The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-08-13
AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
Miss Won HilIern Completes Her Task
With III Minutes SO Sec onds to Spare.

That Miss Won Hillern has clearly demonstrate
ed her theory of physical cultureSthere can be no
doubt in the minds of those who witnessed the
close of the feat Saturday night at City Hall.
She claims that with proper physical training
woman can peform feats of greatl endurance
without injury, and surely she practices what she
breaches. She gives exhibitions of her powers
and very properly charges price for those ex-
hibitions. This power she has has acquired has
cost her many hours of hard work and many
self denials, but is doubtless worth the price.
She is in perfect health, and even after her
hardest and most Sc we're walks is invariably
seen on the streets the following day in good
spirits. Who is there that would not like to be
able to accomplish the same tasks without any
more fatigue? Probably there were not five
| ladies in the hall Saturday who could walk five
miles at moderate rate of speed and appear in
rs good condition as she was at the end of 20
mile walk. This is because they are not accus.
toned to it, while she is, and what would be
positively cruel to inflict on the ordinary
women of Portland, would be an easy task for
| Miss Won Hillern.
Our report of the walk at City Hall Saturday
| morning closed at the completion of the 32d
| mile. She walked constantly until AIS, when
| she took rest of minutes and 30 seconds, and
| at clock, at the conclusion of her 10th mile,
she rested 80 minutes. Her stockings were
changed and her feet bathed at this time She
ate no breakfast, simply taking beef tea, eggs
beaten in milk, prune and selzer water. After
her rest she appeared finely. as in fact she did
before and walked her mile in about IA. 80.
She continued in about this speed until the con-
clusion of the 18Th mile when she took another
rest OF about 31.44. At noon many of the spec
tators left for dinner, but Miss Won Hilern
kept up her almost ceaseless tramp to the music
OF Chambers band, which had been blow
ing all the while. At the conclusion of the
6lst mile good long rest of AZ minutes was
taken to prepare her for the work of the after
noon. When she reappeared the hall had fill
ed up to quite an extent, and to cheer her still
more some kind. modest lady placed large
vase Of flowers on the front of the stage. She
was greeted with warm applause as she ap-
peared to complete her GU mile. She walked
eight miles further, still keeping up the same
easy step and making her miles in about IA
minutes on the average, and then rested sixteen
minutes. These frequent stops were not at all
necessary, as she was looking nicely, but as she
was long way ahead of time it was unneces-
sary for her to walk faster or more constant.
She also rested % minutes and % seconds at
the close of the 10Th mile, and minutes at the
close of the 18th. At six o'clock she had COM
pleted her 10Th mile, and having bat nine
more to make she concluded to take another
rest. this time nearly an hour! the longest one
during the entire walk. Her stockings were
again changed and her shoes cleaned of the
loan which had accumulated during her Ion
travel. Just before starting again she was Wis
tied 5y several physicians and members of the
press, and her pulse was found to be in the
same condition as en- the start o'clock
the night before She talked freely and not a
trace of WEAKNESS could be seen about her
looks, strange as 1t may seem.
She walked easily and rapidly until the con.
clusion of the SD mile, when rest of Is min
utes and 81 seconds was taken The hall was
now fast filling up and the excitement intense
The galleries were packed and the body of the
hall was filled with as fine az audience as is
ever seen in Portland. Al the c1nclusioaA of
the 85th mile a rest of about six minutes was
taken, the young lady taking seat in the
nall. She was at once surrounded by large
crowd OF admirers, and but for the efforts of the
police she would have been nearly stfled. She
started again and walked two miles more and
took another rest of nine minutes, when she
was again surrounded and narrowly escaped
suffocation. The air in the hall was very close
during the entire evening hut as the crowd in
creased it naturally grew worse. As she ap-
peared for the last mile tho excitement was
great. Men stood upon their tip-toes to catch
gimpse4at her and ladies.boldly stepped out into
the track waving their handkerchiefs and clan.
ping their hands in an almost frantic manner.
Every circuit she made was done in quicker
time than the one preceding it. Thus she con-
tnued to the close. finishing the mile in -
minutes and 40 seconds-the quickest time
made on the whole walk. AS she closed and
her time was announced such a cheer went up
as is rarely heard in Portland. She retired to
the ante-room followed by lasge crowd, but
none but physicians aud members of the press
was admitted. Her pulse indicated los and
she appeared nicely. She conversed freely and
did not appear near as quiet as her constant
attendants were. She was afterwards driven to
the Preble House, where che met large num-
Der of friends, after which she took sponge
bath aud retired at once to bed. She complain
ed of severe cramps in her knees and ankles,
but it soon passed off By the application of
proper remedies. She arose at o'clock yester.
day morning feeling nicely and in the after
noon took short walk. 10 the evening she
took tea out
The entire time consumed during the walk
was 70 hours, 48 minutes and 10 seconds, being
IL minutes and 30 seconds to spare Dat of the
above time she rested in all hours minutes
and II seconds, which leaves 81 hours, AZ sec
onds and 50 minutes in which she walking So
miles.
DR.. r, L. Dodge, who took the state Of her
pulse and her temperature at different times.
reports the following result: