Year: 1876




are coming. They will be Mt the Theatre
next week to confound and mystify our
people with their wonderful feats. OF one
of their performances in New York paper
noted for its critical Judgment said:


Gangero gave some wonderful feats OF
Juggling, using first two small wooden
boxes and subsequently a stone-bottle and
box. Some idea may be given OF it by say
ing that Gangero, by exercising his know
ledge OF equilibrium, caused the bottle to
assume positions on the box which, appa-
reutly, deied the laws Of gravitation. Hold
ing the box, with the bottle lying on its
side upon the top of it, in his left hand, he
caused the bottle to rise, apparently by the
sudden extension of his right arm, and
when the bottle had reached an angle OF
forty-fve degrees, he caused it to maintain
that position for few seconds. and then
again forcibIy extending his right arm, the
bottle assumed an upright position.


This portion OF their performances con-
cluded by a screen-balancing act by Nine.
Gangero and Que Taro. This screen was
made of strips of wood so arranged as to
! form a series of ladders, one side OF the
screen being covered with paper. Nine.
Gangero, having a recumbent position,
baIanc ccd the screen upon her feet. Que Taro
then stepped upon the lower strips OF wood,
and as he ascended he broke holes in the
paper with his hands and feet, and broke out
numerous Of the wooden strips, until he
had made an oritice large enough for him to
crawl through. He then passed through
the screen and continued his ascent on the
other side, making another opening near
the top, through which he emerged into the
view of the audience, and then descended
to the stage.


After some feats Of balancing, Gangero
concluded their entertainments by giving
wonderful feats of Juggling with balls,
sticks. etc. After tossing five balls in the
manner common to all iugglers of that class,
he produced one that resembled those used
by baseball players, save that it had more
elasticity. He threw it to the stage, and as
it rebeunded caught it upon the top OF q
small stick some ten inches in length and
shaped like an old-fashioned toddy-stick.
He used two sticks Of this description, and
with these and the ball performed some OF
the most astonishing tricks we ever wit
messed.


He would throw the ball to the top OF the
proscenium, and on its descent would catch
it on the top of one OF the sticks in such a
manner that not the slightest rebound was
visible. Again, on its descent, holding the
two sticks in one hand in such manner
that,they resembled pair Of shears opened,
he Would catch the ball between the sticks
while making lateral motion. He balanced
one of the sticks upon his chin; upon the
top OF the stick he laid his fan; then he
placed the other stick upon the fan, about
two inches to the left of the top OF the
other, and on the top of the second stick he
laid the ball. BY a sudden motion he caused
the fan to slide out from between the
sticks in such a manner that the bot
tom OF the upper stick rested upon the
top of the lower as the fan fell to the
!, stage. While juggling a number OF the
balls with his right hand and holding an
empty soda-water bottle in his left he eject
ed into the air from his mouth; at intervals,
small pieces Of some metallic substance. and
as each piece descended from high alti-
tude he caught it in the bottle, and at the
close OF the feat emptied them from the bot
tie to the stage. He is the most remarkable
performer that has ever visited us, and his
performances seem to confirm the report
that the other troupes which have been per-
mitted to leave Japan have been Of an lnfe-
rior order OF talent.