Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-12-05
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Twin Sisters Who loved and Sorrowed
Together.

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Physicians of st. Joseph. Mo-. con
slider the case of Mrs. Emma HaA
Smith and Mrs Bertha Hax Foreman
twin sisters and daughters of the late
Louis Hax, millionaire furniture
manufacturer, to be very peculiar, for
it is said that when one felt pain the
other felt it, too, and that they shared
alike all their joys and sorrows.
The twin sisters were reared togeth-
er. and it was difficult for the mem.
bers of their own family to distinguish
one from the other. Their dispositions
were alike and it was often said of them
that they were as one person. During
their early childhood when one of the
sisters suffered from any ailment the
other suffered likewise, although she
may not have been afflicted with it..
This was known to the members of the
family all their lives, and their mother
used to tell them that they imagined
such things, for she could not believe
at first that it was possible for one of
the daughters to feel pain that the
other only had cause for feeling. AL
though as children the twin sisters
were almost inseparable, on one occasi-
on one of them smashed one of her
fingers in a door. Her mother gave
her in charge of servant and went to
the other child, whom she found suf-
fering from pain in the finger that
corresponded with the finger of her
twin sister that had been caught in
the door.
The sisters were married early and
about the same time. Mrs. Foreman
went with her husband to Denver,
where they remained several years.
During that time the sisters believed
that they could communicate with
each other through the medium OF
thought Mrs. Foreman made freq
uent visits to her sisters and Mrs.
Smith went down often to Denver.
When they met they compared dates
and found, as they often told their
friends, that they had actually com
municated with each other in their
thoughts and had asked and answered
questions.
The sisters did not communicate
with each other on occasions of sorrow
alone, but many times when there was
Joy in the heart of one the other felt
1t. Although separated for many
years they remained very much alike
in physical appearance. and their dis
positions, so much alike in childhood,
remained the same in womanhOod.
When Mrs. Foreman returned to this
city few years ago, after travelling in
Europe, her father built her a hand
some home near that Of her twin sister.
The affection they had for each other
was shown more of late years than at
any other time.
Mrs. Smith became ill a few weeks
ago, and her physicians decided that
an operation would be necessary. She
was removed to hospital, where the
operation was performed. Mrs. Smith
suffered from tumor and Mrs. Fore
man was free from any such ailment.
An anaethetic was used when Mrs.
Smith was operated upon and she felt
no pain. Mrs. Foreman remained at
home, too ill to 60 to the hospital, and
suffered all the pain her sister would
have felt had she not mercifully been
unconscious of all pain. Mrs. Fore
man knew when the operation was per-
formed, and believed that she felt the
knife in the hands Of the surgeon cut
ing her own flesh.
Knowing this popularity of the twin
sisters the other members of the family
summoned physicians to Mrs.. Fore
man. They feared that she would die,
too, in case her sister did not survive.
Their fears were not without good
grounds, for Mrs. Foreman began to
sink when her sister died. At the mo-
ment that Mrs. Smith died, the Oper-
alton having proved unavailing, all
the pain left Mrs. FOreman.-Kansas
City Star.