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So they might bring in

magicians;

they might bring in

various "freaks."

Houdini had seen the twins

at this wax museum

and was absolutely fascinated

with people with unusual

and extreme anomalies.

He was particularly drawn

to Daisy and Violet.

Not only did they have

this curious anomaly... -

very rare for conjoined twins

in that period

to even have reached

the ripe old age

of six or seven or eight... -

but they were also

such fetching things to look at,

like one of Raphael's

paintings of cherubs.

They were that lovely.

- If you go back

to the turn of the century,

to the '20s and '30s,

if someone had a deformity,

normally you did not see

that person out on the street.

The parents would maybe

raise the child

but would not take them

out in public.

But here are two girls

that are absolutely gorgeous... -

I mean, just marvelous... -

and, you know,

if anybody saw them,

they would just fall in love

with those girls.

- Those old dime museums

that they performed in as kids,

the audience could be tough.

I mean, here you are,

gorgeous young girls

out there onstage,

appealing to not only the fancy

of all the young men

in the audience

for legitimate reasons

but also for

pretty freaky reasons.

- Ike Rose was the operator

of Rose's Midgets,

a troupe

of performing midgets.

- Ike Rose visited Mary

and asked

for an opportunity

to represent the Hilton twins,

and Mary agreed to that.

At this point,

they were called

The Brighton United Twins.

They played in some

quite impressive venues... -

concert halls,

musical theaters.

And lke Rose,

at the same time,

was representing

the Blazek sisters,

who were also conjoined twins.

The Blazeks were grotesque,

almost,

they way they were

joined together.

Sometimes lke would show

both Daisy and Violet

and the Blazek sisters

in the same venues.

Ike Rose prevailed

on Mary Hilton

to take the pair

to Australia.

- They had initially been

brought down

to a pier at Luna Park

in Australia.

And when that venture failed

and it looked like they weren't

going to make the money

that they had been promised...

- Ike Rose dropped

from the picture.

- They hooked up

with another show,

and they started traveling

across Australia.

- Traveling was just horrendous.

The interior of Australia,

frying-pan heat,

traveling by train

and by horse-drawn wagon,

and it was while

they were out in the outback

that they met Myer Myers,

who was essentially

a balloon salesman.

He was instantly enamored

of the twins.

Myer Myers, another person

that was very savvy,

asked Mary Hilton, you know,

if he could begin

trouping with them.

Mary would have been

well into her 50s.

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