Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-13
MlDcETS MATED.
An Interesting Wedding Oere-
mOny Under Curious Or
CumStanCeS
Major Littlefnger Takes to
Himself q Wife-A Ouri.
GUS Courtship.

NEW 1ORk, mHrCn O.-NO WeuuiDR
has excited so much interest among
showmen since that of Tom Thumb at
Grace church - the marriage OF the
two midgets, Miss Ida Hosmer and
Mr.. Robert Husss, or, as he has been
duly christened, MAJOR Littlefnger, at
Bunnell's Brooklyn museum. Ten
minutes after the theatre was opened
every seat In the house was filled,
mostly by ladies, and the house pre-.
sented q very picturesque appearance.
A variety performance was first given,
at which ''the man with the iron jaw"
the dancing spider Lsongon, the elias.
ito man and Lolita de Alma, ''the
queen of air." appeared Bot away
below the orchestra seats, down where
",he only original acrobat" had dis
appeared through a trap door In the
sIsge. q different scene was going on.
A little woman only three feet five
inches high and dressed In white with
a long tulle veil covering masses of
brown hair, wreathed with orange
blossoms, sat on a tiny chair with
her arms thrown around the neck Of
q little man but three feet five inches
high.
REsPLENDENT IN A BLACK DRESS SUIT
and high white collar aud cravat, No
one will over know what the two little
people said.
The little man got tired, apparently,
of talking sweetly, and very soon got
up and paced up and down the floor,
toying with his watch-seals and casting
approving chances on his reflection
from q mirror. The little woman was
just going to join him In his walk when
Mr.. Starr appeared on the stairway
and said: SAIL over for the love act.
We will now have the marriage act. "
Then the little man gave his arm a
delicate bend, and the arm ofthe little
woman dropped into the angle and the
white veil, the orange blossoms, the
black suit and the watch seals all dis
appeared through the stairway towards
the stage. When they reached the
top of the stairway the curtain was
drawn and the stage presented a cur
ious scene. Indians with dirty
blankets.
TATOoED MEN
and women, fat women, and other
curiosities were running here and
here, and Mr.. Starr was superintend-
ing the management of q parlor scene
for a wedding. The curtain went up
and the orchestra played Marriage
Bells" Two minutes after "Bobbie,'
with Ida leaning on his arm, walked
on the stage, followed by Rev. Hugh
o Pentscost, who preacher at the
Brooklyn academy Of music. Ida't
sister, Mrs. Douce, and her brother
The bride wal not at all excited, but
"Bobbie" was, and the watch.seall
went through the most horrible con
tortions. The two little people just
came up to the knee Of the Irish
giant, who was present. "Robert,'
said the minister, twill you take Id
for your wife2" II WILL" said thu
little man, and the watch.seal.
jumped. "And1 Ida, will you TAXI
Robert for your husband?" 81 will,
said the little woman, and she smiled
at "Bobbie."
AT THE MINISTER,
and at each and every pretty woman
in the house. When the minister
pronounced them man and wife thu
applause was ~deafening. Ladder
waved their handkerchief as Bobbit
kissed his wife. Mr.. Bunell Their
came forward and congratulated them
and all the curiosities extended con
gr~stuIations, after which the company
went down stairs to the wedding
breakfast. Mr.. and Mrs. Hussa il
twenty. five years old, and was born a
Hartford. Some six weeks ago Mr.
Hussa went to Hartford; there he me-
Miss Hosmer, and being more prac
teal than sentimental proposed tina
they should "stsr together" and fol
this purpose she should marry him
At first she refused, for Ida Is q ver]
sentimental young lady, aud, in thu
language of Miss Myrtle Ktngsland
the lecturer at the Museum. Ssh,
has u yearning after the ideal,
sweetly romantic, poetic, mind
which revolted ut the idea
OF MARRYING A STAGE CURIOSITY.
But said the groom yesterday: II
there Is one thing that I understand
better than another, 1t is q woman
and, SIR and here the little ma,
gave his watch seals and Indignant
jerk-"in one week the heart Of Id
Hosmer was NINE" Ida said: 80
course Bobbie is not q poet, but
will give In to Bobbie If Bobbie give
In to me-" And the little woman
looked as II Bobbie would do that.