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MONDAY, APRIL fi, 1885.
A VISIT TO THE CHEVALIER BLONDIN'S
HOME.
" Why. J thought illondin hml
s gone to heaven long ago," ?alrt
someone In :i railway carriage the
other day, as he conned an advertise
ment in his paper which announced
that the hero of Niagara was walking
the light rope at the I'ritniniht
Theatre, in fur away lloxton. To
must of us Itlomlln is now merely a
name, hut he is almost as active us
ever, ami iiitc ready to chnt about
both the present and the futuic. The
affectionate legurd felt by the Chev
alier for the Fulls which made him
famous is shown by the name which
he has given to his house. The
visitor rings the bell tit the gate and
reads the legend inscribed in large
letters, "Niagara Villa." " M.
Blondin at homo?" "J am M.
Illondin." The intrepid one (stands
before me, short and stout. lie has
evidently been :i model of muscular
compactness and symmetry, a French
man to the bone, with small, twink
- ling grey eyes, hair thin, and slightly
streaked with grey, a moustache and
thick imperial. "Come in," says
the Chevalier. " You sec I am busy
gardening;" though it is only the
talt of the earth, who can dig and
delve with great diamffhd studs for
shirt buttons. And no spot is so
dear to him as Niagara Villa, whither
he retires to the bosom of his family
for a few months during the year to
take his well-earned rest.' ' When
will you say good-bye to the fascin
ations of the rope, and cast off the
tights and spangles for ever?" "Sir,
it will be long, 1 hope. I am sixty
now. Have 1 let my nerves? No.
Am 1 strong and active? Feel the
muscles of my foro arm and my
legs. J am fat. I admit it. There
fore I no longer assume the monkey's
skin, as once I did." M. Blondin
is as sound a man as he has ever
been. lie has had only one accident,
and never a fall, lie has never even
broken an arm, and the only wound
I saw was covered by an inch of
sticking-plaster. It is said that the
reason why he never tumbled was
the marvellous power of his fore arm
which enabled him to cany a balanc
ing polo of great weight. But when
asked the secret of his success ho
tells jou that "it was because I
didn't want to tumble." Ho has
never smoked, and if you ask him
whether he drinks, he tells with a
twinkle in his eye that he "docs not
wear the blue ribbon," and takes
claret at dinner.
" Now come in, and you shall ce
the ciuios and relics which J have
collected in my wanderings." For
the Chevalier is a very Ulysses, lie
and his ropes are known to the ends
of the earth India, Australia, North
America, South America. Other
Rlondins have stolen his thunder,
imitators have arisen, but there is no
Blondin like thN one. Wo shall
never look upon his like again. As
we enter he points with pride to a
well-stocked aviary, and passing
along one notices a dozen photo
graphs showing some of the many
evolutions which' he. perform in
mid-air. lie is on the rope, of
course clad in :t suit of mail
armor, there with a ' masher " of
the period on his back, here crossing
a dizzy height on a bicycle, again
blindfolded, walking on his head,
cooking an omelette on the tightrope,
looking as much at case before his
stove as the chef of the Reform Club
in his kitchen. Then we sec him
eating his omelette, drinking a glass
of champagne, and but there is no
need to say more. The hall is
adorned with (trophies and relics of
the honorable past. There arc port
raits of M. Blondin, of JMdmc. Blon
din, of Niagara. In another room
is a wonderful painting of the scene
of Niagara. There is the foam, the
rope, the hero a mere speck on the
face of the canvas with an excited
group, including the Prince of
Wales, awaiting his safe arrival.
And here I rest for a few minutes
while my host tells a story or two ot
his career. "Ah," he says, "you
think people have forgotten my ex
istence. Not at all. I perform in
the province sometimes, and every
year I go to Frankfort or Berlin or
Vienna. There 1 have special per
mission to perform without n net ;
for that is my condition. My fee !
A hundred pounds a night, less per
haps in a theatre." M. Blondin then
showed mo his wonderful collection
of medals and his diplomas, each
with a history of its own. Then he
took me into another loom, on the
walls of which were hung seveial
portraits of himself and his courage
ous wife, who has shared so mauy
of his dangerous feats, dusty wreath
and faded white ribbons, feathers
and mementoes from many lands,
Tho snuggery, again, was decorated
in tho same way with wreaths and
ribbon, bits of rope, shields and
headpieces from Java, for even Java
has known tho Chevalier. "And
that air gun, now, did that go across
Niagara with you?" "No, no, I
shoot tho cats with it. J am very
Happy hero, with my garden, my
workshop, uiy birds. Ah! you arc
looking at ray piano. It is a work
of art. Permit mo to explain." And
M. Blondin brought in tho overture
to tho Barbiore, pinned out on Hvo
wooden blocks, llxed it by an ingen
ious arrangement to the piano,
turned n handle, and the room was
flooded with music In n second.
"Then you uro musical, Chevalier I"
" Yes, I have played tho harmonium
on the rope before to-day." Celestial
strains they must have been.
