Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-14
WARDS IN JUGGLERY
BY EDWARD BONNIE
Drawings by J. w. Robson

IIAVE you, at the vaudeville, ever seen the man
II who takes three or four lead pencils and deity
balancing one atop the other on his nose, and
then, without disturbing this fragile imitation OF the
Eiel Tower starts running round the stage! Or the
who deity kicks his silk hat from the floor to
his head: and slaps his monocle in his eye at the
first trial. and makes it land there, and stay? And
throws lighted cigar up above his head aid, just
you that the cigar will fall to the floor for it
seems to be circling like buzz saw,-.presto!- he
snaps between his lips, in the nick of time and the
house applauds?
little better than anybody else your livelihood and
perhaps your fortune, is made. Ali you need is
hat, cane, few plates, eyeglass, cigar an UNI
brella; then control them. play with them, make
them do daredevil curves and twists; exercise your
skill the way horse trainer compels obedience from
his animal There will be no question about your
rich reward
Thus, the juggler of the first class is a living ex-
ample of the place there in this world for the
who plays his part with supreme excellence. He may
only box of matches; but if he can subdue
them to his will make them do his bidding, dance,
leap, RISE fall, and then bow to the audience the
golden shower will be sure to follow.
Coordination and Teamwork
A WELL known college trainer was asked in con-
nection with this review, just what the muscles
did in these infinitely fine feats of juggling, per
Cinqueval The athletic doctors reply SIM
pie as A-B-C.
"Coordination" he said with happy smile, as
But what is coordination of the muscles?"
Simple enough! man like Paul Spadoni,
Cinquevai begins by training his muscles to obey
his mind the muscles act together just the things
he uses to juggle with act together. The muscles
obey instantly, and what you with your eyes, the
called feat of juggling is but the reflex visible
action of the infinitely delicate adjustment of the
juggler's muscles
Then it is what is called, in vaudeville team
work? By teamwork mean two men working to-
gether for common result such as singing or dane
ing;
That's the idea; and the first rate juggler makes
his muscles do his bidding Hard? Well, rather!
Take simple thing like dancing the hornpipe Did
you ever try it? Roughly speaking, when the legs
go way, the go the other way; and it is
this opposition in the movement muscles that makes
the awkward figure cut by the beginner At first he
is utterly unable to make his muscles obey; but by
and by they follow the thought instantly
docs a juggler have to keep up practice?"
Every day of his life but after he has the
proper coordination of his muscles the trick stays
by him. to speak It's like swimming or bicycle
riding any other muscular feat: once you get it,
you do not lose it readily"
The trainers patter on the {" how of Juggling
plains to the reader world of things about the art
of balancing and controlling objects. The mind is
acting through the muscles The spider that Robert
Bruce watched rebuild the torn web times was
gutter contrasted with the hard work of men like
Spadoni, who not nfrequently practise for years to
do def turn.
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