Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-12-05
MATING OF NUGGETS.
Chiquita and Major Mite Will Wed
at the Paris Exposition.
Combined Weight OF the Pair Less
Than Fifty Pounds Their
Meeting and other
Particulars.

When Chiquita, the little fairy who
appeared at several Chicago 1heaters
last season, gives her hand to Maj. Mite
at the Paris exposition next Year the
smallest man and woman i'll the world
will be married.
The major is % years OF age, 80 inches
feet in proportion, and III all respects
cNccp; size is very much like any ordi-
nary American gentleman YOU might
meet any day in the week. lie devoles
himself to the stage because OF u decid
cd proficiency in that direction. rather
than on account Of his stature, and OBJ
jccts 10 bein" billed as 4 freak. Those
who haze seen the major perform are
quite willing to accept this yicw and ac
cord him hearty praise for his vocal
and terpiSchorcan tuients. Chiquita is
only 26 inches high. IS perfectly formed,
but weighs less than 20 pounds. She is
4 few years older tnan lie major.
1t was during Maj. Mites latest tour
through the middle west that he first
met the fair Chiquita. They were in
troduccd socially in the city or Omaha
An ordinary thing happened.
The two smallest people in the world
fell in love with each other.
Friends Of the little people declare
that it is really u case Of personal af-
tinity. having nothing to do With the
popularity which distinguishes each.
They really loved at first Sight. twas
not case Of freak marrying freak, but
OF an honest little man uniting himself
with 4 woman he really liked.
Both OF these small folk are unusual
~ Intelligent and highly educated
Both lave travelled extensively, and
have gained much of that polish and
largeness Of conception which travel
alone can afford. 1t was only natural
that two such kecnly developed minds
should be attracted to each other by Il
kinship of taste and knowledge Of the
world and by Il conviction that each
might sympathize With the other in
that closer relationship which their
union would entail.
This, added to the similarity Of aims
in professional direction, made the
prospective match 4 most welcome one
to both parties. It is perhaps most
fortunate that the distinguished midc-
cts arc thus spared a life Of lone
llness to which their popularity Of cir
cumstances and physical limitations
would otherwise have condemned them.
They arc going TO be married at the
Paris exposition next wear In The
meantime they will pursue their respec-
i've professional courses and play out
the engagements which they have on
hand. as these engagements were al
ready billed TO finish at he Paris expo-
sltion, both Maj. Mite and Chiquita con
cludcd that their meeting there would
be the most suspicious occasion for
their wedding.
1t will be something Of distinction
Itself TO be married at the Paris exposi-
ton, distinction for them and most
novel event for those who are permitted
to witness the strange ceremony. If
the affair is made a part Of the exposi-
ton programme it viii certainly be one
Of the most interesting features to be
seen there.
The trousseau for this liliputian lady
Wi! doubtless puzzle the Partisan dress
makers, but certainly it Will be all that
French art in that line can make it.
One advantage which the diminutise
couple Will enjoy is the avoidance Of
paying for extra baggage, as both Of
their extensive wardrobes, themselves
Included. can be carried in a good-sized
trunk.
That they will trave! in most lux
urlous style goes without SAYING, as
both Of them are wealthy ana making
more money every month than either OF
them weighs.
Their honeymoon will be a grand tour
OF the world, which, although, they have
seen it almost in its entirety, Will under
these tellcitous circumstances apDear
in new light.
They Will be the most wonderful
married couple from a physical stand
point that the world has ever seen, ana
Will doubtless spread CONSERVATION
among the easy going and narrow hori-
zonnd people of China and Japan and
the other Of the oriental peoples to
whom American propensity for sur
prlslng the rest of the world with some
thing new is forever wonder ard.a
delight.
Maj. Mite is just lately from Europe,
where nc has appeared before kings and
queens and fraternizcd with the aristoc-
racy OF all the capitals OF Europe.
1T would be difficult to estimate which
brings more fame to this connubiai
union, although in America Chiquitu is
the better known of the two.
Maj. Mite is Of German descent, while
Chiquita comes of Cuban parentage.-
Chicago Chronicle.