THE WIZARD'S DAUGHTERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2278, 12 November 1889, Page 3

THE WIZARD'S DAUGHTERS.

There «v a wretohed woman singing for pence (says the w Slar ") In the alume the othet day who has a history. She ni none other than the ! avorlte daughter of Profeisor Auderaon, tha ' Wizard of the North, 1 who wed to mystify the last generation with the wonders of elementary eleetriolty. Many people who marvelled at the Professor's showr-»nd who d)d not matvel at It In those days *-wlll rem^m bet his handsome daughter. She wed to have little to do with the performsnoe beyond playing tbe piano sometimes, but aha wai always seen about with her father. He left a good deal of money behind him, And ehe had her share, but by this time ■he had married a New York professional man, and he quickly made duckß and drakes of It She left him, and aoaght to make a living on the stage. A good muslolan and » fair singer, she managed to get on pretty well for • tlme t and oan»e to England; bat a rnn of 111-look cam« •cd engagements failed her. She parted with ' her wardrobe, and came down at lait to singing In the streets. Last week otme worse still. Her strength gave way, her voloe failed, and oven thla most wretched means of subsistence wai lost. For two daya she had nothing at all to eat, for two n'ghta ehe slept In the park. Then, and not till then, she overcame her pride, and called to see » gentleman .who In tbe old days knew her and her father very well. She is being oared for now, and is being put In the way of earning a livelihood, Professor Anderson had another daughter besides the unfortunate lady referred to above. Bhe nsed to take a prominent part m ihe performance, and regularly accomplished some really marvellous mnemonic fe»ts. Every day she used to learn off by hta-t the contents of three newspapers. At night her father would blindfold her, and Invite people In the audienoe toindioot< •ny* paragraph io either of those papeis whioh they would like the young lady to wad by. seoond sight. She would repeat It word for word without ever making a mistake. This is perhaps the most remarkable feat of memory on record. Sne I* a middle-aged woman now, and s engaged In literary work m Leedß.