New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-06
EXHIBITION BY MISS HURST.
HER POWER DISPLAYED Ar wALLAcKs
sroncrb EXERCISED OK AN uMnRtilA--A DILL
t.up cur AND CHAIR ALSO EMPLOYED

sroncrb EXERCISED on AN CMbRtilA-A n'''-
lard cuE AND a cuAiR ALSO EMPLOYED
Some thirty theatrical ana ncwspehot n',' a ~
a scmi.crcic around the stage OF Wnllacks hnoa,iH
scs,orday afternoon. The lootlighta were III, ana
The company gngcd over them upon tno Mn, uo
holland siroulod auditorium IN solemn s,uhVo'
,,htch ,,as htokcn by the voice Of Theodore Moss,
who, throwing handkerchief over ms ,i I'LL
orthodox minstrel iasn'on, oae ,o' ". hnwcvcr
l,sappcatcd when a group OF four persons o'hlo WI
thc stage from the left lower entrance lheS VIZ
Mr. aud Mrs hurst Miss Inn hn moo e% cc,Sc" Of
Yhe average small farmer, lth hrhNy in'v "mu
long sandy goatce His wife is motheflS 'loohinE
person while the daughter, about whom so i'uoi ,
1os RECENTLY been heard s Il tall large-boned, NOT
Unlocking country girl. She was dresser ~ pH",H
close fitting black silk costume VINE ler t'lN ,
fell I'M old fashioned rnglets about hef
and hcavy-looking face She TOOK % from ,
parents ON the stage, while the y9uhs man ih' Jin
Georgia proceeded to deliver niue a1CdcSGSi iYe
said they were plain country people ana 'oulu sed
no explanation of the remarkable power PossSI 80
by Miss Lulu. 1t was " force, nc salui an" Ia
which heretofore had dctcd all nNeStlealioI' li0
,omn" man from Georgia further said that he ear
Gestiy Loned that every present WOmid lesl I9i
himself the force possessed ny MISS ~ 20 ,rc
then commenced the exhibition 10y asking II any UIU
,,rescnt had an umbrella he did not piitlo A"iiS
Value, a cheap umbrella IN iact' an CpnEEHiS ho
porter happened to have cheap uinUirl" from
WAS induced to hapd over 10 TIE youhs i ~ - 80
Georgia upon the understanding that II !, -oI,n
damaged il should be replaced by one oil elul N h
Miss Hurst stepped forward 10 ne Ccil'a. ,Iio
stage and her manager explained hat an ulnoI'iIa
S"s The only article over which she could exercise
no control As soon as she grSpeq one ,,t0 &c 49,;
nnences were apt TO be disastrous. In PROOF ~ .I
he exhibited his damaged eye, Wni'R h"r IL, uot =!
struck last week by umbrella III MISS IuIS'
hand Miss Hurst opened the umbrella ana heiI II
lightly between her thumb ana Open udn,TT IL
umbrellas owner stood opposite. HuIICniA$ . ~
umbrella plunged yicousy forward anu I 90
owners strenuous efforts t0ICed nun dCiuN ~ 80,
A TpInt-NT reporter then cNpelhncntcu "Poiii
lie stood opposite the young woman Nh''e S!lc n,II
thc umbrella loosely clasped as it came toward
III . rttlN "
stand his ground. His next proceeding was 10 ~
IN extyiCate himself from heap OF ch'iS at Wy ~
6,ck of the stage with as much grace as ne Souit
command. He didu Try again. nv sVC,', %,ni,
then took place. billiard cue was graSpeo nIIniS
in both hands 10y OF the spectators MISS iluIs.
rut one hand lightly upon Il, ana drasceu tht SuV
With the man after II all about the stage SIc th'
askel HIM to force one end OF II down 10 lilc S'"E'
i'm n Ilerpcnd .cuar direction. Ills efforts 10 90 80
- - ,,orons lint without avail. rs Miss hurst
omen hand rcstin upon the cue, without the myers
being closed upon II, restrained H. coihon Gnu
was procured. which a muscular reporter HilHiN
r'srcI Miss IIulst laid her hands lightly upon IT,
and chair and reporter spun ab9ut the slaeE my
top Several others present llI'. ls ~, NV i ~
r-ult Putting bOtr hands az the sue ol l'l' Cll"
without prlspIug il. Miss Lulu asked ut ltpo;''i
to force il to The lloor pom his failure sht HsN'u
fnr n,othcr and another M Ill there were loul men
doing their best To overcome the lcslsl "a VI RI
Iuiu's lightly imposed hands Finally she IitoI Il
chair with a heavy man sitting IN II cl'al from 'I'
floor without closing her fingers around H.
throughout all these performances me elii KEEP
mn n constant low. nervous GgRilng WINE the *
,icisc of lcr sO-chled power was o9n'nu , ~ i
lie Close she displayed no marked symptoms 3l
fatigue. IL was noticeable however that ihouR.
lie hands seldom graspcd the object a distncl
,nusculnr contraction aud movement OF the "rls'
iunscr- i'm particular was apparent me mnSc''
uf ber forearm are large and firm ~ IRON lhc-'
facts taken ~ commune ION Ntmio P"'In W., ' ,,
lottn of muscular power Historically drVr"p'I, ptI
hans nnconscioua, None of her lcats seemed to u'
Leyoud iho power Of an except onnlly strong man
IL al A sbo could lirt heavy dead weight
Lut tbnupl hcf manager asserted that she conu' we
lest WINS not nude, despite captain NHlmhN
suggostion that the Democratic party Na7h con
N,nient dead weight tO experiment VIII
insi night Mlss Hurst and her. lnnly occupied
hos M the Casino, hcf visit 10 Tong ,lInh'n n,I'
,rfcrtod Tomorrow she begins short engage
mput nt WhlnckB lhcntic.