 Howerton was often seen with other human oddities , for example , in 1924 , he was photographed with Martin Feig , a four @-@ year @-@ old boy who weighed 104 pounds . Feig reportedly said to Howerton , " Aw , you 're nothing but a germ @-@ weight midget . " One newspaper referred to Howerton , who was in reality only 13 years old at the time , as " the Beau Brummel of the side shows " , noting that the Doll sisters ( two female small persons working with Ringling Brothers ) declared him " a regular sheik " . 
