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Question: What do you think harry houdini was trying to escape from!?
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Poverty - - - Harry Houdini true name Ehrich Weisz was an immigrant whose family found that the streets of America were not paved with Gold!. Like many 'Jews' of his generation the frustration of poverty drove Harry to find an alternative way to make a wage!. Fascinated by Magic he spent years on the 'medicine wagon' circuit learning his craft while dodging the vermisitutes of the road such as shady managers refusing to pay what was promised, landlords demanding rent and confiscating props & luggage when the rent went unpaid, among other hardships!.
And yet Harry Houdini prospered due to his innovation & hard work, and yet even when famne & money came his way he was unable, like so many others, to simply relax and enjoy, he kept pushing, always afraid that he might backslide into poverty once more!.
(a sidetale; Houdini was friends to a pair of 'Irish' Comics, Joe and Myra Keaton, when their infant son took a tumble down some stairs, Harry scoop the boy up and said, "That is some Buster your Boy Took," the nickname stuck and years later Buster Keaton rose to fame as a comic, one of the great stars of the silent screen!. Keaton was a good example of how to over come poverty only to backslide into poverty once more)!.!.!.!.
http://www!.apl!.org/history/houdini/biogr!.!.!.
""""Throughout his life, Harry Houdini claimed that he was born April 6, 1874 in Appleton, Wisconsin!. In fact, he was born with the name Ehrich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary!. His father was Mayer Samuel Weisz, a religious teacher, whose first wife had died in childbirth!. Ehrich was a child of his second wife, Cecilia Steiner!. How many children the couple had is unclear, although six of their children survived to adulthood!. Hoping for a better life for his family, Mayer emigrated to America and changed the spelling of his last name to Weiss!. Through a friend, he gained a job serving as a rabbi to a small Jewish congregation in Appleton, with an annual salary of $750!. His family is believed to have followed him to America in 1876, when Ehrich was a toddler!. Stories of Ehrich performing magic and escape tricks while in Appleton have never been verified!. His mother claimed that as a child he learned to open locked cabinets to get at pies and sweets she had baked, but the story may be more legend than fact!.
Mayer Weiss’s religious views were considered old-fashioned by the Appleton congregation and after a few years he was dismissed from his post!. The family moved to Milwaukee when Ehrich was about eight, but times were difficult!. From a young age, Ehrich sold newspapers and shined shoes to help support the family!. When not working, Ehrich engaged in athletic activities and practiced acrobatic stunts!. Ehrich claimed October 28, 1883 as the date of his first appearance before an audience!. The nine year-old performed on a trapeze hung from a tree while wearing red socks made by his mother!. He billed himself as “Ehrich, the Prince of the Air!.”
At age 12, Ehrich ran away from home by hopping a freight car!. The train took him to Kansas City, but where else he may have gone, and what he did during that time, is not known!. A year later he re-joined his family, now living in New York City but still struggling to survive!. Ehrich continued to work at a variety of jobs, including messenger, necktie cutter, and photographer’s assistant!. At about this time, Ehrich and his younger brother Theo began to pursue an interest in magic!. Ehrich’s idol was the great French magician Robert-Houdin!. When Ehrich started performing magic before small groups, he added an “i” to the end of his hero’s name and called himself “Houdini!.” The “Harry” is most likely an American version of his childhood nickname Ehrie!.
Professional Career
Harry Houdini began his professional career at age 17 doing magic shows before civic groups, in music halls, at sideshows, and at New York’s Coney Island amusement park, where he sometimes performed 20 shows each day!. For a time he worked with his brother Theo as The Houdini Brothers!. This changed when Harry met Beatrice Raymond, a teenaged singer and dancer who was also attempting a career in show business!. Harry and Bess married in 1894 and Bess joined the act as Harry’s new partner!. (Theo started a solo career as a magician under the name Hardeen!.) Harry and Bess remained devoted companions for the rest of his life!. He depended on her to care for him and handle the necessities of life!. Harry gave her the credit for his success, and developed the habit of writing her a love note every day!.
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