Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-10-03

She obviated this difficulty by covering
the platform with a 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 a 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 a slight difference.
Then 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 a 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 "a, and her
pulse a doctor found to be 1OS She said
| that the pulse went down during her eX-
perimentS.
The evening closed with demonstra-
ton that she could prevent a red-bearded
man from lifting a little boy even when
she stood 90 feet away from both. rms
| looked more than ever like hypnOtlsm.
The little woman, who weighs less than
! 100 pounds, was a complete puzzle to
Sand0w, 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 measure in
| suated That furnished by wood is suftl-
| cient. Mrs. Abbott stood on the carpet
at first and told Sandow to lift her up.
He graSped her about the waist and in a
| had been sent from cannon. She flew
out of his hands and he caught her as
she came down. You're like n 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 immovable 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 a 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 go. 1t seemed that anyone
would have strength enough to force it
from Mrs. Abbott's light grasp, but no
living person has, apparently, for Sandow
| ought to be able to do it if anyone can,
and it was an impossibihty for him, as
he frankly confessed after he had per
| spred 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
! was of no avail.