WOMAN 23 IN. IN HEIGHT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3446, 10 February 1912, Page 4

WOMAN 23 IN. IN HEIGHT.

'PHYSIOLOGISTS DESCRIBE “LADY LITTLE” AS A LIVING MARVEL. There will shortly be seen at the HipSodrome a young woman beside whom eneral Tom Thumb and other famous dwarfs were tall. This physiological yvonder is “Lady Little.’ ’a French girl whose real name is Marie Jeanette, and who, though eighteen years of age, is only twenty-three inches in height. The little lady gave an At Home at the Criterion, and in a dainty white silk gown looked quite a miniature society beauty. She delighted her visitors with her grace and good humor, and sang three songs in a clear, if thin, voice. Born in the South of Prance in a small mountain village of the Basses Pyrennces, Marie Jeanette is a puzzle to the medical faculty At her. birth she measured only five and a-half inches in length, and her hand was so small that a postage stamp would completely cover it. After the age of two she added nothing to her height. Her tiny body is perfectly proportioned, while lie mental faculties have kept pace with increasing years. Medical experts declare her to be a living marvel.