The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-15
BOHEMIAN TWINS.
Bodies of Girls Connected at Waist
Have Separate Mental Existence.

I london correspondence Baltimore SUM
For the first time in history the world
Nas TO read an interview with a Young
Musnah haEing Two heads. two pairs of
] There has Just arrived in London from
-liSse me Misses Rosa and JOsefa Bla-
3S or examples of human abnormality
eqna! interest has been seen iu this
country since Eng and Chang. the
si2mese twins, visited London in 1852.
- ne pnysical condition of the Misses Bla-
zek differs little from that of the late
Siamese twins The bodies of the lat
tSr were connected near the chest: in
the case of thes young womn the a6-
nesion occurs some distance uD the side
terminating slightly above the waist
being somewhat the taller of the two
Atthoqsh the girls of necessity spend
into each others faces The most that
IS possible is Sidelong glance that
! rosa Gei IS enabled to take Of her sister
hSslcaiIy their actions are interdepen-
ushI, Dut mentally the girls have sep
endle sNlslehc- Nor DO their tastes in
chnatIons or temperaments coincide Con-
sequently they live in a state OF constant
compromise The cOuple-ff the Mural
be permisSible-appear very haovv and
Cohtenled, or. as Rosa yesterday eX-
claimed: we are very much attached to
each other in every respect"
me sisters enjoy the usual complement
OF nmos. They walk with a sDriehtiy.
nlmble movement. but. of course. four
iSeL die seen IN the operation. and when
ne necessity arises for them % uf n
heavy article four arms and hands are
| extended for the purpose.
,bcFh IN PraSue. the capital of Bohemia.
the twins are 26 years old. They speak
10 language save their natize Seen. Mr.
Franz Black. the father is A successful
farmer. His oldest daughter. who is
quite normal, married some years ago
and has now four children. Mr. RIazeI5
mas also a son L years old.
was now in the presence of this vet
more wonderful feminine replica OF the
TrrHfHn In
twtns'-and was lost in amaZament
mingled with admiration.
The two heads were we'll SHAPED and
ninety poised on graceful shoulders The
Two faces were decidedly prttv. and
Oeamed with intelligence. From four or
I'VE inches below the armpits one gown
of four nimble little feet
Despite the two smiling faces the two
pairs Of arms and the four little feet in
tnelr pretty slippers, found It impos-
sible to consider her as twins felt
myself to he In the presence OF one in
dividual marvellously endowed with a
double set Of limbs and a double men
tai equipment manifestir gitssh in two
sets of most expressive features.
Which was the dominant intelligence?
To which head should address myself.
\ merry laugh from the lips on the
Although We are very much stitched
you had better write of us in the plural
my ears once yo, would realize that in
persOns-yes, indeed. we have quite diff
ferent likes and disIikes, and we disagree
on a great many things.
Then each Of the two heads has a
name Of its own2'' I asked
Yes; am Rosa. ] am the giddy. i'm
pudent one. IOsefa is the reserved and
digniffed one, but you ought to observe 1
her appetite You see have two pal
ates, and JOsefa requires
Rosa" exclaimed the head to the
right. you haven't a particle of pru-
dence about your eating But for my dis
stomach sniff
This remark gave me a most faScinat-
ing idea ! had noticed that the two /
faces were slightly turned from each (
other II was only by turning their heads /
quite sharply that they could get even
q Sidewtse glance into each others eyes
This well illustrated what celebrated ]
medical man had told me. Their body /
was really one up TO above the waist line
with two sets Of functions. but very diff
ferent from the two bodies of the Sfannese |