The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-20
FATHER Of TWINS
At EIGHTY YEARS,
SAYS He IS YOUNG
DIR. Gorton of Brooklyn Ex-
poets to Be Centenarim
and Prove Theories.

ana Prove lneOrleS.
Or. Harvey Wiley WHO al s.atysis
becomes the father Of a bouncing boy.
the Pure Food Baby. has been doubly
eclpscd by DR.. David Allyn Gorton.
eighty years old. OF Brooklyn, who, like
the erstwhile Government expert. Is
worker for the bsttermenet OF the racial
type. Or. Gorton 10 the father OF twins.
boy and a girl. pink mites OF perfec-
ton Weighing six and one-half pounds
each.
The babies, which are the result of an
experiment In eugenics. are the ideal
Twins. pr Gorton has believed with
the German scientist, Eufurt who adj
vanced the theory nearly lfty years
ago. that the sex of offspring can % de-
termined at the VIII OF the parents. lac
willod to have man child. which would
In time be shaped In mind and body to
his ideal OF perfection. The wifc's Will
was unqucstionably quite as effective as
the aged medical philosopher. though
she probably exercised 1t unconsc lously.
for the little girl was In the nature of a
surprise 10 both. The boy Is named foe
his father ard the girl is called Leo
nora.
DR. Gorton. who In author OF History
Of Medicine" a philosophical and criti-
cal study that attracted wide attention
IN Europe. and who has In preparation
Natural History OF the Family deal
ing with the sex problem from the View
point OF eugenlcs. concluded to try the
experiment last year II was July ~
that he married Miss Bertha Rehbein.
his literary secretary. many years his
Junior. having deliberately chosen her
as the mother Of his ideal child. The
twins were born April %.
WIFE WILL DO THE LOVING, HE
THE TRAINING,
"I Investigated my wifes family his
tory very carefully before preached
the subject to her." said DR.. Gorton.
Their blood and breeding were nat
,urally important"
Mrs. 0orton Is one OF ten children Of
the late Martin Rehbein. q plano manu-
facturer OF Brooklyn. She 10 . Baptist
and 10 known as q church singer and
charity worker. She Is in ecstacies over
the twins. but modestly says. when they
are discussed a. eugenic subjects. I'm
only the doctors assistant. I shall do
the loving Of them: he will do the train
ing"
The home Of the Ideal Twins 10 In an
On rtment at No. 632 Eleventh street,
Brooklyn.
DR.. Gorton IL confident he will train
both babies to Q splendid maturity to
carry forward the theories they will so
brilliantly exemplify. lie laughs in the
face OF his eighty years and says:
II expect fully to carry out my work.
A great doctor examined me while
ago and said was good for a hundred
years He guessed my aye was sixty"
And the doctor. clear eyed, erect, with
the ring OF vigor In his voice. is justified
In declaring. I'm as young as ever
was"
Beside Gorton's. Wiley's advanced age
achievement with his Pure Food Baby
lapses into a pale apology. for the Ideal
Twins will also grow up by the pure
food route. only they will never be al
lowed to eat meat. which their father
considers gross. sensual and brutalizing.
He has been . vegetarian for forty
years.
HOW HE ANNOUNCED DOUBLE
ARRIVAL TO FRIENDS.
Announcing by letter to few of his
friends the arrival OF the twins. DR..
Gorton wrote:
You were surprised. no doubt. to
learn Of the gracious grant to me
and mine Of twins-a son and a
daughter. both the most beautiful
children that I ever have seen. did
not bespeak for but one--a son, but
the gift Of a daughter twin was not
less welcome. be assured.
1t was a grave responsibility at my
agc-near eighty-to become the
father Of q child. II was 1 hasty
or ill-considered resolution, but a
deliberate one. fun OF purpose and
meaning: and ! would have you be-
lieve that was actuated by the
highest and most exalted motives, in
which my wife fully shared. An am
billion to rear Q son. who would be
able to take up my task when must
lay It down. has possessed me for
more than q quarter OF century.
And this say without prejudice, to
my noble and talented son, DR..
Eliot (Gorton). whose ambition 10
different from mine, though not less
noble.
LOOKS TO HAVE HIS SON BAT.
TIE FOR PERFECT RACE.