ZEO AT THE WESTMINSTER AQUARIUM

Bruce Herald, Volume XII, Issue 1195, 16 April 1880, Page 3

ZEO AT THE WESTMINSTER AQUARIUM

/ i The "Era "describes the wonderful performvance of Za.- V at ; the Westminster Aquarium, London, in the foUowihg. terms:— I '? She, makes a atart by going through her marvellous exercise ioh.a'threadoflwite so -thin as' to he. ihviaible.to, the naked eye... Her ( only balancing appliance ia ■a, small Japanese umbrella, and with the aid of . this she^p'erforms'her jburiey from one-side 'of the Hall to the other, and then half way back again to show that she is thoroughly at her ease upon her slender perch, even when called upon to turn round. Then follow what "are called Scientific Calisthenics. : AWay goes: the wire and Za.6 is left perched in mid-air upon aswinging trapeze bar. This i answers her purpose very well and enables her to show . her strength . .and skill in a series of backward and forward * feats which in their way of execution are, simply perfect. Zaeo next undertakes to illustrate 'Nature's Statuary,' maiking her -descent to a huge net by means of a rope, ai-d in her process posting with such variety and with such graoe_ . as, to fairly charm the beholders. , The angle leap from a bar on the roof to the net is watched with almost breathless interest, and cal_s'f_nrth tremendous cheering ; and then , , comes,- ' the new flight.' Zseo, as though desiring a , .rest after her previous arduous exertions,' takes up a recumbent position upon a narrow platform near the orchestra. Suddenly a signaris * given and we see the lady describing a huge arc, flying through space, turning a somersault', and alighting in safety in the net. The flight is so sudden and so rapid that all possible attention is necessary in order to follow it.. For the moment it seems to take away the breath of the spectator, who is induced to rub ; his eyes and to reflect whether his other senses have been made the fools of them— whether, indeed, what he has seen is a reality or a dream. Zteo evidently enjoys her work, and with her iron nerve and sinews of steel she would, we doubt not, delight all professors of muscular Christianity." "'