The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-30

There Will Be Grand Reunion al
Their Long Branch Summer Home
Children Range in Ages From
Twenty-one to Eight and All Have
Been Adopted by Couple.
L~ynbrook, L. L., has a mystery which
the police are not going to be called
upon to unravel. 1t is this: Did Sim
Collins and his wife, Lillian, the
vaudeville team of Collins and Hart
adopt the six children of Joseph Capu-
lilo or did the Capulilo children adopt
the Collinses? The real mother of the
SIX dice some years ago. The father
WIS shot and killed last Christmas
by another Italian whom he had be-
fr1ended, PaSQuale Viola, who is now
serving a sentence in Sing Sing for
the killing.
Mrs. Collins, without children of her
own, had mothered the family before
the father was killed, just as she had
mothered some twenty other children
of other unions before that, but those
twenty, after they had been prepared
for the battle of life, had either left
of their own accord or had been taken
away by relatives who could find them
useful. SO that she wouldn't lose
these Mrs. Collins has taken out adop-
ton papers, which will be recorded
after they AVE been signed by her
husband, Sim, who is now playing an
engagement in California.
The children have fitted themselves
into their new environment with
wonderful contentment. The Oldest,
John, is twenty-one and is now an
automobile mechanic. The youngest,
Fiji, Is eight.
"Why NotT" Sim Asks.
"Why Shouldn't we adopt them7'
said Sim Collins to the New York
World correspondent in San Fran
cisco, answering a question about it.
Ny wife is fond of children and OF
the Capulilo children generally. AS a
matter of fact we have had three Of
them for some time, and when the
father was shot we took the others
and have decided to formally adopt
the whole family. We are comforta-
bly, fixed financially and can afford it."
1t is a well balanced family the
.ollinses have taken into their hearts
and home. There are three boys and
three girls. The Oldest is John Ber-
nard, who is twenty-one. Then comes
Marie Elizabeth, seventeen. Adolphus
Sims, fifteen; Edward Henry, thir-.
Evelyn Louise, eleven; Fiji
eight.
Mr.. Collins Is as fond of them as Is
MS wife, and they are wonderfully
'ond of him. All their plans and en-
.erprises, and they are an enterpris-
ng lot, seem to center around how
papa" will like 1t when he comes In
rom the road.
Little Fiji.
For instance, there Is little Fiji.
Is a dark, sprightly little elf, and
vas having a great time dancing
lround the yard, trying to balance a
ong wooden lath on the tip Of her
niger when a reporter visited the
lappy family.
I'm taking dancing lessons" In
aid c~heerfully, land I'm doing fine.
,ou know ann was a great dam
er, and she has been teaching me,
ut she isn't so we'll now. Papa will
e awfully surprised when he comes
ONE q sees me dance for him."
Adolphus, interested In chicken Gull
ure, rushed straight 20 his feathered
cts when he anne in from school
Il have twenty-five chickens now
we are getting twelve eggs a day."
g said.
DO o sell any?' he was asked.
NO; we use them. you see down
ere we have to pay rs cents a dozen
,r eggs when we buy them"
AdoIphus Is Mechanical. .
Mrs. Collins thinks Adolphus' pr1n- ,
pal bent, however, is mechanical, :
list as is that Of his oldest brother, :
ohn. He was the first Of the Capu- :
los to come around the Collins domi- !,
lie. First he came as a boy to do :
lores after school hours, and his :
sits and employments became longer
It'll, at the time Of his mothers :
,ath, he was living at the C~Ollinses. :
he by one the other children followed :
and then when the father was :
lied Mrs. Collins decided to adopt :,
e whole family. She had the papers :
avn up and signed, and they will :
completed and recorded as soon as :
m comes home from the coast to :,
IN them. =
MARIE EilZdDctH is the assistant e,
other of the family. When Mrs. =
'llins is away she is the head Of the ;.
mily, and the children obey her as 9,
omptly and as cheerfully as they do :,
cir mamma Marie expects to :,
alify as a secretary, and has beer =,
light with that object in view. For
: past couple of seasons she has had
employment as bookkeeper
amanuensis in one OF the summer III
terprises at Long Beach. 10
t is only the youngest half of the a
nilv that has theatrical ambitions 10
ward Henry is determined to b a "a
like papa" who is some az
as an a%crObatic comedian, or
n 4 penchant for carrying animals TO
t can do funny tunts He has a
f. parrot helping him with his act tn
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