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Evening star., 1938-07-15
DUKED0M FOR WINDSOR
COST ENGLAND $1,753
SO Was for Duties on Title and
Balance Was Stamp Levy,
Estimates Reveal.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 15.-The British
government told taxpayers today it
cost them $1,753 to give former King
Edward VIII, now the Duke Of Wind
sor, his new dukedom and title.
Supplementary civil estimates Is
sued today included an item for $3.50
($1,750 for stamp duties on "royal
warrant, letters patent and the dock
ct creating the Dukedom of Windsor
and II shillings ($3) for duties on the
title, III R. H. Duke of Windsor"
Edward VIII abdicated in December,
1886, and was succeeded by his BROTH
er. now King George vi.
Evening star., 1938-07-15
Hughes to Receive
Army, Navy Union
Medal for Flight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Army and Navy Union de-
cided today to award Howard
Hughes. 'round-the-world flyer,
its annual medal for an out
standing achievement. Dick Mer-
rill, who made a round-trip flight
to England, won the medal last
year.
Evening star., 1938-07-15
D. G, Bows Band Winner.

The Boys Band Of Washington cap
tured honors for the best non-Elk band
in the parade climaxing the Eks' 74th
national convention at Atlantic City.
N. j., yesterday, the Associated Press
reported. The band participated with
1000 brother Elks.
Evening star., 1938-07-15
Do Not Neglect
ArtlritiS

Thousands suffering from arthrftic paini
have found heIp in Mountain Valley Min
eral water direct from famous Hot sprinss
Arkansas. Mildly alkaline; Deeply 81.
isfying Endorsed BY physictsns Tor ovel
IS years. Phone Met. 1862 fer booklet
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
Met. 1862 IaO0 n o.. NV
Evening star., 1938-07-15

Germany's shortage Of labor has
caused an increase in regimentation
of those employed.
Evening star., 1938-07-15

Revenue, IS executive ofdcer Of the
tournament. Medals and cups will
be awarded.
Evening star., 1938-06-01

Tor exploration work. and Ocean City
meanwhile is getting the Jump.
Already this season the blues
are in. Take a look at catches
made before the holiday brought
bad weather.
w. D. Luplow of the Department of
Commerce and Mr.. and Mrs. L. Smith
caught 20 blues while fishing with
Capt. Talbut Bunting on the Cecil B.
w. B. Garrison, A. B. Gusdorf, w. w.
Weiss and Paul Ward, all of Washing
ton, took in "a blues while out with
Capt. Chester Grey on the Hilda. An
other Washington party, J. A. Pfeuger,
w. E. Cunningham, E. Lenthel, Carl
Mansfield, o. T. Newsom and Lester
Major, boated 43 blues weighing up to
4 pounds each Their fishing was done
with Capt. Crawford Savage on the
Hilda.
A good catch of bottom fish was
made by P. w. Bowen and S. Malby,
who got $50 pounds of sea bass and
porgies while out with Capt. Bill Bur.
bage on the Daisy Lee.
Virginians Make Good Catch.
Fishing on the bay Monday natu-
rally was poor because of the wind,
but Sunday was not so bad Among
the good catches made at Solomons
was one of 106 hardhead made by
Charles T. Levi, Virginia State game
warden; Graham Dougherty, Billy
Watkins, L. N. Russell, M. L. Copen-
haven and w. L. Winston, all of Berry,
vile. Va. Their skipper was Preston
Woodburn.
Commodore T. E. Jones Of Cam
bridge. Md, has brought his feet over
from the Eastern Shore and opened up
at his old pier at North Beach. 1t
means fishing on the Gooses will start
soon.
Evening star., 1938-06-01
Al L|NKSW0MEN
ENTER CUP EVENT
Pairings Made for Herald
Tourney at Washington
Club Tomorrow.

