The evening world., 1903-07-09
Edward Beaupre, Beside Whom
Even Other Giants Look
Small, Pays His First Visit to
New York, Where He Has
Some Funny Adventures.
IS 8 FEET 2 INCHES TALL
AND BUILT IN PROPORTION.
Has Foot q Inches Long, Wears
No. 10 Hat and Possesses
Great Strength, but Is as
Kind and Gentle as He Is Big.

TIE biggest man in the world is now
in New York. He IA Edward Beaupre,
a French-Caaadian from the Northwest
Territory. He Is taking his meals sit
ting sideways at a table. for his legs
are too long to put under in the conven-
thnal fashion. and he's sleeping diagon-
ally across n bed with chairs under his
legs and feet. in the Vanderbilt Hotel
Forty-second street and Lexington ave-
nue. where he and a travelling compan-
Ion are quartered.
There Is no doubt that this young man
OF twenty-tWO is the greatest giant ltv-
Ing. He IS s feet 2 inches In height and
weighs 36I pounds. He knows the pro-
portions OF all other giants in exist.
ence, and the human being next to him
In size Is a Frenchman, who stands 7
feet q Inches. .
Strong and Kind ms He IL Big.
When Beaupre landed at the Grand
central Station there was a commotion.
Women screamed and little children
chung to their mothers crying to lie
saved from the 'bogie man." II the
little ones had only known what n
splendid. good-hearted fellow is this
giant Of the Far West they would not
have run from him.
His nature Is as great and kind as his
proportions are big. He never a a
quarrel in his life becaus no one would
ever think of uuarrelling with him. He
admits modestly la he has lifted a
horse Weighing $50 pounds as high as his
head. He can pick up a man like George
Gardner. the champion ~light-heavy-
weight, in one and and dangle him In
the air without taking a deep breath.
Only to-day n OF the bellboys at the
Vanderbilt was so tal:el up with ad-
miration OF the giant that he failed to
hear an order that was given to him,
The said bellboy weighs Jas pounds, and
Beaupre. catching him with his right
hand where the lads clothes were slack,
lifted the youngster and pressed him
against the ceiling. The boy was too
scared to give more than one yell as
he felt himself rising, but when he
struck the floor again he took to his
heels and the last seen OF him he was
going through the front door of the
Vanderbilt b~areheaded and with his hair
on end. He didn't look as II he intended
ever to stop running.
No "Hand-Mc-Downs" for Him.
The most wonderful thing about this
giant is his clothing.
lit takes thirteen yards of cloth to
make me q comfortable suit" he told
an Evening World reporter. EVERY
thing l wear has to be made to order
shoes, hats, shirts, collars. cuffs, under
wear, everything"
Beaupre's shoes are twenty-five inches
from heel to toe, his collar twenty-ohe
Inches, his hat is a No. IL.
81 am only twenty-five" said the
giant, and / know | am still growing
1 beam to grow when 1 was three years
OF age and / have been at 1t ever since
I don't think that | will grow any taller,
Although | have made three and a QUAR-
ter inches in the past two years. am
hlling out around the chest and getting
-,
mat has shown on the horizon who
looks as II he might lick Jeffries?' Il
II never pract!sed boxips" was t the
thing about 1t l wouldn't want to
lick yefrries. lie is too fine a Fellow
Only an Ordinary Eater.
Beaupre says he does not eat n
than an ordinary man n the
people OF the hotel corroborate this
and they ought to know.
'How do Sleep" replied the giant
II have had some funny
stunts in my time. getting around
across the bed inc put two chairs to.
at the corner to hold up my
feet. Some beds are smaller than
others and hen this happens, why
lust spllce the bed clothes together and
the soft side Of the floor.
''There never was any one IN the lam
,,v an big as I am. have a brother
nin years OF age n he is 5 feet IS
inches and growing, but l don't think he
ever be as big as his biggest
brother"
Has Keen Mind.
Beaupre's people have lived In Canada
,or three generations. They are tarmers
and sis father and mother, he says, are
JAW ordinary in size. The giant IS iieen
ar 6rain and uses good French n Eng
i,sh. Several years ago he was thrown
from a horse and had his Jaw bone
broken. Traces OF the injury remI!r,
bW otherw wise the big man ias good fea-
Wherever Beaupre goes a gaping mob
after him, n even when he Is
1t meals they are peeping at him: His
q most awkward position when
He has to turn one side to the
table and it is embarrassing at times,
but he says he always manages to get
Iuficient to eat. II not sitting. standing.
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