Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-10-12
CAPE COD ALBINOS.
A COLONY or PINK EYED AND WHITE
RARED PEOPLE.

1t Is About $50 Years old and as One
Time 1t Numbered About Fifty Persons.
The story of the pittsleys and Their
Physical 1,scuiiaritses.
Since the appearance Of albino girls
in side shows and dime museums tho
general public has INDUCED in consid-
cradle speculation as to where the man.
ayers of these freak aggregations pro-
scqre their frizzy haired specimens AL
hnugh seldom met with at other places,
there istat Cape Cod settlement Of
these pima Dyed and white haired peo- 2
pie. Fer generations the Piftsley fam
lily, kfpwrsin the section as the white
haired Pittsleys,n have been albino
They have sintermarried, and. although
elannish in the extreme. years ago took
into the family fold man named Rey-
holds, in whose children the PECULIARLY
cropped cut. and added the white
haired Reynolds" to the little army Of
Cape Gods human curiosities. Until
quite recently dozen or 10 Pittsley
albinos might have been found within
half as many miles of each other and
sometimes under the same roof. But the
families in which there are alhinos have
scattered lately and spread over tho
most lonely parts Of the country from
Freetown to Wareham, at the entrance
to Cape Cod.
The museum albino ard the albino in
real life have little in common. The
albino ut home is Disappointing His
or her hair isn't crimped 10 the muse
um limit. II doesn't stand out Ia Cir
oassian. N the natural Pittsley state
the albino hair is dingy, because they
don't know any better. and ii they did
they probably wouldn't adopt the mod
ern methods Of washing hair.
The eyes of the albino in this region
prove their alhinism beyond question.
They are usually described as pink, like
rabbits eyes. They are extremely weak
aud almost closed, so that it is difficult
TO get square look into the eye itself
When the eye is opened. the lid is lifted
only for second, aud it takes quick
look to discover that tho pupil is dark
red and surrounded with lighter red
ring, while the ball OF the eye is pale
pink and surrounded with tho pinkish
rim OF tho eyelid. The effect would DO
thoroughly pink if tho eye remained at
rest. 1t is almost impossible to obtain
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