Show A CHILD CONTOrmONIST i She Can Twist Her Body Into Any Number Num-ber of Attitudes Irene Crawford is an 11yearold girl of Newark X J who seems to hare been born with a talent which few contortionists contortion-ists acquire in a life time of practice prac-tice and thousands thou-sands of public performances When but a year old she aston 1 islied and sometimes some-times alarmed parents and + friends by twisting twist-ing Herself into odd shapes and kicking the back of her head with her feet As she grew she acquired Jt the capacity for J many remarkable = m = tricks This was IREXE CRAWFORD in her native Philadelphia Phil-adelphia but when the family removed to Newark and sent her to school tho whole juvenile population popu-lation was soon talking of the wonderful things Irene Crawford could do Her parents had iu vain tried to restrains restrain-s I I it her tendency but being assured that it am not injure her as she grew well and continued con-tinued vigorous they soon allowed her to practice at will She studied the show bills and acquired the positions at home Once only have theyallowed her to perform per-form inrpiiblie the mother declaring that she must have a good education first and then she can decide for herself whether to be a professionalS professional-S Yeral eminent contortionists have privately pri-vately tested the childs powers and say they have rarely seen her performances excelled even by old professionals She enjoys her antics immensely and is eager to join a troupe and earn some money for her parents who are laboring people |