Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-29
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just as soon wait I replied, inpatient ly,~altd HOW fully awake. Wall. you ] cant! came back: an you want to
 hustle out in 9 hurry This was so
 unusual that did hustle out in hur-
 ". Waiting Ut the door l found the
 landlord. flnning with anger. What
 does this mean: 1 asked. Don't you ! want si guest to stay q little longer with you: Not this time, mister you jest make your train 'Why:' I
 asked, Wall. I'll jeS' tell you why
 said the landlord. still angry. You
 can't make no monkey c me. Here
 yc been Stttin' up all night to wake
 you fer your train. an if you don't
 make tI.at train I'll know some mighty
 good reason why l left at 2:3O.'
 Fl:
 The late P. T. Barnum was called
 the Prince of HumOugs. because he . nanufac1ured and exhibited woody
 horses and real Feiee mCrmaids, be-
 sides discovering several negresseS
 who had nulSed the "Fatbcr of His
 CunntrY." Mir Barnum used to say.
 ''Jhe people love to be humbu@Ged. II
 is il case of supply and demand. The
 piCu& people 0f this city dread to en-
 fer a JGn3tcr lest they become contam-
 iEa,c;t by contact with play actors:
 consnuuc ntly l advertise my thcater as
 9 lecture room. and it iS crowded at
 Ike two regular daily performances by
 ardent church. -gOer@. who. sub rosa. de
 H%lT !! mcjodratIla. farce. and even
 *emi-clad h0irt girls" This was at
 !5aluum's MuScum. at the corner of
 Broadway and Ann street, where in
 lSGp for six weeks. 1 exhibited half
 :; dozen Flemish acrobats as The Sul-
 tan'S Famous &yrC--Arabic Troupe" in
 ..NET
 =" . small imbccile colored girl. " hcse head was shaved every morning
 1u emphasize her idiOtic facial cXprtS
 sion. The attraction netted q profit of
 eye" SIUtt|. There WaS also an ili-
 :<Iuellin%. &arlic-cheWiug family of sO-
 cuiieu -\lhinos. with perOXiled frizzy
 hair :ind infiampd eyelidS. who prOnlp-
 uadeI beside General Tom Thumb
 when that distinguished soldiers limbs
 were fairly we'll balanced. Tho great
 est and the most inexpensive perlla-
 ntni feature of q freak show in those
 days was q vivid reproduction of the
 !2@t Snrpcr. It consisted of a long
 table at which all the sacred partici-
 pants cf the original We're represented ;;+ baugueting upon wooden legs Of
 lamb. china cggs and other equally ap-
 petiZn~ luNurieS Of tine original meal.
 Ten years later l was invested with
 the business mana cement of Wood S
 Museum. now Daly'S Jheater. and
 found that the entire BarEu1n outfit of ' manufactured curiOSitiCs had preceded nc Here all sorts Of applications Tor freak eugagementS came by every mail, Among the first was thar Of q ! man who claimed to have trained two chickens to waltz. These were Gn- <rfasspd and heavily advertised as ''rhe } '. Il TN.,-l iNlAiISpnS - thev danced only once. it . Monday : matinee. 1 saw the performance from r the win~s. The man had q tin-topped [ j1IIp covered with a wire cage. in tie t."la!..' cf the stage. The front of the l tnErIl was covered with q painted cloth = and under it. on q stool. was q lighted ! enirft lamp. The orchestra played q [ few bars of music and the man placed l 1Ip chickens under tho wire cover C1 l the },ot tin table. Of course the heat made iln pOOl. fowls dance frantlca1IE =, while the people in front applaudeu 9 wildly But 1 rang the curtain down =. and ?rCyp the tOrtnrer out of the place I Ny next expcrieryG was with q young 7 woman dressed as Sister of Charity - who intrcCucCn q herself as Tine Neilen Y Nun of NarieubaI." She rented q [ small closet on the pain foor at 6 a rood nrice as Temple of Prophecy l It contained 2 small stand. table aDt l. chair and Il Sign Consult tie Yelled O Nun" dcrcrate the door. AS s0of n as she was ready for business sen1 | an usher. inc0gnito. to buy prophecy l. et ny cxpenSe. In five minutes he re F +Illre,l with au invitation card. Whlcl
 she had given him. to attend an even t incr social function at a nearby nunnefN Q of which she claimed to Ec tie q NIcthpr Suncrior. Five minutes latel f. 1En --Tcmpl. of Prophecy" was vacant : TEi. Last SuDpcT outfit was the mos c nrotjtahic. tecAuee the wax figure: It were frc0ucutly utilized to represcn q liStinmrishel nerSOnaTeS. AS an III I stance. when the lamentnd lincolI :. was a-sass;nateji the assistant museum It nroDerty boy informed me that in th' e abcence of his boss he had les V ..vankcd an apostle from de suppe q tahia and fixed him up wid blaci e wig. plug hat and swallow tail coa e for noor old Abe" That boy neve n yar1lled any more apostles for me. tn '- like many of the so-called museums O e today. visitors then paid only one ad
 mission to see tho entire show. am
 were not swiniiled after passing tlt V dcorkeepar. Besides. they got thei 70 moneys worth and even more, despit T. yvhat was then regar1ed as clever hum ,,. ,iI,,1coiup-AlOert l.. Parker.
 BRANDON.