The Washington times., 1906-07-08

the dime museum business
was AfnIe Christine. the twe'-heaoed
nightingale.
"MuHe certainly could sing And she
had TWO heads all right enough. which
caused me several times two kinds or
troubles
"AfYUie was colored and highly edu-
Gated. The heads would hold converse
tious with each other On all sorts or Ian
g7Iages. She had Travelled all over the
world. as a freak. and she had learned
every language.
she could give an entire program by
herself First she would sing an alto
solo. and then a soprano solo. Occasion
ally she would sing a duet.
"She had four arms and four legs
When Il came time for the instrumental
music she could play a simple thing
win TWO hands. or she could play an m
t-lcate, composition with four hands.
Great girl she was.
THE most expensive exhibit ! ever
had was Lucy Zarote the Mexican mld-
get She was really the smallest woman
ln the world. She was about twenty
two inches high, and played Ike a htt4e
child. She got $50 an Hour for sitting
on the stage.
"T don't believe there ever was a boy
who hasn't heard 0f Barnum's what IS
ita' The bills called him Zip. He was
Southern colored man with a peculiar
shaped head 7 don't believe anyone
really figured out just what was the
matter with him.
Il living skeletons and fat men and
women were plentiful as the air The
hest skeleton we ever had was Isaac
Sgrague.
Isaac used to walk around with
can OF milk In his hand 10 keep himself
alive He sure was a thin one We haa
a fellow. though. who was almost as
thln as Isaac. who could eat anything
and everything l never saw such an
annette. Stiu. he couldn't. get rat
During one particular week We Mad
two tat women on exhibition hls
Laura Wolford was the star, ana
TJattie Bowen was the other. Laura
was colored. Hattie white Laura Welsh-
ed almost 030 pounds, and Hattie
weighed a little less than S5o.
a Circassian girl could be made In
few minutes. All that was needed was
a luxuriant head OF hair OF a good Whl'e
wig. Nothing else was needed eNcep'
a little bleaching material for the long
haired girl
.Jo-Jo and Creo were the once famous
hair man and hair woman Both We're
complatelv covered with hair-real hair
too. There was nothing fake about
them.
'sThe camel girl was a funny looklrf
object. Whenever she walked she walk
ed awav from herself. From the Thighs
down her legs were turned the wrong
V,av. If she stopped over her knees
would strick out behind like camel
'Ivanovitch. the Siberian exile. Wal
one OF the most versatile exhibits III
was a hideous little fellow, nearly GOV
cred with hair
"One day he would be the exile Mex
dav he might go into cage and be Z
Wild man. He got better salary for be
ing a wild man. but Il didn't make mucf
difrerence TO him which he was
IF anything he would rather play th'
exile. because the wild man had TO trl
to eat raw meat. Ivanovitch didn't Ike
that very much.
"Trip was the armless wonder. III
used 10 travel with Barnum's. Trip wa'
really good He could write, sew. fec
himself and do anything else merel!
by the use OF his toes.
I'VE had a girl. too. who was borT
without arms She went Trip LITTLE
further and played the piano with he
toes That is nc joke.
Next TO the Circassian girls snakt
charners were easiest found Anybod.
could 50 into cage with the snakes