The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-16
JUGGLERS FROM BOMBAY.
THEIR SLEIGHT OF HAND rs MODERN,
WITH NO MANGO TREE IN IT

wa" NN AhfNuo t"fs1 hN hk'
They Are Snake Chnrrners, and They DO n
Number OF Pretty Tricks with Water.
and with No Devices for Conceninent.
Mr.. Henry Bnllantine. United States Consul
at Bombay. is in this city on his way to Chi
cago. taking with him five Indian iugglers
from Bombay. Three OF the jugglers gave a
private exhibition yesterday afternoon on u
Twenty-third street stage. and. while they did
only few tricks new In this country, they did
many OF the old tricks without any OF the as
sisting screens. cornucoplas. and other con-
csaling devices Some Of their performances
introduced two hideous cobras both OF which
left their baskets ut one time ard that was
not ut all In the programme. but the specta-
tors. like the old lady who was In wreck on
her first railroad trip, thought 1t was tho
regulation thing. and were not frightened.
Tho Indians are tall. 1.-the, smiling, laxative
fellows. who do most Of their work squatted on
the stage in friendly manner, and are pic
turesquey robcd in flowing white and turbaned
in orange. All of their layout" Is brought on
the stage in u red jute sack. which is thrown
on the middle of the stage, and from which they
extract human bones, musical Instruments. live
snakes. water filed jars, or anything else re-
CURED. They play great deal on musical in
struments or instruments that are called musi-
Gala hand drum and the Bombay equivalent
for the bagpipes.
In all the tricks which were new here water
was used. In one n boat about eighteen inches
long, made OF jade or some such mineral. was
laid on the stage. and in the fore part of 1t an
opium pipe was stuck like u mast. Then the
boat was filled with water and one of the Jug
Ks %ysd the 9at Wth Msrf snnnIhs s l E%a
tour or i've teot the JuGglcr ask tho opium
EinG{ to spout lke fountain and To- it 9blig,
bowl OF the pipe. which was twelve inches above
That was ali there was to It. Tut the urger did
not touch the boat or pipe. and only the narrow
kG S OF the boat rested on The G;P,rreied stage,
stage. Il He'd with wafer. and n toy duck no
larger than one Joint Of mans thumb. was
sary music the jusgler sauatted on, the stage
four or five feet away. and requested the iuck
The duck bowed repeatedly. and then 10 the
pleasing measure OF the pine performed
duck dance on the surface q the water Be-
ing requested to die. the duck ended the per-
formance by turning on Its hack.
The third. water trick suggested the familiar
meath his coat 9.o6es III cd with water in
which live fish swim, But in this. MS in all the
form noi6nc H@ Was e i0 The JAEGER
brought out stone drinking Nessei apparent
ly filled to the rim with water. Coming to the
out with his hand. spilled it ont in splashes,
and sprinked it ABOUT generously. and always
Then he iIrnsd t upsid1 down. quite
smEpyiPRG t. put to bis ear sesSnd ara t tG
and the water hubtled and ,spurt"d like
eyer The lug:ler evidently epl"yHA the
scattered about three quarts Of water out OF
the vessel he aired nis scarf I:nElish by by
one Of the jusclers was having some fun
with five silver rupees. After ho had palmed
and usGIed WIN them IL e,ev-r manner sIr
when Tie stage hand opened his fist in which
Would h'' tx That s , tns ihs @an S1 10 drop
The four in glass ar, That TIA was d3ne;i
noisily, and the man was told to hold out his
hands for the silver. He did SO, and the jar.
nS rapszSh AZ hnt S gqTGnI f%y
much alive snake. The stage hand ran In one
direction and the snake in another The Jug
Their manner OF doing some tricks seems
arsnces us Everv one is ' sma
with the trick at such shows which includes
the tearng and 'HrGns o ops
stored in ssrn1sng state enc Of tSs4 mas
saucer and is SO small it is easily palmed. This
is the way these Indians do that sort of thing:
One took red tnrhan which contained at
least five yards OF fabric half yard broad.
He cut oil several pieces the SIZE OF handErr-
the remainder WIS cut into three eqnaI pieces.
Picking m all The scattered bits and bringing
thom together with this ends o! the. larger
n!e'es he made torch OF them which was
lighted and a!!oT%d t" L n d2wa to the
red tIrban on the CARPET shed out the fire.
sang II little song. and lifted it UP II whole, I'M
burned turhan.
They delight in apparent awk wariness. Oc-
casionaly. when something is ~ lie palmed.
tho very observant spectator Is sure he has
or under an arm. just when you are ready to
swear to your astuteness the juggler lets You
see YOU were mistaken and you hoIe no one
noticed how you were fooled.
The cohras enjoy the distinction of being
quite the ugliest reptiles in appearance and
temper with which man has mad" acnuaint-
nnce. They were in separate baskets, and
the covers being removed. one Of the IugG!ers
attempted to charm them with his gourd pipe
but the charm did not work. Both snakes
Kissed and struck at the man. and then both
heads erect made n dash for liberty. They
returned to their baskets.
Atterward another Jugg Ter tried his mouth on
worse, the cobrqs were charmed; They raised |
their heads. and he slowly walked about them. |
They followed. turning their liNt bodies IN tho |
basket so that they always faced the player. |
piping. he nduced them to hide their heads in |
the basket, where they were covered ana ias- |
tened in.
from seed before the eyes OF the spectators |
and produced trait which riprned on the spot. |
This is the traditional travellers tale about |
Indian Jugglcry. |
JuiIa Shny'- Las; Dance.
On Monday night the canal boat Michael