Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-15

Further, it may interest some dress
reformers to know that she wears
an ordinary corset during her walks.
Bertha came to this country about
two years ago. She was famous
among her acquaintance in Ger
many for her walking feats as a
schoolgirl. She is a native of Frei-
berg, in Baden, and is a jealous and
pious Roman Catholic. Along
with her piety is mingled a shrewd
business streak.
Her money is invested in Bos-
ton, and she looks after it shrewd-
ly, too.
"Mine fader he wants me to
send my money to him in Ger
many" said she, "but / won't do
it. / don't like to do dat"
She carries about her a little in
strument called a pedometer, which
registers every mile she walks. 1t
is kept going by the motion of her
body in walking. When we saw
her, she wore a sort Of fowered
Ipolonaise, reaching down little
below the knee, with a light felt
hat, of the "pork pie" shape upon
her head. She is more muscular
than plump, and her movements
are energetic as we'll as graceful.
AS she races around the track she
looks like a fish darting through
the water. She is as straight as an
arrow, and her shoulders ale very
broad and square for a woman's.
Her walking is not the least like
that of ordinary persons. tits like
that Of an Indian on long jour
ney. She seems to propel herself
along with her arms and shoulders
as much as with her feet. The
peculiar swing Of her elbows and
shoulders reminds one continually
Of the motion of q birds wings
Her toes do not turn out, as civil
lied peoples are supposed to. They
60 straight ahead, aud the left foot,
points slightly inward. She always
turns upon her left side as she
rounds the curves of her track, and
this constant turning to the left has
made a slight difference in her sides.
She is very popular with ladies
everywhere, but dislikes exceedingly
to have them kiss her. We no
ticed a lady bidding her goodbye,
and observed that at the hand
shaking moment Bertha slightly
drew her head back.
"There," said the agent, smiling,
"she's afraid that woman is going
to kiss her. She hates awfully t.
have women kiss her.
| hope nobody will 90 now anC
say Bertha Won Hillern is crazy
Only one man in America car
make her shoes, aud he lives in
Chicago. Her fast walking gait il
so different from her ordinary one
that, when she stops to take hel
brief rests during the walks, the
moment she stops an attendant
lifts her in his arms, and carries
her to her room, and she does not
take a step till she is carried back
She would lose her gait if she did,
and it would require some little
time to get it back again. The hu.
man mind is q very strange ma.
chine. Music and applause help
her along wonderfullyin her walks
If a band can catch the time of her
step, it increases her speed several
seconds on the mile. The bottoms
Of her feet are soft and tender like
other peoples and she is not par
ticularly muscular, except the calves
of her legs. They are as hard as
the back of Cincinnati sugar
cured ham. The last mile of her
walk was as exciting as a horse race.
| The whole audience was excited, and
I'm ashamed to say that l felt in
terested myself. Men cheered and
applquded, and several women cried
like babies. 1t is no use for any
body to say he wouldn't care to see
her walk. lie would be interested,
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