The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-24
NUMBER 80.
HOW FAT WOMEN ARE MADE.
STARTLING EXPOSURES BY a sHOwMAN-A
FACTORY N NEW JERSEY wHEKE A
PATENT ADIPOsE PROCESS Is
ALLEGED TO BE USED.

ALLEGED TO BE USED.
''Will you explain to me where all the fat
women come frOm2 There are five or six
side-shOwS on our public streets, every one
of which has a fat woman on exhibition
This question was asked by reporter of
the New Ork Star Of "A man who IS supposed
to know all about the show business. The
man looked very sagocious, half closed his
eyes, and replied
"Why. don't YOU know 9''
''If l do I'm blessed" " said the reporter.
"a fat woman. so fat that she is a mOnstrOs-
ltys seems to be a necessity for every side
show. l should suppose that these adipOse
monsters were very scarce, but no sooner
does man determine to 90 into the business
of Snowman and hire a nice little room on
the Bowery than a fat woman is ready for
him"
'You are perfectly correct. 80 said the show
man. ''lheTe are travelling at this time
about forty-eight fat women i'm the wake Of
the circuses and other shows. If YOU want
10 start a little museum in the BOwery I viii
guarantee 10 get you an entirely fresh fat
woman within an hour"
Yes, but She would have to be crusher
No ordinary bounceT would do. ] couldn't
compete with the market
"And you should have her; any weight
you wanted" "
'Look here" remarked the reporter. as
seriously as he could, I've been investiga-
ting this thing for some time, and / have
come to the conclusion that one fat woman
does duty for all the shows. They pass her
around as they do the star performers at the
London variety halls that is to say, she Is
to be seen at this hallfrom till from that
hall she goes to another, where she shows
from l till 3, and so on
''Oh, mullins" elegantly remarked the
Snowman. You've got the thing mixed.
Why. there are SIX fat women on the counter
in this city now. They are not so easily
moved as you think, and they don't look
bit alike, neither
'Wel, what 1 want to know, then, is
what's the reason that we never see any of
them in actual life If they are as plenty as
you say they are, we ought to stumble over
one now and then, outside of the profession
'LOok here, said the Snowman, If you
won't give me away, I'll tell YOU. They
make 'em to order over in jersey
Then the reporter wore an offended look.
81 suppose he remarked with pathOS, ''that
You take me for a meek and gentle idiot.
But YOU have got the wrong gauge. In the
language of culture, ] do not banker for taf
feta. Facts are my little game
"Dh, puddngS,' calculates the hearty
Snowman, who's givin' you taffeta
You're 4 nice lOOkin' reporter, ain'tyO now,
not to know this game, what's Deen a goin'
on fur a year or more 2''
'Nhat game 5'
''What eame2 Why, the fat woman game
to be sure. DO You mean to say that you
don't know that these women are made TO
Made to ordere What do You mean
How can they make EN- to order
''Well, Of coUIse, j don't mean make the
women exactly, but make 'em fat to order "
care YOU serious d.
''As Il wax Washington"
"Theu YOU mean to say that women are
made fat for the show market 90
''Iuat'S what mean to say every time.
'NvU. by the bones OF BerEHdTdt. I've
heard Of anti-lean nostrums and such things,
but | had no idea OF anything like this. "
Don't go of half cooked. They ain
made fat by takin' medicine"
''NO 30
Certainly not: they blow EN- up
Then the reporter grew livid his blood
fOrsuok his face Look here, said he, do
l look like q Herald reporter Is there any
thing in my manner that indicates the dra-
matte interviewer; haven't / treated You in
a perfectly respectful manner 90
you're too anxious replied the show
man. don vacate your nut: you wear
too many spirit frills. What ! tell You Is
dead letter; [ don't lose anything if y9U
don't believe it. They've got a factory over
in jersey where they getthese women up FOR
the New \ Ork TatteTSallS, as it were. About
year ago q German doctor found out Il way
to puff out an ordinary fat girl to twice her
'sIyas it by food 2''
NO, it wasn't By food. I'm goin' to tell
YOU what il was by, If You u let me. He put
a pipe into her arm and pumped some kind
of gas into il. What do the doctors call that
i mean when they jab you in the arm,
and
'IIypodermic injection"
''Wei sir, that's the trick. He found that
he could blow Up the flesh
Hold on; that viii do, you know
oh well, perhaps you don't want 10 know
anything about it? ] thought YOU were
looking for Information
VERY well; 60 ahead.
'Why this German doctor found that he
could make an arm as big as he wanted by
his plan and not damage the woman bit
but the trouble was that there wasn't any
demand i'm the market for biz arms, and that
led him to
''TO what ?''
"To try it on legs. There was a demand
for them, YOU know
Il don't know what YOU mean -
Don't you2 Why, how awful fresh you
are, amt yOU2 Don't You know that big
legged women are in great demand on the
variety and spectacular stage Well, sir.
NE invented a machine by which q woman
could expand herself whenever she wanted
To, 10y pumping in 4 perfectly harmless kind
of soda water 1t hurt little at first, but
after a while her system got used toit. Why,
there were six OF eight expanded girls play
ing at NiblO'S last season. You understand
they weren't expanded all over, only IN the
exhibition parts of the bOGy-the limbs. The
thing got round among the women, and the
inventor began to have calls from women IN
private life who wanted expanding Then
the idea came 10 him that he could expand
Il whole woman. He experimental for about
six months, and az last he got the thing right
He found that there were some kind OF girls
that could be blown up, 50 TO speak, to any
extent. And that's the way hC came 70 ma he
the first fat woman. 1t was Belle ClampSOu.
She showed for awhile in the BOweTy. And
there was such a demand to see her that the
doctor got more orders for fat women than
he could fill. ClaMpSOn used to let herself
out at night but the other women that come
afterward generally pumped in for week. %
What kind of gas was it they used?'
"Oh, nothing but soda water. i believe
some of them do use Nichy, but it isn't as re-
liable for a steady thing"
And you mean to say that they inject c
under the skim
''WeH. I'm blessed if 1 know whether it
goes under the skin or under the flesh; but
they pump il in with big machine. ~
1T must shorten their lives.
"Of course it does, but that doesn't make
any difference.
"You mean that the girls don't care fer
that?"
Not a d-n. When Miss Beldon, the
queen of fat women, was sent TO the doctor
/ by Bill Slawson to get expanded for the
North American consolidated side-snow that
+ he was running at the time, she was quite a
slim girl. Do you know says the doctor,
that this will Kill you in about two years p -
90 'Oh, yes says she; but / j be 100 6ed az
( for two years There was the Buttercup
( sisters that Nixon wanted to put up rs Cenu-
+ inc arsenic eaters. You remember EN-
{ Lord what a complexion they had They
] were told that they couldn't stand il more d
/ two or three years, but it would improve theil
{ compeXions, and they said All right 90 OF
/ with the show.
..But about this expanding. You say tina
. a great many women in private life lave Ia
/ ken to the practice.
! 4 only Know what the doctor tells me-
don't see why they shouldn't, do you? l