tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post1288431424441181165..comments2024-03-18T18:37:43.110-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Bessie and the ColonelJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-87393660846141925752018-03-30T07:28:44.247-07:002018-03-30T07:28:44.247-07:00That was in the Kalush book. A single reference in...That was in the Kalush book. A single reference in her diary to "no drink or weed." Yes, she could have meant cigarettes (she did smoke). There's no mention of marijuana anywhere else. Check out <a href="http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2006/11/did-bessie-houdini-smoke-pot.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81139199283631001912018-03-29T13:55:47.121-07:002018-03-29T13:55:47.121-07:00I read somewhere that Bess not only liked to drink...I read somewhere that Bess not only liked to drink, but smoked weed. Another person pointed out that back then, they called cigarettes weed. That was true in the Outsiders book.<br /><br />So, does anyone know for sure if Bessie Houdini smoked marijuana?Michael Pascoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314595383329719714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-52524517254481015592015-05-15T10:55:13.050-07:002015-05-15T10:55:13.050-07:00I totally agree. That was one of the hardest thing...I totally agree. That was one of the hardest things to stomach while watching it. I really wish these Houdini biographers and screenwriters would stop portraying her as either a weak wet blanket or a brassy, shrewish woman, but either way a millstone around Harry's neck, a personality that just doesn't seem to fit with all the affection and love he seemed to have for her.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-21747825828958326502015-05-15T07:27:09.105-07:002015-05-15T07:27:09.105-07:00Thanks Meredith. Always great to see a comment fro...Thanks Meredith. Always great to see a comment from you. :)<br /><br />I love Bessie and find her fascinating, but she's hard to know. We just don't have much material on her during Houdini's life. I don't know if she kept a diary and I only know of one letter written by her during the Houdini lifetime. She does snap into focus after HH dies. That when the Houdini story becomes John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-73687141024561937392015-05-15T00:16:33.380-07:002015-05-15T00:16:33.380-07:00Great post, John. Bess was such a fascinating char...Great post, John. Bess was such a fascinating character; I wish there was the same kind of interest and by extension research on her as there is about Harry. But I think your site has gone a long way towards making people more aware of her and the amazing woman she was. Keep it up!<br /><br />-Meredith<br /><br />P.S. I love the photograph (coincidentally its what I'm using for my desktop Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com