The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1905-01-13

If the feat were 10 ADe done without a
net, women DECLARED the performance
vulgar. but wanted to see it. On
the might of the first performance long
before the curtain rose ."Standing
Room Only" placards were put up, and
there was very little of that. The audi
cucc waited impatiently while the 9TH
cr varieties were gone through with,
ana when the last, tina double looping
the loop hy Mile Yvonne Pasconnu,
came round, the house WAS OH the tip
toe of expectation. Inc curtain was
down for 4 quarter of an hour, and be-
hind ii The moving OF frames and the
pounding of hammers could be dis
tiuclly heard. Then, after the orches-
ira had exhausted itself, the curtain
WAS pulled up ana revealed the stIuc-
turc OH which the feat of the evening
was to lie performed.
When madcmoiselle came on the
stage. there was deafening applause.
Fanny Anderson had worn her own
Irish rcd hair and white and rose COM
IlyNiou without the freckles - but
NlC IvOnpe Pasconnu's hair was a
raven black and her complexion was
%. "a olive tint. AS she came tripping
forward in her tight costume not ono
OF lac audience saw in the little French
Girl with Il bridged nose the Irish Fan
uy Anderson with her nasal pug. Att
cr boWing to several rounds OF ap-
I.HISc mademoSelle approached sill
N,r mounted bicycle, with glittering
jewel In each end OF the handle bar
q, yxri,, ts
carefully: then, going to the foot OF the
70 structure, she walked slowly up It.
ing 1t ut different points. picking up
"a nutshell a bit of wood, piece e<
rope and throwing them down oa the
stage.
Willie this was going Oh q super took
tHc wheel eo the stage. Mademotsells
after walking through the loop and
l.s.ng up at each of the two breaks
or intervals, as II wondering II 10 would
7 @ possible to shoot them In safety
stood on n platform high above the
stage and made farewell bow; then
aH disappeared through door. and
/. audience waited brsaShlessly. every
O. LNcd on door above leading Oc %
,.' loop.
he orchestra had been playing dur
hc inspection, but ceased a. soon
3 uadcmoistlle disappeared. During
,I!gce minutes that elapsed between
disappearance and the openfBy Of
Ire door leading on to the loop there
not word spoken In tie audience
suddenly mademOiselle on her bicy-
Gle Shot out and descended the first
I'M line of lfs loon The audience had
cSucctcd to see her figure rounded
down t1 the hazardous work; but,
though she moved SO rapidly that they
could not follow her distinctly, she
seemed to sit as though a thorough
abandonment TO forces beyond her con
troll was far safer than any effort on
Lcrrart
When She had passed the first break
IN safety there was n sigh OF relief IN
tlc audience. The second break was
shorter ana the radius of the loop less
SHE passed it and in twinkllng shot
off the Stage.
Then there were a terrific burst of
applause and an encore. After n long
interval mademois Sue came out, bow
ed, disappeared n. few minutes
a@aiu, seated on he. NuTst into
view. s..
There was no dimlnutiO rill
which had pervaded the IA. 1T
nc first trial Again mademois -re sat
her wheel as II resigned to whateveT
her fate might be and committing her
self TO force. SSA safely passed the
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