New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-01
A LITTLE MISS or EIGHTEEN
SHE l. EIGHT FEET HIGH AND WEIGHS
2lj POUNDS
HER FOOT Is EIGHTEEN INCHES LONG-sHE
WAS TINY BABY, TOO, DowN
N MISSOURI.

IN vi SSOItI
Come, want 10 introduce Won to & nttl' girl mp
stairs. the dearest tc creature You ever saw. Louis
Epnscan sad to q Tribune reporter Yesterday a' the
IT. NchoIa, Hotel In - room ou the second foor tho
little gir sat I'm company Of her father and mother
70 the latter the reporter presented first. sac
wa, Mr., Ann, Ewing. Of scotland Comfy Mo-, hv'
feet -iN niche, h@h foury four wear, o. IA pounds
avolriupois only on ordinary Missouri woman. u %
husband va, benjamin Ewing same county and state.
farmer feet inch high fort eight year, OH.
100 pounds avoinupoi--only ordinary ". 5ar
man.
The little girl hrose the reporters name was an.
nounced and a. the toggle Joints In her 1.-the and
lissom body began 90 ,iaghtcn hi, anazemcnt beam
10 explnd. Up up she went higher and -till
higher ill IT seemed il her head going through
the ceiling Yard after yard ~ black SIX unfpldcd
and followed her from floor and chair. The room
grew smaller "a, Size went mp. The bureau the bed.
the chairs all became dolls TOYS when She Wa,
fully extended. Her waist high the re
portcrs neck, her shoulder ont Of h, reach. hcr
head mp among ;hr raftor-.
She stretched out her arms and both father and
mother walked erect beneath them. without touching
their heads. and her father B, tx feet one inch!
She was only little elrl. iu-t out Of the
country school. eighteen years Old and cisht
feet high inches Li-hcr than Chang the Chinese giant
other giant riante-- ever seen -iacc Pre- his,
tOriC rOamcd thr0u.h the forests and az Q the
caves 81 his day and generation. She Wl- hashful.
The reporter could not persuade her how small
the great world seemed from away mp I'm the air At
ore moment, when her home wa, mentioned. the dear
little thing began to cry. she do"-n't Ike being
large.
She refused 10 show her f0Ot-uot that she Wa
a9kcd-but Mr. >tciu ea.d il was cXrctlv eighteen
inchc- long. lie discovered The .tlc grl y her foot
away down in Missouri. Her shoe each Of which
required whole cai.,ln. got 10 p'chns her foo'ey
topt-ice % papa took them - town 10 have them
stretched. \ =. Loui, merchant happened - b. IN
the cObblcr- shop WHOM the pair arrived and hl- curl
o-ity nightly excited when be learned that tho
wcarrr va, q little school grl out IN IA" country.
steam got the story from him, and. caviur m,
Chicago InuYcuin fastened the farm e. capture the
prize. There Ucr: hut three u the family. papa,
mamma ana ltil" girl, and be was 81 months IN
pcr>'ahng them 10 enter into five year. contract
10 exhibit thrm-rlvc- The citlo- II the old world
and the metropolis II the nov. Last fill. after he
took them 20 CHICAGO they got hpmceck and ncr ,"d
OIL just for day o. two th"r said. a, they had
to got baci, to the farm 10 I'm hogs. II took them
three week, 10 Xii three hog. aud might have talcn
them three months Il steam had not held them to the
contract. They are NOW Oh tir.I way 10 Lly'rp ol.
lut would much rather De- AZ home They WY
plain people and never saw ANYTHING Of the great
The littlc girl whose name +, Ella. weigh. 30
pounds without being 'iMt; She i eNcr"dlurN
parse ~ c,uitenancc. Her hand is ~ big q, The
hand Of providence, but it IS very shfpey. Her
Ms, Ella can Sit In an ordinary chair but no door
travelling East he had 10 steep doubled up on two
seat, IN pas enf'r car. hrinf unNlc 10 get l"ij
crth in n. sleeper. q home ,hc sleeps in GEN
siIc and she curs herself up u il quite comfortably
She Wa small baby, weighing. only : II poina,,
growth til her ninth year. when she shot mp HE IN
a. pafiigu, stall. on a warm spring morning.