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tlnin, and it was consequently more or less difficult to
win his consent to their departure. Finally, he was
persuaded, on the score of showing the world what
remarkable creations could be brought forth in Siam.
They were then exhibited here and abroad, and all
the prominent physicians on both sides ol the ocean
studied this exceptional freak of nature with the view
to separating the attached twins. They ..!! ; greed,
however, that while these Siamese twins were two dis
tinct individuals, the cord connecting them (it was a
band of cartilage joining the breast-bone ••! one to the
breast-bone of the other), could not In- severed without
loss of life to one or both.
This physical bond of union also reflected, as it
seemed, a deep sympathy that existed between these
two brothers. Their likes and dislikes wen- similar,
they moved, probably from habit, in unison, they
talked almost at once and to the same effect, and were
in every way harmonious, as if they were one being.
They had ' »-ir points »>f dissimilarity, also, the intel c. t
of one being keener than that of the other, and his
temper showing more irritability. Hut
their physical strength was re-
jnarkahle, and wlu-n it came to
running, leaping, or swinging
an ax they possessed the full
vigor of two well-developed
persons.
It is a curious fact that
in 1843 they married two
sisters, the daughters i>f
Daniel Yeats, who lived six
miles north <>f Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania. Miss S.ir.ih
Ann Yeats became Mrs.
Kiitf, and Miss Adelaide
Yeats, Mrs. Chang. In
1846 the young couples
moved in North Carolina,
where one family iv. red mx
children and the otl er n-. c.
Chang .1111! Eng then en
pur"
h.iliiis enjoyed tin. 1 quiet,
y life. Thej
very sensitive of 1
i>-.:l peculiarity, and pre
ferred seclusii >n. Th< \
very r | not
< » 1 : i y become n
1 <if the United
Stai , Imt had ■>■ ■ > em«
■•..n faith.
Their children were bright,
Bnd had .1 refined, Si. •■■■■ • ■
1 . tof features.
The saddf^t part of th<ir
Bt< :v was the death Ii one
in I>7 t . which n<' •■ itated
the separation that caused
th<- demise <>f the other.
A family group is pre-
B< : • < il in phut, (graphs.
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The great showman's
instinct which collect* d
the original freaks .1! -a
devised the fir.it automa
ton. The show was oti^i
nally given during the early
years of the civil war, and
the figure selected was
naturally that of a soldier
with crutches. The auto*
maton, judged by modern
standard, was a very crude
atT.iir, the dummy turned
its head, waved its crutches
and moved its f<vt. and
thai was all. It since has
been the inspiration <>t thou
sands of more complicated
devices. It was much the
E inie with the first illusii 'ii.
The illusion consist -d of a
sei of mirrors so contrived
t 1i.:1 1 n man was o >ncealed
be! nd it with only the face
showing. mass ot compli
cated-looking machinery which was
op«r..ti .1 by a pump pave a curious
scientific appearance to the whole. This face, which
& 1 m< d to be detached from the body, answered ques
tions while an attendant vigorously pumped beside it.
The illusion since has )*-<n widely imitated
After all. however, there is little difference between
the circus of the last generation and the one seen todai
There ;ire the same nnj^s, the same clowns, tin- same
ftcrob ts, tin.' sain..- menagerie, the same side-shows, tin-
Bame 'Spiik-r" at the entrance — all j 1 t ; >s the grown
men of today saw them when they were youngsters.
It is the same old circus come t>> town again
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for MAY 22, 1904
Tlhiose Ms&Firliedl "Wouinieirn.
by K-m,.- Alli-n
GIRLS complain thai at functions young men
prefer talking to married women. "We girls
are all ri^'ht until si me stunning m. Iron ar
rives, when otT run »he men to pay court to her!*" they
declare indignantly.
This is provoking and often literally true. What
should girls 'I" 1 In the first place, they must learn to
command their faces. They must never show the
.white feather, or let the tires of anger Same into their
cheeks They must look cool, though they boil within.
There is but one way to compete with the enemy —
who is strong — that is by diplomacy
To show temper toward a woman who attracts
your rightful knights is to lose your cause. Clever
women have little patience with pettish conduct. To
make insulting remarks about a woman to a man who
obviously admires her is fat 1 Men .re loyal to the
absent woman, as a rule, and the girl who maligns
THE MfISSACI fry Clizohcth )'\i/(/(/k>s
Co forth, O, violet sweet and tt>r\dcr;
Bear to my Low the thought 1 send her.
Arvcl when upon her breast thou litst,
tire thou ii\ very rapture diest,
Breathe on l\vr lips, her hair, her eves.
