Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-17

Mr. ana Ma IA hsnsaa and several
uembors q the -fuD<annnsS csmpany
ere guesss Ia Tbs Morton Mr.. Hxninsi
i one u The six fasnous Hsalen lsethers
Vho wese far and away ~ ggeat<st
gymnAsts America has ever produced.
The ne< has resoiutionissA sthletios,"
sAid Mr.. HsnioA last eseGing. -h<fore
its ints<r&uctsou there were os,ly . few
pssformsrs With tie sepuisiss sAEill and
courage 10 attempt dalkcult trAprss
feasA Nos anybody may stssuaps them.
conscious that Il they are unsuccessful
the net viii cave them from iulury. Bot
il Vas n<st - thirty or lorty ysars ago
Then the perforn,sr had ~ ~ stnoiutely
cure u himself or isy The pr0slts. Few
persons appreciate the courage. strcngth.
skili and jadgmeat that wsre thea neoes-
sary to . succsssful gymnxst There
were - many lhinss ~ be tAkeu into
consideration and the siishtsst nsistsks
meant tall. TALL usually HasAni pss-
maneDt injury os death. IL " easy tor
man to attempt anything II he knows
there is 10 risk involved: but IL 10 far
different IL he is taking h.s life ia his
banda In the by gone days We we're
wont 10 eslculste ell tie chances
involved In Q feat before we tired
il. In the first place. did we have the
requisite skill! Neat. Were We strong
enough and did ws have the courage.
Was our Judgment such that IL could bss
depended on with unerring arcaIscys
And last. Was the effect IL the feat
great enough 20 justify the r.sks A
rule the extra dangerous performances
we're usually veil received; bot some
umes they we're not, aud then Ne only
too willingly abandoned them.
Ii would be Impossible to enumorste
the different thingn We did Most al
them would no longer he CHASED A. dan
gerous. s,ncc the net has come into Use.
My brother William us1d IA perform one
very hazardous feat With the trapese
suspended high in the air he would
catch the bar by the calf 81 his leg and
then slowly slida down until hs hung by
his heel You can readily sce the difh
culties II the act and this II course WAS
increased hundred fold by the knowl-
edge that the slghtest clip meant death.
After the net WAS introduced women he
gan 70 do trapese work ana the clunasi-
cst amateur Mas free "a attempt any
thing. After person has fallen into .
net once, he would just - sooa drop ss
not II 10 not an uncommon thing for
persons Ia dive 100 feet into net. So
long a. they do not strike beyond H. IL
Ia impossible FOR them 70 be injured.
remember very well the FIRST time ever
jumped into net. Ii WAS - elastic
that did not know when ] struck IT,
Not until IL began a. return did realize
that had stopped falling. think the
interest In trspeze perfornsnccs has
subsidized somew hat SINCE the work be
came less dangerous. but the common
interest in circuses 10 not what II WAS
anyway. Tho three-ring aggregation
representing everything on earth docs
not appeal to tho ordinary taste - the
old-fashioned circus did"
live carried a revolver in my over.
coat pocket for seven years" said &. j.
Hemingway Of New York in The Nor
ton last night Il do a great deal Of
collecting and usually carry a large
amount of other peoplc's money.
have never had any uss for the gun;
hut have carried il rcligiously never
theless You know the advice that the
old Texan gave the stranger. He said u
man might live lifetime in the state
aud never have any use for u revolver:
il he ever did want il, he'd want il devil.
ish bad. That 10 the rule under which
] have proceeded. aud consequently
shall continue u carry the gun. az
don't know what day may have use for
it. A great many persons AJAX me why