Kids today think they're so clever, with their so-called "breakdancing." Why, when I was their age:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

A street Arab
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SUMMARY
A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

From a contemporary Edison Company catalog: A STREET ARAB. Umreichen [code for telegraphic orders]. Shows one of New York's street gamins going through various acrobatic evolutions; he turns handsprings backward and forward, walks the crab, does cart wheels and other kindred feats. An exceptionally unique part of the performance is his standing on his head and twisting around like a top. It is safe to say he will be bald-headed at an early age. 50 feet.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Apr1898; 25336.
Location: New York, N.Y.

SUBJECTS
Acrobats--New York (State)--New York.
Street entertainers--New York (State)--New York.
Acrobatics--New York (State)--New York.
Boys--New York (State)--New York.
Children--New York (State)--New York.
Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
lcmp002 m2a32868 https://www.loc.gov/item/00694377
Category | Education

[braddy]

1. That reminds me, I need to go take about a half dozen Ibuprofen.

[samnsara]

2. i cant even walk downstairs without holding on to something ;)

...usually a glass of wine..

[backtoblue]

4. I like your thinking!

[wnylib]

3. Well I can walk down a staircase with

the agility of a toddler.

It is easy. One hand on the railing and the same foot going forward to the next step each time.