WOMAN SAMSON

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1923, Page 7

WOMAN SAMSON

HINDU’S AMAZING FEATS. There have recently come to light some extraordinary feats of strength by a Hindu woman, which should cause men of to-day to think twice before referring to women as the weaker sex. The woman in question is Miss far'ibai, born some thirty years ago in a small village in Rajputana, and her amazing feats are described in the “Strand Magazine” for September. At the age of seven she was left an and adopted by fakirs (holy wen), with whom she remained for several years, disguised as a boy. It was by these men that she was initiated into the mysteries of breath control and the power of commanding her physical and mental forces.

Suspended between two chairs by her head and feet, Miss Tarabai had, a stone weighing a quarter of a ton placed on her chest, while two men compounded upon it with heavy sledgehammers. But this did not affect hot. Miss Tarabai then lay down upon the ground, and a cart laden with men - and boys was drawn across her chest and arms. She was protected only by a pad, but she did not flinch. She thinks nothing of raising from the ground a stone weighing two hundred' and forty pounds by means of ropes tied to her hair. It is the remarkable power of directing all the energies she possesses to any particular part of her body at will that enables her to lie for several minutes on the sharp points of five spears, and to push backwards a. laden cart by pressing with her head against the sharp point of a spear fastened to its shafts.