Show V Phoobo Garys Explanation P T Barnum and his gifted wife were very fond of the gifted sisters Alice and Phoebe Gary who often visited them at Bridgeport To a friend tho famoua showman once remarked Alice was the more thoughtful while Phoebe was always bubbling over with good spirits and wit I never knew a brighter woman One day I was taking her and some friends through my museum mu-seum At the head of tho stairs was the cage containing The Happy Family Fam-ily which included owls cats mice serpents and other creatures generally mortal enemies but all living in perfect I per-fect harmony nmlnly becauco wo kept them sto stuffed with food that they had no temptation to prey upon ono another The cage stood directly at the head of tho stair and Just as we reached the top a big serpent stretched its head toward Phoebe Forgetting the glass thickness then separating them she was so startled that she uttered ut-tered a scream and would have fallen backward down the stops had I not caught her Looking up to me she said Thank you Mr Barnum hut remember that I am not the first woman wo-man that the serpent has caused to fall Argonaut |