Hortensia is a German strongwoman that performs at the Théâtre Râleur in Saint Denis. Aldridge T. Abbington claims that he found her in Bavaria, Germany. She states that she has done shows in New York, San Francisco, and Blackwater.

In her first show she will demonstrate her strength by bending a metal pole and will rip a book apart. She then lays down on top of a drawer and places a cement block on her. Her male assistant will smash the cement block laying on her. She shows the audience that she is uninjured. In the next show, she will demonstrate her strong balance and then decides to challenge any male in audience into fighting her, then she points at you sitting within the audience.

”You! Handsome man! Come up here and show me what it takes to take me down… if you can, anyways!”

Hortensia was challenging you, since you were quite a fancy individual who spotted out from the rest of the crowd (Remember, it’s 1899 after all).