I wish to thank you for your answer to my letter regarding going with the Conklin show. Enclosed find photograph. Can work in pit if required. Act put over in refined manner working with robe or evening gowns. Sorry but have no photograph showing female side but can deliver the goods, and put the act over in professional manner ....."
(signed) Mr. Jackie Sellers, East Peoria, Ill.
gland and the United States under the name of Mondu.
"Brother and Sister in One Body—the Ninth Wonder
of the World," a pamphlet that he (or she) distrib-
uted declared.
Mondu was bom in 1905 in Blackpool, England.
According to this "human enigma," he was a girl until
the age of twelve, when he had an operation that
caused the other side of his body to take on male char-
acteristics. "There is real drama and also a touch of
genuine comedy in this mysterious prosess of evolution
which forces a girl to shoulder the responsibilities of a
man without having been prepared by a masculine
training and a boy's background," Mondu's pamphlet
declared.
In his pamphlet Mondu provided a list of ques-
tions he was frequently asked, with his answers. Here
are a few of them:
"Are you man or woman?"
"I am half of each, one side male, the other fe-
male."
"What sex do you ean to the strongest, man or woman?"
"To the male."
"Are you married?"
"Yes."
"Are both sexes developed?"
"Yes."
"Do you show your body in private?"
"No, I have been offered as high as $100 to $500,
but sorry to say I do not submit to this for I am so sensitive at this time of life."