When the circus came to town, it was the midway sideshows that were most exciting. Carnival barkers would entice customers to come inside.
“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up. See the greatest, the most sensational show in town. See Little Egypt do her famous dance of the Pyramids. Meet Gertler and Myrtle, the two-headed turtle!”
Maybe the most famous American sideshow was “Chang and Eng—The Siamese Twins.” The conjoined twin brothers fathered 21 children and died millionaires. Are you in “circus mode” yet?
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