In 1851 Jean Francois Gravele
was performing in a French provin
cial town, when his agility, grace,
suppleness and intrepidity were re
marked by a certain Havel, himself
ti famous gymnast of his day. "Join
in," he said to the young fellow,
"and come to Now York." "Done,
replied Jean Francois. "But how
art thou called?" "Gravele."
"Sacrc Dieu 1 we cannot bill such a
name." Then they fixed upon
Blondin, from the color of his hair.
Triumph after triumph followed,
until his career was crowned at last
on tho !50th of June, 1850, when he
crossed Niagara. "Sir, I was a
rope walker at four. My father was
a gymnast. 1 havo never felt fear
no, not oven when crossing Niagara.
In 18(10 I crossed on stilts. There
was a danger in crossing Niagara.
In straining u rope of that length to
the requisite tightness it was liable
to snap. The shorter the rope the
easier it is to walk on, for the dip in
the middle is less. 1 once offered to
carry tho Claimant across a rope,
but he declined with thanks, lI will
not endanger your life,' he said,
'and I do not wish to expose mine.'
A light rope walker is born ; nothing
can make him. None of my family
will over appear in the arena, be
cause not one of them has been born
a rope walker. I am always well
when 1 am working. When I am
lazy I feel a twinge of lumbago, and
that is all." Not the least interest
ing of M. llloudin's collection of
mementoes is a 6inall library of
scrap books, containing cuttings
from till the world French, English,
German, Austrian, American, Aus
tralian critiques, reports, inter
views, caricatures, jokes. He is
called the "King of the Tight-rope,"
"Tho Lord of the Hempen Realm,"
"The Emperor of all Manilla."
There are wonderful woodcuts, plain
and colored: verses too, e. g.:
The fcarles Rloudiu walks, perchance,
into Ills tomb;
J I is doubtless courage fails him not,
E'en tho thy roaring torrents lie. tils
fatal lot.
Heavenward he- look, ami Inspiiatlon
draws;
Kadi heart heat high he makes a mo
ment's paiiM1.
Itests at full length upon hUlragilc rope :
One cheer ten thousand voices send of
eai nest hope.
Hero is another extract from "A
Noad to Mr. Blondin":
Itemaikalile pii"uu! enterprisiiiStralii-
ger!
You piobublv Stnrtid on to a rallrode
true,
or in'ap a emit ston: then you look to
feu-K:
iV thou you Soared to rafters of uoo
houses.
Remarkable pusou:
lii uieiely a iak'm of a walk, you clear
1000 dolors needy every Hum.
Then this hier vo'u -ret the Straiter vou
kin walk. "
(his Miow.s yon ain't at al like common
foax.
wldi can't walk mutch w lien they aie
Elevated.
"Did nervous terrors ever oppiess
you, M. Blondin?" "Never, sir,
never ; not even when I lirst crossed
Niagara. Pouf 1 They laughed and
said, 'There's a fool of a French
man going to commit suicide,' or 'I
don't believe he'll ever try,' and so
on, butl have crossed Niagara 300
times since then. T cany three sets
of ropes, which arc two inches in
diameter, with a hotly of steel bound
round with hemp. The balancing
poles vary in weight according to
tho business, from 1571b, -101b, 451b
and 471b." And the height at which
you perform?" "From 40ft te 100ft,
according to circumstances. I am
indifferent."
Then I went into the workshop,
for M. Blondin is an accomplished
carpenter and a skilled blacksmith,
who makes his own models and fits
up his own apparatus. When life
depends upon the fixing of a rope it
is best to trust to oneself. Then I
strolled to the stables, wliich were
filled with the Chevalier's travelling
paraphernalia. In one compartment
was neatly stored away a tent? to
hold 14,000 people. Under a wooden
fched stand two or three huge vats,
which ara used to stow away the
topes when travelling, and great
cases with BLONDIN painted in
big letters.
We might sec tho Chevalier at the
Alhnmbra if those terrible ogres, the
magistrates, would only allow the
little spice of danger which per
former and spectator find so agree
able. Or at the Crystal Palace.
"You take nway my reputation if
you make me perform over a not.
Why, if tho net was there I couldn't
break my neck, or my arm or leg;
in fact I might as well walk over
Westminster Bridge. The danger is
half the fun. No ; I accept no en
gagement if they want the net."
1'all Mull Budget.
Mrs. Parventie would not allow
her children to go to Mrs. Learned's
children's party because she was told
Mr. Learned was afilicted with the
bibliomania, and she didn't want her
girls to catch it, New York Mail.
ALL PAUTIKS HAVING accounts
against the firm of HUSTAOE &
ROBEhl'SON or against F. Huslaco or
O. II. Robertson personally, are lcquoel
cd to present tho fame promptly at the
end of each month.
FRANK HUSTAOI,
(132 2w O. 11. ROBERTSON.
NOTICE
iri HE'lEUY given that we the under
signed have this day bought thu
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alias AOllU of his lncrchandlfo store In
.Smith Line, Honolulu, and we carry on
the business at the wmo old stand. AH
debts due by the said firm prior to thu
date of transaction mutt bo settled by
tho mid THAN YU KEE alias ACIIU.
CHAN JIU YAN,
KONG WING,
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Honolulu, H. 1.. 14th March, 1835.
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