The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-02

To the Editor of the FIoRID1AN

i is 30 new thing for one man TO find one
woman more Than match Tor him. But to lind
one little lady confronted bY the combined mus
cular strength OF the jacksonville gymnastc
Class Wfs an unusual and interesting sight when
We Witnessed last week.
TIE problem presented was whether one
sweet bright eyed young lady Of less than me
dunn hight, and With pleasing and pretty lace,
could not only charm the eyes OF the spectators
but vanquish the trained scientific strength OF a
dozen muscular young men.
The small circular stage, stood IN the centre
of the Sub-Tropical and directly under 'he
blaze of the electric lights a critical ana
deeply interested group of spectators watched
closely the tests to which the magnetic ?" Geor-
gia Wonder" was subjected Mrs. Abbott Is
captivating in appearance and al nrst her power
whether it be called magnetic or muscuiaI-
seemed extraordinary.
But we believe after observing all the tests
and taking part in them ourselves, that the
wonder" is nothing more than trained phys-
cal strength accompanied by selt-possesslon and
will power The test of pushing person mold
ing a chair, or resisting the effort 10 force a
billiard cue to the floor, or lifting two persons
seated, had all been tried by the young gentle
men in their gymnasium. with precisely the
same results as those Theoretically claimed
by the little lady.
ANY we'll trained person can perform either Oh
these leafs When the lady saw that the young
men were well up on several OF her points, her
eyes flashed and her cheeks flushed, and she de-
clined to submit to the tests which the young
gymnasts proposed The writer was permitted
TO lift the little lady and found her as solid as
the South hut still he Swung round The circle"
with her off her feet, as long as she allowed her
arms to remain rigid. Then her magnetic
power" came into play, which simply means
that she relaxed her elbows at every effort to
move her, and that proprety would not admit OF
your correspondent taking hold of her in a way
that would soon have carried her again oft her
feet.
We also tried to put her off her balance with the
BILLIARD cue grasped horizontally by both parties
AS long as we pushed straight and steady, her
power seemed irresistible. Bat whenever there
seemed danger of being overcome, she forced
the stick upwards and declared that was mot the
way" to d. it. The rocking-cha test was not
tried and in fact the manager brought the cNer-
cises to an abrupt conclusion by announcing that
mo more trials Will be given ighas this audi
cnce is evidently too critical 10 be convinced,
Your correspondent met the m tGnelc lady
al BirmiL CHAM, Ala last summer, and suggested
certain tests at the Lake View Pavilion which
were politely declined We believe that NJ
Abbott is exceedingly attractive ana possessed q
well trained muscular power, but the eXtrtva-
CANT statements made concerning her n the 10
cal papers are entirely oyerdrawn, and she is IN
no W lie to be cias>cl is Il mtgAc1iC wonder.
After the somewhat abrupt conclusion 81 the
programme, GArilands Band gave few excel
lent selections OF music, ana CLOSED with the de-
scrptive piece entitled The Hunting Scene
which elected pcrtect storm OF appli
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