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Show WOES OF THE INFANT ACROBAT T. P. O'Connor Rejoices That They Are Going Out of Fashion. "Is there anything moro heartrending heartrend-ing to contemplate than tho wrenched up smtlo of the Infant ncrobnt when he often, nlnsl a she Is suddenly.de-posltcd suddenly.de-posltcd on his stnggerlng little legs by the footlights, nftcr hnvlng been spun round llko a tnmbourlne by the feet for nn Inverted older?" asks T. P. O'Connor. "I know for n fact that acrobats aro kindness Itself to their children, and thnt to their health they pay tho nicest care. Without such caro tho 'little chaps could never co through their tricks. But, while believing tho life of tho Infant ncrobnt to bo free frojn homo hardships, I still cannot help tib-tlclng tib-tlclng the effort with which the youngster, young-ster, tinder tho conditions mentioned, pumps up his sadly unmlrthful grin, nnd I rejoice to find, as must mnny another an-other person rcjolco with mo, that baby acrobats aro going suroly nnd steadily out of fashion. "It Is amazing that there should bo so many people In tho world as thero ore who can express frank delight at th6 spectacle of a child of tender years being spun on high by rcslncd feet until un-til he Is giddy nnd breathless, and I recall with n comforting sense of satis faction the anger displayed once by a gentleman in the audience of a variety va-riety theater on such a 'turn' a .turn, Indeed receiving, nn encore from a black whiskered foreigner, possibly tho acrobat's agent, sitting In the row In front of him. Tho former leaned over to tho heartless, or thoughtless, alien with tho Tlgg Montague whiskers whisk-ers and poured such a thunderous torrent tor-rent of abuso Into his astonished car that I thought there would havo been a fearful fight. In this event I know whose part I would have prefen cd taking!" |