The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-28
Babies So Alike They Confuse
 Nurses Yet
By ARTHUR ,. HILL United Press Stan COrrespondentI

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 Callander, Ont, May % CU.P)- Five little girls can play on one piano at the same time and since five players can make i've times as much noise as one there was no demand for additional pianos from the Dionne quintupulets as they celebrated their second birth day here today.
 With the exception of the piano the world famous quints each have their own things s-shoes, wagons, clothes, toys--and 50 with every factor making for individual de- velopment, 1t is not surprising that they present personalities that per. rnti a layman's analysis.
 Yvonne, as the five passed the two-year mark, appears the smart est. This casts no reflection on the intelligence of the other four. Close behind her is Annette.
 Cecile, prettiest of the group, is not surprisingly, the snootiest. She displayed the most temperament during the filming of the motion picture in which the quintuplets were featured.
 CeCiIe Wants to Be Alone
 When Cecile, like Greta Garbo, wants to be alone, she takes her. self of on a solitary looking.out. the- window venture.
 Generally speaking the five girls, despite their world acclaim and that they live in world alone, are not likely to be spoiled children. The two nurses that care for them have no time to fuss with any one child. If they attempted 1t the other four probably would raise such rumpus that the special consta- bles guarding their hospital would havev to be called.
 It's difficult for one of the quints to retire to Q corner to sulk. It turns out to be just so much vast ed effort since the other four rornp around and play at their games.
 Called Sensible Little Ladies
 The consequence is that they are pretty sensible little ladies.
 They still look 50 much alike that 1t is difficult even for those around the hospital to distinguish among them.
 Fred Davis, official photographer for the five, admits that more than once they have tangled him up while he was trying to take their pictures and mark which was which.
 Yvonne is the leader in most en- terprises although Annette presses her closely.
 Marie led in one event. she found that nursery windows made fine targets for toy blocks. Sliatter- proof glass, however, did not give way. She is the most determined of the quints, even though she was the smallest and most delicate for several months after birth. YvOnme the Prankster Yvonne had the temerity to in- troduce practical jokes to their hos pital. She picked nuurse Yvonne Leroux as her victim. The nurse arose from Q chair while feeding the infants and failed to look before she started to sit down aagin. She landed on the floor.
 It was Yvvonne who found the fascinating electric light plugs in the baseboards. She educated her sisters to. help poke bits of paper into the plugs. pr. Allan Roy Da- foe had the plugs moved up out of the reach of the quints.
 Apparently sensing the challenge to her initiative Yvonne learited that by standing on her crib she could reach an electric light switch.
 The success of this venture was greatest than even Yvonnc could have hoped for. She turned out the lights and started her four sisters crying and brought both nurses on the run.
 pr. Dafoe had the light switches moved higher.
 All Good Dish Breakers Yvonne always has led in the dish breaking contest although, in jus tice to the others, 1t must be ad- mitted all did very well in this de- partnent.
 Emile became particularly adept at the sport--to such an extent that her food became Q secondary issue.
 pr. Dafoe solved tho problem by buying unbreakable plates and. cups.
 Emile has been the most de- structive. She has e desire to take things apart to see what makes them go. She dislikes intensely to have a blind drawn. She seems to like sunshine and plenty of 1t. It becomes an endurance test be- tween the nurses and Emile when the nurses think the blinds should be down.
 pr. Dafoe's conclusion on their second birthday is that the quin- tuplets are strong, normal babies who can look forward to long and happy lives.
 They already have amassed for- tunes of $2O0,000 which isn't bad for 2-year-olds.