One of the largest fields ever to
enter a tourney Of the Women's Dis
trict Golf Association will play tomor-
row in the Herald Cup tourney at the
Washington Golf and Country Club.
The tournament has attracted 141
feminine golfers from all the clubs.
Parings follow:
s;o7MM5s: 1lai, Robert sS9 Lacey tcol2, Mrs.
SMasasf Maa q ana rs MGs Hhfsfy Hi GSsR5f
s1sMrs. fns' Charles 1Ss Vale Ina tken5. Ken Mrs
Fred c, Meier tKen) s;22~Mrs. II. g.
Meyers MANI. s:as0Mrs. a <. L. S Alderman asn
M N.n Mr. Mafys D s:aansSn eons e sne
M.P Hut Ken; Ms, ~ Bert aamSis
s:40WMrs. II. VI, Graf "a. and Nj. Mrs.
NJ Moses "a, and and NJ. s;43LMrs. =. r.
s:46.Mrs. Merrill Lord Coli. Mrs.
franklin Goss 1coIo. s:49-Mrs H, L.
sneoe Man. Mrs nSnGars G g. g0ney o1 (wash H.
4. c. Minnix (Col5 s:5S-Mrs. R. N.
s%t,en wssh Mrs + n Dsoshmstt
s:0i.Mrs, Y <. Welte (consl: Mrs.
Ghas. Penn {congD 9:04-Mrs. Herbert
David Weir 7consy ykniSn sGans Aouston Mes
HsRsr coRs SSonss Mri J. Dao fow. N0SEman aan
Miss Florence Scott tMan.). s:16MMrs.
II. 9. Porter Il. s. Mrs. John Lever Il; 81.
Dunbar 4. s., MIS- Mrs. r. j. Kennedy > o. S.. T.
g:25-Mrs. N. J: waldron tB;. D., Mrs.
Mss,sn SMsas TwssssRiS: Mrs. Edward wiapS.s Ief.s
Cons, !, Mrs. :: ": smith jco1s }. s;s41
Miss N s;oI Edlth Ba,s aanSos Il; s.. S:aosMiss
Mafon s RFasn n I hrs wns. Mer conF st0kes
Mrs. Harold Powell tCongD. 9:46-Mrs.
KS. < s. Giles Il; s., Mrs: I: G. Pray (Msn;5
sernice Baker rsnk e. 81 Hei'P sssMrs Msn Miss
McEntee 1KenD. Mrs. j. c. Dale CKen.3 :. p.
GsS,, s;SSMMrs 1soS Otto Elsle ,cong1. Mrs Arnold
I0:0i-~Mrs j. A. zahn acong1. Mrs.
Az Paul {Cong1. 10:O4-Mrs. e. M.
Mrs. Betty Meekiey Il. s.. Mrs. Jack
seots seonv ,unmst.o lo;lo.Mrs pos Harry Knox
Await Await 9censJ; o;1g-Mrs :. charlotie
s. Msron MGs psyg s ,eena asaley Mrs N 81 +
I Jennson shnser q. and n: lS:ssIMrs, 7:
e. CJ. 10:e5GMiss sadie Brissendon eidon
q s., M Mrs; ,,ln Earl clary q, s. 10:2s-
Sharpe q 81. 1O:3I-Mrs. Herman
stabler fCoD. Mrs. A. s. Gardner scoI1, :,
10:34-Mrs. r. !. Bailey tWash.). Mrs. s,
Jarvis LCol,). Mrs. G. /. James iCoi1,
l0:40-Mrs. w. Z. Hall tColD Mrs. r. b,
Let's &C.: c.. 10:43-Mrs A. B. jerks
"a. and M. Mrs. c. d. Kirk CA and NJ.
Io:4b--Mrs. G. A Lynch "a. and NJ, Mrs.
T, x; oysax a, and NJ. Mrs. George
and NJ 1o:55Mrs ff Il 1efff a Tuks Weple IA ana nd
NJ, Mrs w. A. Russell "A. and NJ. I0:5S
Clair Miller "a. and NJ
NJ. Mrs. Warren a. n0iSers snd Re Il: ii:oam ano
Mrs, Harvey Allen "a. and NJ. Mrs. H.
w. Harms "a. and NJ. II: O.-Mrs. j,
"; Beller &c. c., Miss Susan Hacker &c.
CD; 11:10-Mrs. Bishop Hill &C, CT, Mrs,
I; B. Platt &C. c.. 1I:I3-Mrs Seldom
Cnapman &c. CD, Mrs. Harold Tittman
tunatt): 11:16-Mrs Edward widmayer
tArsl. Mrs. J: A.. Anderson tArS). I:l9
IMrs M M N Giadstonaee Wood, Mrs. NJ.
S2d lWCod1 mrs Mrs. J; ssabsT wood J. Ii:s5
godfrey fB. b. Miss Ellen XIII Kincaid raSfense 1s
Mrs. Frank Buck ,(B. D). ii:34GMrs''
= Z Darby tCol.). Mrs. p. H. saIavan
Evening star., 1938-06-01
GOLF RATING HERE
Up TO D. c. MEET.
Split Invitation Tourney
Wins Prevent Choice of
Top Star at Present.
by WALTER McCALLUM.

