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Show BMTISIIGHS MARYEL AT WONDEna OF A OREAT AMERICAN SHOW. .All Lands. Tl.ll h. Freaks Thai Con. tllole Klmplr gld. ot 0ll. of Ihe ClrMU.t Itntrrlatnmant Kt.r I'al Iltfor (no lopI." (Special letter) ..J.1? narnum Ualtey thowa aro exhibiting ex-hibiting la London, England, and the metropolis of th world llnd that tho treat American aggregation of remark-able remark-able thlngt and persona who perform remarkable fcau beats anything In the how line the effete clvllliatlon of the old world can produce "A Noah'a ark of abnormalltle." la what the London Sketch calls the several eldo-ahowa of tho great entertainment. Not all the freaka are natural abnormalities; ab-normalities; about half are artificial. That la to say, aome of the curtoaltlea hate made themiclvca what thejr are; the other were made uch by the whim of nature Each claaa la repro-. repro-. tented by the accompanying picture. In tho tint category mutt be placed Harry de Itoia and hit wonderful dog Dady. h ( 0 flret Rrtc0 of DClot among all dog lovers that a terrier can Sire hla fellow canlnea a good many M.yardi stort and atlll canter In an eaay winner, where qualities of almost hu- "THIS KNOCKS 'nit." ("Hard-Headed" Wella.) .man Intelligence aro concerned, and 'Dady acema to out-terrler any terrier jknown. Tho accomplishment of a boarding-school miss "Just finished" 'fade Into Insignificance before the feats which come as eaay to Dady as eating Ihls dinner. He will spell you words or read you them, add up columns of fig-jures, fig-jures, choose you the flag of your nation, na-tion, and balance a glass of water on ithe tip of his nose. Then there Is Peter Samson, who would be a handy man to hare on the .premises when the coal cornea home In unwieldy lumps. That uplifted fist of jhls Is about to descend on the solid (stone over which It borers, and whon lit does there will be two pieces Instead of one. To him, truly. Iron bars to not a prison make, for he can snap .steel chalna by the mere raising of 'his biceps. Akin to the hardness of Teter Samson's fist Is the head of nilly Wells. He Is called "Hard-Hood," nnd doea not resent the Imputation, Billy's skull would form an approprlato an-Til an-Til for reter"e fist But perhaps he would scorn to lend his cranium to such gentlo taps as that might give. So he hires a professional blacksmith, sledge-hammer and all, to crack atones on his head after tho manner shown la the picture Skill rather than strength is the forte of Marlon Ells. On a huge blackboard black-board ahe casta a shapeless mass of eoap, and at your wish she will model you In a brief apace the features of any celebrity you care to name. Strength and skill probably account for tho feats of Mattle Lee Price with perhaps a daah of nature thrown In. How otherwise can you account for this "charming, delicate, womanly -woman" lifting from the ground by tho mere touch of her hand a chair loaded with three stalwart men? Any tug-of-war team smarting under defeat de-feat might be glad of Miss Price's services, serv-ices, for her other nccompllshments Include In-clude "actually resisting and overcoming overcom-ing the combined efforts of a score of selected, heavy and most powerful men." It Is not a cheerful spectacle to see the "Albino Distortionist" dollberately throw his arm out of Joint at the ehoulder,and then bring it back again with a snap, but the feat may be Interesting In-teresting as ahowtng what our marvelous mar-velous bono framework Is capable of by training. On the other hand, "The Skeleton Dude" Is an encouraging object ob-ject lesson for all who have lost their appetite. If the history of the two "Wild Men '" of Borneo" Is In harmony with their personal appearance, they ought to bo able to evolvo a story which would outrival out-rival any narratlvo of fiction. But, nlaal ther have no language save that of gesture, and benco the origins are shrouded In mystery. |
