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I: Australia. and seems 70 Be hAy. \;
Ing the time Of his life. - !:
4: the Juggler, u he was familiar I;
+: y known In Il Junta. was oba :
/: Of the hid stage hands around :
| !: the old Ia Junta Theater. ard ;
1: while Huntress I Company were :
1: playing IN engagemcnt In this /:
: city signed up to accompany this {:
famous terpsichorean artist q !;
: his tours over the earth. and !:
take care OF hts $4,000 or SO. |;
600 worth OF wardrobe. That !:
was six years ago. and "Bo. the !:
Juggler." !" has been touring over /:
this country and in foreign lands !:
Z: ever since
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Just received the bundle Of Tn
bunes. forwarded from Auckland.
with one OF my letters In. Many
thanks for them. II sure did seem
good to git them, and spent some
very pleasant moments reading the
news from home. see In my let
ter ! must have made a mistake n
TO the population Of Sydney and Mel
bourne. They are both about 500.-
600 instead OF $4,000 and instead Of
the people calling the street cars
trains" they call them trans"
also said that We were TO tour New
Zealand for six weeks. Instead Of
six we are putting In eight. as the act
made 80 good they held US two weeks
In each town. including Auckland.
Wellington. Christchurch and Dune
din. ! also said we would sail for
America after touring New Zealand.
Well. they've decided 10 take US back
TO Australia for some return daten.
20 II Is hard TO say when We will
start back.
We were booked for twenty weeks.
but We have played our twenty and
more too. We are now starting on
our twenty sixth successful week In
Australia and New Zealand. After
we finish here. February 2lst. we
Will sail for Hobart. Tasmania. That
Is an island between the south island
OF New Zealand aud Australia, and
from there we 20 To Australia. OPEN
Ing at Broken Hill. South Australia.
! enclose an add and a clipping out Of
the Auckland daily press. to give
you an idea as to how we are doing.
We have more work than we can
possibly take. They want US to go
for n tour through Java. India and
China. and We were offered the
South African Circuit. but owing to
dates We have In America. opening
september 1th. II Is impossible for
Us 70 make the trip. We want 10
get home by June. and have rest
before opening next teason.
on my return to America am
going TO build q big .'lransiorma-
tIon Juggling act" and am to be one
Of the fcatures with the Meiropoli-
tan Vaudeville Company for the sea
son Of 1?is-i5. Huntress viii also
be With this company. ! hope We
have the opportunity OF playing In
"a Junta.
We have been enjoying our New
Zealand trip very much. Auckland
Is the most up-to-date city OF them
all The exposition was on while We
vers there. when I vent out to the
erouncs / was very much disappoInt.
cd. II Il the "big exposition" Of New
Zealand. and Il RUS for six months
II put me In mind of county fair. !
took my kodak along. 10 ~ TO get
some pictures. but wasn't allowed to
take 4 single picture on the grounds.
therefore I haven't any pictures Of
the exposition for my collection.
We went deep see fishing while In
Auckland. and ! caught moro big
fish than ! ever did before. We
vent out In the ocean about ten
miles. when I started 70 drop ny line
! thought ] had mors thar enough.
- II was $50 yards long. bat ] vas
Just able TO reach the boeton. when
. fish would 'est CO. q any sise
Il surs took some pulllag % laad
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