invitation golf tournaments are over
for the year in this links sector, but
you couldn't pick the top player of
the year out of any group of winners
OF the affairs held so far.
VlctorS in the two tournaments held
around Washington were Levi Yoder
at Washington and Claude Rippy at
Chevy Chase. Neither man played in
the Baltimore Country Club tourney,
nor did District Champion Billy Shea
compete in any of the spring events.
Ranking of the top golfer OF the year
around Washington will depend al
most wholly on the outcome of the
District championship next September,
with the Middle Atlantic tourney at
Charlottesville two weeks hence having
some bearing on the ranking.
No Set-Up for ID. C. Stars.
But the Mid-Atlantic is more than
local tournament. The strongest
golfers from Maryland and Virginia
will compete in the 34th annual affair
at Pennington Country Club, where
Shea will defend the title he won last
year over his home course at Con-
gressional
Lanky Billy was the top golfer of
the town last year, winning his spurs
by grabbing the Mid-Atlantic and Dis
trict titles. Before the Shea boy began
his victory squirt, Levi Yoder, who won
at Woodmont and Chevy Chase, looked
the leading linksman of 1887, but
Shea overshadowed Yoder's feats with
wins in the two major affairs carry
ing titles.
No such yardstick is available this
year, for the winning hasn't been con-
centrated. And there won't be any
more tournaments until the Middle
Atlantic, starting June IS.
This AFFAIR can well determine the
Evening star., 1938-06-01

and additional bluefish grounds
were discovered outside. Anglers
fiocked there by the hundreds. the
place doomed, shippers bought
better boats and now Ocean City
gets the cream of the business
north of Florida.
Cape Charles, Wachapreague,
Chincoteague or any other spot
could have received the nod, but
the gods smiled on Ocean City.
To top the whole thing, the blues
hung around there all last summer
instead of entering Chesapeake Bay
or going northward, and the town
enjoyed the most prosperous season
in its history. When captains can
supply blue fishing, anglers will
rally round with their wallets open.
Virginia After Marlin.
Virginia sportsmen to the south ar
,rying to get some of this business an,
ire talking of finding marlin and blue
1sh grounds Of their own, and the,
may do it, but the State Legislator
'ailed to pass q bill providing $500
Evening star., 1938-06-01

top man Of the season. for if a local
player wins the championship he will
jump into the top spot. If either Yoder
or Rippy is victorious there won't be
any question about the first-ranking
player, while If Shea wins again he
will only repeat what every one knew
last year.
That Middle Atlantic will settle lot
OF arguments. Virginia will put its
finest club-swingers in the field, with
Morton Mccarthy, Clarke Lea, Frank
Sutton and Dave Ewen among the
competitors. Maryland will send along
Spencer Overton, probably the best
player in the State, but the champion
ship can go to a Washington entry
again. After nine lean years, during
which Washington failed to gain a
Middle Atlantic title, Yoder broke
through in 1886 to win, with Shea
following last year,
Evening star., 1938-06-01
0'CALLAGHAN IMPRESSES

SAN FRANCISCO, June ! (R.-
DR.. Patrick O'Callaghan, Dublin's
famed all-around athlete and surgeon,
made his pro wrestling debut here last
night with speedy victory over Cy
Williams 225, Tallahassee, Fla.
The 218-pound world record holder
in the hammer throw tossed the
Floridan in only 4 minutes 26 seconds
with hold he calls the hammer throw.
He grabbed williams around the waist
with both hands as he would grasp the
chain of hammer and tossed him
with ease.
Evening star., 1938-06-01
SPREAD SEMI-PRO BALL
Six More Cities to Be Named for
Nationwide Series.

