ''Unless am de-
veloping a new trick seldom practice now.
| am juggler. l invent my own business.
That is one of my difficulties. New tricks
are copied. When I find that have an imi-
tator l haven't something else For instance
thought came to me this morning, trick
with cigar and cigar-holder. l throw the
cigar up and catch it in every position in the
tube of the holder I shall practice it a
month, perhaps for an hour or two day. I
never give a trick without being SO sure of it
that would bet large sum against failure
Simple juggling such as one does with balls
one could do blindfold, so certain has the
hand become. The hand follows the eye,
but the hand is the more important of the
two. Suppose have half a dozen knives in
the air, L propel one so as to give it half
turn, another turn, a third a turn and a
half, fourth two turns, calculating the rev.
olutions of each one as it falls through the
air Suppose one of them is falling horizon
tally instead of vertically; then one gets out
of the way and let's it fall on the ground
In teaching beginner sets him to work
with one ball and one hand-the left It is
like teaching a child to read. He begins
with the A G, then forms word. So it is
with the jugglers playthings. The left hand
must be as facile and sure as the right. If
you let your pupil begin with the right hand
it doubles the difficulty for the right hand.
1 make it rule always to use for nv tricks
the ordinary articles of everyday life 1t is
more interesting to the public than elaborate
apparatus. They can go home and try for
themselves take a candle and a candle
stick, or two candles and two candlesticks"
(this is one of M. Cinquevalli's most famous
tricks, cor put an umbrella and stick
through number of aerial evolutions.
even use washing tub. 1t is often CALLING
to the performer to know that the Tublic do
not understand the niceties and often the ex-
treme 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 tremen-
dous AS matter of fact one is certain to
make slip now and then. 1t is very diff
ferent thing performing in room by day
light and before the fiery glare of the foot
lights. Perhaps my most difficult feat is the
one am doing every night just now with a
knife and fork and raw potato. Simplicity
again you see. With the knife cut the po-
tato 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 supper
where [ was guest. Give us something
the host said; you can juggle with anything
A knife and fork were my plate and a
cooked potato. was successful
"The juggier is the gentleman of the pro-
tesslon. L still join in acrobatic enter
tainment with my brothers, but it is a Sc
we're strain to hold 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, which requires such
exactitude and precision. I can unite the
two If L have an interval between the per-
formances. 1t is the professionals most diff
ticult task to find novelties. 1t 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 is
nothing left. London-I don't know.
have nothing sensational; they come to see
me. The Russians yes. The Germans no.
They want to be amused. 1 have once or
twice had narrow queaks. A friend bet me
a champagne supper that I 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. I was dressed as sailor. The
wind was blowing out to sea, but we started.
1 clung to the bar and did a few turns in the
air, then scrambled up and sat on the bar;
as we ascended to great height clambered
into the car. Then we drifted out and into
the sea. We fioated about for an hour until
we were rescued. I got cold, but I won
my champagne supper. That was nothing.
l was engaged to take an aerial flight at an
afternoon entertainment. It had rained in
the night. took my flight, landed ON the
opposite bar and fell eighty feet. The rope
was sodden and had given way. I broke
my wrist and some of my chest bones. For
eight months I was in the hospital with my
lett arm IN sing. L practlced with my
right. Juggling then is better than aerial
flights. An acrobat too must always be in
good health He has headache. He is
no good. I have a headache, but 1 take
my turn with the rest. I have had one or
two awkward knocks from the washing
tub, which has weight as well as bulk I
spin it round, throw it high in the air and
catch it on a long pole which stands on
my shoulder. 1t may fall, but I wear
helmet now. You ask me about training.
Don't drink and smoke as little as posi-
bic. 1t is difficult, but it is necessary
The eve and the hand are delicate organs"
M. CinquevalH is also a mesmerist A
skeptic came to him few days ago.
''Throw me into trance,'' he said. sI
defy you" 'Look on my ring" replied
monsieur, pointing to large diamond on
his little finger. Two minutes gone. A
few passes, a concentrated look, the eyes
closed and the skeptio was under the infiu-
ence. He was brilliant pianist. "Play,"
said Mesmer, seating him at the piano. He
struck few paralytic cords, the fingers bent,
the sound died away. 81 was irritated by a
Danish doctor. My first successful expert
ment was friend. threw him into
trance like a babe. But all my efforts could
not awake him. I fled to my instructor,
who lived close by. 1t was he who released
my friend from mesmeric servitude."