Show Tho Fortunes of Freaks Speaking of the savings of freaks of nature na-ture a prominent circus and museum manager said recently They are nearly all economical and nine out of every ten are filled with a desire to own a farm Tom Thumb spent a great deal of money and yet left a snug fortune Millie Cris tino the doubleheaded girl has made 00000 or 75000 but she lost the greater part of it backing the circus of a friend a few years ago I suppose she is still worth 20000 Hannah Battersby and her skeleton husband who live in this city are worth 10000 John Powers the fat man accumulated 10000 Captain Cap-tain Bates and his wife big people are worth 50000 They have a fine farm in the West If Lucia Zarete the Mexican midget had received all the salary she earned for her manager she would be worth 25000 As it is the manager Frank Uffner has the money minus 4000 or 5000 he has paid to Lucias father Eli Bowen the legless man has 6000 in bank Cooper the giant has nearly as much The dime museums have raised the salaries of freaks so much thatthey will all have farms if the managers man-agers pocketbooks hold outPhiladel pliifi Times |