The daily critic., 1890-08-28
A FAMILY OF ACRoBArs.
what One OF the giinserctu rrc upe
Thinks OF WaahfnGfou.

what Ono OF the gtiuserctti rrc upe
Thinks o. Washinetou.
Those who have attended the per
formances at the New National this
week and seen the marvellous foats Of
the Glinsereti troupe have wondered
how this most remarkable AGGREGATION
Of acrobats has never been seen I'm this
country before.
A CRIT1C reporter was in the green
room Of the theatre Yesterday afternoon.
when the bro Tiers lad finished their
act and sought an Interview with
them
The youngest iu the tfoura is no
years old and the eldest about aO They
are Austrians, and for the past seven
teen years have performed in every city
in Europe where they are regarded as
the foremost acrobats Of the world
Only one Of them can talk sufficient
English TO carry on q conversation. but
the others are learning fast
We landed here two weeks ago.
be said. "and am perfectly delirbfe1
with the country. II is q paradise. far
beyond anything I ever expected ~ see
and your magnificent city II Is pret
lANA lhhn I hlN5H v NNNNN -NNNN vi iNNEtNI.
| have been all over Europe and I
never saw any place to compare with e.
And your public buildings They are
grand beyond words The Capitol Is a
much grander building than anything I
ever saw. / like the country 50 much
that ] shall always want TO stay here.
Now tell me something about your
self, Mr. Glinseretti, asked the reporter.
HfTaaf ~ F,a
knowledged the greatest acrobats In the
business. The Herberts, your great
acrobats, saw us in Philadelphia, and
they take of their hats. We do feats
no one else ever attempted, and we are
constantly perfecting new tricks. The
Craggs2 Yes, but you see they are
children while all of us are full.grown
men. That makes all our feats more
difficult. We have to practice con.
stantly, and although our act only
takes six minutes we put in about four
hours hard work a day-two hours in
the morning and two In the afternoon.
We have to do Il 10 keep ourselves
from getting stiff. One Of the new
feats we are practiclng will be the most
difficult ever attempted Four Of us
will stand about three feet behind each
other and the youngest will turn a back
somersault from the floor to the should.
ers OF the first then TO the second, the
third, the fourth and of. Five back
somersaults from shoulder to shoulder.
II has been said to be impossible, but
we will do it,"
Have any of the troupe ever met
with accident2"
"Oh, no. We use safety apparatus
In practicing, and when we do a trick
in public, we are sure of Il. We have
had sprained ankles, and little hurts
like that, but nothing serious"
BY this time the brothers were ready
TO leave the theatre, and the party went
out on the street Here, again, Mr..
Glinseretti began 70 talk about the
beautiful Washington
when we finished our engagement
OF the Empire in London, the big music
ball after q ten months engagement
there, the management rather than per.
NIT us TO GO 10 any other house, pail ms
5000 a week 10 do nothing for four
months. We are under contract 10 re.
turn there for another ten months after
we finish our engagement with Mr.
Hermann. but ] should Ike very much
20 remain here. / like the country, the
people, and-what Is this A mint
smash All, we have nothing Ike this
In Europe, and Ike this. !"