Madame Zeno
| Madame Zeno | |
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| Born |
Lucy Alice Huonker June 25, 1869 Blairsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died |
May 22, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Bronchopneumonia |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Alice Hunger Alice Zeno Alice Zeno Walter |
| Occupation | Aeronaut |
| Known for | Suspending from a trapezes below a Parachuting cut loose from a balloon. |
| Spouse(s) | John Hunter Whorter (1891) Peter Frank Walter (1903) |
| Parent(s) | Martian A Huonker (Hunger) Lucy Curry |
‘’’Madame Zeno’’’ (June 25, 1869 – April 22, 1964) was an early Aeronaut, an actor, and an entertainer famous at the turn of the 20th century for her performance of suspending from a trapeze below a parachute attached to Hot Air Balloon and cutting loose from a balloon floating back to earth while hanging from the trapeze beneath the parachute.
Aka: Mademoiselle, Mme., M’lle, and Madame Alice Zeno
Lucy Alice Huonker (Americanized Hunger) was born 25 June 1869 in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Lucy was the only child born to Martian A Huonker of Germany and Lucy Curry of Pennsylvania. Her parents did not marry and Lucy was raised by her Grandmother Nancy Curry. Lucy made her first appearance in the News as a young girl. When she was just 15 Lucy and her friend Annie Miller hopped on a train, the Philadelphia Express, heading east along the tracks behind her grandma’s house. The two runaways were reported and a telegraph was sent ahead to the police in Johnstown, Pennsylvania where the two were taken into custody. Annie’s father retrieved the two girls the following day.
While visiting Cincinnati, Ohio in 1890 she attended a theater about balloon ascension. After the show she approached the presenter, Professor Zeno , whose real name was Paul Hague, and insisted she could do that. After some discussion Professor Zeno offered her a job. The following day Professor Zeno gave his new understudy a pair of tights and showed her what to do. She made her first ascension at the Coney Island Amusement park near Cincinnati whose season was from June 12 to August 31. Lucy was 21 at the time of her first flight. Her second ascension was just across the Ohio River at Silver Grove, Kentucky owned by Harry Davis of Pittsburgh.
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