The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-03
MONEY VALUE OF A FREAK.
HUMAN CURIOS WORTH As wren As
moo 4 WEEh ~ MUSEUMS
United Twins the Highest Priced Giants and
Dwarfs Out Of Vogue WeIIto. DO Freaks
Curious Things About the Museums
lnmAtes Animal Freak at . Discount.


Yes. said the dime museum man. i've
had a liberal education IN freaks. rye been
right here In Fourteenth street for fifteen
years and. take it all together. ~" asSoci-
sted with a greater galaxy OF weird won
ders than any other man alive.
Which was the welrdest Of them ALP"
Il rather think II was the Iocci twins
Did you ever meet them2 No' Well.
they got the biggest salary We ever paid
TO any freak. They got $500 Il week.
That would be $3.50 apiece.
"ApIece' But there's only one ~ 'em.
That Is you see well. its kind of compile
Gated You Zee, they had ore pair Of legs
and one body up to the whist. and from there
w they were twins or course. II you're
going To divide the money between them.
why. | have known other freaks that have
earned more. But / guess II wouldn't have
done to give the money to 'enI anywHy
They'd have had a quarrel over Il. sure
Didn't they live together In brothcrly
love-"
Well. not always You -cc, their tastes
differed There was one " them that loved
beer and the other one wouldn't drink any
thing but mineral water. on" Of them. YOU
see. MAS rather petNed and eleLindtc While
the other was hearty and strong lie Mas tho
one that liked the beer. YOU know Oi course
Nii''l Nv bldlN ~ bftl II NNfAl w E' ~ llt
other fellows head and then there'd be- trou-
bic | was for passing u prohirilory law.
but their manager belle} ed ia local uptIuu.
So uI course | couldn't hrIpIt.
But the Attl. one used to set even l'e
had a mania for gambling and would lIHy
cards every tim" tc got a chance No, tnry
dldn't, play AGAINST elCh other IN prl'.t"
lie The big one wouldn't Nnd he r-"I -
he maddef than anything when ne had To-
SIT ther. ana NatCu the Mite one
OF course re could dIl4N enough u""r
to set the little one sleepy, he could break
up Ia. game, but one can I Toe thIr>t' t. order.
you KNOW II Na~ a very complicated case
They were Italians tie Iorci i~ln-
freaks india produces a good many, To-"
| guess midas crop Is the largest, but India
has an enormous pupuIdIuu Nu"rirtn
freIks are the cIeyei"-t Most OF the lu-
ported ones are just born thHt way and they
let It go at that But Tie tmcrlcan ",'.
really born freak They achieve that stat"
or they have IT thrust upon th"ng
"rn"re wa Jonathan K II -. for i@u,iuuc"
He W known a. the o-,iHrd man and / ruu-
slider him the most lu'crr-'lus 'r'ah ! Lay"
ever seen u" wash rom maj way lI
said he vas all night Iuil he " a. 10 wars cd
Ing iog.
f"red eNcrIclatuH pain COR a uuu,"r "i
years iinaiy II. pam ,",, nim, nu, ~ ~
single join, Win the exception Of an. oc-
Ca-ional twltCring of on" toe is wa tin
but ls could hear and tar. though b" I'd
to talk through his teeth owing to the sim
Didn't he. want to die"
Die 80 lie va, happy lie loved to
have people read the pal cr> 10 llW and he
would taik politics hy the hour II" Wa an
ardent Democrat and would rgu" gu"Il,an7
He got from $500 Ia $3.50 a week imt he had
to nave two men 20 take care ~ him ana 81
ooggGT1ss b Sls lr@y aaaI KY @aT,ro YS Of ni rS" Sna
was exhibiting HIN when ~"iu'hu" th"v
dropped him he never sot over ,.Pt l%
he hadn't felt well since they l"t him l'I and
he he sS''r 6Sct he .s Y Eff- sd sSin fo no 'T and 't DE- " iisi@
OF cour>e | released him TIE took ,lm
out there TO western Sew York and 10" d'"d
4 see that one Of the Wild Men uf E"tuco
died the other day Those IN" "'i" good A.
They got from SIS To $50 a week They
we're genuine freaks OF nature. hnl th"E u"N'r
saw Borneo They Vcr" born NJ M Nn>Ht- /
chu .etts, I believe. and the man "h" travelled
with them a. first was their intlrr.
