The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-09
NINE. ANDERSON.

THE pLUcKY LADY Pedestrian GOING HER
WEARY ROUNDS, 224 QUARTERS OF MILE
WALKED LAST NIGHT AT MIDNIaHT-KIND
ATTENTIONS OF LADY VISITORS.
Mozart Garden a little more comfortable yes
terday, as there was not quite such tremendous
crowd the previous day. Financially. however,
the receipts were about half as much again, the
fftycent admission into force yesterday morn
ing There is still considerable doubt in the minds
of many people to the honesty Of the feat that
Mime. Anderson is now concluding This mainly arises
from the plucky front that Nine. Anderson presents
to the public every time she makes her appearance
the track The public fancy that because they see
this lady pedestrian out of her room with
smiling face and walk around the track without
hibting any kind of suffering that she cannot have
performed every quarter of her allotted task IT,
however. they were to see her lying her couch In
her room, sometimes writhing in agony from an &C.
emulation of suferngs. they would appreciate the
pluck that brings this woman out before them with
a smiling face. Nine. Anderson does not believe in
annoying her patrons with an exhibition Of broken
down pedestrian, limpng on one leg and with face
all drawn up from pain and has the courage to hide
what she feels from the outside public. Anybody
who has her blistered and tender can
appreciate the pluck that plants those feet solidy
the track without any outward evidence of the
pain that it must entail. Again. people think that
woman who step on the stage and sing comic
song could never have gone through the
three weeks work with which this lady has
her to crafty the public and relieve her
mind from the thought that the public are waiting
to hear her sing This question thoroughly tested
yesterday afternoon by the beating of her pulse With
her mind easy the pulse beats about sxtyfour, and
when excited il sometimes rises to eighty. Yesterday
afternoon she asked for some beef tea, saying she
did not get half enough nourishmcnt. Her friend,
Mrs sparrow. said. why; it is not twenty minutes
would not be satisfied and insisted on hay-
ing her beef tea. DIR. Merritt sitting beside her.
and feeling her pulse counted seventy eight She was
given the beef tea. and three minutes later her
pulse was down to sxty-six. Later she wanted to
She determined to have her own way. and her
pulse up to eighty; but after the song sung
and her mind relieved IT returned to sixty-six.
CONTINUED INTEREST fEAI
The spectators remained very late Tuesday
night, and at two A. NJ yesterday there still
after that Mime. Anderson became very sleepy and
II pretty hard to keep her awake; but she
s%sn TO s .r %h 'a
to be done AMI she immediately goes with her
work. She started at 3h. som. OBS yesterday
Ing on her 1s'd quarter, and after walking three
laps sound asleep slipped behind her attendant and
walked into her ROOM. There she became rather
obsrepcrous and begged not TO be taken the track
again. but as they got her back and proved to
her by the number displayed the scorers stand
that she had not accomplished the requisite number
of laps she quietly continued her work and finished
the quarter This was one oil the heaviest sleepy
hts that she has YET exhibited, and the quarter
I'm. Cos. elapsed before she put the track.
After that however, she began to wake up and did
her work without any coercion. There q good
attendance. and during the afternoon the garden
comfortably filled. There were several doctors in
the roon aud ut their request she promised to oat no
slowed cells, that she has banishcd
stewod ees, pork pies and peanuts from her
bill OF fare. 1t was not until about five
r. NJ. that sho felt strong enough To sing
song. and then she gave plantive
little ballad entitled "riny Tm. supposed TO DO the
dying words of the child of that that appears
i'll Dickens CURIOSITY shop" Nine. Anderson
take in her success and IL IL an hour to pass
without her receiving some little present from
OF her own SEX Sometimes "a bouquet of flowers,
and tlcn perhaps tonbonaitre fancy straw bus-
ket Last evening there about two thousand spec
ators representing the very best people i'm Brooklyn
and Mnic Anderson received quite ovation every
time she appeared on the track Her feet have been
great deal better ever she had tho two large
bstcrs laccd and she feels in better spirits in conse-
qucncc Last night, u few minutes before midnight,
Nine Anderson completed 2.22i quarter miles, loav-
ing her only 4'G To complete her task.