Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-08
ROMANCE AMONG FREAKS.
Snake Charmer Marries Monkey Man
and a supper Results. and
Lottie Who Was Jealous.

L.0ttie Who Was Jealous.
From the New York Tribune.
The reporter of the Tribune who usually
attends to such things received last week
an invitation that touched him deeply. 1t
read thus:
New York, December 90. 1898.
"You are cordially invited to attend the
freak supper to be given to the prominent
freaks of New York and vicinity at
Huber's museum on Tuesday, Dec. IL, 1888.
in honor of the recent marriage of Mile.
Uno. snake charmer. to Jean Swift, monk
ey man; 10 p. m. sharp
Possibly the uniformed reader may wish
to know who the snake charmer and the
monkey man are. Mile. Uno started life
humbly as Barnum's $50. 600 prize beauty"
nor has the whole $4,000 worth Of beauty
disappeared even yet. She was married TO a
man connected with the show, whose name
was Goshen, but he was not Colonel Gosh
en-. the giant. of mighty memory. MIR.
Goshen died some time ago. and left the
market to be married again. She had be-
come a snake charmer, and in the exercise
Of her profession she drifted to Huber's
museum. There Mr.. Swift was employed
the orang-outangs opportunity fell sick.
Mile. Uno found time, in the intervals OF
h harse snake bim. The monk 10 h diea. A'b bu, sw the
flame of love had sprung up between the
keeper and the volunteer nurse, and they
put the monkey on the fire-escape to keep
cool and went and got married. greatly to
the disgust Of Mr.. Huber, who would like
to have known of the affair in time to
make a show of it. The best he could do
was to make a show afterward. and that
he did last night. by giving the supper
which has already been referred to.
At the table there was an "expansIonist."
a person more in fashion just now than
ever before: he swells up. to the admira-
ton of all true Americans. Then there
were two cannOnball manipulatOrs, also
These ablebodied persons required a sub
stantial bill of fare. but IT had to be varied.
as we'll as substantial. for there were the
the Fire King said: please pass me a tar
bucket and a box of Matches some of
the strangers present thought that the
been forewarned. and in a moment the two
were apparently eating a torchlight pro-
cession and were contented.
''Oh. I saw that he was provided for"
said Mr.. Huber: but what is that glass
eater looking for? Can l pass you any
thing. sir?'
IF you will just reach me those hashed
lamp chimneys au gratin. piease-thank
you" said the glass eater.
Then there was a sword swallower. who
supped upon war relics. and there We're the
divers, who could not even smoke cigar.
cites comfortably unless they immersed
them in tumblers of water.
The bride and the bridegroom sat at the
head of one table and MIR. Huber at the
head of the other. The bride was dressed
in blue tights and an opera cloak. ard the
bridegroom was dressed like any BRIDE
groom. On his arm sat IIottie. the surviv-
ing o~rang-outang, and she and the bride
eyed each other jealousy. But Lottie
comforted herself with slices of turkey and
ham. and the bride with philosophy.
BY and by the professor was asked to
get up and propose the health of the hap
py couple. The professor knows all there
is to know about freaks. He recalled hap
by scenes of other days. He told of the
marriage of the Siamese twins to two
sisters. and of the festivities of that occa-
sion. He told how the halfman. who had
no legs. had married the four-legged wom-
an. so that it averaged all light. He re-
lated the romance ending in the marriage
of 10 10. the dOg-faced boy. who had hair
all over him. and the human billiard ball,
who had not a hair On her head, another
beautiful case Of compensation.
He said that this was as happy an occa-
sion as any of them, though there were no
especially noticeable compensations in 1t,
and then he said it was time to drink.
Everybody drank except Lottie. The
bridegroom offered her wine-claret and
champagne-just taken in from the fire
escape. where it had been placed in the
fresh night air. to save ice. but even thai
mixture. worthy of a freak supper would
not tempt her splintered heart, and she
turned away with a look of WEAKNESS
with the world.