The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-06-11
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"Do you know" said professor of a
dime museum, "that Baron Magri, the
brother of Count Magri, who welded
Mrs. General Tom Thumb, is also mar
riedp The baron is quite as tall as the
count, but his wife, very attractive
lady, is six feet one. inch high. He has
five children who all take after their
mother, for some of them are twice as
big as he is.
''His eldest son, lad of eleven years,
used to jokingly pretend that he was his
fathers grandfather. He was SO much
bigger than his father that the latter
was unable to correct him for his mis-
chievous pranks, and had to send him
home to Italy to be spanked.
alt would amaze you to know how
bright and intelligent these miniature
people are. Countess Magri is compe
tent to be a professor at Vassar College,
and warrant you that she could hold
her own with Susan B. Anthony and
Lille Devereaux Blake in debate at
woman-sufrage convention. All the
miniature people are very sensitive
about being thought small. For in
stance, General Mite feels as tall as
grenadier in the Queens Guard, and
some of the little ladies pride themselves
on being slender and willowy like Ken
lucky girls.
"All little people are very dignified,
| and are much hurt at being compared
with children and babies. Lucia Zarate,
a Mexican miniature woman, becomes
quite angry when she is ikened to
| baby. She is twenty-one years old, a
| foot and two inches high, and weighs
only four pounds and a half, being less
than half the size and weight of baby.
1T is wonderful what good appetites
| the miniature people have. Tom Thumb
| ate more than Chang, the Chinese
giant. Any of the little folk will eat as
| much dinner as man six feet high.
Giants, as rule, have small appetites.
| When we boarded Chang at one of the
large hotels here they thought he would
eat great deal, and so they charged
him as much as if he were three men.
Instead of going through the bill of fare
from beginning to end and then repeat
ing, he ate no more than the average
boarder. Hungry joe could eat more
| at cold lunch than Chang could in a
whole week 1t took three beds, how
ever, to make one bed for him to sleep
in, and so we did not complain at pay
ing nine dollars a day for his board
Il knew very grotesque-looklng
South American dwarf, who used to be
exhibited as wild man without Ian,
| guage who fed on raw meat, and who
was incapable of understanding even
signs. Well, after the exhibition was
through every night that dwarf used to
go over to restaurant and order al
the French dishes on the bill of fare
read Spanish newspaper, talk French
to the walters, and ask questions OIL
Americans in fluent English. He had
an enormous appetite. He didn't weigh
much, but he ate like an elephant. He
used to polish off three apple dumping:
for desert.
''Some of the miniature men have
been jolly good fellows. | have known
some of them who could have put 6
whole company under the table drink
ing beer. They have a tolerably easy
life of it. A very small dwarf will ge
$500 a week. or twice as much as {
leading man at New York theater.
have known $500 to be paid for ont
weeks engagement to d phenomenally
small dwarf Of course the dwarf who
gets 800 day may draw 5000 da,
to the museum.
Miniature folk sleep about like othe
people. Some. however, go to bed will
the owl and get up with the lark, ant
are always spry and lively. l find mos
all miniature people intelligent, genial
and good-natured, pleasant people t.
KNOWN. 7. Morning Journal.