"The most glorious creature under the sun! Thais! Du Barry! Garbo! Rolled into one." - J. Cheever Loophole (At The Circus) Lydia, the Tattoed Lady was a performer in a circus. She was at the World's Fair in 1900, where she met J. Cheever Loophole.She later swept an admiral 'clear off his feet' after he saw the ships on her hips. Lydia married him and he was put in command of the fleet.