West-Jersey pioneer., 1883-04-19
A TWo-HEADED WOMAN.


In the ladies' parlor of the Girard
House there were assembled recently
a number of gentlemen, invited to at
| tend and make a critical examination
of Millie Christine, the wonderful two
| headed woman connected with the John
| b. Doris Inter-Ocean show. The party,
| for the most part, was made up OF ply
sicians and professors of anatomy, in
Guiding Professor Rogers and Dr. Baker.
Mr.. Doris was there himself, accompanied
by his press agent, stout young gen
tleman, whose general makeup is very
like a pugilistic preacher The double
Millie was attired in neatly fitting
wrapper, split just below the shoulders
SO that the curious junction of the
| bodies could be seen and felt They
or ''she," as the dual monstrosity per-
sists in calling herself or themselves
submitted to the examination with the
greatest nonchalance eimaginable. Both
heads answered questions, both mouths
smiled and both pairs of eyes rolled di-
vinely when occasion required.
In response to request made by the
young man who looked like pugilistic
preacher, Miss Millie sang "Babbling
| Waters" The off Head warbled in So
prano, while the other accompanied in
excellent alto. The performance was
loudly applauded, and Millie bestowed
a double simultaneous smile on her au-
ditors. Then she waltzed, first on one
pair of legs and then on the other,
whirling about the room in an astonish-
| ingly graceful manner. To show the
utility of her quadruple pedal extremi-
| ties, she lifted up the Northwest foot
belonging to one body, and the South
east foot belonging to the other. Then
she walked the entire length of the
room on the other feet. This perfor-
nance elected the loudest applause, and
brought forth remark from the gentle
man who looked like pugilistic preach
er, who said: Tell you what, Jim, she
knocks the Siamese twins silly" Pro-
fessor Rogers was requested to test the
sense of feeling in the monstrosity by
touching one set of lower extremities
to see whether the other set would be
conscious of the touch. Millie sat down
in broad backed chair. The professor
knelt on one knee, and pinched the
ankle nearest him. ooh, STRIP said the
near Head, with something like a blush.
"Oh,n said the professor. II felt it,"
said the off Head. "Great act,n re-
marked the gentleman who looked like
a pugilistic preacher.
One of the Heads then spoke in French
to gentleman standing near, while the
other carried on an extended conversa-
ton in the German language with the
agent of rival circus.
AS a matter of scientific interest this
curious freak of nature stands without
a known parallel in the world The
junction begins at the sacrum and ends
at the coccyx-the lower part of the
spinal column. There are two pelves,
two hearts, and two sets of lungs. The
jointure is what is known as the osseo
ligamentous, there being but one sacrum
between the two bodies, and through
the fieshy ligament run system OF
nerves and blood vessels. Above the
union the bodies are distinct individu
ais, with separate sensations below il
the sensation is dual. The pain of 6
pair of tight shoes on one pair of feet il
distinctly felt by the other pair of feet
Millie is thirty years of age, weighs 30;
pounds, and enjoys life as well as the
people who come to wonder at her,