The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-01-24
The Eighth Wonder of the World.

And now We have a living phenomena stand
ing pre-eminently above all other wonders sine
the DAYS of the Siamese twins-nay, since tbs
DAYS of Noah-and | have not heard of even thal
respectable patriarch taking anything so wonder
/ full into the Ark as Miss Mile Christine, the
"'Two-headed Nightingale. Allow me to intro
duce YOU to her. Miss Mile Christine is a col.
CURED lady, born consequently of negro parents
She has two heads, four arms, four legs. and one
body. Imagine two women standing back 70
back, two perfectly developed forms, with pretty
necks and arms, also well-shaped legs. and
charming little feet from the waist upwards the
bodies are twain, fastened together at the back
by a large piece of extraneous flesh, the one COM
meucing at the waist and finishing at the COM
mencement OF the dual thighs. As she stands il
Is as though two forms stood before you, save and
except that only one skirt falls from the waist to
the knees. The abdomen, instead OF being be-
fore either of the faces, is sideways between the
two forms, the back corresponding, therefore,
Miss Mile walks sideways, as a matter of course.
The heads, however, partially face the side. as
from a desire to see and speak to one another,
and have in the course of years become stationary
in that position, that is to say, the torsos have
become fixed, the power to turn the head back to
back still remaining. Such monstrosities are not,
as a rule, pleasant to look upon, but in this case
Miss Mile is an exception, as there is nothing
unpleasant IN the appearance OF the "NIghtIn-
gale" On the contrary, she is a very pleasant
and well educated person, speaking English, Ger
man, and French huently, also a little Spanish.
1t is very curious to hear her speak different Ian
guages with her double mouths at the same time,
and though she calls herself Miss Mile Christine,
from my own standpoint, l should pronounce this
monstrosity twins spoiled by a freak OF nature.
The head and bust of one is stout and large, ex-
actly resembling the mother the other is much
smaller, and totally different in features, favour
ing her father. As she sits down, Miss Mile
presents the appearance of two girls squeezing in
to one chair, as girls often do. The legs move at
PRECISELY the same moment In walking or dancing,
though the heads and arms are perfectly Indepen-
dent. The mental faculties also are independent
of each other, and everything is double down to
the bladders, after which the sex is one. The
lady has two beautiful voices, singing duets
~eharmingly when ~warbling q solo the voice and
respiration is as one. | had a long conversation
with the Nightingale, in which she told me that
there is never the slightest difference OF opinion
between her and her double they agree in all
things, are hungry and thirsty at the same time,
eat the same things, and divide everything, ''even
to a peanut" When alone they converse on all
kinds Of topics, rarely having a different thought,
except occasionally being puzzled as TO the faces
they have seen. Miss Mile dresses in very pref
ty robes, with square-cut corsage, deml sleeves,
white kid gloves, and diamond iewelry; the heads
are precisely similar in couture, and the adorn-
ing flowers exact to a leaf. With the lady are
two mldgets of brothers, 30 and 80 years OF age.
The elder, Baron Littlefnger, is a married man
with three children, he himself not being much
bigger than Tom Thumb. The brother, Count
Rosebud, is a bachelor. They sing beautifully,
and go through all the antics usual at such shows.
Large crowds visit the Nightingale, and as she
walks about among the audience, answering the
usual absurd questions curious people put to her
with undated sweetness, one feels AN unusual
amount of commiseration for her, as she is really
refined in her ideas; but then she makes heaps
of money, and many people, to wit my own little
wish they had two heads these hard times.-S.
f. Correspondence auckland NeiUs.