New Britain herald., 1929-10-12

Reactions, an Understanding That Might Be Compared to Telcpalhy. At Right Is Will-Temperamen, Chart Used to Show the Results of Testing the Res actions of Twins. The Lines on the Chart Indicate Not Only Answers to Questions, but the Time Taken 10
 Answer and Emotional Peculiarities.
 IDENTICAL twins have long been E the subject of fascinating and un-
 usual research by scientists Re. gently experts on mental traits and physical similarities have made aston ishing discoveries of mind-reading" exploits on the part of these peculiar twins, who were born from the same cell.
 Several cases have been revealed in Europe and America, where one twin was able to tell what his identical partner in life was doing at a certain time, and was able to reproduce almost word for word, answers made by the other twin to questions.
 These phenomena, scientists hasten to add, are in no way connected with the supernatural or with mind-reading as it is ordinarily understood. The mind testing stunts merely proved that identical twins who have been reared together are so alike mentally. physi- cally and emotionally that they use the same phraseology in answering ques- tons and that each has an amazing insight into the others reactions
 For those who do not understand the difference between ordinary twins and identical ones it should be explained that identical twins are produced by the dividing of a single life cell, and are invariably of the same sex Ordi- nary, or "fraternal," twins are simply biological coincidence; pair of chil- dren born about the same time. but the product of two life cells They may be of the same or opposite sexes. and frequently they bear no more re. semblance to each other than any other brother and sister
 The curious case of John and Vii. bur Stite living in Wichita, Kansas, offered a vivid example of the form of understanding existing between identi- cal twins. They had been reared together, lived in the same house for thirty years and. oddly enough. mar ricd twin sisters.
 The similarity between the boys was so remarkable that they attracted at tcntion. Many experiments. always terminating with the same startling results, were made to test their mental processes. Questions embracing a va ricty of subjects were asked the boys separately Each brother, ignorant of O+b or'o rf friV about the same reply, worded similarly. This continued over a period of years, showing that their development core sponded identicaly.
 John and Wilbur were 3 constant source of interest to their friends, New acVuaintanceS were astonjShcd to hear the boys burst into laughter at the same moment, and see them simul taneously employ the same facial eX pressions and gestures. This naturally produced an amusing, but nevertheless confusing situation. Only their wives were said to be able to tell them apart.
 The crucial test of the strange sympathy existing between the twins came at the age of fifty-two when John was taken i'll and removed to hospital Wilbur remained with him constantly and was even reported 10 have com pIained of symptoms of Johns maIadp One evening there appeared to be no immediate danger in Johns condition and Wilbur left the hospital to go home. Upon reaching the house few minutes later, Wilbur flung up his hands and cried, "John is deadw It was proved afterwards that John died at about that time.
 A similar relationship between another pair or identical twins was