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Show gSTRDWG MEN UNABLE TO LIFT M i SS WARD 1 - Littte 98-pound Girl Is the p Possessor of Strange Power. S Miss Joanne Ward, the little OS-pound ( girl who is astounding audiences at the 'My Km press this week by defying imyone 1 to lift hero from tho stage, came to The Tribune office Yesterday to convince con-vince the reporters that there were no wires or maoets or t rings attached to hor performance. 'Miss Ward first allowed herself to be lifted. This was easy. Then shu -u ould coyly say, "Uo it attain. " Tho reporters were willing but not able. After which the ir explained or 3 tried to explain the peculiar power v, which she seems to possess. Sho is .19 years old, and, according to her storv, -lias been able since a achool girl to C; keep folks from raising her off her feet if sho ' ' just made up her mind (j' they shouldn't." And she explained ' in this manner: I can't tell you just how I do It. All I know is that I expel all the , . air from my lungs and contract 4 4 tho muscles of my stomach. Then I just make up "my mind that I 5; can't be lifted and I keep thinking think-ing that. Very few men have ever J been able to et me off the floor ' -just two, in fact. I don't think it is supernatural, and believe that ' anyone can accomplish the same thing if they would get the air from their lungs, make their muscles mus-cles firm enough and think hard enough. iliss Ward explained that she did not believe she had any sort of hypnotic hyp-notic power. At least she had never tried to hypnotize anyone. ho has been a puzzle to scientists and physi- cians who have examined her and mar-'I mar-'I veled at her wonderful muscular devel-k devel-k opment. When one takes hold of her I to lift after she has determined it should not be done, the muscles about her waist are as hard as wood. ' L During- her local appearance, which will close at tho Empress with this; J afternoon and evening" s performances, j 4 Salt Lakers have been unable to col-Ji col-Ji lect the forfeit which the theater has tfi nosted for anvone lifting the girl. T 1 |