The record-union., 1897-07-18
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At the Oak Park Pavilion Monday
evening Miss Lavevi Charmion, the
girl Sandow' will give an entertain
ment in athletics, supplemented by
numbers by vaudeville company or
ganized in her support. Miss Char
mion is native of Sacramento Coun-
ty and here has had most of her train
ing She has been some two or three
years in the business of giving gymnas-
tic and athletic performances, and is
now preparing to go to Europe TO join
the Flying Jordan Vaudeville Com
pany, which will go thence to Australia
and make the trip around the world
Miss Charmion, the other evening,
gave a special exhibition of her pow
ers to members of the press and few
friends. She came before the small
comapny a modestly appearing girl,
possibly of IS or 10 years, weighing
only 107 pounds, but proving in a mo-
ment after her introduction that she
is a Hercules in strength, and con-
summate mistress of agility. Grasping
the rope of her trapeze her arm mus
cles became as rigid as steel and the
biceps measured 1872 inches, yet there
was not that protrudng and punching
of the muscles that is often offensive
to the eye. Strong and powerfully de-
veloped as she is, the little woman has
not lost the lines of grace, or the sym
metry of good proportion in body ana
limb On the trapeZe she is perfectly
at home; she does the most difficult
feats with astonishing ease and charm
ing finish. There appears to be no
special effort put forth by her in any
| thing she does. Her method is excel
lent as it is prudent and graceful, dar-
ing but self reliant, and bold but not
without caution.
On a horizontal metal ladder twenty
four feet above ground she walks head
down alternately (as she goes back and
forth) hanging by her heels, next by
her toes and then by her insteps. There
are no hooks used, no leather knots on
the toes of the shoes, no adjunct, ex
cept the ordinary woman's gaiter,
which, however, has a very strong and
stiff counter to give her heel support.
Her lifting by one arm and turning
of the body from a straight pendant
position until it is vaulted upon the
trapeze bar, is one of the most remark
able of feats. We have seen others do
it, scores of them, but never one who
like this girl performed the feat as if
it was a mere matter of course, and as
easy as rolling off a log" In leap
ing and diving from her lofty hight
into the net she is very skillful, but
her best work is that involving those
wonderful lifts of the body and turns
and dislocations of the shoulders, as
she weaves IN and out between her
arms.
One of her prettiest tricks is balanc
ing herself upon her knees on the trap
eze bar and STOPPING down and taking
a handkerchief from the bar with her
teeth, recovering her erect attitude
without use of pole, weight or other
balance aid, than her extended arms.
She is a graceful, finished and daring
performer, who appears to be as sim
pie and unaffected as a child, and
scarcely to realize what wonderful
| muscular power she possesses.
Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Theater
Company will produce The First Gen
tleman of Europe at the Metropolitan
Theater on the night of the 31st of
July The company is now drawing
| large houses at the Baldwin Theater in
San Francisco
Yale's New Twelve Temptations"
itan Theater Monday and Tuesday
nights, July Goth and 9th, being the
first attraction under the new regime.