Sawing a woman in half Sawing a woman in half Sawing a woman in half is a generic name for a number of stage magic tricks in which a person (traditionally a female assistant) is apparently sawn or divided into two or more pieces. There remains a debate about the origin of sawing illusions, with some sources saying a magician named Torrini may have performed the first version in front of Pope Pius VII in 1809. However, it is more likely that the story is a fiction which has its roots in the writings of the famous French magician Jean Robert-Houdin. In his "Memoirs", written
A House Divided (Upstairs, Downstairs) I tried to make them [the life boat] go back! I tried to save my Lady." A House Divided (Upstairs, Downstairs) "A House Divided" was the second episode of the third series of the British television series, "Upstairs, Downstairs". The episode is set in 1913. Lady Marjorie Bellamy, her brother Hugo Talbot-Carey (the Earl of Southwold), and his new wife (widow Marion Worsley) die in the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". Her lady's maid, Miss Roberts survives the sinking of the "Titanic" while travelling to America with Lady Marjorie, who perishes. Her last known words being uttered to her maid—"Keep