Such odors of love's ; t \r;tdise.
That she may ne'er i\ viole:" see-
Without «.\ memory i>* me.
one of hei sex is unclevi r. No cure was ever efli ct< '1
without skilled di v
Why do nun rush from girls t.> young m ti ns?
That's the question Here are several answers, equally
illuminating fallow men are a 1 i t » 1.- like geese in their
twenties They think it ultra-stnirt to seem politely
mdiffeienl to youth and beauty, s-i dock to the side
of the matrons and play a! cavaliu and are generally
Useful
Men of the world go over to the enemy because,
while girls ana at some pains to be interesting, they
nevei seem so interested as flo clever marnecl belles.
Extravagance in dress ha.-> more to do writ the
revolution so bachelors than girls realize. Men like
gance in dresi ha* more to do
luti>'ii <>t bachelors than j*irN real». Mm
to XC "dreams," hut few can afford to pay when the
time comes to wake up. So, they feast their eyes
upon fictions worn by attractive women whose hus
band's purses are long, arid who accept their ham ge
as lightly a.-> it is given.
Men are more honorable in matters of the he rl
than rumor allows. They are as a rule sincere. Th. v
■void conspicuous attention to girls, either r»c. nsc
they know that they cannot afford to hack up then
devotion with the sort of portable tribute thai apprab
to .Miss Twentieth Century, or because they are ofcl
fashioned enough to reserve their love-making lot the
one woman whom they intend to marry —>< me day
In general conversation with men visitors, girls
place too much emphasis upon the personal note.
Successful matrons talk la their men friends about
their fds and ambitions Girls frivol the hours away
in frothy chatter or personalities that men who ha\e
their allotment oJ sense detest Socfa
prefer a lw">k at h> me, or the pipe
of peace in a friendly wigw. m,
to a second call They seek in
I', peace in thereafter the mar
ond call Th«v seek m
prefcrente 'hereafter the nur
ried woman.
These arc c. few of the
'"U'hv^'" How to change
the current of admiration is
moderately easy. It is un
lawful to kill these attractive
rivals. !t is rude to snub
them They cannot {<?
ignored To m ike friends
wi'h them, therein*, is l*-st".
The gir! who is nice to
th.- popalai matron is the
girl \vh' SC card is ri led at
<i tnces, uho i> . sked to
'■■■■■ who is wanted
constantly; for when she
hkes a girl the matron likes
her to -,ome purpose. The
ci nxmon-sense conclusion is
th ■ » it is bettei to rater a
!:••'■ than to he lonely uch.
Follow the leader; ! ■■: .1
0 -iit- ntity never !<v i'-. y i;
1 ■ ■ If you find th.-. t v i
arejtoi equal to h>r den <r is,
3on ■ n aha ays dr ip ■ at,
It girh display no signs ol
y I u-y. and are useful and
■ v, older women will -< c
■ : ; ' certain eligible men
know then and pay tribute,
to 'h.ir charms, which are
tactfully called attention to.
It i.> clewr to stand near
th<- queen ol Hearts, al
though one canool nxtmed>
ately mount her dais,
M.ti .tre not all fo. 'ls. nor
knaves, They - v .-.iry
nothinga to married women
because they know that they
v.i.l not be taken sertousry
They look unutter ibl«
things I r th<- s 'ke of amuse
men! Were they to say the
same things to girta they
would sou n<l i holly
different.
Curb are hyper-sensitive;
matrons ignore little socia]
rifts. A world! v man's re
spect for a girl's innocenoe
often makes him mute,
whereas with the worldly
Woman hi> lips are ■:::-
SO. led Althi Ugh. !'<■::: g
well-bred, he \ivs nothing
tli I is in the Uv.st offer
to ''-.-t.. -t. }-..■ i> at ease. Lest
he for*get, he avoids "ulti -
sensitive ta idens. Thus it
is thai sensitive plants so i
bee me waH-fl twers.
Tact, tact, and again tci
sw'Vs the s. K-i.:l pendulum; and
what is tact but consideration
and — repression ?
When .« girl becomes maid ■'( honor to a social
queen, .she has only to keep herscll well in hand, and
to add a merry smile or witty word at the right time, to
seem wondrously bright. Sulking in a cornel is r.< t
effective. A wise girl creates i place t r herseli
wherever she goes A girl cm have no wiser fri 1
than a matron who is simultaneously a woman ol the
world and a g tod woman.
The younger must give social precedence to the
older worn She who dkws so gracefully will be
Speedily rewarded by kmghta galore,