The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-11
SMALLEST IN The WORLD
n NUMBER OF THE MOST DIMINU-
TIVE PERSONS AND OBJECTS

Brooklyn Has Furnished the Tinies'
Baby Ever Born. ...
We are accustomed to have this OF
the Smallest in the world" The enter
prising manager of some midget is IN
no way 10th to make the positive state
ment that the peculiar dwarf he is
showing around the country is the very
smallest human being in the world with
out really having any positive or defln-
lite information on the subject. This
same condition of affairs holds good in
the world of manufacture, the rash
statement being frequently made that
this or that object is the smallest OF
it's kind in the world. Such claims are
often made only to be quickly disprov-
ed.
In fact, while the question is one of
considerable interest and always attrac-
tive to the general public, 1T is mat
ter of no little difficulty to determine
with any degree of certainty really the
smallest people and objects in the world,
Considera BILE time and care, however,
have been devoted to gathering the fol-
lowing data on this attractive subject,
and the claim is now made to the pres
entation of the smallest in the world.
If there are those, however, who can
prove their claims to the existence or
still more tiny specimens, In the par
ticuar lines mentioned, they have but
to step forward and establish new
worlds record by breaking very frag-
lie old one.
The smallest bartender in the world
dispenses beverage over his bar in White
Plains, New York. Leopold Kahn is his
( name. He is the proprietor of -four
ishing roadhouse. He must stand up
ON high box to bring him in range OF
the bottles and decanters, but he does
a thriving business, for there has never
been any complaint that the smallest
bartender in the world hands out small
schooners. Some years ago Mr.. Kahn
was in the show business under the
name of Admiral Dot. He is something
over three feet high and recently fought
a duel with man three times his size
and drew first blood.
fO~AN'N'A
the smallest policeman in the world oc-
cupies on the force in Kansas City, Mis-
souri, Eugene Radcliffe Lewis has been
q trusted officer since the days of Thorn
as M. Speers of Kansas City, thief
catcher known the country over. who
lately died Speers took to young Lew
is when the boy was but years old
and placed him on the roll. The boy
has been in uniform more than four
years and reports at roll call with the
other members of the squad. Lewis has
made several arrests and although he
was once overpowered and his minia-
ture revolver taken away from him, he
called on a six-footer and landed his
prisoner upon the charge of ''interfer-
ing with an officer in the discharge OF
his duty When standing by the side
Of regular Eugenes shoulders barely
reaches to the belt of the big reserve.
but his makeup is just as perfect, his
stride just as weighty and he has the
proper swing of the club
There are numerous claims made for
the smallest persons. Possibly the Triest
Midgets, for their age are justly en-
titled to the distinction. These Hindu
dwarfs, Fatma and her brother, Swami,
are now in Berlin, and are regarded by
German professors on anthropology and
comparative anatomy in the universities
of Berlin and Vienna as undoubtedly
the smallest adults in the world. Fatma
is 10 years old. Her height is IS inches
and she weighs Is pounds and ounces.
Her brother is three years her Junior
measuring 1871 inches and tips the
scales at 1914 pounds. How small the
dwarfs are can be easily comprehended
by comparing their height to that of an
ordinary chair, which, when placed by
their side, is about the same height as |
the two. These dwarfs were found three |
years ago on the Bengal coast, not far
from the River Irawadi which flows |
through Burmah.
For the usual freaks of nature, the |
midgets born to Mrs. and Mr.. w. E. |
Talley of 800 Franklin avenue. Brook |
.lyn are worthy of mention. Dorothy, |
now years old, weighed 7 pounds when
born; William, now 21s years old, weigh
ed only pounds when he arrived, and |
when Edith was born recently, she |
weighed about pounds. She has gain
ed half pound in weight and measures
IA inches from tip to tip. Her head is |
the Only dppIOdcU W Tic iioI maj III hci
physique. The chest measures 81 inches
across. A wedding ring would make
bracelet for Edith's wrist. A table
spoonful of milk every twenty-four
hours will suffice to keep life in the little
one at present.
In the family of good sized parents in
Brooklyn now famous for tits epidemic
Of small children at birth, was recently
born what was believed to be the
tiniest baby that ever lived. Grace
Eberhardt has broken the record. Her
father John Eberhardt, resides at 100
Himrod street. and his home is besieged
by all the baby kissing fraternity since
Grace became popularity known as ''too
cute and lovely for anything" in the
parlance of the women.
When born Grace weighed ~ pounds,
andwas placed in mans derby hat,
GA inches inlength, 51a inches in breadth
and 51a inches in depth. She did not fill
the hat. At months old, she weighed
3 pounds, her hands were the size of the
bowl of a teaspoon and her feet We're
much too small for a dolls shoe. Her
wrists and ankles wer no longer than
a mans thumb and her little legs looked
like drumsticks
The family physician prophesies that
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