“would be only ordinary in a country circus because they are used to trick mules … Here n New York trick mules are scarce… the unridable one is a scream”. The act is “cleverly faked” with volunteers from the audience. “The effect of spontaneity is gained”. Some of the volunteers are tumblers.
the dancer’s toe work is really remarkable
He is in a purple suit and no longer changes into a fresh suit each time he changes characters
Foreign act. Takes old trick from circus of asking anyone in audience to ride a horse for a reward if successful. Here it is a donkey. One hundred dollars is offered to anyone who can ride it. “The confederates employed do not hurt the value of the act as a laugh producer”. A few trick ponies also feature in the act.
illusionist. He “attempts too much complication and mystification in his illusions, obliging those in front to look for the trick and losing the applause.” His “palming” with the exception of “the egg trick” is poor
“extreme contortionists. Toledo does one turn never seen before. If he keeps it up twice a day it is most probable that we won’t see him doing it much longer”
“the girl is highly painted and a pair of slippers give her feet a shapely form. Why will a colored girl, very dark, always try to emulate a mulatto in looks on the stage, and a mulatto try for white effect?”
a would-be wise country youth who knows all the actresses through reading the Police Gazette
