Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-22
sIAMEsE TWINS, ONE A WIDOW
Women Are ..InseparabIy Linked To-
sether at Their Hips.


Women Are ..InseparabIy Linked To-
sether at Their Hips.
A remarkable pair Of "Siamese"
twins have come to New York from
Czecho- -Slovakia, historically Bohemia
by way Of Boston. They will stay
here for some months. American ply
sicians and surgeons will study their
case.
The twins are Rosa Black Dvorack
and Josefa Black, Rosa being a wild
oW. '-'.r'
The widow has a son, Franz, fine
healthy lad Of eleven. He resembles
the twins and from photos Of his
father, Franz Dvorack, he looks like
a chip Off the old block"
Americans interested in freaks Tex
hibited In museums and circus side
shows will have something to wonder
at; when they see the Bohemian
Twins" The present generation knows
nothing about the Siamese Twins ex-
hibited a generation ago by P. T. Bar
mum. a.-'
Those twins were boys. They were
Joined simply by a ligament above the
hips which permitted more or less
freedom of motion. The Bohemian
Twins" fanous.in~ Europe for more
than a generation. are Joined from
above the hips almost to the knee.
One prags the Other
It Is a peculiar fact that when one
moves the other seems to be dragged
after her. The widow is the more ac-
tive The spinster seems to follow
her as though yielding to the will of
her sister,
They came: to town with the one
twins son, Franz, brother Franz and
Ike Rose. Ike could not be overlooked
in the strange group. He is their
manager and has been in Europe one
year cancelling a life contract the
twins made with German,
They were interviewed in the home
of Ike Rose. They spoke English flu
emily. They also speak Bohemian,
Russian, Polish and German fiuently.
Rosa and Josefa were born Ian. 20,
1878, in a small town near Prague,
formerly Bohemian, now Czecho-S Slo-
vakia. They began to travel when
they were three years old, under con-
tract by their parents. They were ac-
companied by''a tutor.
Rosa and Josefa play the piano, the
violin and the xylophone-in duet Of
course. They played splendidly in the
home Of Mr.. Rose. They are adept at
chess and checkers, and argue like
normal antagonists in both games.
Play Violin Duet. .
When Manager Rose set out the
checker board. the twins sidled into a
seat and fought through a. game.
When Rosa beat Josefa both laughed,
and when Rosa started from the seat to
get violins, Josefa was dragged after
her. They played the instruments
with enthusiasm and much express
sion.
Rosa told about their childhood
days, while they were being studied
by medical wise men. She said:
I'VE used to climb fruit trees and
steal the plums and the apples and
all such things. We used to fight
about the fruit and scratch each other
like silly children. We don't fight any
more and haven't fought for many,
many years."
I'VE had great fun sailing the
ocean," said Josefa, laughing, as she
added:
Rosa was seasick; I was not"
THAT is very good, but I can eat
ice cream and you can not" said Rosa
with a hearty chuckle. .-
A Merry Couple.
mo, can not eat sweet things"
retorted Josefa. II like pickles. We
had out first Ice cream soda in all our
lives here in your great New York
city. I did not like it I gave mine to
Rosa and she drank BOTH"
"Josefa likes to Sleep" bantered
Rosa, "and I have to lie on the bed
and read while she sleeps Oh, she is
a great sleepy one"
well, we sleep at the same time
at night, don't we?" replied Josefa.
"If must take a nap when am tired
then you must lie down with me-" she
added, and the twins laughed heartily.
Rosa's son, Franz, stood beside his
mother as the twins chaffed each 9TH
er. His knowledge Of English is linn
tied and he understood little of what
was said, but he laughed with his
mother.
Manager Rose said the Germans
had queer time when Josefa was