The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-02
Some Exceptional Work Done at Open
House Entertainment at the Y.
M. c. A. Saturday
Night.
soTIRO AND BERRY STAR
Circus Performers and Members OF
the Local Gymnasium, Do
Some Thrilling
Stunts.

The gymnasium eXhlDluon Satur-
day evening was pronounced py
those who saw it the best feature ever
staged in the Y. NJ. c. A. gym. The
work Of the circus men, Arthur Berry
and H. Sotiro. was an interesting item
on the program, and the applause was
prolonged and well deserved.
Sotiro's act was a hand balancing
feature, both two and one hands ed,
and without doubt, there cannot be
found a balancer who does more Skill
full work than does Frank who
goes next week to be affiliated for
the season with Gollmar's circus. he
will do tight wire walking, perch
work and balancing.
Mr.. Berry, lately of Campbelrs
shows, provided the thriller of the
evening with his inimitable dancing
wire act, in which he not only danced
on a bounding wire, but did fancy
feats and ended his act with back
somersault, lighting On his feet upon
the wire. The tumbling slap stick
comedy put On by Berry and Sotiro
to close the performance brought
down the house, the comedy being
mirthful.
Berry goes into carnival work this
summer, and does dancing wire,
fancy tumbling. and iron jaw" acts.
The Y. NJ c. A. is fortunate in having
these men in the gym. as their pres
ence is an incentive to produce tum-
bIers, among the boys, as well as
equilibrists and apparatus men.
: The boxing match put on by Ed
Sunley as Clown, and John Robinson
as the almost human monkey, went
strong with the audience. Sunley
and Robinson do routine of well
staged comedy and tumbling. Victor
russell, the contortionist, pleased the
audience, as ne always does, with his
poses and twists. He was assisted
by two aspirants to the loose jointed
art. How'd and Ullrich.
The tumbling team and the parable.
bar team, made their initial appear
ance in this exhibition. and their
work will be shown to better advant-
age in the next open house, probably
month or so in the future. The
boys handled themselves well on
both mat and apparatus, and leader
corps of the future is being built up
which promises to make good as did
its predecessor, the members OF
which are now for the most part In
the physical work in different sec
tons of the country, as products OF
lHo local dSSOCldliON. plOCtcuS
of this exhibition and two to follow
will go toward Lake Geneva fund
to hlep defray the expenses OF those
members of the leader corps who will
20 to Lake Geneva in June with the
physical director.
The music of the evening was a big
feature of the program The orches
ira, under the leadership of Alfred
Hicks. will be kept together. as al
Organization of the association.
was highly appreciated, and its ex
cellent work helped make the SHOW
a success. The Keokuk minstre
quartette appeared, following a pat
riotic drill by the boys department
and its numbers were enthusiastical
ly encored. The quartette was com
posed of Messrs. Clyde Inman, Arthu
Lumberg, Arthur Petry. and A. L
Bergman. The clown work of Lum
berg, in the gymnastic stunts, wa
exceptional, and the take off on Uncl
Toms Cabin. by Sunley, Wolfe
Singleton, and Russell, was a hi
With the impression that the exhibit
ton made with the spectators, Their
is not doubt but that another on
later on will crowd the gym to tn
limit of its capacity.