The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
THE VANITY or 4 FIGHTER.
EIemplincl H.. The rslnfui Experience of
III Ullh y TOuHrc.

Vanity s,.1ur pcrlists is a common
TINT. and r.o-. o. tncin hate TO get punched
in the nnc TO- fear TIA. their beauty may
suffer The worst anliciion a scrapper can
suffer il reformed or "cauli1ower car.
Tho membe- becomes mutilated after
long camrag1 in the ring. and unless good
care Is taken tho malformation becomes
perrna1ea. I'm ShaTkcy ia ono Of the
fighters who cauy @cauli1owcr car, and
it is said tlo no would Gvo a years ro-
ceipts OF his silicon to hayo HIS ear baok in
the form p wa whom bn WAS born. Other
b7iisers hcYo sccrl rs tclltale evidence OF
some Of tire hard battles they were in. while
others have other marks on their visage
that in no way enhance their looks, such
as broken noses. puflod up lips &c. Many
fighters arc vain about their dress and
wear fashJ jowelry and pad their shout
ders. Some have tho cologne habit, some
have a penchant for patent leather shoes,
turned up trousers and 80 on but few
thus far have displayed any weakness
toward their hair.
Their hirsute adornmcnt il the las. thing
they worry about, but there is an exception
in the on5e Of Bob Fitzainmons The
Cornishulnn. as many ring followers arc
aware. ia rarity bald His auburn locks
wrich have been immortalizsd IN yellow.
blue and other tints by the genius OF the
carioaturist. retired many years ago. In
fact it ia said thnt they disappeared when
FIT was just turning rs years old Fitz
has a youthful countenance and when he
has his head covered he can pass for man
Of 30, and Bob confesses to being - years
old
When the eX-cinmpion started ont this
season or the road with n theatrical COM
pany 10 strive for new histrionic honors.
he concluded that something must be done
to take the place OF his departed locks So
he bought a toupee. This was last August
and he has been wearing IT ever since.
Probably the fact would have remained IN
discovered until this day had not something
happened 10 the thing Fits vanity ia
the cause. and thereby hangs story.
When Fitz was in town few weeks ago
he thought that he would make the toupee
a permanent part 81 his head by making it
stick closer 10y other means than mere
paste SO he bought porous plaster. cut
u the size Of The t1upee. glued them together
and then stuck the sticky side Of the plaster
on his head The scheme worked very
well until the plaster began 20 draw Joe
Edmon7ton, Fits former manager, who
tells the story. says that the plaster might
have attracted Fitz's brains 10 the surface
had hn not warned the Cornshmau in time
Edmonston found ont what Fitz had done
only after tine plaster had been on two
days Ne grabbed the toupee and the
plaster and pulled il from Ia, fighters head
The '0uu'c aud plaster were by this time
on familiar terms with Fits bald pate
and it wa' DO gentle job Bob writhed in
Tain. boat after much eNertion the ioupee
came n and with il some Of the few re-
naming hairs which crew in that locality
For ono whole v'"k FIJI suffered intensely
Md % require a.l his forti'udo TO ", ar the
'oup oH itn STAG, Fit sill sports his
t"np lh pot hn Wshe- 10 conceal.
lni N' lI~ .lc' rrlIaiaod from hrin cling
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