The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-11-02
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Giving You an Cdd e.uuaHar CT L:ta:5s OF
E;rscte saorrnlai IS Wi.r. They ought
Not to Ee, You Must Ae.4.. &c sotorlety.
ANY ene who rs remarked the
grecarions clement il human nature,
which makes eyeEy Gle eager to see
what the other las seen, viii not mar
vel at the success which 10y his
attained j. the show business" SD
the manaG OF q popular museum.
"Notor.e;y, no matter how and here
obtained, IL just so I.tcii stocl in
trade. and necria IN cur Line Of work
are willing to Ply any price fer it. To
make no account Of t.. money value Of
the advertisement, they are delighted
to know that they are being talked
about and specnl-ted about, and to see
their namcs i'll the newspapers. You
see how high that GGne ISL be coatin-
ued, pointing to the arcLed space far
above the ropes and bars stretched
across for aerebatic performances.
well, a man came IN here, offered to
jump from its higsest point down TO
the 1tcor SO rs TO make a name for HIM
self. II would have leen certain death,
you know, TO attempt it, but he said he
had practiced jumping, knew low to
manage and would escape injury. He
begged to 10 allowed to make the jump
and was mr.h cast down at ocr refusal.
THAT man only expected to jump
once. After having performed the feat
he felt that he would be a curiosity
worth money to see.
Anyway, we business people see
that the public crave amusement of this
kind, and we are delighted 10 crafty
them.
AT the time Of the white Cap agi-
tation, when there was so much talk in
the papers about their outrages, a man
offered to exhibit himself us a tarred
and feathered victim just returned from
theW west, and we let him do il. More
over, the public encouraged him to do
it. for they came in focks to eee him.
The tattooed woman who was paid 800
q day was tattooed right here in New
York, but the work was marvelously
we'll done, and the fairy tale about her,
as told by the Snowman, only height
ened the crowds interest and harmed
nobody. She was represented in the
story as having been stranded On one Of
tho Sar1yrTrh jc1.plc ck..r1izl
with Ter husband, who was put to death.
Her life Was spared, but she was put to
torture, having these extraordinary char
acters tattooed all over her body. There
were from 500 to 700 people at each
one Of the 21 daily performances at
which that tattooed was exhib-
tied, and all were pleased at the show,
for which they paid 10 cents
"Do many of these freaks, remark
able for various reasons, get fine sala-
ries?"
Indeed they do. We paid n certain
midget $1G0 a week. Fer father and
tho family travelled with her, and got
rich out Of it. Then that wonderful
Oregon horse with the trailing name
and tail was paid 5000 a week for sew
eral months. The two headed negro
girl, On girls, has made a fortune, and
l could mention any number of cele-
brated freaks who have profited finan-
cially.
Each day we get letters from all
over the country-all over the world
Offering US freaks of nature. This Ii
sends a photograph Of a sheep having a
fifth leg and hoof growing ont of his
shoulder. This one sends a COW with 0
horn projecting from her back. Here is
a letter frora a handless man in West
Virginia. He writes with his toes and
writes q very good letter"
That box Of photographs unearthed
from little used recesses to refresh the
showman's mind! What a galaxy, not
OF beauty, but of the bizarre and the
g-otesquel Bearded women taken in
decollete gowns, their masculine faces
III revolving contrast to the feminine
neck and arms; men without legs or
arms; treme ldonsly fat men, and men
SO thin that they were photographed
prone upon q couch, limp and helpless;
men who had starved themselves in or