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176. Picturesque World’s Fair – An Eskimo Boy

AN ESKIMO BOY.–Not the least interesting objects in the village of the Eskimos, and certainly the most attractive, were the youngsters who rolled about like the seals in the waters of their own cold country. One of the young gentlemen of the group became an exceedingly popular personage with visitors to the odd village of odd people. He had reached the age of about four years, but his general air and bearing indicated that he had little more to learn and, while rather pleased with the world, yet looked upon it affably from a purely objective point of view. The illustration gives an excellent idea of his laughing face and by no means airy costume; that is to say, it does not look airy in the picture, but there is a dreadful scandal to the effect that when the young gentleman’s photograph was taken he wore only the light fur jacket which forms his coat, and that, when he was placed against the chair, the remaining portion of his garments were held up in front of him to be abandoned after the taking of the picture. It must be admitted that the appearance of his trousers lends an air of vraisemblance to the story, but whatever the eccentricities of the costume might be, he was a jolly little fellow, and one of the curious minor exhibits among the thousands of the Fair.

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