The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-22

caSeTly LII lOklOUk1 1OI uSWS O4 tkle Dionnes.
 For a time 1t seemed that Oliva Dionne and his wife were to be ig- nored in all the excitement over the quins, but they, too, were presented to the king and queen.
 The queen and Mrs. Dionne con- versed in French and they discussed 8 subject that all women like to talk about-their children. The queen told Mrs. Dionne about the two princesses in London.
 One of Ordeals
 The queen and Mrs. Dionne al- most went through the worst ordeal that can happen to clothes conscious women--they almost appeared in the same type of dress. Both of them wore light blue and both wore blue hats.
 However, the queens costume of silk was trimmed with blue fox fur at the collar, cuffs and hem and that was sufficiently different from Mrs. Dionne to save the situation. Mrs. Dionne's dress was of powder blue crepe with inverted pleats.
 The king wore the undress uni- form of an admiral of the British navy.
 Dionne appeared in an ordinary business suit and seemed perfectly at ease during Q brief chat with the king.
 The quintuplets were dressed in identical gowns of white organdy which dropped to their ankles. They had on white lace mittens that stretched all the way to their al- bows an dtheir poke bonnets sat far enough back on their heads for their brown hair to peep out.
 They were allowed only one vari- ation from Identical dress-each was allowed to wear her favorite flower in her hair. Marie chose yellow; Annette, green; Cecile, blue; Emile, Rose; and Yvonne mauve.
 Before the quins were presented to the king and queen they paraded through the legislative chamber where 1,200 persons had assembled for a formal welcoming of the king and queen.
 Three of the quins insisted on waving to everybody in sight and although the spectators had been cautioned to be quiet, laughter broke out all over the chamber. The king and queen push on west- ward at p. m, EDT, tonight en- route to the western part of Canada after which they will visit the United States.
 The quintuplets arrived this morn- ing on a special train. It was the first time they had ever ridden on any vehicle other than the scooters and tricycles of their Callander nursery. It had been an exciting night for the DionIles and 1t was necessary to slow the train down so they could get to sleep. They were up at six o'clock this morning and put on blue and white bath robes over their pink pajamas and had break. fast of orange juice, boiled eggs brown bread toast and milk. pr. Dafoe With Them Dr. Allan R. Dafoe, their physi. clan, and one of their guardians came down to Toronto with them and he seemed to. think it was ar even money bet that at least one oi the little girls would stand on hel head or fall on her face when pre- sented to the king and queen. He t particularly concerned about Emilio who is under the impression that the word "ct,rtsy" means to do head stand.
 Besides the quints. there wert eight other Dionnes on board thu 'Quinland" as the special train hal been named. Oliva Dionne, father O the quins, appeared in Q sleek new suit and Mrs. Diorine had 8 nev dress for the occasion.
 The six older DionIie children . Ernest. l2: Daniel. I; Rose. II
 Theresa, 10; Oliva, Jr., 2, and Paul inc. 5-were almost as excited b' the prospect of meeting the kinl and queen as were the Quints. Victor. one year old. was left | oallander.
 Mrs. Dlonne settles ruzzls
 During Che train trip Mfb. plonfi' settled an issue that had been fret
 ting her ever since she learned bh slfaE ta tn ,.n s4rnhns.f&a fo Aha kifl