Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-05-16

take after their mother for some of
them are twice as big as h is,
Ellis eldest son, a lad Of II years,
used to iokingly pretend that he was
his fathers grandfather He was so
much bigger than his father that the
latter was unable 10 correct him for
m schcyiouS pranks, and had TO send
nm home to Italy to he spanked,
1T would amaze you to know how
bright Gnd intelligent these miniature
people are, Countess Mugri is COM
potent to be professor at Nassar Col
lege, aud | warrant YOU that she could
hold her own with Susan H. Anthony
and Susan DeverenuN Blake in de-
bate " Il woman suffrage convention.
All the miniature people are very SEN
sltlVe about being thought small, For
instance, General Mite feels as tall as
grenadier in the Queens Guard, and
some Of the Title ladies pride them
selves on being slender and willowy
like Kentucky girls
"AIl little people are worry dlgnifcd,
and are much hurt at being compared
with children or bable! Lucia Zar.
ate, Il Mexican miniature woman, be-
comes quite angry when she is likened
to Il baby. She is ~ years old, II foot
and two inches high, and weighs only
4! pounds, being less than hall tho size
and weight oi Il baby,
"lt is wonderful whatgood appctitcs
the miniature people have. Tom
Thumb ate more than Chang the Chi
nese giant, Any of the little folks will
eat as much dinner as a man six feet
high. Giants, as Il rule have small
appetites. When we boarded Chang
at one of the large hotels here they
thought he would eat great deal, and
so they charged him rs much as ii he
were three men, Instead of going
through the bill of fare from begin
ming TO en- and then repeating, he ate
no more than the average boarder.
Hungry joe could eat more Mt cold
lunch than Chang could in whole
week. il took three beds, however,
TO make one bed for him to sleep in,
and so we did not complain at paying
nine dollars day for his board
81 knew n very groteSque-looking
South American dwarf, who used to be
exhibited as wild man without Ian
guage who fed on raw meat, and who
was incapable of understanding even
signs. Wen, after the exhibition was
through every night that dwarf us'd
to 90 over TO restaurant and order
all the French dishes on the bill of fare
read Spanish newspaper, talk French
TO the walters, and ask questions of
Americans in fluent English He had
an enormous appetite, He didn't
weigh much, but he ate like an eIe-
plant. lie used to polish off three APP
pie dumplings for dessert
"Some OF the miniature men have
been jolly good fellows. have known
some of them who could have put u
whole company under the table drink
ing beer. They have a tolerably easy
life of it. A very small dwarf will get
eight hundred dollars n week, or twlcc
as much as leading man at New
York theatre. have known five hun.
drel dollars to be paid for one weeks
engagement TO Il phenomenally small
dwarf Of course the dwarf who gets
a hundred dollars a day may draw two
hundred dollars day to the museum.
Min atlrre folks sleep about like
other people. Some, however, go to
bed with the owl and get up with the
lark, and are always spry and lively.
| find most miniature people intelli-
gent, genial and good-natured. pleas
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