Show midgets fidgets Mid gets condition due to affliction of glands midgets fidgets are arc not dwarfs A dwarf has the torso of a normal sized person heads are broader at the top than the jaw and there is a deep indentation at the bridge of the nose legs are short especially the thighs and the pelvic region tilts forward they are susceptible to heart trouble which the midget is not midgets fidgets are people with bodily proportions of normal childhood except that their limbs are shorter in proportion to their trunks cheeks are fair with little or no hair and there is more than a normal deposit of fat in checks hips or waist or in all three they are extremely youthful looking especially the younger ones this is due to the fact that they have a dormant period between 6 and 12 which curtails their development midgets fidgets may appear in any family since si nce their condition is due to non functioning glands according to harlowe R hoyt in the cleveland plain dealer when their growth first ceases parents as a rule seek to bolster them with medicines sometimes they succeed to the extent of an inch or two in which event they frequently ruin their childs opportunity to make a living four feet is the limit in height of exhibition midgets fidgets mid gets about 22 per cent of all midgets fidgets marry of these about half marry other midgets fidgets and the remainder normal people of all the midgets fidgets who marry only 41 per cent have children midget women who have children have normal sized babies normal at birth and normal as adults no midget woman has given birth to a child without a Cae caesarian operation necessitated by the small pelvis |