The Washington times., 1935-03-19
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
(COpyriKht, 1888. by International
News SeFViCe)

(CopyriKht. 1888. by International
News ServiCe)
cALLANDER, Ontario, March
10 Q.N.SO More like a father
than a doctor was DR.. Allan Roy
Dafoe as he paid his daily visit
to the famous Dionne quontuplets
-Yvonne, Annette, Emile, Cecile
and Marie, born last May %.
The doctor put out his pipe as
he entered the spic and span
"Dafoe Hospital for the Quin-
tuplets" and, after disposing OF
some packages that were gifts for
the babies, donned white linen
Smock.
DR.. Dafoe stood there for min
ute peering through the glass win
dowS into the nursery room at the
babies-a short, heavy-set man
with an unusually large head and
close clipped, wiry gray hair, FUR
rowed face and twinkling eyes.
Recognize Doctor
There in the nursery were the
"uuints"-in their beds. Their
eyes lighted with recognition as
they saw the doctor. They kicked
and cavorted vigorously.
The babies room was bright and
colorful, with pink, yellow and
green blending harmoniously and
a flood of sunlight coming through
the large windows. Pink beds
with medals and tiny replica OF
Our Saviour on the cross pinned
to the top of each bed. CThe
quintuplets we're baptized Cath
olics.) Also in the room were five
little chairs with round holes in
the seats of each of them. Toys
were strewn about the room, with
in easy reach. Over in a corner
were five buggies. A closet nearby
was filled with towels and other
paraphernalia.
Babies Active
Entering the nursery room, DR..
Dafoe chucked Cecile under the
chin and said:
Hello, baby!"
Her eyes lit up and she caVorted
jubilantly on her tummy. She
pulled at the doctors spectacleS
and almost got them off.
Turning to another bed, he said:
'How are you, Annette?"
Little Annette tried to say it in
jumps. She pounded the bed with
her tiny fists.
From one to another the doctor
went. He laid the babies on their
backs, rubbed their tummies,
pulled their toes and chucked their
chins and made faces at them.
They all beamed.
First Tooth Arrives
There was quite bit Of excite
ment around the nursery because
two of the babies-Annette and
Yvonne-had cut their first tooth.
Annette was the first to show
signs of a tooth. You can imagine
the excitement! All Annette
could do was stare with her big
eyes as the nurses felt for that
tooth.
Each of the quintuplets was
rosy-cheeked from the air. They
have brown hair and large gray
brown eyes. Their big, round eyes
are their outstanding character
istic. Their bodies are we'll
formed and ruddy with health.
Three nurses in white, in
charge of the chief nurse, Mrs.
Louise De Keriline, a veteran in
Red Cross service, came in. They
wrapped the babies in pink
blankets and put pink knitted
bonnest on their heads. The
nursese wheeled in five brown
buggies with rubber tires, put
the babies in them and pushed
them out on the front porch
where. for three hours each day,
the quintuplets enjoy the fresh
air and sunlight.
Hospital Staff of Five
DR.. Dafoe later consulted Mrs.
De Keriline about the babies
weights, feeding and general con-
|dition.
Two Of the babies had gained
about two ounces, the other three
had lost about an ounce each.
But they were all getting
along fine. Yvonne, weighing is
pounds IL ounces, was the heav-
lest and Marie, weighing 13
pounds and 7A ounces, was the
highest. Their weights, however,
had been varying constantly.
The personnel of the hospital
consists of five persons, exclu-
Sive Of DR.. Dafoe. Mrs. De Keri-
line is in charge. The other two
nurses are Yvonne Lereaux and
''Pat" Mullin, the spare" nurse.
The houSekeeper is Laurence
Clusieux and the orderly is Tells
phore DemerS.