Mrs. Mary L. Christmas wrote:
>Barbara:
>
>While this does not specifically answer your question, it
>does address a related point.
>
>It is my recollection that Twain had stood on a vibrating
>electrical device in Nikola Tesla's lab, not in Edison's.
>(But perhaps he was a "glutton for punishment" and did this
>in both places? ;-) )
>
>Regards,
>
>Mary Leah Christmas

This answers nobody's question and raises another. As it happens a friend
of mine is working on a screenplay about Tesla. He recently contacted me
for any information I had about Twain's association with the fabled
scientist. Alas, I have found nothing except a passing reference in Paine's
_Mark Twain a Biography_ . Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks, Barry
Crimmins