The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-16
Lula lets Herself Loose !.

\ country girl throwing Nr. Atkinson
around the boards would be very tame.
but when we'll known men AM i9yiai ~
men, men about town. actors athletes.
cracks, and all other sorts OF persons are
tossed alb !ut, the sceue become qIiye a.
ridiculous as il Is mysterious.
Major Pond, the lecture agent tried 10
hold a chair while she laid one hand
lightly on it. lie could do nothing with
II. thongh the is an Immense and powerful
man. He rot red aud excited over the
effort, aud she purred like kltten as
she followed his genuflections The
spectators roared at him funny remarks
How did 1t ieelH' they yelled
Il felt light, delicate pressure ofthe
iady's hand said the gallant ,Iaior.
rer>piring as he spoke. The audience
roared.
w hat did you feel n reporter IN
"Oh, it's most wonderful. f" said the
Major. [ cant describe it The pres
sure is very great It's like an immense
weight equally distributed over the char.
There Is no magnetic or e.ectri al eff q
but the chair becomes absolutely IN. u
trollable."
In the mean time Olher men uIel it,
Big men they were, trus Levi and
George Robinson OF the Union square
company among them; bat they could
do nothing while the Woudet eXertc,l
her influence. The stage held siNA
onlookers. They were divided ii, 10
opinion. Some said they saw the .irl
grip the chair; others saw her press
down on it. As many more were posi-
tive that she only pressed lightly with
her palms. Once in a while it was
noticed that her hands were directly Oh
those of the men who struggled against
her. These said she used no strength
What if she did, said Mr. Grant
of the Union Club. Did ever the
woman live who could put a chair down
when two or three athletes held il: If
she's using muscle it is more wonderful
than if she has got some secret force
Capt Williams, in civilian dress. was
among the spectators He could not
be urged to try his strength with the
country girl.
'She does not use muscle" said he,
''tor | have felt her arm, and she has
got no muscle. | would let John L.
Sullivan try his feats on me, and don t
think he could get chair down if |
held it, but she could, eyery time
The fun grew furious The rustic
maiden faced fresh men and fresh
couples as fast as they came up Some
times they folced a chair down against
her efforts, but it was only after long
struggles that they did so. y oung
Grant, Allie smith. and another Young
man with a neck like bull determined
to unite their strength to put i chain
down. Like the rest, they tuggeG anC
strained long while. and then all 'ouI
fell into tine tootlights The SIN re.
porter, who never yet has seen any
mystic force in human being. watched
the girls hands closely. AT times she
deliberately clasped the chair as any
one would do. At other times shC
lightly held her palms against it. The
effect seemed to be the same whatevel
she did. She could not throw Gus
Heckler out of the chair with a grip ol
with palm pressure, and Mr.. Robinson
the actor, also defeated her They ar,
heavy weights and she could only rocb
them. Lighter men she threw out like
glass balls from spring trap.
When she took another rest and sal
behind the scenes with her mother, the
reporter talked to her. Her speech anC
manners are simple and unaffected
She saws she feels no magnetic influence
| does not get tired after a nights exer
| tions, aud has no idea what it is that is
making such a fortune for herself an,
fam ". She notices that the longer b
! a, l..
force grows. The reporter left her il
the hands of Major Pond. who was try
| inc to convince her that she was giteC
with odic force, which was discovered
by Dr. Beard. She gisgled at tn :, IN
| seemed to be glad to hear it.
The persons OH the stage kept apar
and wrangled over the mooted agency
by which she performs her feats. On,
half of the crowd insisted that the othe
half should adjourn to beer saloor
and see the performances repeated Wit
! plain Ii nest muscle. The Others hayin:
noticed that the country maiden con
tinually rubs her bang with her righ
| hand and smoOths her dress with he
left, were divided as to whether her hal
or her dress were stored with galyan
ism.
The third part Of the evenings per
formance was a continuation Of tn
| chair wrestling. The stout men wer
al in readiness, and took turns. som
put the chair down or stuck in it despit
her efforts, others were pulled all aroun
the stage, and yet others surrendere
very quickly. The girl giggled and ut
tered her unnatural little laugh. bu
though perspiration dampened her fore
head, she seemed not at all fatguec
Mr.. Atkinson said she succeeded be
cause the spectators had confidence
her.
Afterwards she gave private exhib
ton in room in the theatre to Wlll.ar
III. Vanderbilt. Prof. Latin. ald tw
friends-the sixth private exhibition
the day-N J. SIM