“What! How did you miss me? I am there as large as life.”
“Well, sir, to tell you the truth, it cost sixpence extra to go into the Chamber of Horrors.”
A young girl arriving at an institution at Torquay, from London, was asked whether she had ever visited Westminster Abbey. She hesitated, and was then reminded that that historic edifice contained monuments of the Kings and Queens of England. She immediately brightened up, and replied, “Oh, yes, I have been there, but they call it Madame Tussaud’s now.”
A short time after the seated figure of Mr. Rudyard Kipling, which is still to be seen in the Exhibition, had been modelled, the following conversation is reported to have occurred between a young lady and her maid, who had visited Madame Tussaud’s:
Relating her experiences there, the girl remarked:
“They’ve got Mr. Kipling and another murderer there, miss.”
“But Mr. Kipling isn’t a murderer,” said her young mistress.
“No, miss,” was the reply, “but they’ve got him there, miss.”
During those days when the Exhibition was being removed from one town to another the figures of criminals originally stood together in the same room with all the other models; but as it was suggested that it was indecorous to have the effigies of criminals in such close proximity with those of illustrious personages, Madame Tussaud had the former removed to a separate room, and the Chamber of Horrors was formed as it now exists.
The relatives and friends of criminals frequently visit the Chamber.