Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-29
THE THIRD GEORGIA WONDER
A Woman who Claims to Knock Out
Strong Men by a Touch.

Neao York Times of Sunday.
It is a lamentable circumstance, but
unfortunately fact, that New York is
doomed to be without a Georgia wonder
for two long, dreary weeks. Scarcely had
Lulu Hurst faded from the rapt Metro
pOlitan vision, when there came rumOrs
of another phenomenon in the person OF
Miss Price, 8tat 10 years, likewise OF
Georgia, who was alleged to twist up
hickory sticks in her gentle fingers. But
Miss Price was weighed in the balance at
the Bijou Theatre one week ago and
found wanting. Public sentiment, how
ever, demanded another phenomenon, and
the clamOrs of the public for Georgia
wonder became so great that Charles
FrOhman dispatched his agents to scour
that State, with orders not to return or
draw for money until their quest was ac-
cOmplished.
VoX Frohman voX pOpulf. His myrmi-
dons spread over Georgia and ransacked
the State from north to south and from
east to west, and few days ago a dis
patch was received stating that Mrs.
Charles Freeman, of Atlanta, Ca, had
been engaged to fill the lOng-felt want in
the breast of anxious New York, and was
en- route for the metropolis. She arrived
yesterday with her husband, and they
took apartments at the Hotel Royal.
There a reporter of the Times found a
pleasantfaced, blue-eyed young woman
of 80 years, whose cOuntenance bore the
marks of recent Illness. By her side was
a crutch. and one foot was thrust into her
husbands slipper.
"Ah," she said with a slight foreign
accent, 81 have been unfortunate. In de-
scending from the railroad train in Wash
ington on my way here l sprained my
ankle severely, and my doctor tells me
that / cannot hope to leave my room or
to use my foot for perhaps two weeks. 1t
is very veXatious, for l had hoped to APP
pear at Wallack's or Monday.
"No, / have not given a public eXhi-
bition anywhere before. [ have only
shown my remarkable power to my friends
in private, and my debut at Wallack's
will be my first appearance on any stage.
What is the nature of the force? All,
there you have me at loss. do not
know myself. / first began to realize
that possessed peculiar powers when /
was child of 3 or 10 years. My fathers
family was composed of five boys and six
girls besides myself, and when played
with my brothers and sisters found that
if L simply touched them they were
thrown to the ground. This became
so common that l was frequently
punished for it, although l protested
that l did not mean to be rude.
1t was the same way at school, and
after time the other scholars refused to
play with me, because / unwittingly hurt
them at our childish games, and | was al
most debarred from any association with
other children because of this remarkable
power that l could not control. When
my child was born, seven years ago,
could not handle it or battle il, because
my touch seemed to hurt it. MY doctor
could not explain why this was so, and
he brought in other physicians to witness
the operation of the strange force. 1t
was a source of great annoyance and
anxiety to me, as you may well imagine,
not to be able to handle ny own child.
" ne n9f th0 0g |. this this
performances at the Opera House in At
lanta, and one evening while l was dis
cussing her with my husband and some
friends l said that | believed l could do
all she did myself. My husband got
broom to try the experiment with, and
found that nv power was even superior
to hers. She only moves the stick which
a man holds, but when l touch a cane
held by a man, it at once flies from his
hands. have only failed to effect this
once. and that was when the cane
was held by Mr.. H. l. KimbaI.
a leading citizen of Atlanta. Well, so
soon as my power began to be known
scores of people came to see me, and L
was asked again and again to give public
exhibitions, but l always refused until l
received Mr.. Frohman's offer. Physicians
from all over Georgia have witnessed my
performances. and the mysterious power
i possess has been attributed to magnet
ism, electricity, spiritualism, and hun
dred other things, but what it really is l
am in utter ignorance of myself"
Mrs, Freeman was born in France, near
Toulon. Her father was Narcisse Beige
ron, who came to this country when she
was a mere child. She has been married
u years, and has one son.