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Show THE -( The "Fattest Woman In the World," Who Weighed 600 Pounds. MAASIiSSOTSOH ip I 1 ... SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1916. N, cm 7 .- IIERALD-TJEPTJBLICA- ... . i f f . t t r . . ..,- t - - X . V - ( V t I ! i s (1 r I ! f I J Portraits by the Famous Photographer Brady, and the Story They Tell of the World's A Series of A, . ' v." ' - ! Newly-Discover- ed ! v Vj k;- t ; - .". . : ' - " , i - ','''''"'. ..... . , . - J- -.'-. . - ' :. ! . - - ".' " ' . . t: ' - v-- ... . ; and V X1 V, N , v. , : ., ' "-' I..- - t ..... Vt'Afv . i ' ' - ' ' ' f 5 5I' ; ' i ' .i PS :.(!wxLtll midget at Bridgeport, Ct. "Tom Thumb" was only two feet tall, and weighed less than 16 pounds. He was only 5 years old when Barnum ' - Irlr. Tom Thumb l" J . ' I .... ' ,, - , . ' V II : - ' '''rJ'i minrrre. - Barnum, who was quoted, as say-in that "the public likes to be hum- bugged," launched his career in the circus business by exhibiting a re-markable negro woman, at the time believed to have been 160 years old, and said to have been a nurse to In substantia- George Washington. tion of these claims an old bill of sale was shown, properly dated, con- cerning Joyce Heath, then aged 54 years. Evidence that she was a nurso to George Washington also was fur: ciKhed. Everything regarding this old ne- :ro woman seemed bona fide to young became . the owner of so Barnum. y. A SERIES of photographs taaaa (.1119 UUtcl he...... lJL ........ ha by the celebrated war paid Jl&OO. To embark in the circus recently brought to light by a sale of private negatives, reveal3 an interesting group of persons whose peculiarities made The Siamese the fame of the greatest showman of Twins. fci3 time. Ask any man who was a hoy at 23, 30 and more years ago the name of tho most famous American of hl3 boyhood days and he will answer "Barnum!" Ask him why, and ho will instantly recall the Cain In 5 posters plastered all over Tillage buildings, barns and fence3 picturing the most wonderful aggre'. gation of freak3 collected from every corner of the eirth. He will tell you he can never forget the day the circus came to his town, in all the glory of its gaudy trarpings, blaring bands and riot of color. He will recall how he hastened J to the circus lot early in the morning, peered Intently Into the face of every dan he met to find the man wheso kindly features were so boldly on tho billboards, and that when he asked to see Mr. Barnum, I his hero, the "boss" told him "the fhow begins at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He will recall also how he tried to earn a free admission by applying for the Job of carrying water for the elephants, so that he might ave the carefully hoarded price of a ticket and indulge In a spree of peanuts, pink lemonade, popcorn, and If there was any money left, a red P. T. Barnum. J photog-rapher.Brad- y, 4 i em-tlazon- ed Is today, for that matter. In former days the public knew and had learned .wol - ? vs. c imiiiiiUmi I' HMlfiWlf I J Vr T-i,- :s?yJ v -C 7.'i,f;ffUVv-yV-' S Formerly some side show freaks man baby. It bore no resemblance business he sold his little grocery store for $500. and borrowed $500 "were made, not born." Among such to the pictures of mermaids. more.allege freaks were included some of According to Hamilton some of the men and Tattooed the following: With rare understanding of human BOcalIed clrCadsian girls were frauds, , nature Mr. Barnum saw at once that women. Albinos, Circassian girls, rf whQ WQuld gaid tha(. to make his exhibition a financial wild men and others. However, with consent to have her hair cut and 8u8 would bathe her head in beer every ol ruur uausea success, it was necessary to. arouse lue disanfreaks fake and curiosities the curiosity of the public over uncould become a 'Circassian girl peared, for in the modern circus day t&c fce j as the beer made her locks stand cited flnd make them talk about Mm everything must be as represented, out." Accordingly, in the most lavish man- - What the "Fiji Mermaid" Really Was "The Wild Man of Borneo" and ner he began to advertise Joyce "TodY" Hamilton one of the old- - other "wild men" are among the Heath, and crowds flocked to see the tlme pregg agents once sald that he commonest of circus freaks. In this s "?"v ased negro woman wherever she was personany famous "Zip," frauds in class falls Barnum's ue maae money ior iur. circus freaksknew, of few exmouea. who was al- - the original "What-Is-It?- " neath the Joyce Barnum until the day of her death. eged negro nurse to George Wash- - eaid to be merely a This was only the beginning. Mr. Ingt0n New 9i he said was on and negro with a peculiarly Barnum now saw the great field open mermai(i was another. The the Fiji shapedJersey bead, but who did come from latter 4.' f ' to bim- - Ife rapidly collected other freakt Which was exhibited in Bar- - a section that produced real Albinos, freaks, and astonished people by his num.g old museumf Ann street and Pink eyes and all. j :;' X V! a original and liberal advertising. Broadway, New York, was described was The "Talking Head" another Many of his descriptions of his a3 bing compo3ed of the body of one of Barnum's wonders that mysi- earliest features have been called a fish and fh dried - ead of m0n. fied thousands of the curious. This nrrirfi ii"r j , veritable masterpieces or, romcmng key. the hair having been shaved off. freak was supposed to be a living i humor. 