The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-15
A Liliputian Wedding.
Major Littlehnger. Professional Midget,
Marries Hartford Dwarf

There was notable wedding in Brooklyn,
Wednesday, the bride being Miss Ida Hos
mer, dwarf. The following account is
taken from the World:
No wedding has excited so much interest
among showmen since that of Ton Thu,rb
at Grace Church as the marriage Of the two
midgets, Miss Ida Hosmer and Mr.. Robert
ID. Huzza, or as Mr.. George Starr, Mr. Bun
nell's manager, has christened him. Major
Littlefinger, at Bunnells Brooklyn Museum,
last week Ten minutes after the theatre
was opened every seat in the house was
filled, mostly by ladies, and the house pre-
sented very picturesque appearance. A
variety performance was first given. But
away below the orchestra seats, down where
''the only original acrobat had disappeared
through a trap-door in the stage, different
scene was going on. A little woman, only 3
feet inches high, and dressed in white,
with a long tulle veil covering masses of
brown hair wreathed with orange blossoms,
sat on tiny chair, with her arm thrown
around the neck of little man feet 6
inches in height, resplendent in a black
dress suit ard high white collar and cravat
No one will ever know what the two little
people said, but the little man was undoubt-
eddy saying something very sweet, and as he
came to the end of what he was saving the
reporters sitting in the corner Of the room
got curious, and no wonder, for the little
woman's head entirely disappeared, buried
away on the white shirt front of the little
man and hidden under the black lapels of
his coat. But there was no cause for alarm,
for very soon the white tulle veil appeared !:
then the orange blossoms, then the brown
hair and then pair of bright brown ewes, a
pair of red lips and soon the whole head of
the little woman. The little man got tired
apparently of talking sweetly, and very soon
got up and paced up and down the floor, toy
ing with his watch-oeals and casting APPROX
ing glances on the reflection from the mir
ror Of little man who walked up and down
the floor and toyed with his watch seals. The
little woman was just going to Join the little
man in his walk when Mr.. Starr appeared
ON the stairway and said, GAN over for the
love act; we will row have the marriage act.
Then the little man gave his little arm DEL
lcate bend and the arm of tae little Wo-
man dropped into the angle, ard
the white veil, the orange blossoms,
the black dress suit and the gold
watch-seals all disappeared up the stairway
towards the stage. When they reached the
top OF the stairway the curtain was down
and the stage presented curious scene
Indians with dirty blankets, tattooed men
and women, fat women, fat babies and other
curlosltles were running here and there ard
MIR. Starr was experimenting the manage
ment OF parlor scene for the wedding. In
minute the curtain went up and the or
chestra played Marriage Bals.'' Two min
utes afterwards s'Bobbie'' with Ida leaning
on his arm walked on TIE stage, followed by
the Rev Hugh 0. Pentecost, who breaches
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Ida's
sister, Mrs. Douce, and her brother followed
the minister. The bride was not at all ex-
cited but "l3obbie'' was, and the watch seals
went through the most horrible contortions.
Inc two little people just came up to the
knee OF the Irish giant, who, of course. was
present Robert" said the minister. twill
you take Ida for your wife?' ST will.o said
the little man, and the watch seals jumped
and the white collar began to look damp.
And, Ida, will you take Robert for your
husbandT' II will" said the little woman.
and she smiled at "Bobbie,n at the minister
and at each and every pretty woman in the
mouse. When the minister pronounced
them man and wife the applause was deaf
ening. Ladies waved handkerchiefs and
programmes as "Bobbie" kissed his wife.
Mr.. Bunrtll then came forward ard congrat-
ulated them, and all the curiosities extended
their congratulations, after which the com
pany went down stairs to the wedding
breakfast. Mr.. and Mrs. Huzza then went
to Mr.. BunnelPs house. They will remain
on exhibition at the museum during the
week. Mrs. Huzza is twenty-five years old
and was born at Hartford. Some six weeks
ago Mr.. Huzza, who has been a wi1ower for
eight months. went to Hartford. There he
met Miss Hosmer and, being more practical
than sentimental, proposed that they should
star together and for this purpose she
should marry him. At first she refused. for
Ida is very sentimental young lady, and.
in the language of Miss Myrtle Kingsland,
the lecturer at the museum, ''she has a
yearning after the ideal, sweetly pathetic,
romantic and poetic mind, (which reyolted
at the idea of of marrying a stage curiosity.
But" said the groom, if there is one thing
understand better than another, it is wom-
an: and SIR land here the little man gave
his watch seals an indignant jerk, sit is
woman; and sir''-another jerk at the watch
seal-''in one week the heart of Ida Hosmer
was mine"