The Washington herald., 1912-07-07
Alta Posing Under aLoad ot27o Pounds.

and the ground was rough. Jim had been
rushing me pretty hard. Although I did
not know it 1 had backed almost onto
Jagged stump. One more rush and I would
Ihave been tripped over it.
Come on, jim, yelled his hackers.
Rush him again. You've got him now"
Murray saw what they meant.
"'Step cut here, Mike he said to ne.
There's stump behind you, and it may
give you an ugly tumble
Il won that fight, and / can't help
thinking it was due to Murray's sports
manship, for one fall over that stump
might have hurt me so that he could have
finished me or"
When asked for photograph Mr. Dono-
van said: -
Show me in frock coat. will you.
because if you print a picture in my box
think I'm still in the ring and want TO
challenge me-"
Luke Wilson, Acrobat.
All are familiar with the 1.-the, rapid
play of muscles in the professional aero
bat, but one does not expect to see it in
a man of seventy-two. Watching Luke
Wilson, of the one time famous Wilson
brothers, skin the cat and perform
other feats of agility around the horizon
tai bar, one would guess his age as about
twenty-five years. 1t is not until one
Iscrutinizes closely the shallow wrinkles
, lnear the eyes and notices the dwindling
white hair that one begins to suspect the
, agile athlete is past the prime of life
), Luke Wilson became famous in The
). Span Of Life" years ago. In this feat
number of men formed a bridge between
two points and another walked across.
In circus and vaudeville he made name
for himself and has travelled through
many countries in Europe entertaining
audiences with his skill
! It's clean life that makes man live
long" he said to a reporter for this news
paper while resting between stunts on
his bar in the Herald Square Theatre. IF
you don't overdo the smoking or the drink
| ing or the eating and take deal of e1er-
else there is no reason for the body to
break down The eating is quite as i'm
portant as the other things. l don't believe
in confirming ones self to a meagre special
diet. Eat any kind Of nourishins food,
but don't eat too much. That is the
trouble with lots of persons who live
otherwise healthy lives-they eat too
much.
They say acrobats have short lives.
That is a common remark heard in the
aires and in circus tents, but it isn't true
What 4 splendid body. says some
spectator watching a trapeze performer.
Yes says his companioa- But ne
won't live long. None of them do
That is false. A circus performer or
an acrobat in vaudeville must lead clean,
wholesome life or he can't stand the physi-
cal strain. That ana the exercise keep
him healthy and he lives longer than ordi-
nary men, barring, of course. fatal acct
dents. There is an element Of danger in
the work, but the life itself does not age
one"
Luke Wilson proved his contentious BY
returning to the bar and swinging about
it like pinwheel. Then he few through
the air and caught another bar, aud for
ten minutes continued to endanger life
and limb in the manner common to aero
ba tic performers.
It's little cold in here now and
makes me bit stiff" he said.
1t was half-past eight in the morning
and the stage was draughty.
When tine house is full and the cur
tain up it gets warmer and makes you
more timber It's kind of sad working
round here on an, empty stage. l sup
pose ought to be willing TO quit now
and grow old, but l can't get used to
the idea. Most of my old pals are dead
or out of the business, but I'm going to
try it alone. want to see the crowded
house once more and feel the suspense
of a gaping audience just at the critical
point of difficult stun.
Its great and ii keeps one young. I
want TO know it all again and I'm going
to. You can't tell. I'm going to bow toa
full house yet before do my last turn"