The evening world., 1912-11-22
HE'S EIGHTY TODAY
AND HAPPY WITH
"EUGEN|C Twins"
DR.. Gorton Dandles His Boy
on One Knee and Girl on
the Other.

Consider the case Of the fAtazp v0e
celebrates to-day his eightieta hfrtkaA<
by dancing a seven-mooths-oid twin o.
each knee. Great chi Los IT prid.
| concealed under those whiska,-vhni?
Old enough to Be . gr1aa-g1ao6fashsr
and just plain Daddy for seven nonthsi
Such Is tho pridefui position today Of
Dr.. David Allyn 0ortm Of No. a Eisv-
enth street, over IN Broohlyn's Pork
Slope district Sure. you guessad II
| first time-be's the father Of ths famous
Eusenic Twins. sponsored By Ths Eve
ming World and featured IN plcturS ana
print In thesc columns. He = cslebrat-
ing fas cightieeh birthday to-dAy-hs
and the twtnA
and With bottle of aFbumAnised food in
either hand. sits WIN Allyn and Lsonora
In his great armchair b. the front win
dow. overiookang the greDsry Of the
park. and betwoen caih Of cumgrakula-
tion he may Be heard to rsHd aloud, N q
grooming voace. from oDs Of In pom
derous tones on '-rhe History OF
Medicine. PhlSosophncai snd Critical
something thn< runs tNss this:
Ride scouk hpns % BAsuy Ouo
10 - IN al isiy ode an . wa1fs hunA
With rtnc on hsr hnssn nd hsfls on h1 eso
shs Aan have nuir vhsrvvw shs enA
But the good doctor can nsvar turn
tho paSs a hh History" for each hand
In employed IN steadying the bottle. you
sec. and LeonorA and Allyn would ex-
press themselves forcihay r thslr dad
should take away eithsr Of thoss bot
ties even for an instane. birthday O. no
birthday. However. Youth WIN be
servoT' murvnurs thu cnther a c,e Eu-
scnic Twins. and No b happy.
Ankacipatmg that Tho Eventng World
would require . report On those Ia
nous twtns-tfeir nAms has reached 10
South Afri0 and Alaska. % Dr. 0orton
ays-<heir father prGparsd n advance
of tho reporters oaA . mamorandum
which he called "a Onnscai RAminis-
cence Of the TwinA" wh1uh = suvalua.
bio IN tho preparation Of . report upon
tho present state Of bsaaAh a ANN and
I.eonora. but which. urfortunstaly,
leavD much u1satd concerning the
father. First of. ths clinical tbsals 6ss
this to say:
In the nzUt pAanA b 4 onuwsd.
tho crasAA and msneA Asvesppmsnt Of
the olA1drun hovs fuzzy tuseiisd tase
hopes and expoctAttons o6 tha1f parents.
Thar phyHtugnuny n rdfnad, dsatcnHe
and Harmonious That y 10 ay, thsy
hnwe developed aiung the In Of the
lhiGher mentality. rAhher tnan thSse Of
Tho hAaaiar ruaanns Of tho hraAn We
fed assvsod that tho children hsv> e.
capped the pesverve neurosas which ars
oG,rnng the present generation"
The twins, reaneuyber, were born On
IApr2 Is. whm ther mother ~ forty
ono and tfsadr fst1s9 was fn hAs sew
cuty ninth year. so II ON be seen that
II there was going 10 b any develop
mert aaonE tho lines Of the tnalhar re-
lgtons OF tho brain Il 60ubtle0 would
hawe Ahown ftssm IN thase seven
months. Stripping the doctG-father' 8
report OF It's technical phrases, It may
DO said that, though the twins are be-
low weight for th<ir age. they have
had no troubles encupt those ooustttlst-
Ing the heritage Of bahUhood and they
take no motCdnc.
"Baw-aw-aw!' interrupted Allyn.
''Wangh-aw-aw" said Miss Leouora
The bottles had slipp' = that vas all
The gossipers have annoyed - we'll
a. amused u.s." the doctor Continued.
readjusting the bottles with Q prlctised
hand. while we like to be spoken we'll
Of. AZ rule We care little for what
people say ab cut us. TAese people have
come from all parts Of the country.
friends and stran1erv afhA Finding
tho children delfcate-they wgrs prsma-
turely borTs-they seemed TO think II
their duty to make suggestions for thsdr
care and treatment.
zone old scrub woman reported. on
her rounds. that the twins couldn't
keep their food because their father
punched holes In their breasts. Another
gossip declared that because No didn't
swathe their little tummies Win belly
bands they would be-ah-n0t Q very
scientific terTn-''pot-bell
"Ugle-guggle" quoth Miss Leonora.
"Flyff-n-n-!" answered Allyn.
Among the most stupid Of our call
ers were several trained nurses who
showed by their attitude that they
considered Us far behind tho ttmss In
tho rearing Of Children. One mother
came as the special pres agent of a
certain prepared food. declaring tia
she had fed all of her children On 4.
and had lost only six out Of dossn
But how about the father Of tAsse
children was the question put; now
does he take his responsibilities
| "Calmly-calmly." chuckied DR.. Cor
ton "a perfect experiment.; thAf0 bow
| r view H."