Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-04

She obviated this difficulty by covering
the platform with q board. In fact, she
said that she did all her work best on
naked wood. Carpets were of no avail
Her experiment with the rush line of
fat men was made on bare wood
Next she got II big man who was not
standing on the scales. to press down
on her shoulders with all his might. He
pressed down until the scale registered
$50 pounds. Then she turned on the mag
netic current, and though he assumed an
attitude as if he were about to play
leapfrog and pressed down with all his
might. it made only slight difference.
Then a tall, slim poet tried the trick
and raised himself completely off the
ground and hung on her shoulders, but
either he was such a light weight as TO
have no effect whatever on scales or her
powers were too great for him. He said
afterward that he was ready to bet that
one of Mrs. Abbott's feet was off the
scales and resting on the box on which
he stood. Then, in another experiment,
the harder fat man pressed down on
her shoulders the less she weighed.
Mrs. Abbott afterward explained about
mysterious buzZing noises in her head,
which can be heard for a long distance,
and for an explanation of which she
offers $4,000. She held Il glass up to
her head to concentrate the sound, and
many persons said that they could hear
it quite plainly. She said that the tenn
perature of her body was 81, and her
pulse a doctor found to be 1OS She said
that the pulse went down during her eN-
periments.
The evening closed with demonstra-
ton that she could prevent red-bearded
man from lifting a little boy even when
she stood 80 feet away from both. This
looked more than ever like hypnotlSm.
The little woman, who weighs less than
100 pounds, was a complete puzzle to
Sandow, who lifts over 5000. Sandow
came to the Sturtevant house with an
air of Importance. The only preparation
was the providing of a board 1t has
been explained that Mrs. Abbott cannot
work on carpet or metals or any good
| conductor. She must be in a measure in
sulated. That furnished by wood is suifi-
ci,nt. Mrs. Abbott stood on the carpet
at first and told Sandow to lift her up.
He grasped her about the waist and in a
second she shot up in the air as If she
had been sent from a cannon. She flew
out of his hands and he caught her as
she came down. You're like feather"
said Sandow wait until | step on the
board said Mrs. Abbott, laughing. Then
she stepped upon the board. SandoW
placed his hands about her slender waist.
He bent his knees and held his arms
close to his sides He began to lift grad
ually. Mrs Abbott did not bulge. Grad
| ually the man increased his power. She
was as immovabe as an anchored col
umn. Then the strongest man on earth.
the man whose superb muscular develop
ment has made him one of the most
talked about men of his time, eXerted
all his force This slender little ninety
eight pound woman did not move an inch:
Then Sandow took off his coat and tried
it with the same result
Then they tried an experiment with a
| stick. 1t was part of q pole such as por-
| there's are hung on. Mrs. Abbott held
the pole perpendicularly lightly between
her fingers and told Sandow to try and
force it down. He did his level best, but
it would not 30. 1t seemed that anyone
would have strength enough to force 1t
from Mrs Abbotts light grasp, but no
living person has, apparently, for Sandow
ought to be able to do it if anyone can.
and il was an impossibility for him. as
he frankly confessed after he had per
spired a deal in attempting it. Neither
could he take the stick from her when
she held it horizontally.
Sandow was simply paralyzed with
wonder. Lifting is Shadows point. He
said frankly that so long as Mrs. Abbott
was on the piece of board his strength
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