By the 1920s, the twins were practically superstars. They were performing on the vaudeville stage with legends like Charlie Chaplin and Bob Hope, and they were earning profits of up to $5,000 a week, which is pretty awesome money even by today's standards. But none of the money they earned actually went in their own pockets. Myers kept it all, and flaunted it by building himself a mansion in San Antonio, Texas.
Myers couldn't keep them isolated forever, though. The nature of show business is that stars will eventually end up interacting with other stars, and when that happens, other stars will find out that there's something fishy going on with that guy Myers and the Hilton sisters. According to Gizmodo, Daisy and Violet were adults when they were befriended by Harry Houdini, who learned that the sisters were essentially broke while their stepfather/manager was living in obnoxious luxury. He advised the pair to get a lawyer. That might have been the first time that Daisy and Violet realized that they were people and not property.
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