Evening journal., 1903-05-11
THE KINETIC DEMON
Remarkable Artist Has Problem for
Scientists to Solve.

A plain description Of this most
wonderful feat in gyration is fairly
possible, owing to the fact that it is
mechanical enigma, and never having
been performed before this year is still
problem for scientists to solve
Enough can be written about it, how
ever, TO convey an idea of its marvel
GUS character and the awful peril as
sociated with the act The visitor first
sees a huge zoetrope with slated verti-
cal Sides Near the base the circular
sides incline towards the centre at an
angle of siXty-five degrees. Cyclic,
which is the soubriquet of the artist
essaying the death-defying feat, wheels
with terrific momentum around the in
cline circle of the Zoetrope until he OBJ
tains enough velocity to shoot upwards
to the vertical sides. and then, while
rotating with the speed of a tornado,
assumes a position at right angles to
the perpendicular plane, and fearlessly
and successfully makes a number Of
rotations completely around the inner
circumference to the astonishment and
surprise of every spectator. The Gu
rious and fascinating feat is actually
performed i'm defiance of the law Of
gravitation, while the daring performs
er, seemingly regardless of life and
limb. appears to tempt death at every
revolution of the wheel. Why he does
not fall and be dashed TO death is
equally as much an enigma as the phe-
nomenon of his being able to maintain
his hazardous position without any
support whatever except that derived
from momentum alone. The act is pat
ented and therefore can only be seen
with the Barnum & Bailey Greatest
Show on Earth when it comes here on
Saturday.
Another interesting as well as ex-
elusive patriotic exhibit with these
shows is the unique exhibition OF
models of all the types of warships
used in our navy. All the miniature
vessels were constructed by cele-
brated firm of electricians connected
with the College of the City of New
York, from copies of the original plan,
loaned by the Government at Washing
ton, and the models have all beer
praised and indorsed by the construc
tion department of the United State
, Navy. They are built according e
scale and are real facsimiles I'm minia
, ture of the originals. every little detail
being faithfully and accurately dupli
. Gated so that all may obtain a reall
comprehensive idea of the kind an
style of warship the nation relies o.
for its defense against foreign foes. q
u course, besides these two big feature
u there are a myriad others, such as tn
grand spectacle with four hundred his
torical characters superbly costume,
Z and i'm which there are dancing an
& singing maidens. idol and fan girl
slaves, knights, archers, ambassador
mobiles, priests soothsayers, royal pei
D. sons, horses. animals, devices, en-
- blems chariots. triumphal cars wea
Ie pons. trappings, etc, all of which typ
fies a period of the worlds history lon
before the Christian era. A sucklir
a baby elephant and mother is anoth,
rare sight, as well as two beautiful &
raffes, and the smallest horse in Il
d. world named "Speck." Living huma
st freaks and prodigies are there also
T. scores. and are TO be seen I'm the zo'
logical department together with Il
wild beasts and three herds of el,
n plants. The circus. hippodrome an
K aerial displays number one hundre
A. and an army of clowns make fun f
al during an of the three hours Il
performances are on. Altogether Il
show is unique. while its magnitul
10 and extent is well-nigh indescribabl
oy The parade viii take place the morniI
er the show arrives.