NdIlou- w 1Qe series.
ATLANTA, June / (R.-Six cities
are scheduled to be named this week
to complete the Nation wide series of
State semi-pro baseball tournaments.
Joe Stearns, director of the National
Semi-pro Congress, said today. The
tournaments are slated for July.
District tournaments, the first of
which started last Sunday at Terre
Haute, Ind, will precede the majority
OF State meets.
Cities approved by the Semi-pro
Congress in which State tournaments
have definitely been assigned include:
Daytona Beach, Fla; Atlanta, Mont
somery, Ala; Memphis, Owensboro,
KY: Baton Rouge, La; Laurel, Miss;
Fort Smith, Ark; Waco Tex; Green's
boro, N. c., and Columbia, s. c.
Evening star., 1938-06-01
ID. c. May Stage
u. S. Shoe Event

Washington may be the scene
this year of the national horseshoe
pitching championship. Whether
to bid for it will be discussed to-
night in a meeting of horseshoe
leaders at The Star sports depart
ment.
To obtain the tournament it
would be necessary for the ringer
fippers here to affiliate with the
A. A. u, a move which likely will
be arranged tonight when an or
ganization to govern the game in
Washington and vicinity will be
effected.
All horseshoe pitchers are in
vited to the meeting. to open at
1880 O'Clock.
Evening star., 1938-06-01

ing Tree. 75--79-154: Al Houghton. Old
Point Comfort. Va, 7S--7S--155; Charles
John HeFfsaisr Fsttsry falfmSIs saltmurs sii57
Al Treder. Manor. S0-7S-I5S; Eddie
Stevens. Manor. Sl--77-15s: Jack Full
Fred Mcleod Columbia, 7s-s4-i8s;
Chandler Harper Norfolk Va, mo
card; Virgil Worsham. Chevy Chase. So
no card Willie Schneider Baltimore, So
no card: Willard Gaskill. unattached. So
no card.
Can you imagine George Diffen-
baugh three-putting from Is feet on
the 36th green and then taking three
more from the edge of the next green,
If ne really wanted to qualify? That's
what George did, to lose his chance.
Maybe he was trying, dunno.
Evening star., 1938-06-01
ESTDOM|NATES
us. 0PENP PREL|M
Sets Pace in Class, Plus
Numbers-WestIand Low.
Hagen Is Failure.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June Its the vests
year in the National Open golf cham
pionship.
Not only will the tournament be
played in the West for the first time
at Denver's Cherry Hills Club June
9-1l-but golfers from beyond the
Mississippi dominated yesterdays sec
tional qualifying tests,
They had a greater representation
than ever before in the history of the
tourney, more qualifying places to win
among the 141 which were open to
more than 1000 contestants, and they
did it with better scores.
All but the % players exempted be-
cause of last years performances had
to do their qualifying shooting at 81
centers yesterday. Barring a few who
decided not to try their luck, there
were 1,l94 of them.
When results were tabulated, Jack
Westland, former Chicago amateur
star, who now does his playing around
Seattle. led all the rest He shot g.
68-l37, nine under par. One stroke
higher were the Los Angeles leaders,
olin Dutra, 1884 open champion, and
Charles Lacey and Francis Schneider
of Oklahoma City.
Another top-flight pro. Horton
Smith, put Chicago into the low-score
bracket with 70-69-l39, but even
that figure was equalled by Mark Fry
of Oakland, Calf, and Ed Kingsley,
Magma, Utah, amateur, who led the
fields at San Francisco and Salt Lake
City.
San Francisco also was the scene of
the most remarkable failure. The
great Walter Hagen, who's been max
ing golf ball behave since many of
the qualifiers were infants, and who
won the open twice, found himself six
strokes out of the running. Hagen.
just back from world golf1ng tour.
had rounds of 78 and 70 for ISL.
The leading scorers in each qualify
ing district Figures in brackets show
number of quali1ers in District:
Evening star., 1938-06-01
Springs Sports Msortunes Boom Headache Pouer Business
Rod and Stream.
BY GEORGE E. HUBER.

When 1t getting
captains
Five the angling SPOT up and
down the coast bottom fishing
with few weeks fishing spring and
channel bass migration passed " ~
Nature them break though the marlin
Evening star., 1938-06-01
Straight Off the Tee
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

chunky fellow with
Beak"
get his chance matter what happens
down
himself reputation developer
Evening star., 1938-06-01

to 2l2. Third-team contests find
Congressional on top with 81 points
and Indian Spring next with 301a,
following matches at Congressional in
which the host club won points from
Columbia, Manor beat Chevy Chase,
4ha to 3, and Indian Spring beat
Army-Navy, to 3.
Gonzaga's victorious high school
team was to receive the championship
trophy today at an assembly at the I
street school from the hands of Presi-
dent Ralph Fowler of the District Golf
Association. The Gonzaga lads wound
up season without defeat yesterday,
whipping Montgomery-Bl Blair at Indian
Spring by the close count of 5 to 4.
Western won second place in the
Dawes Cup event, beating Bethesda
Chevy Chase at Kenwood, 8 to %.
Evening star., 1938-06-01

