Show ill WHO WAS WHO II 11 by louise A M comstock I 1 i i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 BROTHER JONATHAN BACK in days it was brother jonathan not accle uccle sam who mho stood for all the faults and virtue virtues of this country km elea george Iash logton when ihen confronted by a knotty problem of state nas wont ont to eay say we ne will hove late to see iii what lint brother jonathan hai has to say any about wa it brother jonathan was jonathan trumbull governor of connecticut at tho the time of the revolution one of our first greit patriots he ile I 1 was its also ancestor of aa an illustrious I 1 line tie of trumbulls Trum bulls including john artist who ubo in 1780 painted the huge historical pictures in the rotunda of c the capitol and tho modern governor of connecticut john harum bull of all colonial governors in office fit at the outbreak of the involution revolution jonathan trumbull alone was loyal to the colonies throughout the duration of the war his store at lebanon conn was a sort of war office where supplies bere cre collected and shipped off to tho arm armies it lisa ally all under his big own super islon and in his simple home be he sheltered Uns washington hington and franklin jefferson adams I 1 a al ayette it was he who financed milan aliens allens successful expedition against fort rort ticonderoga when courage lagged he be made speeches stirred up patriotism and on volunteers olun and lils ills state furnished more troops than any other except massachusetts jonathan trumbull died in 1785 at the age of seventy five are V V V TOM THUMB TOM OV THUMB EO so famous a mid get that bis his name has become synonymous almost for any of ebore tiny people at whom the world always wonders and sometimes laughs was a real person the famous midget was only fourteen years old when under the expert management of that famous showman P T barnum he ceased to be mere charles heywood stratton of 0 bridgeport conn and became gen tom thumb symbol of all the midgets who ever graced a circus sideshow sid eshoff in 1854 barnum took his find to england where the handsome dwarf was nas pre ed to queen I 1 Hc le torla and to paris the trip was a huge financial success after their return to this country barnum deela a little romance would be good publicity for tom and imported into his ills company lavinia warren plump and pretty who boasted boosted 32 inches to toms SG 36 and weighed 29 20 pounds shortly thereafter att attended eLded by the brides sister kinle 11 warren arren find commodore nutt fathom she later married livilla and tom were united in holy matrimony in an ela elaborate th church ceremony attended by the best society and the most colorful show people and liberally written up in the papers starting at a salary in keeping with his size three dollars a week tom made a mint of money in file he show business eventually lost most of it at poker and died of apoplexy in 1883 after it Is 20 years of happy married life la finla thumb later married an italian d arf named count primo ilal V V 7 V BLUEBEARD C compared pOM PARED to his prototypes in real life the bluebeard of our fairy story books boobs a as a mild and benevolent ne man king henry mil 1111 ran him a cloe in t the h e matter of finning vinning and di disposing db posing ot of wives nives forbidden doorba and bos box lids abound lu la literature from the roath of pandora dwin and it Is quite pro probable buble th it tt the arch blue beard Is a compilation of many bad men of legend and folk tale nil all roluf into one it credit for Inq inspiring tills this famous character lowlier Is to be given any one man he was gilles de ralz one of join ot of arcs generals and a marshal of I 1 ranee rance during the file fit rif century whose make Elue bluebeard beard appear a meek and home loving hur husband band gilles illif a large or e fortune and political leal nence the first he squandered the second he be disgraced 1 alien I lien baill bankrupt he turned to alce limy sou sought ht the favor so they say of the devil through black magic made human sacrifice of innumerable e little boys and cad girls and Is said to have love been the one to betray join of arc are into the hinds of the eng english th the e church finally eted him film of sor very and he was nas burned at the stake stale for his atrocious cruelties in 1440 the story storybook book version of bluebeard first appeared in the famous french collection of in 1 a western W cetera aalon |