The Washington times., 1935-04-30

(Back Row. PAULINE AND ERNEST
(Front) ROSE, DANIEL AND THEREsE
"a strict belief in fate is the form of slavery
imposing upon necks everlasting lord and
tyrant UUhon1 to stand in GuOe of night and
day."-Epicurus. .
That in connection with the fate of the five poor Dionne
is philosophical utterance that will attract much little
attention, probably little.
For the comfort of the five little poor Donnes, here is
another quotation from another philosopher Seneca who
lived up his teachings at least dying courageous when
Nero the ran whom he had educated ordered him to die
GAS fate is inexorable and not to be noUed either
With tears reprOaches, excess of sOrrOW is as
foolish prOfuse laughter; DhiLe, the other hand,
not to mourn at all is insenSibiLity "-Senecd.
Consider the 10 little Dionne children five cunning baby
girls that all together and will celebrate their first
birthday and good poor little Dionnes that
separately, at time ahead of their quintupe sisters
Nobody notices them.
They came into the world one at tme as millions of
other children have come
To attract attention you must be UNUSUAL. The five
little Dionne sisters falling like precious snowfakes from
heaven, MOST unusual Presents sent to them in
scores One hundred thousand dollars have been contributed
to fund established for them They have been made the
wards of the King of England to make that they would
have the best of treatment special little cottage
built for Them equipped with every expensive scientific
trivance including devoted trained They have
stanty waiting them physician Of skill and benevo
lence, DR.. Dafoe.
This picture and facts taken from intensely
interesting article published by Miss Mary Doughert in the
May number of PICTORIAL REVIEW"
Parents especially mothers will be interested in Miss
round two groups of children born Of the father and
mother
The older five three charming little girls and two boys
Because they singy, the world paid attention to
them They live in poor little farm house. illustrated in
PICTORIAL poor repair Today they coming from the post
office interesting bundles that pass their house and 60 the
newly built cottage the other side of the road where the
"five at time sisters live.
There birthday presents coming far ahead of
The birthday gifts of money swell the fund that already
big enough to give each qunuple thousand dollars year
as long she lives.
The five Donne according to Miss Dougherty,
not jealous they puzzled They wonder why little boy
girl born all by himself herself should be less interesting
than little girls that in patches of five
They too young know that the modern world is like
the ancient king who craved strange amuements dwars
testers, strange apes from Barbary, lion fights.
The great Republic of the United States has dwarf to
cape eser to laughter except here and there
the radio perhaps it find delight in these five
little Donne babies that all together while the old
Indian mother Of nineteen who helped receive them
Ehreked and loudly the shower increased
You need not pity the five older Donnes They fine
children The little girl the left if she chose could marry
any Vanderbilt that lived he sufficiently nte
gent pick out the best kind of wife, The big little boy
at the top with his fine forehead and welhaped head will
be able to living his brother and all of his little
sisters quntuplets included in of need
The babies born sngy have better chance of long life
than the Others although everybody hopes and believes
thanks to Dr. Dafoe and to their marvellous mother that
those little quintuples will live close together in deepest a
lection far beyond threescore and ten.
For further details the MAY issue of the PICTORIAL
REVIEW that is to you get the newsstands
which you probably cannot.