District. Leader. Score
Seattle "a, Jack Westland 6a.fs"oeIItR1
Los Anseles 13), Olin Dutra. 6a-6a-i3s
Los Angeles 13). Chas. Lacey. 7O-6S-I3S
Okla. c. (2l. Francis Schneider, 65-73-l38
Shlcago Q6). Horton Smith 7O-69-J39
san Francisco 90. Mark Fry 74-65-l3g
salt Lake G, (2), ed Kingsley. 72-67-139
kans. c. t3l. Leonard Dodson. 69-7i-14I
81. Louis CD tied Adams, 72-69-14f
rFnIla; Fa ", George Low. jr.. 70-71--14l
HeW 1oTS tlu). ID Chapman. 73-69-142
6DretroII tol, Joe Before T1-71-142
,iano, Y. t4), z. zimmerman, 6S-74-142
Iano Greg. Al zimmerman, 72-10-I42
Snand t4l. rat WILCOX Utilize
N canton. N. =. IA, o. White. T3-69-142
DsnVer ti3), howard Crocker, 71-72-143
Cieyeiand Cd, Bob Shave. 73-70-143
Madison. Wis 60, J. Milward. 73-7I-i44
NeW orleans 90, NR. Salmen, 12-72-144
Buffalo. N. Y. t21. Mike Parco, 73-73-i45
MemphlS, Tenn. t2l, Q. White. T4-71-145
Memphls, Tenn t2l. H. ESteD, 75-70-145
Cincinnati "a. Bob Servis, 73-73-14S
Pittsburgh (6). tP D. Vecchio, T6-7O-I4f
Washington (3). Bob Barnett, 7l-75-I4R
washington (31. L. W'ham. jr, 71-75-I46
Washington go, Johnny Bass, 75-75-I5O
Phoenix: Ariz. (3l. W. Low, 75-7I-146
Dallas. Tex. t5), "Rufus King. 74-72-146
Dallas, Tex 80, Jack Mann. 74-72-I46
Birm CHAM. Ala. (3l. G. Cook, 72-T5-147
Sp gneld. Mass -, T: Manero. 72-16-14S
Sp gf1eld. Mass l4). j. Tnrnesa. 73-75-14S
Atlanta (2l. 'Horace Wright 76-73-i49
H'ton, w. Va. 12). ~ Bi'nton, 74-76-i50
Ponte Verde. Fla. (2), B. Stark. 17-77-154
Denotes amateurs.
fAnnounced withdrawal after qualifying.
Evening star., 1938-06-01

Indian Spring women today hold the
big mug emblematic of the first team
championship, following their fourth
straight victory over the Chevy Chase
team at Chevy Chase, They won the
match by to 3, running their point
total up to "a to II, and thus, even If
Chevy Chase swept all points in the
final match, they couldn't win. So
they've called off the final match and
Indian Spring will get the mug at
presentation ceremonies June IA.
But If the first team matches were a
walk-over for Indian Spring, the battle
in the second and third team divisions
is only getting hotter. Following sec
ond team matches at Army-Navy,
Columbia leads with 38la points, with
Congressional and Army Navy tied for
second at 38. Columbia whipped
Manor. to 2; Beaver Dam licked
Woodmont. to Q; Washington won
from Chevy Chase. 5la to az, and
Army-Navy beat Congressional, 6Iz
Evening star., 1938-06-01
Boys Not Keen for Open.

One of the funny angles on the open
championship this year is that the
pros are passing it up without many
regrets. Worsham will go. but Bob
Barnett isn't certain he will make the
trip. Bass, the third qualifier with
$50, says he isn't going at all, and
George Diffenbaugh, the first alter
nate, says he won't CO. That leaves
it up to Mel Shorey of East Potomac
Park, who scored Isl, and Mel proba-
bly, will go. Colorado is Shorey's home
State, and he hasn't been back there
in years. Money is too hard to get
to go out there and take an IS and
spend $3.50" said Bass. And besides
I've just been married and I need the
dough. Why did they take it out
to Denver, anyhow"
Which seems to be the common
complaint and the main reason the
boys are giving the open championship
the run-around this year. It's all a
matter of cash and time, and they
haven't much of either. Here is the
way they finished in that 36-hole test
run-off, presented in his usual smooth
manner by Dr. William c. Barr, secre-
tary of the District Golf Association:
Bob Barnett. Chevy Chase. Tiff
bo deorse sehn benbausb Fenf Sa5tiR91s
77ss-77ss-l55: cliI spenesr: Beaver Dam,
7S-76-I53; Frank Cunnineham Rurn
Evening star., 1938-06-01


