New-York tribune., 1921-10-26
The Coming ower
Last Night the Witches Came

CHARLES DIVINE.
In the mind Of Mr.. l.. A. Wales there
fingers the chorus of sister act heard
at the Clark Street Museum, Chicago
that's the place where we first saw the
! rubber-skin man, and the thought of
him gave us horrible dreams for year
which ran thus:
Of all the Southern bellies ve are the
fnirest,
Our smile our nature tells;
We laugh and wink at them 80 very
coyly;
We're the fairest Of Southern bellies.
Step Up and Hear Roy McCardcll
f. r. A.: The dime museums had
their destinations for me, too. Huber's
Museum on Fourteenth Street, Do,is's
Museum on Eighth Avenue, but. best
os all, the old Globe Museum on the
bowery---when | was on Puck, at Hous-
ton and Mulberry streets around the
corner.
Here at the Globe Museum I fore
gathered with and was the close per
scnal friend of George, the Turtle
Boy; Lnloo, the East Indian Enigma.
small girls head grew from his body
and once in pool game at resort
near by, in which George, the Turtle
Boy, and Laloo were playing for the
Human Curiosity Championship, Laloo
pushed the 10 ball in the corner pocket
with his elbow, and the indignant
Turtle Boy fairly snapped at him: "If
you do that again I'll kick your sister!"
was honored with the girlish con-
f'dences Of Emma Shaler, the Ossified
Girl, who confessed to me that "the
life hardened one" And had necktie
knitted for me by Lillith, the Legless
Lady; was guest of honor at the birth
day party Of the Murray Triplets; am
the friend to this day of Madam Rosa,
the Bearded Lady, to whom I used to
lend books such as Rosa Nouchette
Carey's "Not Like Other Girls" And
used to take the peerless Corinne,
Circassian Princess and Sword Swal-
lower, to old Maria's to dine, where.
despite her professional proclivites.
am pleased to say the Princess
Ccrinne's table manners were beyond
reproach.
] have drunk with Enech, the Man
Fish, and have heard Billy Wells, the
Iron Skull Man, compfain-after twelve
shows day, where at each show
Belgian block was cracked on his head
with sledge hammer--that he had
worn new derby the night before and
it had given him headache.
I took George Augcr, the Welsh
Giant, as my guest, to the banquet Of
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association ut the dorf-Astoria.
This banquet was presided over by Col
George Harvey, and Auger's advent
gave him opportunity to make tho only
jeu d'esprit of his serious career. He
alluded to Col. Auger as another big
party"
At the Globe, in the theatorium,
have led the claque for Carrie Stanley,
and that grand old Bernhard of the
Bowery Fanny Herring, in "The Dumb
Boy of Manchester" "The Ticket-of-
Leave Man." "Camille" and Little
Sureshot, the Pride OF the Prairie"
But the best introduction of a hu-
man curiosity to an appreciative public
that I ever heard was Professor Lay
tons Of that most famed Of ophidian
dietetists, the Original Bosco:
La-deees and Gentle-men:
Permit me to call your attention to
the world renowned, justly celebrated,
only and original Bosco, the Snake
Eater!
He eats them alive!
He bites their heads off
He gro-vels in den Of loath some
reptiles!
An exhibit for the cd-U~ca-ted!
And show for the sensitive and
re-fned!" ROY L. McCARDELLA
And a Coney Island barker's speech
is recalled by Marc Connolly, thus:
"Sir Ed-oo-ard, the man with face of
stone. He will not laugh; he will not
smile. Mock him, scoff him, jeer, jest.
or jape. He will not move mussil of
TIE face. Sir Ed-oo-ard believes that
laughter, like grief, pain, sorrow or any
other emotion, can be controlled by the
mussils of the face. Should any lady
make Sir Ed-oo-ard laugh he has a
standing offer to either forftts ten
Thousands dollars or marry her."
The Bus Takers
"No, | don't expect q pretty home.
But practical"
"Ycs, that's better. You have. you
know, lot O. things, you know, it 80
much, YOU know,-trouble? 2"
eyes. It's lot O. trouble. Practical.
| don't expect it pretty"
eyes, it's too much, you know,
trouble, taking care of it, you know,
lot of stuff
"I'll say So
"l'm always in a hurry. Everything
do fast. / don't know. Fast. Every
thing quick. Meyer amt through sup
per and Pm all through. / injoy my
meals, too. But don't know, I'm like
that lots o. ways. Quick"