Evening star., 1937-05-30
Dionne Quintuplets Also
Have Their Little Spats
Nurse Tells About Marie Having Diaper
Pulled Off in Battle-Describes
Misunderstanding Episode

warmly dressed they look like humptv-
dumpties. Their rubbers are forever
coming of and then they all start to
yell and point to their feet"
Another sick spell occurred in
March, but it soon passed, and by
March 10 I was writing of their
attempts to clean the windows in
imitation of the maid. Thev would
get rags and rub the panes very in
tensely, often stopping to saliyate the
cloths-with the result that the panes
frequently became almost too foggy
to admit light.
MARCH IL. Yvonne, who can
get out of bed quite easily, runs
around getting toys for her less
fortunate sisters in bed. They throw
them down just to see her pick them
up. The babes love to wash their
hands in the basin and we alwavs
have a hard time getting them to
stop.
March 10 The babes brush their
own teeth. 1t is rather haphazard
brushing at times, but they get the
hang OF it. Emile and Yvonne
won't stay in bed. They both get
out as fast as We put them back. When
spied they run and hide under some
body's bed, and giggle.
March IS Cecile was sitting in
the bath today being very serious
about trying to bite her own leg. She
laughed sheepishly when I caught
her.
March 20 Marie is walking very
well. Guess the crawl stage is over.
She loves biting her sisters, and must
be broken of that habit.
March %. Emile has been wax
ing first. She goes over to Yvonnes
bed and shakes her or taps her on the
head until she wakes up. Then they
both come over to my cot and stand
there gurgling and tapping at me
until I let them see I'm awake. Then
they pick up my slippers, f1ashlight,
etc. and hand them to me as much
as to say, Well, why don't you get
up?'
March 81. This is the fifth night
Emile has been put back in bed.
First night-5l times; second night
46-and so on.
"A PRIL l. Emile put back in bed
about IS times tonight.
',A.,ril Et,,i1;o M.
of bed again tonight so I pinned the
legs of her pajamas together. so she
couldn't get over the edge of the bed.
She fell asleep shortly aftervard
April g. Out in the snow for an
hour today. They love walking around
and occasionally sink through the
crust; then everybody synpa thizes
with 'Ohhhhs' and 'Ahhhs.' They
can walk as far as the guard house.
where they stand and grin at the
police, {. At night they have their
pajamas pinned so they can't get out
Of bed. AS soon as they feel them be-
ing pinned they lie down and go to
sleep.
April g. Emile insists on waking
at $50 every morning She can't
get out Of bed so she lies there and
talks to herself. 1t is so nice-to lie
there in the dark and listen to her.
1t is like listening to the birds in early
dawn.
April g. Babes broke an 'un-
shatterable' window today.
a PR1L Is. Yvorne. Annette and
Cecile can say 'Docteur.' They
know his car when it comes and flock
over to the window. screeching, when
it appears. =. . They love to see their
mother and father coming over.
April %. The piano came today
and the babes were very excited over
the sound.
May 6. Marie is playing much
better. She doesn't need so much en-
tertainment and direction of playing.
She is also being more sociable with
the others. who are very sociable-
that is they help each other out, give
each other toys, smile at each other,
etc.
May 23 The babes kneel down of
their own accord when a prayer
lullaby is sung. 1t is really more of
a squat, but they do very well, and
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