A Cossack Giantess
The sensation of Berlin is just now a young Oosi&ck giantess, who ia being exhibited. The girl, who is eleven years old, is nearly nine feet high ; she weighs twenty atone, and v ■till growing very rapidly. She ii verj pretty, with large dark eyes and a pleasant tace, and in the National costume of the Don Cossacks, which comists of a red skirt, blue jacket, long apron embroidered in gold and necklaces 61 many colours, Bhe capture! everybody's heart. Bat since she is still chiefly interested in her dollß and toys she cannot be said to return the sentiments of her admirerß.— Pall Mall Gazette..
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Southland Times, Issue 11296, 31 October 1889, Page 3
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109A Cossack Giantess Southland Times, Issue 11296, 31 October 1889, Page 3
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