The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-22
VINES OF A TALL MAN.
.Dv.NTAGE TO DE NEARLY
FIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT.

utana Chants TrOubIes-Stands
w. Feet with His silk Hat On.
ors Too Low and Chairs Too
aI,-Courtship with Missouris
fleet Womnn-Finds Some Conn
Tort in Looking over Peoples
Heads.
rron7 the San Francisco Bulletin.
rdvard Beaupre, the young Mon
: ava giant who is nine feet tall in his
'nt hat. find that this world is not
ode for his convenience.
% cannot buy anything that will fit
-, nor discover any one with whom
= NAV associate. He is a wonder.
~ &c a freak of nature of immense
.bvsical proportions, and figures DO
nor give an adequate idea of what he
: For instance, Beaupre stands seven
4oo+ ten and a half inches in his stock
no feet and weighs 367 pounds. The
a,,arage man wears number or
4 shoes. Beaupre'es are %. His neck
is TWO feet around and his hands, from
4 the wrist, to the middle-fnger tip
-,ossura over twelve inches. Every
4 [iece of his wearing apparel has to
r. aspecially made for him. The cost
~ these is over twice that paid by
] the ordinary man.
Reaupre is only q years old, was
horn in Montana, and is of French
nsrentage. He has had some school
ing but not to amount to a great
daal He led the strenuous life of a
cowboy and ranch hand on one of
tbe many cattle ranches of the North
west until he began exhibiting him.
self.
From babyhood Beaupre was very
large At years he was six feet six
inches tall and at II had reached the
seyen-foot one-inch mark. Last year
he added another inch and half to
his stature and is confident that he
will go still higher.
/ The one romantic touch to his freak
;sh life is the woonig of Ella Ewing,
the eight-foot giantess of CORN, Mo.
Although the couple have never met,
friends have been trying for a long
time to make a match between them.
Tn a few weeks Beaupre will journey
10 the home of~the giantess and form
allv present his love case. He thinks
even if they do not love each other at
first they will later, and it will be a
good business proposition for them.
The story of Beaupre's life and its
trials is best told in his own words
MY life is not made up of dimes and
nickels I have my troubles as well as
other people and maybe my troubles
are greater. 1t isn't all posing and
looking pleasant for the thousands of
curious people that visit me. l am
prisoner at all times and cannot afford
to wander about the streets and parks,
because every time do it l am robbed
of Just so many dollars. People who
see me in the streets are satisfied and
will not pay to look at me The little
exercise 1 get is in pacing up and
down the narrow platform in my ex-
hbition room and the very early morn
ing strolls. / can assure you it is no
snap to stand for twelve hours at a
stretch and answer the questions of
those who pay to see me.
Nothing VIII Fit Him.
Probably the question most often
asked of me is How does it feel to be
so large?' Now, 1 don't know how to
answer that, because 1 have never
been anything else but large. Certain
", if / had my way about 1t l would
be of ordinary size, even if I didn't
make as much money. / never can
find anything to fit and am always rum
ming after the carpenter, tailor or hat
Ter to make things for me. l can't
keep in the style, because l can't get
the things prepared for me.
IF I should tell you my difficulties
with people and things it would take
up the whole paper. But l Will tell a
few things MY greatest trouble is
with the street cars. They are not
made for me, and 1t is with them l
have had the most difficulty. My pa
tience is sorely taxed. The doors of
the cars are so low that have to bend
like a jackknife to get through them.
And when I am in, the seats are so low
that my legs spread across the aisle.
Passengers getting on and off stumble
over my feet and there is complaining
on both sides. 1 can't hold on to the
straps, because 1 touch the roof of the
car with my hat. So, what am l to
do?
Walk? Well, may be. But am sure
TO attract d crowd and the small boy
is very annoying.
Il get into a lot of trouble over my
walking. 1 draw a crowd, the street
is blocked and the police get after me
Tor obstrreting the sidewalk or dis
tdrbing the pesce. 1 have never been
arrested, but nave pees so near it that
there's no fun. Only the Other day /
took place in the waiting line, but
long before it came my turn at the
window a large crowd had congregated.
The banks business was stopped and
the cashier so aggravated that he or
dered me out of the bank. We nearly
came to blows and l threatened to pull
him over the counter.
Il can't sleep comfortably when l
am travelling because the berths in the
cars are so small. 1 have to double up
IN such shape that rest is impossible.
/ might put my feet out the window l
suppose, but there would be danger in
that. Some day, il I stay in this show
business long enough, I will have
Car OF my own. Then travelling will be
pleasure.
1 have to refuse invitations TO din
Aer because the tables and chairs are
So small. II l sit down to the ordinary
table can't come within reaching
distance Of it because my knees are in
the way So what can l do but eat
Standing up or in my own room. I
might dire off the mantelpiece with
some degree of comfort, but that would
De called unconventional Hacks it is
impossible for me to ride in. l can
rarely squeeze myself into them.
Parents Not Large.
You want me to tell you how grew
~ large? Well, l don't know. l Just
sloWed, that's all. My parents are
french. My fatehr is five feet sight
inches tall, and my mother but five
Lee' four inches. None of the other
members OF my family is large. When
was years old l was six and half
1esl tall and could do a mans work.
"nen l was 16 years old / left home
ana went COW punching. 1t took a