The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1884-05-29
Laughing Lula and Her Canc.Bottom
Chair.

Thompson, and Mcssrs. l.. w. Jones
w. II. Wallace, J. E. Brown, Frank
moon, Ed. Evans and J. c. Wilson
took seats on the srage, by request
| and the show opened.
A young man in black mustachc.
who spoke of the large crowd Of spec
tatorS rs an audience, and must there
fore be the elocutionist, told how
much he didn't know about Miss Lula
mysterious gift, and then introduced
the Force to the ''audience
The Force, Il fair country lass OF
some seventeen summers, somewhat
above the medium size and hight. came
forward. and her father handed her
Il small umbrella. She raised the um-
brella. and Mr.. L. w. Jones took his
place under it, by her side, to aid in
controlling its movements. Il was a
sickly, innocent looking cotton UNI
brella that had tired look about it.
The picture presented by the couple
and the umbrella was pretty enough,
but suddenly it seemed that 4 tornado
had struck it. That umbrella became
the most animated object Oil the stage.
1t turned inside ont and began to
thrash about the stage, endangcring
cverybody's head. 1t made a furious
lunge at the editorof the Obse'rer, who
lodged behind the scenes; then dashed
savagely across the stage and struck
happy medium - Mr.. MoOn-
knocking him off his chair. While the
Force held her hand on it, that UNI
brella could not be controlled-not
even she could control its direction,
and it often raped at her head. One
man after another tried il, but with no
better Success-it was like trying to
carry Az open umbrella in the face of
4 cyclone.
The Force brought out 4 common
billiard cue, and asked somebody to
hold it for her. Mr.. Y. C. Pool volun-
teered to do her that favor, ard took
hold of the cue with both hands. He
thought he conld handle billiard cue.
The Force simply laid her open hands
upon the cue, and the wild work COM
menced. The stage is not q good bill
lard table, but that cue played Mr..
Pool amazingly. 1t shot him against
panel OF scenery, he caromed and
struck L chair, caromed and-decided
that the cue was too much forOne man.
Others tried it. but nobody could hold
his cue-bad players.
The Force then introduced 4 light
cane-bottomed chair, and was anxious
for somebody to hold it. 1t didn't
seem to need holding; it sat there look
ing as harmless as the trick mule in i
90 etls--and Mr.. Moon thought lie could
:, it. He took it up, placed the
~ aagainst his body, passed his
acE aund and firmly grasped the
rms ahasseat with both hands. Who
i'm OF thcSida little chair. The Force
ouldn't hog & the open palm OF one
Ightiy PiaceC'tgssof the chair, and the
laud on the sear% Tn 4 trica Mr.
,ther on the back!hs n.,,-,..:
Noon began to steady E*tissil :ts !o. te
seen a fellow do when Ss trying 10
lold up L lamp post at II r:>S., tI men
the chair began to plunge likes Mus-
tang pony-but Mr. NJ. held to it. Esa1-
ter it had waltzeG him around tina.
stage and introduced disorder among
the other men and chairs, the Force
told him to put it down. He thought
it best to put it down. He threw all
his weight upon it, but he might as
we'll have tried to put q goats nose to
the ground. The Force simply held
her hand on that chair and it wouldn't
down.
Three strong men took up the chair,
and, after it had carried them all over
the stage, tried to put it down, but they
could not force it to the floor while
Miss Hurst held her hand on it.
The chair was then placed OIL the
stage and DR.. Glider WIS invited to
take seat on it. He did so. The
Force stood behind the chair and light
ly laid an open hand on each post The
chair seemed to make mp its mind that
it wouldn't be sat down on.' 1t rose
clear from the stage, and the doctor
was tumbled out, regardless OF appear
anceS.
A relay was called for.r. DR..
S. Pope and Messrs. 0. i. Schumpcrt,
J. r. Matthewes, and ThOs. F. .Harman
went up, but the chair was one TOO
many for them all. While Miss Hurst
had her hand on it they could neither
hold it still nor put it down.
The force exercised by Miss Hurst
is surprisingly wonderful, and nobody
understands it. Her father stated
that she can do other unaccountabie
things, such as making her bed talk,
walk and sing, and that he will ''in-
stitute' them for the Stage when the
present program ceases t. pay him as
well as it does. He has evi .ently cal
culated the money value OF The Force.
Miss Hurst affects persons through
inanimate objects, and she exercises
no muscular force. The perform lnre
does not tire her while it eXllauSts
strong men. She seemed to enjoy the
entertainment, and her merry laugh
ter often ripplcd from the stage, to
mingle with the uproar Of the specta-
tors.
1t is exceedingly funny to see sick
ly umbrella run away with 4 strong
man. or three strong men fail 10 hold
4 chair-but that is what we saw.
COMPANY G.. 18TH RECT. S. c. v.
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