Later their own brother. who d'dQ thairrn
to b" a freak, went with ,hrm N'u, kn'"
they never -pok" word when On exhibition
I guess the ouii} Language th"t NH"N nlt ',,lS
about was MASSACHUSETTS, tnSil-l. So 'I'N
observed u discreet >ll"uc"
How ahou; siau's' Are they worth mu'I
40. not 50 very much unVada,- l'i .
Ewing got moro tnhu any "ihcl -l".' ! "l"N
II She got ~ hISh ~ -" o M""N I.'
IfNl lul = AltHN ! ~ W. 100.
can kau.u> .Ialt. who u,Ht-t''tt '''' Z !
,,nche- IN al .%tog"tus f""' 81 p" -, yn.'
picious Of giant, Tor some rra-'n or Other
or course. the height cun br Increased q lew
inches by artificial means, nv tlo, ''
They don't get ,"ry much UNLESS rhoN 'uu
do soiuethIng. IN what "" Cnn ihr N1rsI.s
line NaiOr Mite. who died not long Hsy 7
Wa, on" Of tho h,-t ~ tha l!''l" rnopln H."
was bright and intelligent. could G''" good
I..n IL ,,ry.A from. r+H 80 90 q Woo ]
but there are not many dwarf, "h" ai" Wlrfh
that much He wa an Interesting H''.'
chap Would smoke a clGlr ht" q, ma, nrt
could drink a. much - cay ~" dfa,,
too much. unfortunately, and 'ha' r"'"'
caused his death
the freaks ar" we'll ~ d. b" dMlIi- ,"-l"-
ciallv. are very thrifty and N"HU Nnd NAV
almost all ~ them hay" their mooney Invested
in real estate II ~"cm- To appeal {" 'h"lu
one 81 the hIgr"-t ,alarie- We hay" "v"r
raid was to NiIli--t Christina" ~Nlll"-'hr.'ln"
wa twins that's another Of thee" ''iuli'-
Gated ca,o, united hy 2 lisam"n' a. III
and thay were about the ~W"ile-t freak ""
ever ran across They had a whit" man
for a w9 Sss H nv " VIII ~ai, in, TI rI,v on ." S Sa,"
dnv and thor wanted aud sometimes S't
Vow iherc's an interesting 'r"lg. r"ln'-
Inc 10 IN. picture ~ a heavily bearded woman
That's Ada l"u", and >nr.- o. nlg" hM'l'
as ever lived Nh" used ~ get FROM So e."
FA'N ~ w.
a vaudeville" act.
Mo-, ~ the freaks are iu turorc. hr ~"
way They get bigger salaries and longer
engagemontl over there Hero. "a" rHt"I.
rlav a freak longer than four week. hu' over
There they stay months IN IN" sam" IIno"
Tho interest In freaks l-ui What u us'i
10 IN. in this country The ur"-"r' generation
has seen most ~ the specimen and ~" must
wal, a few wear for n revival 80 Interest
"Of course n novnltv t freaks = ALWAYS
\ good attraction Their VA thr man "'N
the broken neck. for iu-'llD". "" va
good attraction when h." fri orn" ol'.
lie had sort ~ framework Inch ~"pl"rl"d
ms head in rlapo. hui wu"u w ~ nn"r'i
in front hi had simply f',l down onto his
breast II would almost MAX" Won iiiul To-
Yes. h. vas r"uuinr Tie" hld hrr 40,
a. Dalleyue and all ia" h~o-IIi1l~ aud "Nt'tIrni
him That fellow dies uari. ] i"j Won II"
was m the Galveston Cy,lon" ana go ilr"IsI
with h. III" al rIght "" Iu-' "'"t'iHlrS
else Tsn..-. TOT h- wrote and asked w" tor
money. which -"u' hir.
~ay he lost everything "l-" IL, dld
W lost his child, bat not ~ VII" N1tV."N'
Well. rather He married 81" woman, .I-
arat.i from her and married another N'l
can't break that mans spirit bv hr'hN'hE 'u~
neck
Speaking Of necks rent a. ~" ~ another
good freak ! know. Ihai- NE hl'in