The daily Alaskan., 1922-10-05

Twenty-one to Eight and All Have
 Been Adopted by Couple.
 LynbrOok, L. l., has a mystery which the police are not going to be called upon to umavel. It is thIs: Did Sim Collins and his wife, Lillian, the vaudeville team of Collins and Hart, adopt the six children of Joseph Capt. lIlo or did the Capulilo children adopt the COllinses? The real mother of the six died some years ago. The father WIS shot and killed last Christmas by another Italian whom he had be- frlended, 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 win be recorded after they have been signed by her husband, Sim, who Is now playing an engagement in California. |.
 The children have fitted themselves Fv.H. with wonderful contentment. The oldest, John, is twenty-One and is now an automobile mechanic. The youngest, Fih, Is eight.
 "Why Not7" Sim AsIts,
 "Why shouldn't we adopt them7~ said Sim Collins to the New York World correspondent in San Fran cisco, answering a question about 1t. My wife is fond of children and of the Cupulilo 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 cOmtOrta- bly, fixed financially and can afford It."
 It Is well balanced family the Collinses have taken into their hearts and home. There are three boys and three girls. The oldest Is John Der nard, who Is twenty-One. Then comes Marie Elizabeth, seventeen. AdOlphus Sims, fifteen; Edward Henry thir- teen; Evelyn Louise, eleveni Elf Adolphlne, eight.
 AIr. Collins is as fond of them as is his wife and they are wonderfully fond of him. All their plans and en- terprlses, and they are an enterpris- ing lot. seem to center around how papa" will like 1t when he comes In from the road.
 Little FlR. t.
 For instance, there Is little Fiji. She Is a dark, sprIghtly little elf and was having a great time dancing around tine yard, trying to balance long wooden lath on the tip or her finger when reporter visited the happy family.
 "Tm taking dancing lessons" she said cheerrully, "and I'm doing fine. You know mamma was a great dan cer, and she has been teaching me, but she Isn't so well now. Papa will be awfully surprised when he comes home and sees me dance for him."
 Adolphus, interested In chicken cul- ture, rushed straight 60 his feathered pets when he came in from school.
 q have twenty-five chickens now and we are getting twelve eggs a day." he said.
 Do you sell any?' he was asked.
 "No; we use them. You see down here we have to pay 75 cents a dozen, for eggs when we buy them"
 Adolphus Is Mechanical.
 Mrs. Collins thinks Adolphus' pTin- cipal bent, however, Is mechanical, just as Is that of his oldest brother, John. He was the first of the Capt. Illos to come around the Collins domi- clle. First he came as Q boy to do chores after school hours, and his visits and emplOyments became longer until at the time of his mothers death. he was living at the COlllnses. One by one the other children followed him, and then when the father was killed Mrs. Collins decided to adopt the whole family. She had the papers drawn up and signed, and they will be completed and recorded as soon as Sim comes home from the coast to sign them.
 Marie Elizabeth Is the assistant mother of the family. When Mrs. Collins Is away she is the head of the family. and the children obey her as promptly and as cheerfully as they do their mamma" Marie expects to qualify as a secretary, and has been taught with that object In view. For the past couple of seasons she has had summer employment as bookkeeper and amanuensis in one of the summer enterprises at Long Beach.
 It is only the youngest half of the family that has theatrical ambitions. Edward Henry Is determined to be
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