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Show Hani little woman and had a host of friends, not only in the show business, but in other circles. At the time of her birth she weighed six pounds, but stopped growing at the ase of 10. She was only thirty-two inches tall and at no time weighed more than twenty -nine pounds. COUNTESS, WIDOW OF TOM THUMB, DIES By Universal Service. -MIDDLEBORO. Mass., Nov. ."6. Mrs. Tom Thumb, who with her first husband. General Thomas Thumb, attained worldwide world-wide fame as-midgets In the Barnum circus, cir-cus, died here today at the ase of 77. After the death of Tom Thumb in 1SS3 the lir.ie woman-, who had amassed a fortune, for-tune, married Count MagrL Mrs. Tom Thumb, whose maiden name was Lavlnla Warren Bump, traced her ancestry back to the time of William the Conqueror. She iras wonderfully brll- |