The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-11
BAZOO CHAT.

Stage life and street life present
some strange contrasts.
Friday evening, at $50 o'clock, at
the corner of Ohio and Second streets,
as the Chatter was coming from sup
per, he met lady passing along.
whom he knew to be celebrated ac-
tress. She was tall and slim. wore a
rather slovenly dress, an Indifferent
bonnet, which looked as though it
had seen much hard service, her face
was worn and wrinkled and her eyes
were hidden by pair of glasses. In
her right hand she carried a large
basket filed with laundry. She was
ON her way TO the opera house to pre-
pare for the evening performance.
An hour later the Chatter was
sitting in the parquet. The
mellow music sounded inspiringly
throughout the house and the audience
was a brilliant one. The curtain was
rung up ON the second act and dis
closed the beautiful and ever famous
balcony scene. Seated in the shadow
of her window was the divine and in
comparable Juliet. Her cheeks be-
trayed a maiden blush of exquisite
loveliness, her golden hair hung over
her fair forehead, her eyes were elo-
quent and her slender form, clad in a
rich white gown, gave her girlish
appearance. The handsome Romeo.
raving with passion and swearing by
the moon, was making eager love to
the sweet maiden, whose heart was
futtering with the ecstacy of his ar
dent protestations. Perhaps the pic
ture was not so beautiful as that pre-
sented by the adored Adelaide Nelson
in the same scene, but this Juliet was
quite pretty, and her soft voice, breath
ing forth vows of constancy, Won the
admiration of the audience.
And yet, this was the identical
woman. withered, wrinkled, wearing
spectacles and carrying a large laun-
dry basket. whom the Chatter had
seen only an hour before.
A recent interview the Chatter had
with veteran Snowman from Cincin-
natl, is somewhat interesting. now
that the circus season is at hand.
The gentleman spoke particularly of
the changes which have come about
simply in the matter of leaping.
Forty years ago. double SOM
ersault. over given number of men
or horses by a performer, was regarded
as phenomenal, and only two or three
men could accomplish it. Now, an
acrobat who cannot do it is considered
unworthy the honors of the arena. In
Barnums circus there are nine men,
and in John Robinson's, seven men
who easily perform the feat.
with less than half-dOzen excep-
lions in all the annals of circus life,
the turning of a triple somersault has
defied all human skill and agility. 1t
was attempted IN London in 1876,
and in Mobile, Alabama, in 1912, in
both instances resulting in broken
necks. William HI. Hsbbes, many wears
ago famous gymnast, was killed in
the attempt.
Lew j. North, once noted
now of New York City;
VIM. o. Dale, who died, old and
blind. in Cincinnati asylum; Rob
ert Stickney and Sam RHinhagt, the
latter now a saloon keeper in Columbus
Ohio, are recorded as having accom-
plished it.
civilian DuttOn who has often rid
den in Sedalia, claims that he turned
a triple somersault at Elkhorn, ILL.,
nois, when IA years old, in 1860.
1.-The feat is the most perilous one
known to the profession, and when
ever the man can perform it,
even limited number of times dur
ing a season, has a sure thing on a
800. 900 salary for every season.
While Presiden. r. H. Jesse, of the
Missouri State University, was in Sc
dalia last Friday, the Chatter had the