Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-02
is TWINS IN ONE
SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEMPLE BAPTIST BOASTS JUST
EIGHT PAIRS
COUPLES ATTRACT MUCH INTER-
EST AT AUDITORIUM
Pride of Teachers and Pupils Alike
Are Sets of Youngsters, Men,
bers of Local Congre-
cation

Not fewer than eight pairs of twins
are attending the Temple Baptist Bible
school, which meets at Berean hall in
the Auditorium building. Fifth and
Olive streets.
BOYS and girls alike, these couples
are the center of interest to their older
fellow pupils and the church members.
For a long time Temple Sunday
school thought 1t had nine pairs OF
twins.
But, as will be seen. there are but
eignr pairs.
"But that is another story" as Kip
ling puts it.
And this other story Is as interesting
as that of the eight pairs of twins.
Superintendent T. T. Woodruff of the
Mutual Life Insurance company, Los
Angeles, as head of the school, wanted
a picture taken of these young children.
Supporting him in this movement
were Charles A. Baskerville and his
son. Harry A. Baskerville, of the Bas-
kerville Auditing company, all of whom
are prominent members of the Sunday
school.
Twins Assembled
Mrs. Charles A. Baskerville, head of
the primary department and Mrs. Nc
Clure, head of the junior department.
assisted In getting all the twins to-
gether one Sunday morning not long
ago and had their pictures taken on
the steps of the Auditorium.
1t was at this crisis that the Temple
Bible school found the higher critics"
had destroyed their theory of nine pairs
of twins.
The eight twins were present.
But the ninth pair could not be had
readily. They were two little boy
babies at the orphans home, known as
Ernest and Howard, respectively. They
were but a few months old-just old
enough to own names, as the photog-
rapher remarked.
One of the enthusiastic members of
the Sunday school. Mrs. Harry A. Bas-
kerville, spent the most of the early
part of that Sunday morning washing
and ironing two suits of dresses for
this particular pair of twins"
The automobile of the Cook twins
the machine which they loaned to their
parents, really-was borrowed and sent
post haste to the orphans home to get
the delinquent twins.
Finally they reappeared with their
nurse in charge.
They were posed along with the
other eight pairs of twins on the church
steps.
But Just as they get an eagle eye
on "the birdie" and the sweetest bunch
Of twins In all Los Angeles was ready
to step into the gallery of fame through
the camera door the nurse of the ninth
pair of twins" happened to remark
something.
on the machine again. And the other
eight pairs of twins looked lonesome.
And the record of having nine pairs
of twins in the Temple Bible school
was past.
The nurse had explained to Mrs. Bas-
kerville that the ninth pair Of twins"
was a fiction Those two youngsters
were born on the same day. Hence
when brought to the Children's hos
pital they were called "the twins"
And when they were brought to SUM-
day school. the name clung to them.
But they are not brothers.
So the eight pairs were photographed
and Superintendent Woodruff Was just
as well pleased that, at any rate. they
had found Just how many twins there
really were in the school.
They still claim the championship of
the city for numbers.
The names of the twins are as fol-
lows:
Maud and Mabelle Newton, II years,
members of Mrs. Paul Adams class.
senior department of the Temple Bible
school; Irene and Marie Wilson, Is
years, members of Mrs, Pinkham's
class, Junior department.: May and Ma
bel Feezer, 12 years; Dorothy and Doris
Laughlin, II years, members of the
junior department: while the last four
pairs are members of the primary de-
partment; Margaret and Marie Hill.
Sk years: Ruth and Esther Paine.
years: Frances and Beatrice Ward,
years. and Jean and Jeanette Durand,
21h years old.
Some time coon Pastor Robert ].
Burdette plans to have one of the
monthly pastors receptions given at
the church parlors, to be for these
eight pairs of twins, when, young and
old, they shall all be on the receiving
list