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the sec-rrator of il Hard-n Sarali itor, spit be re-rifo also oca tied : ot Con-ninistra.-on tba gal witer ioes no? md that constant attorneys . Kanto/ t Blown. M. Bar-r lost'in apparentield that f Rubin, she wasSkeleton of aWhat Says Eugenics as to the Prize-Winning Atherton Children Whose Father Is a “Living Skeleton” of Circus Fame, Weighing Only Thirty-Eight Pounds?■asatisfied, asmatfoa ivners ot Solomon rty.-elght ans were brought i, charged were ver right, arah Ru-intention er legal-at deeds nd Lena efore il-antor, is i income usferredjpertr laimmor fifty of these a clninr to -give come (or eat with In Con-ressur-wer laws stringent\%S*She did e her off i es; they re never ; still his and any are notraise, orier various and sons, by matters iA DHL AIDE ATHERTON, three-an d-a-'half-ycar y old prize-winner. doesn’t look as if she had i a skeleton for a father, docs she?—At the left, photograph of a button of the proud parent in circus regalia.I'd like to see a child o’ his, ‘Twould he a curiosity. Pm thinkin*. Maybe he has it in his vest pocket, I wonder does them pants o' his stand be themselves, or is there really a leg in them? But I shouldn't be thinkin’ that way of him, poor man I But Lo'd! he does remind me af'a picked chicken.”And. at this moment the “living skeleton went up to his wife, gave her a resounding kiss, and taking his daughter Adelaide Atherton, prfce winner, by one hand, and his son Harold by the other, marched calmly away!As for the spectators, and Mrs. O'Donovan especially, they cou-lt;i only stand and gape.And there you have it. Artie Atherton, the thin man aforementioned, ts the father of two prize-winning babies. He gives out his weight as 38 pounds; he measures inches around the biceps; 16 inches around the waist: 6J6 Inches around the thigh, wears a number 3 shoe and a number 6 glove.At birth he*; weighed two pounds. He had to be carried about on a pillow until he was six, was wheeled in an invalid chair until he was ten, and walked on crutches until he was seventeen. Now ho gets around with the help of the circus, and eats three square meals a day.His daughter Adelaide weighed 9 pounds at birth, and Harold weighed twelve. That is all he can tell you about them. They were perfectly normal, healthy children, were well taken care of, and in spite of the fact that their father la skeleton, they are very much alive.Atherton says he has been a reporter on a Chicago newspaper. Since 1909 he has exhibited biraself with various circuses.Now what has eugenics to say for all this? Can it be explained? Atherton says it can't; and we don’t know anything about itWe will say this,, however, on Artie Atherton's authority; Although he haa been exceedingly frail ail hjg life, he has never been sick for a single day. This is contrary to expectation, but Atherton says it is a fact. His frail condition and his light weight are caused not so much by lack of muscle as by extremely tiny bones. He has no trace of muscular atrophy or ossification. So there you are.V;V,Nefendlng Ja Rubin r in full irried by is living did not r years it of the rard her of her • reasons titled to! Rublno-ills from 5rst wife Beauty” s conftlcf 1 custom, eckoringWhat of3. ARTIE ATHERTON and her two blue-ribbon offspring* Harold and Adelaide*founding
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sun, Dec 17, 1916
Page 26
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