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哈利‧胡迪尼 (Harry
Houdini) 娶了碧翠西
1894年6月22日
你可能聽說過一位傳奇的魔術師哈利‧胡迪尼，但是你知不知道哈利‧胡迪尼跟美麗的碧翠西的故事呢？當胡迪尼遇到葳賀米娜‧碧翠西‧拉娜 (Wilhelmina
Beatrice Rahner) 的時候，似乎出現的最神奇的魔術。哈利本來是一位默默無聞的魔術師，而碧翠西則是在紐約布萊頓海灘 (Brighton
Beach) 上表演歌舞的「花姊妹」 (Floral
Sisters) 之一。哈利與碧翠西墜入愛河，並於1894年6月22日展開夫妻新的一幕生活。
胡迪尼結婚之後，碧翠西就離開「花姊妹」，並且成為丈夫的舞台助理。有了碧翠西的輔助，胡迪尼大肆宣傳他能夠比任何人都從更多手銬、腳鐐的綑綁中逃脫。四年之後，胡迪尼魔術師在表演中有了令人驚訝的改變。你知道是怎麼樣的改變嗎？
You may have heard about the legendary magician Harry Houdini, but do you know the story of Harry Houdini and the beautiful Beatrice? It was magic at its best when Harry Houdini met Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner. Harry was an unknown magician and Beatrice was singing and dancing as one of the Floral Sisters in West Brighton Beach, New York. Harry and Beatrice fell in love, and on June 22, 1894, the couple started a new act as husband and wife.
When the Houdinis married, Beatrice left the Floral Sisters and became her husband's stage assistant. With Beatrice at his side, Houdini advertised he had "escaped out of more handcuffs, manacles, and leg shackles than any other human being living." Four years later, Houdini the magician made a surprising change in his act. Do you know what it was?
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