Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-03-21
THE TWO HEADED GIRL.
Bill Nye Shows How Hard 1t Is to Be
One.

Bill Nye Shows How Hard 1t Is to Be
One.
Mr.. Riley and played in st. Louis against
Millie Christine, the two headed nightingale.
She is touring over the country this season
accompanied by herself. A man who owns a
lunch counter in Illinois is a hopeless lunatic
because he could not decide whether to charge
her for one meal or two Her success has
certainly been most remarkable. Starting
out as she did, under the most adverse cir
cumstances, not knowing for two or three
years whether to regard herself as an anom-
ally or twins she has wonderfully placid
career. Now she is shown wherever the
English language is spoken. She is of Afri-
can descent and as black as the deuce Of
spades. | say the deuce because the ace Of
spades is very rarely black, as am informed; !;
also because in her case a comparison with
the two spot would be more appropriate any
way.
What / like about Nile. Christine more
especially is her harmonious disposition. Had
she been otherwise, it would have been fatal
to her success. A two headed girl relies very
much on the friendly feeling existing between
her two sets of heads for her popularity.
Should eyether head fall out with the other,
nyether would succeed. So it will not do for
one to be jealous of the success of the other.
When one head sings soprano and is encored,
and if the other head gets hot and wants to
quit, it worries the management and breaks
up the show. No two headed girl can sue
ceed when the relations are strained. Sup
posing that the soprano desired to eat onions
for supper in order to improve her voice, Of
course the alto has right, owning half in
terest in the same stomach, to object, pro-
vided that the nut brown flavor of onions is
distasteful to her; and yet these two people
get along together, as they have for years.
without any chickering's at all and still under
the same management
Supposing again that the soprano is sleepy
after prolonged matinee and evening per-
formance, answering repeated encores; she
therefore desires to go to sleep at once, while
the alto, who has had no encores to answer,
would like to have the gas burning and read
"Robert Elsmere"
One can readily see that in an ordinary
musical combination this would break up the
show in five minutes, but it is not so with the
two headed nightingale.
The two headed nightingale dresses alike.
For receptions she wears a pink foulard silk
with limited train to it. Revers are sewn
on the side and draped over panels Of wash
goods The train is supported by folds Of
wiggin and connects with all points east,
west, north and south. A large cameo made
to resemble fried egg, depends from deli
cate chain about the neck. The dress Is worn
decollete asked the alto what her opinion
was of this style of dress as a feature of the
approaching administration. She said, Of
course it could be made more or less Of
feature, according to the taste and good judg-
ment of the wearer, but she did not favor it
as an extremist. She said that where the
whole company could be regarded as ladies
and gentlemen, there could be no objection to
the custom. Those who were a little doubt
full about themselves and afraid they lacked
some of the essential elements necessary to
civilization, could avoid all trouble by re-
naming at home. This is not her exact
language, for have edited it little myself
in order to give it that polish which charac-
terizes all my work.
Miss Christine says that whether the new
administration encourages the decollete dress
at Washington or introduces fur collar and
yarn mittens, she will still cling to the old
custom She says that if the English lady
with two yards Of throat can saw off two or
three dollars worth of goods from the top Of
her dress with impunity, the hardy Ameri-
can girl who drives reaper and husks corn
in our rough climate ought to be able to put
in few weeks ct Washington in full dress
I have always said that true lady will not
seek to escape entirely through the top of her
costume, but pleasant sweep of undulating
neck and round, well nodded arms adds to
to the general beauy Of the scene from an ar
tistic standpoint Those who go into a
sculptor's studio half afraid that they will be
raided by the police, would naturally de-
nounce the decollete dress, and they are right
about it, too. They know their own hearts
pretty well and are evidently afraid that the
authorities will also find out about it.-BM
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