The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-06-03
Datuaiian O5azettr,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 1883
-. Rcouests--sOmo Noted MOnstTOsi-
tics.


-, Ro,r,x,s--Some Noted MOnstrosi-
Tho death Is announced at Berlin, ten
5,xs apo. Of Madame Marietta Orlofi' oet
tor known in European cities as the
,, ~ with the red beard She was
married some fifteen years ago to Julius
0rlo4T 4 Polish Snowman and lmproVis
sinre who exhibited her at all the great
fairs in italy. Spain, Germany and france
fo,. ton wears He was in the habit oil I'M
,,,,yisinc verses about his wife ana inc
visitors she received and singing them "
| ,lo .ccomnaniement OF guitar en- winch
! ;,,s.,.,,r,eDt he was an excellent pertoIlneI,'
IN, .a,,,e In the United States IN 1910,
- Ala moi like the country and returned
| :, E-,,,,I,o n few months later. W hen
| SrI,f' 5ied in November, 1879, his widow
,,.e,,t h live at Berlin, and there opened
| I,ear saloon and hotel. which has ever
s;nce been the favorite resort of showiheh
and freaks in that city.
Tho rarlor of her little inn was a inu-
suem OF itself Of an evening. IaIs
,,,,,,I,ar az retired freaks live at Berlin
ar5 tbev nightly congregated at Madame
/ Oilers saloon and talked over the ups
and downs of their show life and slpplnS
LAGER beer from pewter covered schoppens
al tbs expense Of the genial and harry
| hostess Every American circus or lnu-
seum manager or agent that NlslSed DeI-
| lin in search OF human monstroslnes came
L.cl- with stories OF the strange gather
ms IN NIarrietta's house. BY VIII she
Leaves $4,000 to be used for the purpose
of building and maintaining home tor
a-ed. infrm and impecunlous human
| freaks OF nature. Her restaurant Is 10
remain in existence. to he managed by
hoard of trustees whom she has also ap
pointed her executors.
Madame Orloff Is not the only freak
that has died wealthy or who left behind
her munifcent remembrances OF her alb
normal colleagues. Constituents. the
.tBttooed Greek noblemen." the first OF
his kind. was knocked down and run over
by hackney cab in London some eiSht-
cen months ago. He was picked up Insen-
sible and taken to ST Thomas hospital
where he Law at The point Of death for
thirteen weeks During period Of par
tial conyalescencc he made ms Will. by II
he left his money. amounting 10 some
5000 pounds sterling, 10 be DIVIDED
equally. one-haf 70 60 to the Greek
church in London, the rest To be devoted
to the maintenance Of twenty freaks whose
waning popularity had placed them beyond
the power Of earning q livelihood Con
stentenus did not die, but his will stands
good and he says he viii not alter IT.
Julia Pastrana. woman with the 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 100000, which at
her own death she left to be distributed
among fifty Of her old fellow freaks, with
whom she had so often been exhibited
and who had grown too old to be any
longer attractive to tickle and forgettul
public.
The Siamese Twins. Eng and Chang,
left a little fortune behind them Of some
10000. and a farm in the South, with IN
structions that at the death Of their wives
it was to be distributed in equal proper
tons to Gen. Tom Thumb, Chang, the
Chinese giant. p T. Barnum, and the
fourth part to be divided into equal pro
portions among ten old and unattrsctve
freaks. Tom Thumb. in his viii having
left to his wife fortune in diamonds, real
estate and railroad stock valued at $4,000,
requested that his share of the SiameSe
Twins legacy should be added to the
fourth part. and the number Of parucl-
pants be increased to fifteen.
Quantlin. the Suffolk Skeleton, died two
wears ago at Liverpool. He owned two
saloons in that city and considerable stock
in the London and Northwestern railway.
He directed the whole of his property,
amounting to several thousand pounds
sterling. to be invested In the endowment
of four beds each at St. Thomas. St
Bartholomew and Guys hospitals, Lon
don. and two beds at each Of the munlcl-
raj hospitals in Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Leeds. Manchester. Liverpool, Birmlng-
ham. 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 Quautlin made a stipulation IN
his vii that the beds were to be used ex-
clusively by persons who made living by
exhibiting their physical peculiarlties
Speaking of the savings Of freaks Of
nature d prominent circus and museum
manager said: They are nearly all
| economical and nine out Of every ten are
! filed with desire to own farm. Tom
Thumb spent a great deal of money and
vet left a snug fortune Mile Christine.
the double headed girl has made $4,000
or $4,000 but she lost the greater part Of
1t backing the circus Of friend few
! years ago. l suppose she Is stil worth
$4,000 Hannah Battersby and her
| skeleton husband. who liyein this city. are
worth $1,000 John Powers. the fat man,
accumulated $1,000. Capt Bates and his
/ wife. big people. are worth $4,000. They
have a fine farm in the West II Lucia
1 Zarate. the Mexican midget. had received
all the salary she earned for her manager
she would be worth S25,01O As it Is. her
manager. Frank Uffner, has the money.
minus $1,000 or 5000 he has paid to
Lucia's father Eli Bowen. the legless
man. has $1,000 in bank Cooper. the
giant, has nearly as much. Tie dime
museums have raised the salaries Of freaks
50 much that they VIII al have farms if
the managers pocket books hold out.
The fraternal feeling existing among
freaks Is aptly shown by the cases Of
! Hubert Eerrer. long known as the Toronto
Giant, and Edward Skinner, the Armless
| Wonder These two men. both over 40
years Of age. are now living at little cot
tage outside Of Bridgeport. Conn. where
! al Olu CD4OIeQ man anu NlLluu llI many
years stable-man and wardrobe keeper
with circuses. tend to their wants and look
after the peaceful decline of their days.
The cottage. the old oolored people, the
giant and the armless man are all depend
ent on a small monthly assessment taken
up from the freaks exhibited at every cir
Gus museum, and sideshow in the United
States. PliladdpIid TINES
The Latest Operetta.
The Aikado: or. the Town Of Titpi.
says d correspondent, Gilbert and Sulh-
vans new opera. was produced IN London
recently. at the Savoy Theater. the com
| poser leading the orchestra. and the libret-
tist in the wings experimenting the
action. The libretto proved to be lus-
trous, sairical gem, IN d setting Of Japan
csc bronze. and the score to be as well
! filed with ear catching melodies as Pima
fore" The choral parts are more at
tractive than any Sullivan has previously
written. all being without the faintest
suggestion Of his previous compositions
or suspicion Of plagiarism from other com
posers. The applause evoked by the over
ture was doubled as the curtain rose upon
the courtyard Of kokos palace. backed
! by nch landscape and brilliant sky, dis
/ covering a StatueSQup chorus who fans in