| The pictures below show larger views of this 1911 Chiquita The Smallest Adult Lady In The World Waltham Massachusetts Theatre Announcement. This advertisement is like a card. The cover has the text below. You open it and there is a printed picture of this small woman wearing a gown and tiara inside. It is marked on the two sides as follows: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SCENIC THEATRE
WALTHAM MASS.
CHIQUITA
THE SMALLEST AND MOST PERFECTLY FORMED
ADULT LADY IN THE WORLD
AGE 35 YEARS
HEIGHT 28 INCHES
WEIGHT 30 LBS.
SHE SPEAKS AND SINGS SPANISH. ITALIAN AND ENGLISH.
ALSO DANCES ON THE SPANISH DANCES.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 2, 1911 The theatre announcement was found with an interesting old unidentified hairy young lady Carte De Visite photograph card. The closed announcement measure about 3'' x 5-7/8''. It appears to be in excellent or better condition as pictured. Below here, for reference, is some additional information about Chiquita: Preserving the Past .... Promoting the Future
SIDESHOW WORLD tm Chiquita ''Chiquita also known as Senorita Espiridena Alize Cenda was of Cuban or Mexican descent and was a perfectly formed Midget who by age 21 was 26 inches tall and weighed 18.5 pounds. She was famous as a Carnival Attraction in the Bostock-Ferari Carnival when she appeared at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901. Frank C. Bostock is credited with being the inventor of the modern American Carnival and Chiquita was one of his star attractions at the World's Fair and in other carnivals of his.'' ''Chiquita wore beautiful specially made gowns and jewelry for her singing and dancing routines at the carnival and Pan American Exposition. She also could speak seven languages and was highly intelligent living in a specially built drawing room at the fair where customers paid fifteen cents each to ask her questions and marvel at her beautiful gowns, etc..'' ''During her time at the Pan American Exposition she was presented with a small electric car which she then rode in the fair parades and was a featured attraction at the fair. She was even referred to as the "Pan American Mascot" for the fair. However in November 1901 she secretly married a 17 year old fellow employee of the fair which angered Frank Bostock her manager and led to a falling-out between the two. However Chiquita made the decision to remain with the Bostock-Ferari Carnival and she died in 1928. Bostock owned a number of the concessions on the South Midway at the Fair and was an important figure in the early history of American Carnivals.'' | 
