Judged to Have the Jump on All Jugglers.
The act should be performed by two people who are able to put a lot
of burlesque into it and play it successfully to the gallery. Jato,
the juggler, dressed in Japanese kimono, balances his Japanese wife on
his upturned feet. Of course she merely sits on his feet, balancing
herself with the tips of her toes safely on the floor, but bowing and
smiling as though it were a most difficult stunt. Then, with the aid
of an invisible wire suspended from the ceiling, Jato balances such
articles as chairs and tables on his nose. He must hook them cleverly
to the loop end of the wire, as he arranges them in place, so that for
a time the audience is in ignorance of how he does the trick. Finally,
Jato carelessly leaves an object hanging in midair and thus discloses
his secret. His wife quickly snatches it away as he bows to the amused
audience. The old trick of lifting a supposedly heavy weight, which is
finally allowed to bounce on the floor, may be included in this act.