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MEN ADAPTED TO THE MASTERY OF ACROBATIC FEATS
| The Chinese are rightly called a nation of acrobats. The very existence of the dense masses is based more or less on the theory of the survival of the fittest, and it is not surprising that the powers of endurance of the "man in the street" are developed to the utmost. No matter what the exhibition, if the entertainers can provide really stimulating amusement, the "dense crowd" will be there |
AN ALLUREMENT WHICH FEW CELESTIALS CAN RESIST
| When swords come into play in the hands of the Chinese juggler the ring of spectators widens as if by magic. The professional "outfit" is composed of simple, everyday objects which, however, at the juggler's touch, become possessed of strange supernatural powers. The crowd has thinned somewhat at the approach of the camera; it will melt away more rapidly when the hat is sent round |