The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-25
Strong Men Succumb to a Young
Cirl--A Remarkable Exhibit
ton.

\ number of medical men, and others
interested Ia what Is curious as well as
instructive, sat on the stage at Ford :
Opera House yesterday at noon, IN chairs
arranged in a emf circle OIL the boards.
Two ladies-one elderly and one young
and two gentlemen sat immediately IN
front o. the foot-lights at the back part
of the stage. \ tall, well-proportloned
but 1.-the young lady, dressed IN blue,
with a round, youthful face, a protusion
of dark brown curls hanging over her
shoulder, and a wealth of soft bangs
resting on her forehead, arose and smIl-
ingly bowed to the little assembly. There
was nothing in her appearance to lndi-
cate the wonderful power she possesses.
Her hands seemed soft and unused 10
lifting anything heavier than possibly a
broom, and the bloom in her checks was
evidently natural and quite free from any
suspicion of artificial coloring. The 9TH
er lady was her mother, and the two gem
tlemen were her father and Prof. Akin
son, who accompanies her. An umbrel-
la was raised, and Prof. j. Edwin Mi
chael took his place under 1t with the
fair one, as the audience had seen lovers
in a mimic scene de. while waiting for a
rain that never comes. The Professor
grasped the handle, and was told to do
so firmly, while the lady rested her soft
hands gently on the staff. 1t suddenly
came down over both, plunging into the
lady's curls and disturbing what little
hair the professor mad. This was repeat
ed several times, the strong man endeav.
| oriug to hold the screen firmly, when
presently, all Of a sudden, the handle was
broken, aud the umbrella was thrown
with considerable force into a group OF
newspaper men, one OF whom was knock
ed out Of bis chair and received a contu-
sion over the right eye. He was picked
up, hastily sponged, and soon ready Tor
| another round.
''She makes me pant, said DIR. Ni
chael, but the young lady was fresh and
laughing In the merriest mood.
Captain Billups next tried to force a
billiard cue to the floor when held hori-
z%ontally about waist high but he was
carried all over the stage executing the
most fantastic figures. Miss Hurst held
the cue by the thumb and two fingers.
She did not grasp il. DIR. j. w. Cuddy
and another gentleman tried also to hold
the cue. Another man was unable to
force it down while the lady was using
one hand only. DR.. Herbert Hoolan, a
slightly built young practitioner, after
some delay tried his hand with the cue,
but he did not score. ''She has to wait
sometimes said Professor Atkinson,
It'll she feels the force acting upward.
Sometimes it does not act as readily as
at Others" Mr.. Duncan, of the Hop
kins University, tried to hold a chair in
a horizontal position, hiss Hurst laid
her left hand fat on the bottom of the
chair and the right along the back, and
DR.. Michael, who Is not a light weight
by any means, seemed to exert his whole
weight to force it to the floor. After
some struggling about the floor down
came the chair with a crash, minus one
leg. Another man took hold Of the chair,
and was carried dancing over the stage.
He soon dropped 1T and retreated In haste
to the files. Mr.. Robert Frazier, a cele-
brated pantomimist, of New York, who
came Over with Mr.. Charles FrOhman, of
the Madison Square Theatre, especially
to see the feats, tried his hand with the
chair. DR.. West and aDOther gentleman
were moved about the floor with the
chair. a man sitting in the chair was
moved over the floor. She seems to ex-
ert the power by laying her hands and
wrists fat on the surface, but not grasp
ing it. A chair was put on the floor,
with no one sitting in it, and when her
hands had rested on it for a few moments
it suddenly few over the head of one OF
the gentlemen. Several other feats were
performed. The girls muscles are well
developed, though the arms are not alb
normally large. Her strength seems to
be due to great muscular power, coupled
with an unusual amount of animal cleo
tricity. The doctors are not agreed in
their opinions. She is l6 years old, and
a native of Polk county, Georgia. The
development Of this power was first no
ticed last September. She has gwen ex.
hibitions through the South, and recent.
ly in Washington.-Balhnlor american.