The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-11-05
WEDNESDAY, NOV. ). 1884.
LIVING ElsCTRlC BATTERY.

called the Magnetic GIRL" the
Georgia Wonder" and the "Elec-
trio Girl" She is II country girl
from the State of Georgia, and pro-
fesses to be gifted with su ,crhuman
strength, which strength is ascnbed
to electricity. She is the best-adver-
tised show that has been seen in New
York for many lopg day. People
have been actually talking about her
performance from u scientific stand
point, and the newspapers give n
column day to her. For want of
something better to-do, all the men
about-town amused themselves by
going up to Wallack's and letting
Miss Hurst bang them about the
stage. She has succeeded in throw
ing around some pretty strong men.
and at q private scanCc ut the Madi-
son Square Theatre recently, Miss
Hurst had the pleasure OF running
Mrs. Langtry around the stage,
behind q chair, and finally throwing
her in heap against one of the
scenes. The Lily was lifted to her
feet by six gallant men-two stage
carpenters, two actors, and Two
managers. She expressed herself as
being satisfied that Miss Hurst was n
muscular Christian, and didn't care
to renew the test. On the morning
after Miss Hurst's first performance,
the leading journals gave column
apiece TO u description of what she
had done. She had made an UNI
hrella, Il cane. billiard cue and Il
chair--lhough held 10y strong men
move about in manner so violent
rs to often throw the men to the
floor. And in most instances she
had only placed her hands llat on the
object struggled over, sometimes on
those of the contestant. Her OppOn-
ent one evening was brawny, sin
foot athlete, Jim Latin, a wrestler
and club-swinger. The idea that he
was in collision is not tenable. He
eXerted bis tremendous strength
skilfully. and she could not ding him
around as she did the other volunteer
performers. but she did overcome
him repeatedly in the different tests
of her power. The one Of these
which seemed TO offer least chance
for trickery was that of preventing
him from putting Il chair down on
the floor. The athlete stood with
the chair held with its back to his
broad breast; one brawny arm half
encircled it, one hand grasped fore
leo, and with the other hand he grip
ped the opposite post OF the back.
That gave him very firm hold. His
undertaking was to lower the chair to
the floor. Lulu laid one hand
against the fiat wood at the side to-
ward Lallin's half-cncrcling arm,
and the other on the middle Stat
which crossed the back. The latter
was her right hand, and its thumb
and little finger oycrlapped the Stat
on either side, thus affording n posi-
BILE grip. Her left hand had no
clutch on the chair whatever, and
certainly was not used with any force
in the subsequent struggle during the
hardest part of which it was held
aloft. If what she did was by main
strength, then she eXerted it wholly
through the thumb and little finger of
her right hand. Lain wnlied ut the
audience, and began to press the
chair downwards. The girl giggled
as she faced the giant across the con-
tested piece of furniture, which
ceased in its descent before it had
settled foot. There it stayed y
full minute, though the man was
plainly doing his best to get it down.
Although his staunch legs were brac-
ed as firmly as he could brace them,
he could not maintain his footing
steadily, but was compelled to stag
ger about the stage, at the same time
that she was touching the chair with
but one hand. At the end of two
minutes, during which the chair des-
cended by slow degrees, until its
front legs at length touched the floor,
she let go, and it came down square
ly with II thump which showed how
heavy had been the pressure.
A newspaper friend of mine called
on the girl recently, for the purpose
of testing her strength off the stage.
He related his experience as follows
---''Whcn / arrived at the house OF
Miss Hurst's manager, we found that
the father Of the Wonder was ill.
They were not expecting visitors, and
Miss Hurst was sitting by her fathers
bedside in an inner room. The PEG.
pie are simple, good-natured, and
rather ignorant Southerners. When
went into the room, and Miss Hurst
began her exhibition, the old mar
lay on the bed and groaned from the
combined effects of chiIls and fever
and malaria AS the entertainment
progressed, however, and / was
casually throw about the front room.