Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-27

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empire Just now II Fflx.bath 1.vs,.s.
Every German daily han f<,,a IL r<.,s
ere how she looks s,,{ ~ 310w r.t,sh
she eats AID (7rfy,ira ana ~. kirA q
clothes she wtzlrs. I'LL B4<lf,, Il caf1fr@
spon her, al III YIeuna s1s1lsui uuor
her when she W. II ~ 4ustsisn
capital. Profaasxsrs "a IA fear. a..xI
doctors and Priv rr;<zi{e I<,rs s,,a oslse,
German bfox I0s ~. rsrsfv<d ~ her J
daily. Even III ereaf v iy.I,ow r,.eses3
several hours Win hers et,afted ~ftn
her familiarity. ana cveutuailv wrnte
an elaborate description ana biograr,hv
Of her, which be VIII read soOo befara
the Antb.opologIcal society ~ berlin
Elizabeth ii getting All this atten-
ton, not because she Is pretty or clever.
but because she il big. According to
virchow, she Ii the biggest girl Of her
years whom Europeans OF modern
times have seen. Though but eleven
years old she is six feet sir inches
tall and weighs about three hundred
pounds.
Elizabeth was born ON the Manor
Wiessolyj In the valley of the Danube.
Her parents were poor peasants. not
taller nor broader than other peasants
She was the youngest Of five children,
none Of whom. save herself, Ia remark
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she weighed ten pounds. She grew as
other children grow till she was four
years old Then she began to be a lit
tie giantess- In her fifth year she
gained ten inches In height. She out
grew her blue cotton gowns and wooden
shoes 50 rapidly that Papa Lyska, who
was trying to support Mamma Lyslra
and four other little Lyskas on some
thing over 500 a year. was put to his
wits ends to get money enough to keep
her decently clothed.
From her fifth to her ninth birthday
she grew only an inch or two. Be-
tween her ninth and tenth BIRTHDAYS
she gained foot; between her tenth
and eleventh foot and four inches.
She could pitch hay, cut grain, plow.
and dig potatoes with any man on the
manor. Her hand was as large as
three ordinary feminine hands and her
arm was capable of a terrible blow.
With an open-handed cuff over the ear
she once knocked young man who
teased her senseless to the ground.
breakfast she took several cups oil
coffee, seven or eight thick slices OF
black bread. almost a pint Of honey,
and half dozen pieces OF the fruit in
season. For dinner she often ate a
pound and a half or two pounds OF
pork, five or six potatoes, and other
vegetables in correspondingly large
quantities
While her increasing appetite aud
size were playing ducks and brakes
with the meager income of the Lyska
family her father died. His widow was
almost penniless- Some one suggested
that the young giantess might be turned
to financial account A Vienna man
ager Of freaks was brought to the
manor to look at her. He agreed to
pay Elizabeth a salary which in week
would buy the Lyska family more blue
cotton gowns aud wooden shoes and
black bread and honey than they could
use up in year. Frau Lyska said
'.All right" Elizabeth was immedi-
ately put on exhibition aud within two
weeks was famous throughout the two
German empires.
Elizabeth is handsome. She has
long, dark brown wayy hair, large,
dark eyes, clean-cut features. and
white teeth. Her figure is shapeIy.
though somewhat immature. She has
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