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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 242 | enormous poster which would be unintelligible if reduced to a size suitable for reproduction. It is now a part of my collection and reads as follows: "The Holland Maid, Twenty Years of Age, from Am- sterdam, whose powers, both in her residence there and in all other places to which she has gonc, have excited the Formemance of the ISTEOUS LADY. 8 The peculiar acquirements and faculties of this highly Talented Lady are almost beyond the reach of description. By some unknown and EXTRAORDINARY ENDOYMENT She is enable. to declare the names of articles produced by the company, although aitting at a distance of 50 to 60 feet, with her face turned from the audience? She will also divine the whispered wish ot any one. although satisfactorily out of hearing. She will also, describe the dress, ornaments, &c. of any iudividual who may wish it, with an accuracy truly surprising; upon a card being selected from a pack, she will declare its name; but as the performance varies and depends in a great measure on the pleasure of the company, no regular routine can be speci- Sied, but of this the company may rest assured that every consistent stiort will be used to gratify and afford them satisfaction. Reproduction of original billing matter used by the mysterious lady who offered second sight in the United States in 1841-42-43. From the Harry Houdini Collection. great astonishment and much applause, and she will also in this place endeavor to obtain the same tribute of public applause. She will after the exhibition place herself before the eyes of all the spectators on the outside and gravely stand thereon and at all times give an answer of assurance to any one present to whom her judgment in all questions gives the most accurate response. She con- trives also by her acuteness to discover and reply to the [ 215] |