Lulu Hurst

Lulu Hurst: 1869 - 1950
Harry Houdini— never the kindest of souls when it came to evaluating other performers— quoted an 1884 New York Times review in his entry on Lulu Hurst: "It is a phenomenon of stupidity, and it only goes to show how willingly people will be fooled, and with what cheerful asininity they will help on their deceivers."