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Little People

Creator: n/a
Date: January 31, 1863
Publication: Harper's Weekly
Source: Available at selected libraries


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When paragraphs appeared in the newspapers stating that a wonderful little lady was holding court at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and that she was all that the most fastidious fancy could desire in a small woman, the thoughts of the sagacious instantly turned to the American Museum. But when a "correspondence" was published between Mr. Barnun and the prodigy, in which the latter declined his offer of ten thousand dollars a day, more or less, upon the plea that she was only wait-ing the completion of her wardrobe and of the set-ting of her precious stones before sailing for Europe to visit the "crowned heads," etc., every body knew that Mr. Barnum had secured another dwarf, and was advertising his success. Her name is Lavinia Warren. She is 21 years old, 82 inches high, and weighs 29 pounds. Unquestionably she is one of the most interesting of the many wonders of the kind which the Museum has offered to the public. General Tom Thumb and Commodore Nutt are henceforth not without hope. The poets of the press describe her faultless form, her winning voice, her sparkling dark eyes, her rich, dark, waving hair, her exquisitely modeled neck and shoulders, her bust a sculptor's study (!), and her singular in-telligence. If Bottom should stray into the American Museum he would be sure that be beheld Titania. In the words of one of the enthusiasts - "What more could we desire?"

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