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the leading nobility. Finally, having realized
an independence, he retired into private life,
and dis next years were passed in Durham,
in the North of England, whore the clergy and
gentry may be said to have almost adopted
him, 80 warmly was he received into their
usually exclusive society. He visited Lon
don, for a short time, in 1906, the loss Of his
fortune having again compelled him to exhibit
himself He made preparations for visiting
America, In hope of there realizing sufficient
20 purchase an annuity. A few hdies of for
tune and benevOlence, who respected and
pitied him, themselves supplied the means,
and the remainder Of his life was passed,
through this provident kindness, in cOmforta-
bic independence. The Saying that +" annui-
tants are long-lived'' was verified in this case,
for The Count lived to the age Of nimety-elght!
In 1921, just before tho coronation OF George
w., Count Borowlaski revisited London, to
publish a new edition of his memoirs. Tho
King had not forgotten his little friend of for.
mer years, and invited him to visit him at
Carlton House. Thither he went, accOmpa-
MED by his old friend, Charles Mathews, the
actor. The King received him very kindly,
embracing him when they met, placing him on
the sofa next to himself, requesting him 70 re-
collect that "for the time, there is no king
here and chatting freely with him, and, at
the close of their interview presenting him
with a little case, containing a beautiful minia-
ture watch and seals, attached to a superb
chain the watch was exquisitely embossed
with jewels. Taking the Counts book, the
King said, my dear friend, l shall read and
preserve this as longas 1 live for your sake and
in return, I request that you will wear and keep
this watch for mtue.'' Ere the interview had
closed, the King said to Mathews, FIfI had a
dozen sons, I could not point to them a more
perfect model of good breeding and elegance
than the Count he is really q most accom-
plished and charming person."
We now come to a dwarf of modern time
Charles S. S~trattOn, alias "General Tom
Thumb born at Bridgeport, Connecticut,
in 1887, and therefore twenty-three years old
now. He was first exhibited, by Mr.. Barnum,
at New York, IN December, 1912 but a cor
respondent informs us that he had previously
been shown in this city. He say: 81 well
remember his first levee in Philadelphia. He
had a small room in the Old Masonic Hall,
with a stage and a little house. But the
audience was thin, and the little fellow himself
not much of a curiosity. But Rarnum saw
that he had keen mothsr-wit, and had him
skilfully trained" Barnum's account is
that when he met him, in 1912, the child was
five years old, not two feet high, and weighed
less than sixteen pounds. He was very BASH
full at that time-which certainly could not be
subsequently said Of hiu. Barnum engaged
him for four weeks, at SO a week, called him
s'General Tom Thumb, . and advertised him
as eleUen years old, % just arrived from Eng.
land" Barnum dressed him up in various
characters, and, at the end of the four weeks,
%re-engaged him for seven years at 81 a week,
and all charges of living and travel, and raised
1t &c SIS a week, ere the year was out. When
the dwarf went to England, in January 1874,
his weekly salary was $50. His subsequent
career, in Europe and America, was most sue
cessful. He is still very small for his age.
he is said to have realized $4,000, and is
perfectly able to take care of it. When Bar
NUNS fortunes became clouded, little Tom
Thumb behaved with grateful liberality to him,
and, we have heard, suggested another visit to
Europe-which he did not desire on his own
account-by which Barnum was put into funds
once more. During the present year, the
q General . has exhibited himself at New
York, but not with the old success.
The last dwarf is the remarkable and very
interesting child, little DoHie Dutton, now on
exhibition at Assembly Building, Chestnut
street. She is beyond doubt, the smallest
human creature of whom any certain account
exists-smalIer, even, than Borowlasld, VIII
was thirty-nine inches tall at the age of nine
being ten inches higher than Miss Dutton at
the same age. ssTom Thumb at nine, was
considerably over two feet high, or more than
DOllie's stature at the corresponding period of
life. She can walk under the Generals
outstretched arm, without touching it, She
is symmetrically formed, with a pleasant,
pretty face, graceful movements, and a
clear, ringing voice. To this day, "Tom
Thumb though he has matured into man
hood, has the same shrill, childish treble which
he had when first exhibited, seventeen years
ago. The personal appearance of this child is
attractive; whereas {. Tom Thumbs stumpy
figure and apology for a nose made him not
quite a pleasant being to contemplate. This
child sings not only with a good voice,
but with taste and judgment. Her man
ner of giving Abe song of an old Woman Of
Sixty-with her amusing and natural by
PLAYS very good, even down to the pinch Of
snuff with which she rewards herself when the
o is over. Her taste for music is good,
and ought to be cultivated, and her initiative
powers are considerable. Yet she is a very
child, with her mind not Overworked. Her
intelligence is great-much above that Of
children of her " age. She had a sister
nearly as small as herself, and has a living
brother as remarkably large as she is surpri-
singly small.
Lavater has declared that no person above
u below the ordinary standard of mankind
has ever attained eminence for extraordinary
talent. AS regards dwarfs, the philosopher is
~undeniably incorrect. We have named seve-
raj here Of more than ordinary intellectual
capacity. Sir Godfrey Hudson was an ac-
complished manikin and a good soldier.
Wybrand Lolkes had great mechanical skill,
and was one of the best watchmakers in Hol-
land. Madame TERESA, the &c frsican Fairy"
was Mistress of numerous languages, and ex-
celIed.in conversation. Count B~orowlaski was
also a fine linguist, and one of the most
polished, as well as the smallest, gentlemen in
Europe "General Tom Thumb s. has a good
deal of natural shrewdness, and the man must
get up very early who would overreach him.