The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-29

newspaper man We wouldh unaeFtake the
job.
AT this ,hey both iudu gsd in hearty
laugh, and politely added.
Present company OF course excepted,
You have travelled a great deal, have you
not?
Have crossed the big pond twice and
| have been all over the world, you might
| say. Have visited all the crowned heads OF
Europe and the Oriental lands, and have
| received numerous valuable presents from
| them at different times, including some
very elegant diamonds and jewels from her
majesty, Queen Victoria.
Did you ever see the SamOsc twins,
! Shsug and Eng?
Oh, yes, indeed Travelled with them,
| and exhibited under the same management
| for long time.
Don't you consider yourself greater
wonder than Shang and Eng
Yes, indeed, We do Why, Shang and
| Eng have told us frequently that We were a
greater wonder than they and their man
| ager admitted it, too.
DO you sleep comfortably, how long is
your nocturnal repose generally, and do
you have any dreams?
Well, now, let me draw a breath, that
an awful long question, You are pouring
il in too lively Well, yes, We sleep very
comfortably, generally about nlno hours,
and our dreams are frequent and generally
of the same nature. We have IA great deal
ofamusement in relating our dreams to
each other and noting their striking SINH
larlty, by the way, ! want to mention that
we have our own comfortable carriage TO
drive to and from the sleeper where we
have an elegant compartment fitted up at
our own expense at IA cost OF $50, We en-
JOY the best hospitality in the land, are
comfortably fixed in this world goods, and
mean to enjoy life rs, we 50 along,
Well, now, tell me something about the
most lucrative engagements you have ever
filled. Speaking Ut your comfortable cir
cumstanCes reminds Of this
Among the best | might mention an en-
gagement OF twenty weeks in Russia, at
ST. Petersburg and Moscow, at 81 80 ner
week, all expenses paid. They wanted me
to exhibit on Sundays at an addition of
1928 for each Sunday, but | refused this
last proposition In different leading cities
of France filed an engagement of many
weeks at 1000 francs per day, all expenses
paid. Here submitted to the Sunday eX.
hibtion, for IN that fast country | found il
necessary ito do as Rome did Have
never filled an engagement that did not
prove u great success and very
remuneratiye to the parties concerned.
Have been with BatChcler d Doris since
Sth Of April last, and have been visited by
thousands upon thousands
Are you troubled much with interview
crs'
A great deal, AMI some of kind that an
noy Us great deal. We like to talk
to newspaper men because it is mat.
ter OF business, of course but the greatest
annoyance we used to suffer was from mil.
Nrl. gtf L
OF taking our measure for garment, and
who were disgustingly inqui5tiyo in rheir
examinations, Five years ago we deter.
mined to lop oil this annoyance, aud now
we make all our own garments, and tit
them neatly, too, mind you.
HOW long have you been on exhibition?
EVER since our infancy At three years
OF a.c we were stolen by o shrcWd Yankee,
who carried us to a foreign country and
made great deal of money out of us. All
trace of us was lost to Our anxious parents
and Mr., Joseph +. Smith, ST., our kind
master, The story of our abduction is a
very interesting one. After Thompson had
exhibited us about four years in Europe.
MIR. Smith got track of him, aud with our
mother started in pursuit, After much
trouble our mother succeeded in proving
her rights to the authorities, and we re-
turned to America. MIR, Joseph p. Smith,
ST., died in 1863, and ever since the war his
son, j. L. smith, IT,, has been our manager,
anu vii. continue to be in future, for his
uniform kindness aud high honor have won
our confidence and esteem.
Have you ever had any desire to change
managers
Never. We have always tried TO prove
faithful to the family that reared us So
kindly. After the war had broken up and
wreuched from our master his home and
property, and we began to comprehend the
battle ut life, We concluded that il there
was any money 90 he made ont of Us. II
should be the Ola masters family, and we
nave no cause to change that resolution
now.
How old are your parents
Father Is oN mother o. We expect to
spend 4 good portion of the coming winter
with them. viii also visit relatives and
friends in South Carolina,
Have You made any engagements for
next year
Not yet, We have offers from number
ol the best known and most extensive show
men IN the country, but have accepted
none, We have acquired u touducss for
travel, and shall probably tour it again, but
that matter Is lett with our manager, Mr.,
Smith, We have only the kiudtSt words TO
express of our present tour with Batchellcr
4 Doris
After few more questions of no parlicu.
lar interest to the reader, and polite re-.
quest that the reporter accent photograph
with the autographs of the dark twin
headed nightingale the interesting inter.
view ended with . second triple hand shak
ing. Yours, INE~,