Danny and Allan Burton, now at
Army-Navy. and Ralph Beach, now
at Baltimore. All of them have
worked for Barnett, and between them
they have won a flock of golf cham
pionships in this sector.
Twenty -year-old Lewis Worsham
just back from Miami Beach, where
he held the fort after Bob left the
swanky Indian Greek Club early in
April, had just tied his boss for the
top spot in the sectional qualification
trials for the national open champion
ship at Indian Spring. Bob and
Eagle Beak" Worsham both scored
71-75-l46. Lanky Johnny Bass of
Baltimore won the other spot in a
play-off with George Diffenbaugh of
Kenwood, after George had muffed a
couple of easy puts, on the S6th and
37th green's. You probably couldn't
get George to admit he tried to miss
'em, but we'll always have suspicion
he didn't care whether he made them
or not.
tional open, starting June 9. is
long way of, and George has
new job, and money isn't too
plentiful, and so on.
This boy has lot of golf in him."
said Bob, looking over at the tall
Worsham kid. He won't win the
open on his first attempt. but he'll
do all right. And I'm going to see
that he gets his chance. Even If
don't go he'll CO." But you have to
give Bob only an assist on the budding
links career of the Worsham boy.
Lewis went to Chevy Chase from Ken
wood, where Witty Cox plucked him
out of the caddy ranks a couple of
years back and stuck him in the golf
shop. Then Bob took him over to
Chevy Chase and made him an as
sistant pro. Lewis has been at Miami
Beach for five months. where he got
little time for playing, between teach
ing and running the golf shop.
But the kid is good.
Any boy who could outstrip a pretty
good field and shoot 146 to tie for the
top spot in big tournament has
something on the golf ball. And it
isn't only flock of dimples. They
gave him the name Eagle Beak" in
the caddy pen at Kenwood. Maybe
you can guess why. But he is good
looking youngster and he looks better
betting that ball at the pin. knowing
he needed two pars to tie his boss, he
got them without half trying.
Evening star., 1938-06-01
p. G. A. at Baltimore,

On June II it will be another story,
however. That is the date for the sec
tional qualification rounds for the
P. G. A. championship at the Five
Farms course of the Baltimore Coun-
try Club, where four or five of the
local lads will seek spots in the pro
match play title tourney.
1t will be played at Shawnee.
starting July 10. and being close
to home, the boys will turn out
for 1t.
Particularly as they get a slice of
the money as soon'as they qualify. All
they get by qualifying for the open
championship Is long choo-choo ride
on ticket bought by themselves.
Evening star., 1938-06-01

reak though, the inlet opened up and white marlin
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-01-04
ONCE UPON A TIME


The first American known to have
sat in a British queens lap was Chas.
S. Stratton, who was born 100 years
ago today on a New Hampshire farm.
He was II years old, weighed "a
pounds and was Two-feet tall when
another New Highlander, p. T. Bar
mum, named him Gen. Tom Thumb
and started making him world famous.
So famous that when, at 25, he wed
Mercy Lavinia Bump, aged %, called
by Barnum Lavinia Warren, the we'd
ding got more attention for a week
than the War Between the States!
Mrs. Stratton bore him a normal
sized daughter who died at 1-2 years.
es tall and a millionaire. His widow
remarked, to Count Primo Magri, an
other midget whose title was genuine
Stratton probably would have lived
longer, contrary to belief that all mid
gets and giants die young, if he had
not been a heavy drinker. Barnum
used to lock him up to keep him sober.
One device Stratton used to get his
whisky anyway, was to shove money
under the door and bride a servant
to buy a bottle of hootch and a to-
bacco pipe. The pipe stem was insert
ed through the keyhole and into the
midget's mouth, and the liquor poured
into it.
The royal lap into which climbed
Gen. Tom Thumb then in his twenties,
was that of England's Victoria. I'm
fortunately, no photographer was han