28. THE HYPNOTISED AND SUSPENDED LADY
Not the least curious of my Edwardian show business postcards are a set of four depicting “Nita, the Hypnotised and Suspended Lady”. In her act, said to have never before been seen on the English stage, Nita was hypnotised by her manager Signor Martini as she lay inside a large wooden box on the stage; after some magical gestures were made, he called out “Nita, ascend!” and she seemed to levitate out
