Besides her chief accomplishment she possessed wonderful strength and was a skilled equilibrist.

By placing her hands on the sides of a chair upon which a heavy man was seated, she would raise it without apparent effort.

She defied the strongest person in the audience to take from her hand a stick which she had once grasped.

Recent reports say that Miss Abbott is amusing herself now with the strong men of China and Japan.

The Japanese wrestlers, whose physical strength is celebrated the world over, were unable to raise Miss Abbott from the floor, while with the tips of her fingers she neutralized their most strenuous efforts to lift even light objects, such as a cane, from a table.