Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

ID a life of problems How is he going to adapt
- himself to living in a world in which he prob
ably will be the smallest grown" man?
For Dickie just won't grow. He's only % inches
tall and weighs exactly liz pounds-the same
height and weight he was on his fifth birthday
His parents Mr. and Mrs T. H. SorenSen of
Prince Rupert British Columbia, Canada, of
sturdy Norwegian stock and fullsized humans,
say nothing more will be done to stimulate
Dickie's growth unless Dicxie himself so decides.
And Dic!sie perfectly satisfied to face the
world from his low altitude.
Causes of arrested growth scientists have
found, are due to lack of secretions from the
ductless glands-the thyroid in the neck the
pituitary in the brain, and the thymus in the
chest The pituitary especially governs height, for
its secretons control the length of the long bones
OF the body in the arms and legs. Too much pitul-
tary hormone creates giants, too little. dwarfs.
Dicllie Sorensen is a handsome fellow, per-
fectly built, in miniature. with flaxen hair and
keen blue eyes. His mind is bright and he
despises the mental efforts of children his own
size. He wants to be a man.
IT am man." he likes TO say, and shoves
chairs around, waves brooms and asks manly
questions TO prove it.
Richard, "Dicke" as everyone calls him,
born at New Massett. Queen Charlotte ISL
andS off the coast of British Columbia His birth
was normal except that he weighed only two
pounds. In one year he tipped the scales at 7la
pounds and by the time he five his weight
liz pounds, his present weight.
He has sister, IL years old, who is normal
in every respect; big for her age.' His
baby brother, only five months old already weighs
The authorities in Prince Rupert thriving,
war-booming seaport, hesitate to let tiny fellow
like Dickie run about with husky youngsters of
normal growth. The town is full of war a.
workers and troops. The schools S
crowded. Although tiny, he can't get IL. j, s
So Dicke has never been to school, and
as far as he is concerned he doesn't want
to. He likes to draw and paint, showing
considerable talent But like any child he
likes best to run and play.
He has temper and doesn't care much
children
around and ask silly questions. s.
He dislikes little girls who call him
Baby" and try TO fit him into their doll ~
carriages. That is when he goes into his
I'm man." routine. M4
While he displays Some agility in &
playing with boys his own age, he has
to avoid injury. He prefers to talk AWM
to adults. But loathcs well-meaning
old ladies who COO over him and insist -
that he is cute. -
His mother is little worried about
his schooling. Maybe the beginning
of the year she will send him to the
new school that is being built in Prince
Rupert, or, failing that, to a convent
When Dickie was a year old a doc
tor tried TO stimulate his growth with
pituitary injections He told his pa
rents that If Dckie didn't start 10 grow 49,
by the time he five, he probably ~
never would.
gland specialist, Dr. Byron S. ~
Elliot in Vancouver, took much inter
est In the chd'S case and made a care
full study of him when his parents
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visited that city recently. lie has made
a series of X-ray pictures and is study tx
ing them with the hope that some
day Dicllie may grow to normal height
But the Sorensens simple, forth
right people, are not worried about
their sons size. His mother is not
Diclxie and His Sister, Who, at IL,
Is Little Over Normal Height.
This Picture Is Exactly I'm Scale
With That of Giant Wardlaw Oppo-
site, and Gives q Good ApprOxima-
ton of the Difference I'm Their Size.