Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-06-06
AT EIGHTY HE HAS
BECOME FATHER TO
FINE TWIN BABIES
New York Philosopher Sought
Only Son, But It's Sister Is
Also Welcome.

New York. Special: DIR. David Allyn
G"rton. at the age OF so, is the proud
father of twins. the only ~half-expected
result of II novel and absorbing expert
ment i'm eugenics. For experiment
aNowcdly it is; "a deliberate testing of
Il philosophers theories for the inn
prosement of the human race.
Blu the babies? Let science wait Il
minute. These babies are the most
wonderful babies in the world. Or.
C;orton and his wife. who is approach
ing middle age. believe so just as
surely as amy bridal couple of 20. They
arc as perfectly formed and healthy
as amy two babies could be and each
weighed exactly six and one-half
pounds when they arrived ON April 70
at the Gorton apartment.
Among DIR. Gnrton's medical theo-
ries is the one that sex of offspring
can be determined at the will of the
parents. He set about to bring into
the world n son-and a son there is.
The y%oungster looks as much like his
father as amy very small pea can re-
semble a big pea i'm the same pod. He
has been named Allyn. for his father.
But the DOCTORS theory didn't cover
numbers. and to his surprise and pleas
ure there arrived Il sister twin. She
has been named Leonora. She is more
delicate and feminine than her BROTH
er. and the variest amateur judge at
a baby SHOW cnuld tell at a glance
which is the boy and which the girl,
though both have the finely shaped
head OF their father.
A Philosophical Romance.
When DIR. Gcrton married Miss
Barthc Rehbein. his literary secretary,
last July 20. the public heard nothing
of the solemn determination OF the cou-
l,le to experiment with the pet theo-
ries of the distinguished old physician
and philosopher, who has long been Il
radical thinker and an agitator i'm his
profession. The newspapers made it
out n romance. 1t now appears. from
the couples explanation. tn have been
a romance OF a deeper order. DIR. Cor
ton had been looking about deliberate
ly for the proper mother for the child
of his ideal-the son who should be
brought into being endowed with
everything that hereidity oul give
him. To be brought up according To-
the doctors pet theories.
Announcing by letter tn a few of his
friends the arrival of the twins, DIR.
GOrton wrote:
You We're surprised. no doubt. to
learn of the gracious grant to me and
mine OF twins-a son and Il daughter.
both the most beautiful children that
l have ever seen. l did not bespeak
for but one-a SON. but the gift of IL
daughter twin was not less welcome,
be assured.
1T was a grave responsibility at my
e-n SOTO become the father Of
a child. 1t VAS no hasty or ill-consid-
cred resolution. but Il deliberate one,
full of purpose and meaning: and I
would have you believe thai I was
actuated by the highest and most ex-
allied motives. in which my wife fully
shared. An ambition to rear IL son. who
would be able to- take up my task when
/ must lay 1t down. has possessed me
for more than a quarter of a century,.
And this l say without prejudice. to
my noble and talented son. DIR. Eliot
(Gorton). whose ambition is different
from mine. though not less noble.
Marvcls Of Beauty.
II am criticised in certain quarters
and not without excellent reasons. for
assuming so great a task at this time
of my life. Time alone can decide as
to the wisdom, or otherwise. of my
course. 1t required no small degree
of courage to carry out my purpose;
but to achieve 1t would sacrifice ease
and comfort and run the risk of short
allowance n perjury the rest of my
days.