Show I I iAD HEADED fROM I JUGGLING OF HATS II I I 1 Theres There's a Q moan man on the tho circuit Paul Paul la In who Croix who hll lias ha knocked olt I bald h headed Ils Il's the tho truth literally and I absolutely Of course cours he hc Isn't ad bald hald a as John D D. D Rockefeller nevertheless no usher ush i would refuse him a n seat peat In tho front rote v. I La Croix Is a n ju juggler Ho lie to toss tOIS I And catch everything that goes In lu the tho Ju business but no now he confines himself to juggling hats hate H lie He spins them through the air always ys or nearly always s. s managing to make miko them hem t C. C 4 r M 1 r V I Ir II I s. s I II y I r I r I f tl 1 1 I drop rop on his head held and inn ma- Icing them dance a n. short hort Jig on the hal bald ale spot before for they drop down and md cover cr It Im only 30 SO 1 said ald La Crob but the tho top of ot my head la Is s 65 63 I began Juggling when a boy bov of ot 9 0 In San Pan an Francl Francisco co One One afternoon I was playing marbles and md I tossed one ono Into the air Before It came down I tos tossed ed the tho other and I IJ both By night I 1 was ju Juggling three marbles Lake all boys I went at the tho play with great enthusiasm and it wa wasn't nt long till un unI I 1 t a was Juggling hats bats at B By the time I was Wt 17 11 I had worn wom all the hair oft orr the tho top ot of my m hea head If It you think there Is an any fun In ie kiting ki- ki tins ting a silk hat batter your t ad try It Its It's all right when the tat falls tails on your our head but when hen It strikes strikes unevenly unevenly un un- evenly c or the tho brim hits you you ouch ou ouch too tooLa La Crox Cro exhibited a scar to show Just what a disobedient silk hat hll can do when I It t tries You see sec continued La CroIx I 1 c can cant can't cantI nt t tuse 1 I I I I II I I I I j I II Il I Ir t l- l I I i i 11 use s ee second ond nd hand hats rhe They cant can't stand the he knocking around I give thorn them and would fall tall to pieces I use brand new I hats lats and It costs me mo from 10 nO to 1 15 15 a week wk to keep up m my supply I buy the b best beat t. t Now a new silk hat Is Just about as UJ soft faCt as a piece of oC tin so 10 I go over them nem gently gentl with a a. small hammer This tens o thorn but at the same time the thema ma material retains Its strength I fin find bats hats come coma near ne-ar having haYing dl Som Sometimes s I J buy a hat that I I cant can't do a a. thing thinS with It h simply refuses to o sit on OD my head held I put It away for tor a a. week and try again but It wont won't work I IOther Other hats will do exactly what you rou want I them hem to all the time when I fc feel l tine flue I i iY iI I I t I Y I t. t I J JI suc aa sn ure sure I cant can't miss anything I ue Ule use the obstinate obstinate ob ob- He hats hat and when I J dont don't f feel l so to much like working I JUS use uso- the tractable ones mes Jn s. s But now and then I come across a hat that I cant can't master eo so I throw It away Music lu lc makes a lot of or difference to Jug jug- You can call tit lit your our motions mollon to tome some melodies s so every motion hits a n note iota nother Another melody may bo be hp hopeless I NO 00 malt matter lr how hard you ou tr try you OU wont won't be beable able ahlo hlo tl to make mako your movements follow it tt it There Is hope o of anybody learnIng learning loaning learn learn- Ing ng to juggle unless s he begins young and pra practices tlc s continually And nd ho he must make mako makeup up Ills his mind to 10 live temperately as long as filS ho Juggles |