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World's Smallest People
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FILIPINO MIDGETS
Juan de la Cruz
Miss Martina de la Cruz
Brother and Sister
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Filipino Midgets
These tiny people are brother and sister, two
children of a family of five born in the village of
Tanlagan, Province of Capiz, Island of Panay, P. I.
The little lady, Miss Martina de la Cruz, is the
second child born in that family of five, 58 years
of age, height 21 inches, weight 74 pounds. Her
brother, Juan, is 57 years of age, height 24 inches,
weight 50 pounds. These little people have every
joint bone and muscle in their body the same as
any normal person. They are very bright and in-
telligent, having mastered three of the dialects of
the Philippine language, namely: Tagalog, Viscayan,
Pampamga, Spanish, and English-practically five
distinct languages.
The parents were average size Filipinos, also the
other three children in that family The midget man
is married to an average size Filipino woman, Gre-
goria Gabriel, 31 years of age. They had a very
pretty baby girl, Maria, which was of normal size
and just as tall as her papa. The baby died at the
age of three years in the town of Daytonia, Florida,
March 15th, 1907.
The Filipino Midgets are the smallest adults known
to be alive today in the world. It is amusing to
watch these tiny bits of humanity dance together,
and the little man go through his acrobatic per-
formance.
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