, 1885-04-10
FREAKS REQUESTS.
MONEY LEFT TO THEIR PooREn
FRIENDS BY MUSEUM cuRiosITiEs.


AnD uculn IL announced Ut b0flu, Ten
days ago, Of Madame Marietta Orlof, bot
ter known in European cities rs Athe woman
with the rcd beard Shs was married
some hftspn years. ago to Julius Orion, n
Polish showman aud improyisatore, who ex-
hibited her at all the great fairs In Italy,
Spain, Germay and France for ten years.
lie was In the habit OF improvising verses
about his wife and the visitors she received
and singing them to the accompaniment OF
a guitar, on which instrument be was an ex-
cellent performer. They came to the United
States in 1878, but did not like the country
and returned to Europe a few months later.
When Orlon died in November, 4 1872. his
widow went To live at Berlin, and there
opened a beer saloon and hotsl, which
has ever since bean the fnvorite resort OF
showfnen and freaks in that city.
- Tho parlor OF her little inn was a museum
in itself of an evening. A large number Of
retired freaks live at Berlin. and they
nightly congregated at Madame Orloff's
saloon and talked over the ups and downs of
their show life and slipping lager beer from
pewter-covere ~schoppens at the expense OF
the genial and hairy hostess. Every Ameri-
can circus or museum manager or agent
that visited Berlin In search Of human
monstrosities. came bac with stories OF the
strange gatherings In Mariettais house. BY
will she leaves 81, 900 to be used for tho
purpose of building and maintaining a home
for aged, infirm and fmpecunious human
freaks Of nature. Her restaurant Is to re-
main in existence, to DO managed by a board
OF trustees, whom she has also appointed her
executors.
Madame Orloff is not the only freak that
has died wealthy or who left behind her
munidcent romembrances of her abnormal
colleagues Constentenus, the Htattooed Greek
nobleman,u the first OF his kind, was knocked
down and run over by a hackney cab in Lon
don some eighteen months ago. He was
picked up insensible and taken TO st.
Thomas hospital, where he lay at the point
Of death for thirteen weeks. During a
period OF partial commissioned he made his
will By it he lsft his money, amounting 10
some 5000 pounds sterling. to be divided
equally, one-half 10 60 to the Greek church
in London, the rest 10 be devoted to the
maintenance OF twenty freaks whose waning
popularity bad placed thom beyond the
power OF earning a livelihood. C~onstentenus
did not die, but his will stands good and he
rays he VIII not alter sit
Julia Pastrana, a woman with a blonde
beard, was In 1880 married to Marco Lent
the proprietor OF the Mussee Lent at st
Petersburg. Her husband died, leaving her
a fortune OF over 800, 200, which at her own
death she left to 10 distributed in equal
sums among fifty OF her old fellow freaks,
with whom she had so often Deen exhibited
and who had grown too old to be any longer
attractive to a tickle and forgetful public.
The Siamose Twins, Eng and Chang, left n
little fortune behind them Of some so, 900
and a farm In the south, with Instructions
that at the death Of their wives It was TO DO
distributed in equal proportions TO Cen
Tom Thumb, Chang, the Chinese giant, p.
I. Barnnm, and the fourth part TO be
divided into equal portions among ten old,
and unattractive freaks. Tom Thumb in his
will, having left to his wife a fortune in
diamonds. real estate and railroad stock
valued at $40, 900. requested that his share
OF the Siamess Twins legacy should DO
added to tho fourth part and the number Of
participants be Increased to fifteen.
Quantlin, the Suffolk Skeleton. died two
years & at Liverpool. He owned two sa
looms in hat city and considerable stock in
the London & Northwestern railway. He di-
rected the whole OF his property, amounting.
TO several thousand pounds sterling, 10 be
invested in the endowment OF four beds
each at St Thomas, St Bartholomew and
Guys hospitals, London, and two beds Mt
each Of the municipal hospitals In Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool,
Birmingham, Newcastle, and Portsmouth,
for the use and benefit of any freaks who
might be unfortunate enough to fall sick in
those towns or TO whom an accident should
happen. Quantlin made n stipulation In his
will that the beds were 10 be used exclu-
sively by persons who made o living by ex-
hibiting their physical peculiarities.
Speaking Of the savings Of freaks Of ma
ture a prominent circus and museum man
nger said: @Thoy are nearly all conom
ical and nine out Of every ten are
filled with a desire to own a farm. Tom
Thumb spent a great deal OF money and yet
loft a snug fortune. Mile Christine. the
double-headed girl has made SEQ, 900 or
s55, 900, but she lost the greater part of it
backing the circus Of a friend a few
years 2 / suppose she is still
worth SEQ, 600. Hannah Battersby
and her skeleton husband, who live
in this city. are worth sl0,0 00. John Pow
ers, tho fat man, accumulated $4,000
Capt Bates and his wife, big people. are
worth $50, 900. They have a fine farm in the
west. II Lucia Zarate, the Mexican midget,
had received all the salary she earned for
her m she would DO worth s25, 001.
A. It Is, her manager. Frank Uffner, has the
money, minus $4,000 or 5000 he has paid
10 Luciais father. Eli Bowen, tho legleSs
man, has 60, 900 in bank. Cooper, the giant,
has nearly as much. Tho dime museums
have raised the salaries Of freaks so much
that they will all have farms IL the mana
gers pocket books hold out"
1he fraternhl feeling existing among
freaks Is aptly shown by the cases of Hubert
Ferrer, long known as the Toronto Ginnt,
and Edward Skinner, the Armless Wonder.
These two men, both over 20 years OF age,
are now living at a little cottage outside OF
Bridgeport, Conn, where an old colored
man and woman for many years n stable
man and wardrobe-keeper with -clrcuses,
tend TO their wants and look after the peace
ful decline Of their days. The cottage, the
old colored people, the giant and the arm
less man are all dependant ON a small
monthly assessment taken up from the
freaks exhibited at every circus, museum
and sideshow in tho United States.