Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1877 — Training for the Flying Trapeze. [ARTICLE]

Training for the Flying Trapeze.

Considering the numW''of*‘‘flying trapeze performer dttachfed to vafiotiftefr'cus and raaitatr >shows through the it is hardly surprising that there should .exfat this city two regular , training-schools to prepath the performers in the dangerous an. In fact, it will be found that in almost evpry wujlordered public gynjuapiuui in, tfae country the trapse is part of, the apparatus, ahd trapeze performances part op the reghfar exercisfes. But, as five -gymnasiums :are for meh only, the trainuig-schMbo <re principally,.patronized/by, females.. One of these institutions is in a fortfier" qanc-ing-hall, oh Avenue A',' -TOftpklns Square, and is in charge of a retired circus rider. It is regarded ,as a j<secondclass affair. The other is ip. ctiote proximity to the more aristocratic quarter of Lexington avenue, ind is kept by a' Drofessor and wife, both of whom_h*vp won honors In public Thetr, gq-calle<) school consists ofa, large apartment with a heavy coatfag of sawdust on the floor, and a . stout netting half way between the trapeze and ground. ■ This is a protebtion only against theiflying acts. In tlic.btgjnfling pupils are exercised upon the-trapeze which hangs within ' eight *-febt 'or the ground, which gives the to confidence, as a fall from that hdi'ght to the can never .be serious. ;The pupils are mostly females, though ipales raiight at different hours. The Professor- Says that young women can'be taught far faore daring acts in half the space of time required for mim He says {hey are braver than men. One statement made by* the seems almost incredible? * He says he has frequent appUcatiods from young women of goodrankin society who are fascinated by the idea, ot becoming trapeze performers, and one pf the very best pupils he ever had,whocould-exe-cute wonderful feats in the air, belonged to a wealthy city family*. Bfie- never appeared in public, and vjfay she persevered in the trying ordeal required for pA-fec-tion in this art he never eobld comprehend.—N. Y. Cor. Chicago Tribune. —The Widow Van Cott told her hearers in West Thirtieth street 'Methodist meeting-house last evening thit ahte once walked a mile in, twelve ipjnujteSi “I was,”.she said, “fat .a sma|l country place on the Hudson Rivpr Railroid. I had an appointment to presell ' 'to One of the cities on the line of the roadv I went into the station and told fae ageqt that I wanted a ticket for the city. The agent told me that the passengto- train did not stop at his station again 7h*t dayp I told him that I must go, is I .was to preach in the city .that evening. ,Jhe agept, said: ‘Well, Madame, the trqin doesn’t stop here, but it will stop at the hefxt station, a mile from here.'' The train will be there in flfteeh minutes.- If you can make a mile in fifteen minutes you will be all sight.’ I told the agent that, God helping me, I would'tty; I started'down the track. It was a hok summer’s day, and the sun was scorching hot, ,Uut I an' umbrella to shelter me from the burning rays. I walked so fast that I almost fainted, but a drink froiri ! a spring revised me, and I pressed bri.' I reached the istation three minutes before the: trains eame.” — N. Y.Bilni -f culj niifji# Konii'i —T. W. HTggiriVohbelteveslliat Enough Greek does stick to college boyr to make the stutty- while. . .In many cases students have lieea able to actually read a passage in‘Greek six wdekS after graduating, and th<ke'MctfsdveiSb#ell-au-thentioated instanefes fa which ffhft ; capacity, has taken a chrontoifornj, and adhered to the sufferer through life, This, is Mr. Higginson’s expdnfencb; ' J ’’ ,e