From Under My Hat (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from From Under My Hat<br><br>Once upon a time there was a six-toed cousin. Mine. When I first saw him I knew I was in show business. Kids in the neighborhood couldn''t afford pennies but I made them pay five pins every time they got a look at him.<br><br>At the time when my six-teed cousin and I were in busi ness I was Elda Furry. I was born in Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania a peaceful pretty town fourteen miles out side the industrial city of Altoona. In the West we''d call it a suburb although the Hollidaysburg citizens might want to hang me for using that term.<br><br>I made my entrance into this world June 2 (i''ll skip the year because I don''t want anyone following me around with a wheel chair) during one of the gaudiest electrical storms ever seen in the community. The heavens opened up and so did I. It is said that I came in screaming. Mother didn''t rightly know which was making the most noise but she found out soon enough. The elements quit but I didn''t.<br><br>Born with good lungs I''ve never stopped exercising them. Today I can outshout any producer in Hollywood.<br><br>When I was three we moved to Altoona. My growing pains were done to the rhythm of hard work; I never had it easy. What school learning I got was as sketchy as my knowledge of men. I didn''t make a high school and boys didn''t seem to like me much. I had only one beau in Altoona but I won''t fool you I''ve had several since.<br><br>When life became intolerable at home I ran New York and went on the stage. There I met Hopper. Inasmuch as I left home to escape being a butcher''s daughter it seems ironical Spend the rest of my life dealing in ham.<br><br>But for De Wolf Hopper this been written. Life with him was a liberal education. He set my feet upon the way.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.