Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1896 — A DIFFICULT FEAT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A DIFFICULT FEAT.

Louis Kin»-n<»r Carries Hi* Wife oa iia Chin. A new act for the specialty stage is that performed by Louis Kins-ner and his wife. Kins-ner is a little fellow

and weighs about 120 pounds, but every pound of him , is either muscle or bone. He is a juggler and handles such small (?) things as cartwheels, axles, tables, etc. His latest act is that of carrying his wife (seated on a chair) on h 1 s chin. While Kins-ner weighs but 120 pounds, his wife weighs 140. With a smile and a wave of her hand Madame Kins - ner places a chair upon

the table and vaults lightly into the seat. A moment later she Is lifted lightly in the air, and when she descends again i one of the hind lege of her bespangled seat rests upon her husband’s chin. When the chair is securely In place tire little giant, with outstretched arms and his heavy burden poised dangeorusly between heaven and earth, takes his usual stroll up and over the long flight of stairs and out into the middle of the stage again. When his wife leaps lighUy to the floor it is to bow to deafening applause. She seems as unconcerned over her perilous ride as if she had been securely seated on terra Anna. Her carelessness of manner, however, is quite surpassed by the easy way in which her boyish-looking husband carries her about They do not always get through the performance without accident, though.

THE ACT.