Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

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never had freak speak to him before in his
life. It's a shock to the lad, that's what it
is" said another woman, with a baby in her
arms, and You just stop lookln' at my child!
It's beginnln' to cry now.
Ladies and gentlemen, the most beautiful
Giantess ever exhibited in the world IS going to
stand up. Go and see the majesty of woman
in all her pristine glory" said McNulty in
oratorical tones, scattering the crowd in another
direction.
Hes fool of boy, that's what he is!''
muttered the Blue Man, breathing hard.
Don't excite yourself, Mr.. Walters" said
McNulty. You know it is bad for the third
valve of the heart Now tell me what hap
pened.
Two little bows stood over there" said the
Blue Man. "One of them lost his cap, and l
leaned over to of them and said. Your
little friend has lost his cap He got red, then
white, and began to cry, and then all of the
fuss started"
You see" said McNulty turning his back
on the Blue Man and addressing the High
Brow with deferential authority Mr.. Walters
here forgets that he is as blue as he is. He is
so genuine, however, that the poor little boy
Mustn't do that here, Mr. Walters; not here,
with educational congress of natural
freaks like ours" he said banteringly. address
ing the Blue Man. This is not place where
trickery of that sort is allowed" Then, speak
ing in an undertone to the reporter, he whis-
pered:
:" try to be strict with them; but they are
such sensitive people! Still, discipline is the
educational feature of the management 1t
IS the in the animal department. If an
elephant IS caught taking a peanut from a
visitor without waiting for it to be offered to
him politely, he IS made to stand with his face
to the wall for the rest of the day
BY precept and example YOU impress the
educational value of the circus, platitudinized
the High Brow.
That's it, sir, expressed better than ever
heard it before"
A Colored Biography
THE Blue Man, who was the color of copying
ink, obligingly turned his under lip out
to show how inviolably blue he was
Tell the gentleman, Mr. Walters, how it
my mother having died when was four
teen, / determined to be soldier" said the
Blue Man.
IF Your mother had lived, what would you
have been?" asked the High Brow.
% will not attempt to give my history from
childhood, as it would take too long said the
Blue Man evasively. AT any rate, l joined
the 18th Lancers in the English army; and
while charging the enemy in India, my horse
fell, throwing heavily to the ground, at
the same time falling on my chest. After four
months in the hospital, this discoloration made
its appearance on my chest, advancing upward,
and in three years it plainly visible on
my face
Strictly speaking, then, You only dis
colored?" said the reporter, writing this fact
in his notebook.
While in Berlin, I, was twice medically
examined with the conclusion that the former
ovale of my heart had reopened.'
He is, so to speak, with an auto
mobile heart said the Professor, the third
valve being broken down.
DO you suffer much:" asked the reporter
I'm as cheerful as | ever was, only | had
to give up smoking, and sometimes am short
of breath. On your right You will see picture
of me as l looked before my horse fell heavily
on my chest" said the Blue Man sadly.
There is element of pathos about these
people" said the High Brow.
Yes, indeed, sir; if it wasn't for the money
they make, many of them would be reduced
to abject poverty" replied the Professor in a
choking voice. ".Ah! but here is something
more cheerful"
Freakish Reparte.
SEATED in a chair much too large for him was
- George Anger the Welsh Giant; while perched
on the arm of the chair was Ernest Raumil,
height thirty five inches.
You are full of sausages!' remarked the
Giant playfully to the Midget.
Saussiches iss not regular Cherman eating"
piped the dwarf.
Its the only thing they eat" insisted the