The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-25
LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS.
GYMNASTIC CARNIVAL AT THE
THEATRE LAST EVENING.
Successful Entertainment Given by
the Young Mems Christian Assoc
cfation-Foresters' BaII-The So
ciaI Club.

The gymnastic carnival given by the
Y. NJ. c. A. at the Salt Lake theatre
last night was we'll attended. The
house was not full, but there were
enough to leave handsome balance
for the association after paying the ex-
penses, which were reduced to a mini
mum. Much good will come of the in
terest aroused in the gymnasium work
of the association, and the methods en-
ployed in building up the physical man.
The programme was varied, interest
ing and pleasing. The first part was
devoted to light gymnastics consist
ing of marching. running, dumb bell
and Indian club exercises. The march
ing and running was in good time and
order, though the music was at this
period a little shaky, but the fancy
steps had not been sufficiently practiced
to make an even effect. The dumb bell
exercises were interesting, particularly
the gladiatorial duel, which is new. The
effect Of ensemble Indian club swing
ing is always fetching, and was ap-
plauded accordingly. This part of the
programme was instructive N showing
how the muscular sytem is built up
and prepared for the heavy gymnastics
The latter part of the programme was
SlNSA up lO HSdhy SyIQIldStlCS, IedJS
OF strength and skill. The tumbling cap
tured lots of applause The flying rings
were interesting, though the feats on
these are not as show" as ON some
other gymnasium appliances. The hor-
1zontal bar gives lots of opportunity for
the display Of strength and skill. and
is always favorite with the boys 1t
proved a favorite with the audience last
night, also. Some of the work done on
al 1aaJ
good. The same may be said of the
parallel bars, which occupied a goodly
portion of the latter half of the pro-
gramme. The evening closed with
pyramids, which, displaying great
strength, were attractive to look upon
and formed one of the best things on
the programme.
Throughout the entire evening ap-
plauSe was almost continuous, singing
out for approval this or that performer,
Space forbids individual mention. One
OF the impressive things of the evening
was the thought that these BOYS. riv-
allng professionals in many of their
teats, are simply our young men, found
among US everywhere, making this gym
naStlc work recreation, and building
UP strength and health with which to
Withstand the ravages of care and
time
Among the special features of the
programme, the fencing of DR.. Sumner
Gleason, Henry Lichtenstein and Wal
ter L. Pierce found prominent place
This was very interesting period of
the evening and the gentlemen received
abundant applause
Much amusement was caused nv tho
wonderfully high kicking of Sam Paul
who seemed to have no effort at ali
in Kicking higher than most men can
reach ---0it al
Young Angel had a place on tba
programme for fancy bicycle riding
and, using an ordinary, did some verV
clever balancing and one-wheeI feats
wan Evans swung Indian clubs until
the ar seemed full of them His most
rapid and intricate movements We're
executed with a grace and precision
that would indicate that he has had
indian clubs for a diet since early
infancy: He responded to hearty
encore by giving fancy musket drill
The singing of the double Y. NJ G.
A. quartette would indicate that more
time had been spent in training the
muscles of the boys than their throats
Mir. Horace Ensign, jr., was wei re-
ceived in solo, and Miss Crissie Law
son got good round of applause
The double qaartette got an encore
every time, which showed that the
audience and the writer weren't of the
same mind