Telegram-herald., 1888-04-17

Girl whs Psrfors.zs Athlstie Fs.ts-
A e1let. modest K.ri q Es6lzm keLght
AID slendsr, zrseef1l ngure. dressed u >
slzapss erown dress brsgalened uQ Onlg oy
q a&rros red rioboG ead uny bo7s q tas
t1FosG. chatting pleaszntly, says TIE ia%
= ai. tzksfEs, - ~ 1er visitor a Der elaet
rocaa. aad nos ard taea interrupted ~ ia
rcreiux voice of tame c&lzry-tCzt -
Nne g.ctorlza, The female Hercoies. WAC
every ese151g aston-sles tbs audience -
TIE In pre- Tte4leF w311 fszts Of her mar
xelo4s streagtA for SIX years p~st she
hAs 1ow Deea before the puol1c a. tie
stroHgezt woman II TIE wor-4
Nos cane II. eur Representative asked
ths l4dy, la2t F0u adopted your present
pro1esslonl H2d you exoeptlcn4l strength
when quite young, and were therefore pre-
destined Tor itf'
q. No. not a. once. and when l was quite
young wzs n0t stronger than the average
SQUAD and healthy chlid l was born al
Ssr2s5aFg. and after Ely father. ~ao Was
farmer, died. ny mother married ag4-n'
aud "a our stepfzther cld not love uS No
children were sent away fron home 1
Wsnt % NJ uncies, WHO WAS = circus pro
prsctor, Aua he ~ cnce began 70 tran re As
a c3rcQs- rider &nd = performer on the
trzDeze But r,y career - al acrobat came
soon 60 al end, for fel from hslght of
forty feet while performing, ard ever since
/ have had the greatest dislike 10 trapeze
performances. Luckily l only broke tho
bridge OF my nose Al the accident, aud
therefore was in no way impeded from be-
ginning 70 tram for something else. AT that
timc became acquainted with my present
husband, who was al athlete. aud who be-
gan Esy sthlstio training. This WAS done
by making ms practice every day with an
exp2nder Just Ike you So girls uso them
in ea-is.henic classes, with the one dlAer-
ence that the firmness Of NV expander was
periodically increased Till al last the muscles
and sinews OF the arms, the shoulders and
the neck got so strong that could without
q fsieuity work with en- expanter consisting
OF sn india-rubber rope as thick as my
wrist, and also practiced lifting and hand
ling weights, beginn ng with smaller ones
anu gradually increasing up 10 LOU pounds
This. of course, took several years, and
IN my daily performances do not always
lift quito the full we ght which could lift
and carry. but there is mover @ day on
which do not hand o from 700 TO 500 pounds
al the performances. Nor do | feel any
particular fatigue after the performance.
or course / am rather exhausted at first,
Just as you are AZ or long walk or a good
DAYS work, but that only lasts for @ very
short time, and the performance Is TO me
nothing bat part of an ordinary days work,
which has TO be dope in the same way IS
your meals aud other occupations are gone
through with
And DO you perform with your hands
and arms onlym
mo. | carry weights islng about my
BODY. but never perform with my legs, as
some athletes do who let heavy weights lie
on the turned up soles OF their feet, and
throw them with. or carry them on, their
legs, hanging over trepeze or bar"
And does not your health suffer by the
constant exertion OF such physical pow
ersr'
I" Not in the least. have never been Ill
in my whole life, and whenever have had
| TO leave of working it was only On ac-
count of accidents The first was the fall
| from tho trspeze Of which told you, and
the second was a bite from a dog, now
about two years ago. This happened at
Leeds. and the animal bit my arm so badly
that for twenty-five weeks had to leave
of work altogether, and could then only
begin slowly TO practice again, at first try
ing to lit ono stone and gradually adding
|
serious as, in order to keep up to the point,
havo 10 practice every day without inter-
| mission; and il / only stop for a single
week feel pain in my limbs after the first
| few performances Yes, work all the year
round, except il summer for short time,
during which, however, have always to
| practice"
| "Yos, 1 have to be careful and regular
4 r~rirh Tn hrQ zf ,ofr
with from four to SIX new-laid eggs beaten
up in it; then in the middle Of the day take
dinner. which consists chiefly Of meat and
| vegetables, but do not, as is usual with
athletes, take 'underdone beef. If | take
beef at all, it is small quantity of well
cooked beef or steak, but prefer fowls and
game. and find that the nOurishment con-
tanned IN the various parts of a bird is quite
as strengthening as beef and far light
1 er and pieasanter 10 take. OF late | have
taken hardly any thing but partridgcs and
/ pheasants, and | am as well and strong as
ever About four O'Clock in the afternoon
have cup OF tea, and after that nothing
more TIL after the performance, when | can
make a hearty supper
. How long does each performance lastf'
Fifteen minutes at the Empire. but
have performed twenty minutes on other
stages. After that an exhausted that is
TO say, could not do any moro work with
out its being visibly an exertion. and no
athlete should ever allow that TO DC tho case,
for athletic f>ats are oply so long interest
ing to an audience as they are performed
u-.bout apparent cxertion. Unless this is
the case 1t is painful and disgusting to see
feats Of muscular strength My husband
and have often had a great deal of amuse-
ment in private in connection with my
strength. Once we were a. Berlin. and as
our luggageis naturally tremendously heavy
and expensive in proportion, we take as
much OF It as possible INTO TIE railway car
riage when VIC ara travelling. The porter,
( who had put our boxes into the van. saw
that was carrying what looked lihc two
small handbags. He offered TO pat
them into the carriage for me, and
| never saw 80 astorished and over
aved a face than when / handed him
the two parccls, each containing one Of my
heavy weights Another time we were go
ing Up the stairs OF our hotel when We found
six mcu engaged IN taking an iron safe up
stairs. The owner. who knew "a, said
laughingrv. 20, here comes madame: she
viii show yoa how TO DO this kind Of work
| had never tried any thing hke u, bat
took trrn hold OF tho safe and put it on the
next step. although | wore nv ordinary
i rIorhea The eafo wa r,resenfcd 20 mo hy