The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-20
TIE WONDER WOMAN.
Something About a Little Lady Wht
VIII Startle the World.

Something About a Little Lady Who
VIII Startle the World.
Very little idea of the mystery which sur
rounds Mrs. Dixie Jarrett Haygood, who
wiz soon start out on tour over the world,
can be obtained until she is seen in her
marvellous performances. To her belongs
the title of the Wonder Woman Although
small Of stature, scarcely pulling down the
beam to 100 pounds, she is enabled by the
mysterious power of which she pos
sesses so much, to cope with the
strongest of men. If Lula Hurst was a
marvel to scientists, then what is Mrs Hay
good, with her combined electric and spir-
ituali>tic poweTsi She performs everything
that Miss Hurst performed, and in addition
does more than any person claiming TO be a
sprituaistic medium. Take, for instance,
the old StereOtyped form Of table rapping.
The most celebrated mediums, such as
Foster Slade and others, must place their
hands upon a table, and after a long mean
tatiOn. the rappings are heard. Not so with
Mrs HaygOod. The bare table is placed to
please the auditor She does not place her
hands upon it, nor does she touch it. In
fact, she can sit ten feet away and yet the
rappings are produced, full, clear and dis
tinct.
In the electric tricks she does even more
than Miss Hurst For instance, q person is
blindfOlded. An article is hidden. and then
she places her hand lightly on the shoulder
of the biindfOlded person, who goes without
knowing why directly to the hidden article.
Very recently this feature OF her perform
anCe was given a severe test. A pin was
driven into the wall as high as the hand
could reach. A lady had been blindfolded
and was to find what was hidden and the
locality. The instant Mrs. Haygood's hand
was placed upon the lady's shoulder she
walked direct TO the wall and took the pm
from the wall.
The slate writing Of Slade is feeble when
compared with that of Mrs. Haygood. A
small pencil is laid upon a slate and the
slate is then placed where seemingly writing
could not be done, under a wardrobe, for
instance Answers to questions were made
and each time the answer was satisfactory
to the asker. She has received hundreds of
dollars in money and valuables by being
thus able to obtain from somewhere proper
answers to questions.
But she Is ayerse to this feature and will
not show it on every occasion. She does
not know where the power comes from and
offers no explanation.
In her early days, when but a child and
before she had learned to write, she could
cause messages to be written on states.
Among the many Instances Is this; When
over Inc SldUG WONli De written on she
would become frightened, and was of the
opinion that it was done by some other per-
son One day she decided TO test it herself.
She thought OF a verse in the Bible. God is
Love and placed the slate where she knew
it could not be touched. When a sufficient
time had elapsed she examined the slate and
the words God is Love- were written there
in large letters.
An Episcopal minister doubted her abil-
ity to do such things, and resolved to put
her to a test. He wrote a question on
piece Of paper, tore off a piece and rolling
up the fragment upon which the question
was written, placed and kept it in his
mouth The other portion of tue paper was
placed upon a table and Mrs. Hayg0od was
called upon to give a reply. This was done
The answer was correct, the two pieces of
paper were compared, and the minister was
so confronted with the fact that he left the
house at once
As mas been stated, Mrs. Haygood will
soon start out to show the world what she
can do in this mysterious way. Tonight
she is in Hawkinsville, tomorrow night in
Eastman and Thursday night in Milcdge-
vile. Returning to Macon the route for an
extended trip will be mapped out. and then
the long journey over the world viii begin
Columns could be written about her and
her wonderful performances, but space for
bids. The people should see her and then
marvel at her great power. There is moth
ing like her i'll the world.