The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-29
FREAKS AT A BANQUET.
Boston Museum Attractions Cele-
brate Egyptian Giants Birthday.

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Last night the precincts of Scollay
square rang with a medley of strange
sounds. Lusty cheers. wild hurrahs.
banging Of chinaware and loud lunged
SJentorlan voices caused passers-by to
stop and listen to learn the cause of the
tumuH- None was vOuchsafed a look
IN at the scene of the excitement But
last night Hassan Ali. the EGYPTIAN
giant, king of the freaks" was epIebrat-
ing his twenty-fifth birthday
The giant gathered around him his
brother freaks and a stranger com
pany never sat at a festal board.
At the head of the table was Hassan
Ali, al the foot Captain Tinymite. the
smallest man in the world. Then came
the monster fat people Chauncey Morlan
and his wife; the Georgia speckIed fam
lily, Mrs. Myers. the bearded Iat7v- the
Japanese acrobatic troupe, and last but
not least Professor HUtChins. the lee
turer and juggler Of heavyweight figures
Of speech.
The tables groaned beneath an accumu-
ilation Of the choicest delicacies and spar
king wines, but the aDDetites of the
giant and his guests made them disap-
pear Ike morning dew.
Great preparation was made for the
feast, and 1T took all the afternoon to
dress the tables and lug the huge pieces
OF meat and game to the festal board.
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It was Z o'clock when the clarion tones
Of Bill, the head waiter announced the
dinner.
Come on; the grub is ready; take yer
The freaks" filed in to the banquet
hall Mrs. MOrlan in the lead Suddenly
the rat lady uttered a Shrek which
wrinkled the rafters of the building.
Good heavens, thirteen chairs You
bet don't sit down to that table"
Everybody Joined in the chorus. and It
looked as If the dinner was doomed. The
great diplomacy Of Professor HutchinS
prevailed and IT was pointed out that
Two chairs each had been provided for
the tat couple. hardly daring to trust the
precious burdens to one chair. This re
duced the actual number to eleven. but
the fat lady was not apDeased until an
outsider was presented with, and gladly
accepted an invitation TO sit down to
the feast
The giant and the fat couple broke all
appetite records. The backs of the wait
ers creaked under the heavy loads of
eataples which poured on the table in a
The dispute over the number at the
tables was by no means the least of Pro-
tessor Hutehins' troubles. When it came
time for the coffee it was discovered that
no mustache cup had been provided for
the bearded lady. The walters scurried
around, but none could be found, so the
bearded beauty ran the risk of Crinklng
her beard in order that she might not
disturb the quiet OF the gathering.
The Georgia family, from the mother
down to little Elsie the baby of the flock.
formed a striking contrast to the swarthy
giant and the bushy-faced Miss Myers
They sat in silent WOnderment at the
array of cOmpatriOts who were slowing
away the food and keeping the table rat
Ting with jests.
The fat man was the humorist of the
dinner. the Chauncey Depew Of the
freak colony. He supplied the relish
Of fun for the gathering and had an able
assistant in the head of the Japanese
troupe
of the assembled freaks, and Hassan
Airs . years received suitable recOgni-
ton
The banquet was over by O'Clock and
speeches likewise, and Hassan Ali starts
on the twenty-siXth mile stone suitably
heraIded.