The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-02-05
A MIDGrI'S NAhDKOBE.
Lucia Zarate'< Tiny Hosiery ard Shoes
Gloves Too Small for u Eaby.

Every one was OF different col
or. and old gold was contra>ted. with
pale green, until the eyes We're panied
looking at such an array of co.ors. Fas-
tened on a cord across the top of a win
dow were pairs of tiny silk hose, all
tints and cOlors being represented. 1t
was not so much this oddity of position
that pleased the inspector as it was the
wondrous shape of the hose. They
were too small for baby stockings.
''Ah, yees; zis ees Lucia's stockings,
parbleu! She surelee have re plenty"
said Mrs. Zarate, the mother of the
midget. There were just three other
occupants of the room, and all had
turned their gaze on the reporter, to
see how he received this Hood of mixed
Spanish h-Mexican-Frcnrh. and very bad
English. through the invitation of
Manager Goodwin, of the Great Chi
cago Museum, the reporter was paying
the little lady avisit in her parlors, and
an inspection of her wardrobe was un-
dertaken. 1t was surely The strangest
lilliputian wardrobe ever seen outside
fairyland.
Two large trunks were opened and
the contents displayed, the operation
being aided by Lucia, who pulled cost
ly dresses about with q display OF van
dalism that rather startled the reporter.
Everything worn by the little lady has
to be especially designed, and made to
order, thus entailing an additional
cost. The most difficult workmanship
is on her shoes, owing 10 their peculiar
shape. Being scarcely more than two
inches long, the toes are less than half
an inch wide, but the instep must be
very high. Most of her shoes were
made on special last formed from .
plaster model of her tiny foot; yet not
one shoe in ten snugly fits her foot. It
seems almost impossible to make q
shoe small enough. For three years
past shoemaker on Dearborn street
has made her '.sab0ts, charging from
81 to $16 per pairs but he mas lately ut
terly refused to make any more pairs,
claiming that it does not pay. They are
usually of silvered leather, with pink
cord-silk lining. small s lver buttons,
and silver cords and tas>els at the top.
The little lady has lately displayed a
fondness for French hec.s.
Her hosiery WAS the most curious,
however. 1t would be safe to say that
over thirty pairs of silk stockings were
displayed, either on tie line over the
window airing, or We're taken from the
trunk and shown by the omeiv mother.
They were not big ei:ou.h to dSaw
over a common tallOw va.i.I.c. and it Is
only in this way OF comparison that olse
can realize how worder.,-l-y Lucia Is
made. They are Ei:-de i'll Paris by
Martini Fills, she oraeriny two dozen
pairs at one time.
With each costume the midget has an
entire outfit of dainty u ,'ie.wsar, most
lavishly decorated. Her dresses are
marvels OF art, and sac has one for
nearly every day in the ,ye..r. 1t takes
one and one-half yards of cloth to
make her u complete dress. The
dress-makers inyasiabiy get the cos
tunes toe big, and have to alter them
several times in order to insure good
fitting garment. One dress in-.de by a
London firm IS brown six. with creamy
lace and black jet ornaments, and fits
her like glove. 1t cost about 500,
and was the only dress ever made for
Lucia that did not have to be changed.
She has several Mother HubbardS for
housewear, and looks yer. .comical in
them, and her bon:e:s are Parisian
make, and look fit for !, wax doll. She
has her gloves made in Paris a'so' and
economies in this particular line as II
IS very difficult to get them made to
suit her. here is hardly Il baby under
1 year of age whose hand will go into
one of these gloves Her tastes are
! more for bright colors, though she has
! several dresses OF solnuer hue.