New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-27

impatience runs along the tiers of
seats glituering with The bright tot
let's Of ladies. The jugglers, the
tumblers, the dashing equestriennes,
the performers upon the trapeze, all
accompanied by the ridiculous
clowns, have each had their turn.
Now nervous hands are crumpling
the satin programmes. They await
| the performance of the daring Mile
Dora
I; Gritty feet high on a steel wire,
without a pole! It's marvellous
And without net, too!''
ct is madness. Why do they not
take that precaution at least?''
Simply to produce a sensation,
my dear. Without danger there is
| no excitement. It would be an in
sipid affair with net. You might
as well go to see a ion-tamer per-
form with his beasts muzzled, or an
exhibition Of wrestling between
man and a stuffed bear. One comes
to the circus to be thrilled, and it is
the business of the manager to see
that you are frightened your moneys
worth"
"Well, I am already frightened
enough. If she should fall!'
Dora doesn't fall. She startled
Vienna all last summer with the
same performance. She has been
doing it in Paris for month. When
you see her it looks as if nothing
were easier than to dance in the mid
die of space without the breadth of
an inch to support you, and you
never think Of the danger, she APP
pears to accomplish it all so easily,
All, there she is!''
With a bound, Mile. Dora has just
appeared in the middle of the ring,
light and quick as a bird, her strong,
slender body incased in feshings the
color of a rose.
Through the lorgvettes the vast
audience converges it's inter
ested gaze upon her, and from
every mouth comes a cry of
admiration. She bows to the right
and left, bending gracefully her beau
titul lips halfparted in a smile,
which displays a doublerow ofpearls.
Then she turns, steps back a dozen
PAGES, Selling cord which hangs be-
tore the performers entrance, and
pulls herself up to the wire, hand over
hand, with an easy, confident
strength. There she is, away up at
the end ofa wire, herform supported
on the two cords that lead to the
side of the building She stops here
an instant, looking down at the sea
offaces fixed motionless with interest.
She extends one silk-clad limb, and
with the sole of her foot gently taps
the narrow thread of steel on which
she is about to commence her peril
Gus journey A second later and
| you will see her start run along the
4 wire, stop, turn around, and bal
ance on one foot as gracefully as a
| bird
| In the middle of the ring three
clowns are going through a series of
contortions and tumbling In exact
| time they fall upon their feet alto
gether. Two of them, doubling up
their bodies until their grimacing.
faces are to be seen peeping from be
hind their knees, sidle off the scene.
The third has stayed behind, his
neck craned up toward Dora, who is
about to take herfirst step into dan
ger. What is he going to do? Some
browning absurdity, no doubt You
will have your pains for your troub-
le, my good fellow, no one shocking
at you now.
| A conscientious fellow, this Mario.
! Not glance is for him now, but
what oft? He will act his part;
there he is, in the middle of the ring,
| trembling violently in all his limbs.
4 A rather good bit of comedy this.
1t is she, up there, who walks along
to death, it might be, but it is he
down below who is frightened. But
it is an old trick, that sort of farce.
From a clown of his standing one
would expect something better.
Especially as there is no variation
TO it. Come, thatwill do. Whatdo
you think you are doing, you great
BOBBY, following the movements OF
the aerialwalker step by step. and
holding out your arms. as if she were
, going to fall? Nile. Dora is not in
the habit of falling, you know well
enough. And for mirth-provoker.
really your appearance is not very
funny Where in the world did you
pick up that undertaker-face? One
would even think you were pale un,
derneath all that white paint and
1T is from real fear YOU tremble!
What is that??''
A simultaneous cry Of horror has
broken from !, thousand throats.
Under Mile Dora's feet the wire has
| just snapped in twain! Whirling
over and over through the air, she
falls
| The audience has risen to it's feet
with dilaMd eyes and blanched faces.
| On the saWdust The clown and the
unfortunate girl have rolled togeth-
er; for, by a remarkable feat of agility,
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