In order to keep the High-Binders and the Epworth Leaguers both on his Staff at one and the same time, he had to be some Equilibrist, so he never hoisted a Slug except in his own Office, where he kept it behind the Supreme Court Reports.
"Ade's Fables"
George Ade
A certain drawing in the series depicts "The Equilibrist"-an individual with an anxious eye, who is poised upon a slack wire above the head of an admiring assistant, balancing sundry cigar-boxes and wine-glasses on one toe, while supporting on his head a lighted lamp, and discoursing sweet music from a mandoline.
"Frank Reynolds, R.I."
A.E. Johnson
He was laboring over a gigantic treadmill, balancing like an Equilibrist upon a revolving sphere.
"Rainbow's End"
Rex Beach