The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-19

Arab took two or three front seats
and the elastic-skin man said he'd take
rubber himself and see what was go
ing on. Sol Stone. the lightning calcu-
iator. was an interested member of the
gathering and the tattooed man was
one of the most picturesque specimens
in the room
said Miss Jones, tw.rling her flowing
beard as she spoke, II know | have
the hearty sympathy of all in the alb
normal department. For a long time
have heard murmurad expressions of
disapproval of the use of the word by
which we are usually designa ted
freak To my mind that word sus-
gests something very much like fright.
Now, I consider myself far from being
a fright, although I have beard, and
many man would be proud of such
beard as 7 have"
Here Charlie Trip, the armless Won
der, endeavored to applaud wildly, but
discovering that no one heard him, he
relapsed and the elastic-skin man arose
and said:
There is little doubt that some word
should be coined or produced from the
bright lexicon of youth to substitute
for the title freak Now, who has
| the lex!con?"
"Tody Hamilton" squeaked the hui
man skeleton, and Tody was sent for.
Tody was found engaged in embalming
press notice so that a London news
paper would accept it, but he left his
dead and came at once to the meeting,
where the situation was explained to
him. He admitted that there was much
justice in the claims of the abnorms,
as they might be called, but said his
speciality was long words, words which
could be bent and carried around the
corner if the bill board was big enough,
and he could not off-hand give them
substitute for freak. The legless mar
vel was struck with an idea and said:
Mr.. Chairman, | arise"
you would better be careful about
arising or you may lose your job sug-
gested the tattooed man.
Il arise to remark" continued the
legless marvel, that this matter should
be left to committee TO draw up suit
able resolution expressing our ideas on
the subject Some one has remarked
that we might be called insists l OBJ.
ject to that. l have kick coming on
being called 'misf1t.'
why don't you kick?" asked the hui
man snake, who had just offered an al
bino lady an apple and was enjoying
the jealousy of the wild man from Bor-
neo.
A committee consisting of Zip, the
flathead boy, Miss Cornea, the Albino;
Miss Jones. the bearded lady, and the
lightning calculator was appointed to
confer with Tody Hamilton and draw
up the resolutions, Tody drew them up
and in a short time they were reported
back as follows:
Whereas, The press and public of
both hemispheres, without just cause
have for many years past gratuitously
and voluntarily bestowed the term
freak" upon all human beings differ
ing in any way from ordinary mortals;
and,
Whereas, The term freak is OPP
probrious, and without andy specific
meaning in an anatomical sense: and,
Whereas, We feel that the term so
| unjustly conferred upon us. without
our consent, is an indignity; and,
Whereas Because fortunately or
otherwise, we are possessed of more or
less limbs, more or less hair, more or
less bodies more or less physical or
mental attributes than other people.
and which might be taken as additional
| charms of persons or aids to movement,
as the case NAV be; and
Whereas. Because we differ so from
the ordinary or regulation human be-