The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-02
In Expert in Sleight-of- Hand Describes ,
$50. Few Of His Tricks. ~

An expert In Sletght-Of-Hand Describes
,,t,8 Few Of His Tricks. sih
eUnless am developing o new trick
seldom practice now. / am juggler. j
invent my own business. That il one Of
ny difficulties. New tricks are copied.
When / find that have an imitator / in
rent something else. For instance, q
ihought came to me this morning, trick
With cigar and q cigar holder. ! throw
ihe cigar up and catch it in every position
N the tube Of the holder. shall practice
: t a month, perhaps for an hour or two
lay. never give q trick without being
70 sure of 1t that would bet large sum
against failure. Simple juggling, such as
,ne does with balls, one could do blind
olded, so certain has the hand ebe-
,ome. The hand follows the eye, but the
land Is the more important of the two.
suppose have half dozen knives In the
tir, Ipropel one so as to give 1t q half turn,
mother q turn, q third a turn and half,
fourth two turns, calculating the revo-,
ntions Of each one as 1t falls through the
iir. Suppose one of them Is falling horir
Iontally, instead Of vertically, then one
sets out Of the way and let's it fall to the
ground. saiils So d .3a'E, 10.
ain teaching beginner ono sets him to
work with one ball and one hand-the
eft 1t is like teaching a child to read
de begins with A B c, then forms a
word So it Is with the juggler's play
things. The left hand must be as facile
md as sure as the right /, = II you let your
pupil begin with the right hand it doubles
;he difficulty for ike left hand. make it
rule always to use for my tricks the or
tinary articles of everyday life. Its more
interesting to the public than elaborate
apparatus. They can go home and try 1t
themselves. take candle and q candle
Itick, or two candles and two candle
ticks, or put an umbrella and stick
through q number Of aerial evolutions.
| wen use a washing tub. 1t is often CALLING
20 the performer to know that the public
10 not understand the niceties and often
he extreme difficulties Of trick. To gi We
hem 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
act, one is certain to slip now and then.
It is very different thing performing in
room by daylight and before the fiery
glare Of footlights. E .ag-It.f-
Perhaps my most difficult feat is the
me am doing every night just now with
knife and fork and raw potato. Sim
,licity again, you see. With the knife
:ut the potato in two after keeping it up
or some time, then catch the two halves,
me on the knife, the other on the fork.
That, now, was suggested to me one night
It o supper where was guest. Give US
something, the host said; you can juggle
With anything A knife and fork were on
ny plate, and cooked potato. Twas sue
,essful. 1t is the professionals most diff
.ult task to find novelties. 1t is SO with
Ill of us in the show business. What is
here left'I ask. Your insatiate public
las had trained fieas and trained flies
There is nothing left. You ask me about
raining! Don't drink, and smoke as little
Is possible. 1t is difficult, but it is neces-
ary. The eye and the hand are delicate
organs. "-Pall Mall Gazette Interview.