The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-22
BORN, NOT MADE.
Seven Years of Practice Required to
Learn One Trick.

Seven Years of Practice Required to
Learn One Trick.
"a juggler, l think, like poet, must
be born, not made. All the same. it is
not easy to learn the art, even if you are
to The manor born" Thus spoke Paul
Cinqusvalli, the juggler whose marvel
Gus Ieats are familiar, TO reporter of the
New York SHjJduy -4dCeFtiSer. You
would hardly believe me-" he continued,
.'if told you the amount of time ! have
spent upon new trick, and yet it comes
so naturally TO me that as boy running
about the streets | was always juggling
or balancing something, to the admira-
n ton OF my playmates.'
4 Nj. Cinouevaili is indeed a born Jug
/. gier. i native OF Poland, the son of a
\ steady-going merchant who afterward
\ lived in Berlin, the boy ran away from
would not not hear of his joining travel
4 ing company OF sacroDats. Although
CinQuevalII was always eLper. at Jug
CLING. it was as a trapeze and aerial per-
1oEnler that he spent the first seven years
OF bis professional life. 4 terrible fall
which Cinquevalli received when he was
10 years old ana which confined him to
the hospital Tor eight months, resulted in
his giving up his elevated sphere of
activity and becoming the foremost Jug
4 gler in the world. Cinquevalli is now
4 about 40 years OF age, with form splen-
Il
4 ant, smiling face, adorned with curling
mustache. He has travelled ali over the
] world ana speaks SIX or seven languages
1.-The juggler who is to attain to any
success in his profession" says NJ Gin
queyalii, must have, first, perfect steadi-
ness OF nerve; next, unwearying pa
1 thence; next, quick and accurate eye,
and an equally agile and dexterous hand.
Even having these, he must work hard
very hard. indeed, TO become proficient.
Il try TO make my feats as novel and
difficult as possible, and l use the most
unusual implements can find. Some of
my tricks, of course, L can master in a
! few weeks or months, but most OF them
work over for years. 1t took me two
years, working probably over an hour
4 every day on the average, before | was
4 able to do that little trick of tossing a
I billiard ball in the air and catching it
accurately in the pocket fastened to my
| back.
For seven or eight years 1 practiced
balancing TWO billiard balls on the end of
| a cue and the cue in turn on u ball placed
in cup which / hold in my mouth. Sew
erai times | gave it up and then returned
to il again. L do trick In juggling ci-
CARS and catching them in cigar-holders
held il my mouth, which looks quite
simple no doubt. 1t took me over two
years TO learn that.
''Once | have learned a trick perfectly,
so as TO do it in public, do not need 10
practice 1.-THE stage performance keeps
me in trim, but I am constantly at work
several hours day on new featS.
| "W bile ] was learning the way to catch
the forty -eigh t-pouud steel ball which [
throw in the air and balance Oh my neck
| had several GishaDs. Once the bali
knocked me senseless, and l lay uncon-
sciuus for over an hour. 1t took years 10
master that feat perfectly"
May the juggler drink or smoke ?''
| asked the reporter.
/ drinking and smoking III great mod
| GRAFTON are not tabooed," was the reply,
.'Uut he must be very careful not to do
/ either to an excess which may affect his
nerves. ! smoke two or three cigarettes
Il day and take drink or two, but never
more"
Nv hat nation produces tho most good
jugg lers, NJ. Cinquevalli ?''
The Japanese, uudou bteGly" he re-
piled. They are SO wonderfully patient
and agile. But they are never original.
They use only the same properties their
foreiathers used, and do the same time
worn feats. They have no invention in
their art. Among Caucasian peoples
there is not much to choose. Different
nationalities possess various quail ica-
tons. and the union of them all may oc-
cur in ODE country as well as another [,
is the man, not the nationality he be-
longs tO.D