When, in 1911, a worker blacked out while replacing light bulbs on the 150-foot tower at Luna Park, it was Leitzel’s mother who was called on to rescue the man. After leaving the Leamy Ladies, Nellie Pelikan, as Mlle. Zoe, began appearing at Luna Park. Several times a day, she was hoisted to the top of the tower while hanging from a rope by her teeth, where she would do a disrobing act.
When no one was willing to climb the tower to save the incapacitated employee, someone suggested Zoe. What followed was described in the New York Times.
