Evening star., 1949-11-10

OOCe upon y tlkUC tLlc III HAna
department was startled by q re-
quest from a South American
country for permission to reprint
some Of its comments on movies.
The drama department said so
ahead, but 1t has suffered since
from q gnawing collective worry
over how its idiom sounds trans
lated into Spanish.
Any writer who ever found him.
self enmeshed In irregular French
verbs becomes skittish and Ill at
ease at the very thought Of trans
porting his words from one Ian
guage to another. There is no
reinsurance offered. either. by =
booklet which has just arrived
here. telling about the Tong
Brothers. who are to headline the
big fall opening show at the Lotus
= week from tonight.
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The Tong Brothers seem to have
stood Europe on its ear and that
will not sound any funnier in
French than some Of the French
reports on them sound in English.
One page. q translation of the
Franch Critics" in the newspaper,
Istanbul. of Mardi, IA Octobre,
1947, reads:
Those three young Chinese
equilibrists the Tong Bros, Of
whom the whole city of Istanbul
is talking about. are still having
the greatest success after being
three months At the Municipal
Casino Of Taxim.
They display to US original
tricks Of acrobatic and balance
with handsome ability and easi-
ness, such tricks IS they started to
practice upon since their very
early youth. in 1880. They were
then members Of the well-known
troupe South China and later of
the Oriental Brothers' travelling
throughout all big European cities,
performing in such important es-
adjustments as the Palladium
and the 'Holborn Empire Theatre
London: the 'Alhambra' and the
Empire Theatre Paris; Scala
and 'Wintergarten' Berlin, etc. etc.
There is an old saying In the
United States about: Damn clever
those Chinese Accordingly. they
are in fact. Damn clever those
Tong Brothers"
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A translator who makes "Oui,
oui lis sont yraiment" come out
Accordingly, they are in fact" is
suspect Of course. There are. how
ever. a few more European re-
ports on the Tong Brothers. which
should be passed along, 80 you
will know what the Lotus is pre-
pairing by way Of an autumn Gel
ebration. They are. to wit:
I" as the famous Hungarian
critic Marai Sander says about
the 3 Chinese Tong Bros. Some
thing 70 difncult. yet done in such
an easy way, they are not only q
team Of first class entertainers
but prove to be also. an artistry
OF high class born in them
Budapest. vilasosag. June 1915.
the Tong Bros. Is such a|
great attraction that keeps the
spectators spellbound." - Buda-
pest, Esta Kurir. s June, 1912.
As to the Tong Bros. their
spectacular number is one Of the
most terrific 81 It's kind. The
easy going motion with which
the 3 Chinsee play with balance
is WORKMAN the Bic applause they
receive every night at the Casinp. Z
-Istanbul. Istanbul. n August.
1s47.
%. at the Miami night
club, since last week q dne At
traction the ; Chinese Tong Bros
make their appearance with drst
to Be seen acrobatic tricks that
give you dizzy sensation."-
Athens. Aneksartisya, : February,
ls4s.
:" as for instance that bot
tom-man who lies down holding
both partners in Handstand. one
on his hands and the other on
his feet. and then plays with bal
ance by turning his body over
-. Such tricks as demonstrated
by the 8 Chinese have not yet
been seen at the 'Wintergarten'."
Berlin, Berliner Zeitung, 1. jan
uary 1912.
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The Tong Brothers also were