 they were basically embarrassed by her. They wanted her to just stay at home and hide. They didn't want anyone to know that she had this affliction. That's how a lot of people treated people like that back then, which was why the sideshow was a place to have freedom and camaraderie and they could make a living and find love and all these wonderful things. Circuses love those folks. Yeah, and she was a star, and she didn't want to hide. She just wanted to be herself, and she wanted to live, and she did meet a husband on her travels.