The Bismarck tribune., 1935-04-18

III uSESg kAlIvSu COIlG10USU. IL you
find q gold mine, the government
doesn't take it away from you, does
It? No. you are allowed to work 1t
and make what you can out Of i'll"
Probably the best exclamation Of
the governments attitude toward the
guardianship Is to BE- found in that
very sentence Of Kirven's. Ontario's
Minister Of Public Welfare, David
Croll, and his associates are irrevoca-
bly, opposed to the gold mine idea.
Canada is proud Of the fact that
Fit has In the quintuplets q pheno-
menon until now unknown to scien-
tific history. The government re-
CARDS the five as = sacred trust. Of
world importance, to be protected
against harmful exploitation Of every
kind.
Officials and others who have in.
terested themselves In the children be-
lieve that all personal considerations
must be unselfishly shelved where the
babies interests are involved. The
lquintuplets' protectors are determined
that the youngsters shall not be taken
away from the health-giving air Of
their birthplace to be exhibited as
curiosities to the public.
In difference to the affectionate
interest felt In them by their own
community. the quins for several Sum
days received" between the hours Of
and 3. That Is, visitors we've allow.
ed to look at them through q window.
But even those levees have been called
off now.
can understand why. On the last
Of these visiting days, I watched four
hundred sightseers file across the
lquintuplets' private veranda and peer
eagerly through q window at the ba-
bies. arrayed In their best white
dresses, amusing themselves with
rubber dolls in their play pens.
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The children have now reached the
noticing stage. And feeling strangers
eyes upon them, they dropped their
toys and stared with ten big hazel
eyes at the guests. That night they
il had q nervous reaction from too much
company and Immediately DR.. Allan
Roy Dafoe, their doctor and one Of
their legal guardians. ordered that
there are to be no more Sunday visit
ors for the present. In the same way,
the protectors promise everything
that interferes In the slightest degree
with the quintuplets' welfare will be
prohibited.
The babies parents are free to Wis
it the hospital. Mrs. Dionne Is free
to play with them, and to assist in
bathing them and dressing them.
! The babies house, by the way. was
built by the government, not from
their own funds, and though they
have now earned q neat little sum,
many Of their expenses have been
borne by the government and the Red
Cross up to the present time.
Although the babies seem now so
happily healthy. DR.. Dafoe explains
that, as In the case of all premature
babies. special care must still be TAX
en- of them for some time to come.
Everybody Immediately asks: Are
the Quins as cute as their pictureS?"
The answer Is yes. and cutter. They
are picture babies. long-lashed. dimpl-
ed. rose-petal skinned. You could
watch their antics for hours and never
get over the fascination Of there be-
ing five of them, so alike that as soon
as you think you have one spotted.
you Immediately mix her up with
some other one. Marie. being small
er than her sisters, comes nearest to
being identifiable, but she Is gaining
so rapidly now that soon even that
small advantage will be lost to the OBJ
server.
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