2 Some said it was the head of a hu- "bodyless" head, but which was in Barnumfs reputation as a showman tnv havft - - hfip.n hum nn his The Talking Machine, Whose Wonder Was Devised by " ' Rnlf1 added him to his collection of freaks, freak. Chicago also furnished a ability as a collector of freaks. Cleverly Arranged Mirrors. paying the dwarf $3 per week and giantess in Annie Irwin, whose height is 8 feet 3 Inches. expenses. It is said that Barnum devoted The fame of no freak was ever more time and attention to "Tom greater than that of Enl Eng and ... A.T .v Ti'l v.'trv Thumb" than to all of his other Chang, the Siamese twins, who were wiw t i, ' '.r ...... freaks put together, with the result exhibited throughout the world as that the midget actually became an the most marvellous curiosities of Important factor in the showman's their day. There were also the Barnum took "Tom Thumb" to "Orlssa Twins, Radlca and Daodlca," life. : i-i n Europe, where the tiny fellow be- - who were born bound together by a came the favorite of crowned heads, seemingly indissoluble bond at the ' ' Members of royalty vied with one breast bone. Finally one died, and ' V -another in paying court to the little a famous French surgeon succeeded American, who died several years in saving the life of tho other twin, r f . ago. His widow married another literally by cutting the living from i the dead. midget. i W7 ii Among other midgets under 30 'Jo-Jd Man the inches in height were Lucia Zarate, t f 'J the Mexican dwarf, 22 inches tall. Another extraordinary and welt and "Great Peter the Small," who known freak of nature was "Jo-Jo- , were said to possess a lowrder of th D faced The freak f and no education. Th said to intelligence be an intelligent Russian if I Haworth troupe of five midgets, how- whose head and face were entirely ever, were accomplished musicians, r 'i vocalists and linguists, capable of covered with a thick growth of long J ' ! giving as Interesting an entertain- - silky hair, which made him look like ment as actors of normal size. Tom a gkye terrier ' I Thumb and Minnie Warren also were of the most Anme "es of the same high intellectual charac- of famous "bearded cultured. ladies, ' :is ter, both being perfectly normal besy 1 modest and charming and fefinedings except in size. her beard not- married, was known as Another - Jsub - 5 light-skinne-d x - rr. ; . f:7h - rcr-4 Wtfttfttif . r fciknhiJriTnnr ion r. hit j- -V"-r-- n r r rr M . Tr'--f J.i - r -- ui .f a V imp o, Dog-face- -- . ...... .. i frr . ! ; - - .... ' i ft balloon. A generation ago the coming of the circus was a red letter day In the li.'e of young America, and so it Contrasted with the "Lady' Giantess." ,Xv 3 ; ' d'l- hor-clever- ly '- - v. . fascinate even seemingly normal peo pie, who become hypnotized by ror much In the same way that a snake charms a bird, "There were giants in those days,' too. Among them were Chang, the Chinese giant, who was 8 feet 4 Inches tall, Col. Goshen, Capt. Bates and George Augur. The giantess Ella Ewing was a Missouri country girl, modest and retiring. She grew so tall she had to quit school, and then along came the offer,' of 1000 a week to exhibit herself as a sideshow v V- to love Thineas T. Barnum for the amusement he gave. Although he has ben dead 25 years, Barnum still holds a place in American hearts, and many of the freaks that made this great showman famous are still amusins the public. HI VK ; reallty an optical illusion produced by an arrangement of mirrors that concealed the body. One of Barnum's most famous freaks was the midget the famous showman christened "Tom Thumb." This dwarf's real name was said to be Charles S. Stratton. Through his own brother, Philo F. Barnum, the famous showman came across the Mrs. Tom Thumb ; - - the Giant. - " V:zz?y itjk z Tha Bearded Lady. ..vJI.' - 'i . - i Wx- . :t I , ' " : , V ' ' .t frsj: ' h . A .... .... . . - ) f S Greatest Showman. I ,( t r , ' ! : r 1 18-inc- , ? ... pigmy Chinese dwarf." He was the "Chetah, described as a hideous creature about three feet tall, and whose legs were withered and bent under him. It was said that when Chetah was being ex- hiblted in Madison Square Garden, New Yorkj a pretty girl in love with him and left her family for this monstrosity. This strange case has been cited an example of how freaks may ld w " ' Ji.'- - A withstanding. h Hannah Battersby was advertised as the "fattest woman in the world." She wa3 said to weigh 600 pounds, She married Jonathan Battersby, a "living skeleton,' who weighed 70 pounds. The couple were said to .have made a very attractive side-fel- l show team. Finally Jonathan became so thin lie couldn't walk, then he and his fat wife retired to a New H amp-a-s shire farm. |