“THE HUMAN TARGET.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3333, 27 September 1911, Page 2

“THE HUMAN TARGET.”

LADY WHO STOPPED BULLETS A VAUDEVILLE SHOW SENSATION One of the “turns” at a vaudeville show in Trinidad, Colorado, the other night, was much more thrilling and realistic than it was intended to be. The sensation was provided by a lady with the suggestive name of Risk, who is billed as “the human target,” and whose “amazing feat,” as it is advertised. consists in her catching between her teeth a bullet fired from a riffle across the stage. This- act was included in the performance as usual, hut after the shot was fired Mme. Risk fell on the stage with a shriek. The audience was stricken with horror, far everyone thought that 'the woman had been shot dead. It was discovered that although rnadaine had not been fatally injured, she had suffered a very ugly found in the head. It has since leaked out that the bullets which Mme. Risk nightly stops are made not of lead, as tlie innocent imagine, but of wax. bullets always melt by the heat of the explosion in tlie rifle, and never reach Mme Risk. The real leaden bullet which the lady smilingly reveals caught between her teeth, is one that has been concealed in her mouth, where it remains until thrust forth at the right moment. On this occasion the waxen bullet failed to melt, hence all the trouble.