EGG SWALLOWING FATALITY.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXX, Issue 2, 4 July 1913, Page 7

EGG SWALLOWING FATALITY.

A large assembly of Berlin pleasurcI'ckcr.s were horrified at seeing a conjuring turn in a well-known cabaret chore end in a sudden tragedy. Signoriiia Ooldoni was swallowing eggs with a facility that seemed to justify her claim to the title ot "European chaniuion," when suddenly an onlooker shouted that he had discovered the -.ecret of her trick. The woman disregarded the interruption, and continued her trick, but the interrupter repeated (lis remarks, and Signoriua Gloldoni fell like a log to the floor. The audience believed this to be a part of. "MdHive minutes -ektpse'd before their impatient remarks drew the attention of the attendants, who created a sensation by immediately carrying the woman off the stage. She was, however, dead. The oppressive heat of the afternon performance and oontinual anxiety over the idea that she was losing her skill contributed to weaken the heart, and the sudden interruption of the critic in the audience was more than she could stand. The body was kid in the dressing room, still attired in its pierrette costume, and the room was soon decorated with flowers, all the artists contributing the trophies received by them in the course of the evening. There was a pitiful scene before the end of the entertainniKC* when the artist's aged mother, of whom sh" was the sole supporter, canic to identify the body. The poor woriiv.u had U> be aroused from her sleep in order to be told of the tragedy.