Abomah in Milton.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 98, 20 December 1904, Page 5

Abomah in Milton.

THE TALLEST WOMAN. An old adage which says : " 'Tis better to have loved a short woman than never to have loved at all," may be well applied to the latest attraction, Abomab, who will make a two nights stay in Milton, commencing on Thursday, December 22, at the Coronation Hall, Aboinah, bringing with her a complete company of; specially imported unique entertainers, including Keilderson, impersonator of celebrities, and Dr Rowe, the modern wizard. At the present time there is no known tall woman living who would reach to her shoulder? and the average one could walk under outstretched arm with ease. She is the only existing giantess of the present day, and, the nearest approach to her in height is a Russian giant, Fedor Machow, who is at presen^exhibitiog in Berlin and is reputed to be 7 feet 9 inches high. Abomah, this enormously tall woman is a native of South Carolina, the one-time abode of plantation slaves, and both her father and mother were amobg that much ill-used and hird, working class. When about fifteen years of age she first began to show promise of becoming extremely tall, but at that period ■ in her life, even Barnum's representative, who engaged her for a North American tour, her parents, or those who saw her, never thought it possible that she would ever attain her present abnormal stature. She is of most attractive personality, a brilliant conversationalist aod a voealty of no mean otdet.