The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14
TINY MITES AT TABLE.
Midgets who Bankrupt UnsuspeetinS Res
tsurant-K eepers.

taurant-keopers.
"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
ried? The baron is quite as tall as the
count. but his wife, a 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, a 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.
1T would amaze you to kaow how
bright and intelligent these miniature
people are. Countess Magri is compe-
tent 10 be professor at Vassar College.
and warrant you that she could hold
her own with Susan B. Anthony and
Lille DevereauX Blake in a debate at I
wOman-suffrage 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 digniied.
and are much hurt at being compared
with children and babies. Lucia Zarate.
Mexican miniature woman, becomes
quite angry when she is likened to a
baby. She is twenty-one years old, a
foot and two inches high. and weigh7
only four pounds and half, being less
than half the size and weight of baby.
lit 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
elrge hotels here they thought he would
eat great deal, and so they chasged
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
boardcr. 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.
lie knew very gr0tesque-looking
South American dwarf. who used to be
exhibited as a 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
90 over to a restaurant and order all
the French dishes on the bill of fare,
read Spanish newspaper, talk French
20 the walters. and ask questions OF
Americans in fluent English. He had
an enormous appetite. He didn't weigh
much, but he ate like an elephant He
used to polish otEthree apple-dumplings
for desert.
Some of the miniature men have
been Jolly good fellows. l have known
some of them who could have put
whole company under the table drink
ing beer. They have a telerably easy
life of it. A very small dwarf viii get
500 a week, or twice As much as n
leading man at New York theater. |
have known $500 to be paid for one
weeks engagement to phenomenally
small dwarf. OF course the dwarf who
gets 800 day may draw $500 day
to the museum.
Miniature folk sleep about like other
people. Some, however, go to bed with
the owl and get up with the lark, and
are always spry and lively. l find most
all miniature people intelligent. genial.
and good-natured, pleasant people to
know.-N y Morning Jourasal.