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| Description | Illustration in The Day's Doings of the following article : "LULU, The Beautiful Circassian Gymnast at the Holborn Amphitheatre. We this week present oar readers with a portrait of this bright little Circassian star, who nightly astonishes the spectators at the Holborn Amphi< theatre by her marvellous bound and her fearless somersault. * At present “Lulu” must be considered the qneen of gymnasts. No feat to be compared with this remarkable exploit has ever been attempted. The suddenness with which the elegant girl springs up from the arena to a platform slung beneath the ceiling, hardly allows the spectator to fairly measure the extent of the marvel of which he has been a witness. The utmost care is taken to assure the audience that no danger attends the performance of the singular and daring evolutions of this muscular young girl on the high trapeze; and a net is very properly spread beneath, into which the brighteyed and strong - limbed maiden playfully tumbles from a giddy elevation, to convince the speotators of her perfect safety under every imaginable oontin* genoy. It is quite possible that some folks, with strong recollection of faces, will identify in Lulu,” of the Holborn Amphitheatre, that fair-haired boy ” who, as Nino Farini,” used to astonish visitors at the Alhambra and Cremorne by a series of daring flights from bar to bar, in the first trapeze outbreak of seven years ago. It should, therefore, be distinctly understood that there is no doubt whatever of the perfect right Lulu now has to claim feminine privilegesthough, whether the turning of a triple somersault should be included among the ‘‘Rights of Women,” the profonndest philosophy of Mr. Mill would scarcely enable us to decide. The new feature of the Holborn Amphitheatre is certainly very attractive one; and the grace and meekness with which Lulu executes her feats will not be questioned. The application of the mysterious propelling power to variety of purposes will doubtless receive prompt attention. The principle is entirely distinct from that of the ” counterweight ” employed at the theatres." |
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