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Brightest Children Have No "Sibs
A Plain Tale of a Mother's Agony
In a corridor at the Old Balley re- cently a mother fat placed on pro- bation after being charged with wounding her seven-year-old son met the boy. Breaking from the woman probation officer she fell at the boy's | fect, showered him with kisses.
How many sibs (brothers and sisters) have you got?
If you have none, you are prob- nbly a very intelligent person;
If you have lots, then you've probably been at the bottom of your class and are rather a stupid person;
If you have lots and are clever, or have none and are stupid, you're defying the law of aver- Res.
Bath was chosen by scientists to see it albs and silliness went together. Naturally, the scientists did not call it that. They called it "differential fertility."
What they really set out to dis- cover was: Are large familles more stupid than small ones, or are small familles more clever than large ones?
3,382 CHILDREN
Dr. Fraser Roberts lectured at Bur- Here is the story behind the poverington House recently to members of ty and despair which brought Mrs. the Eugenies Society on hla Investi- Katherine Hawkes (40), of Southgations into the sibs and successes of Grove Bulldings, Bow, to the Old 3,362 school children of Bath. Dalley dock.
His investigations, carried out on show that as intelil- “Yes, my daughter Kate is 40 behalf of the Burden Mental Re
search Trust, to-day and she weighs six rence increases, fertility decreases. stone." This was said by Mr. of the most intelligent children test- Nathan Bell, father of Mrs. cd, 25 per cent, were only children; of the dulleat 7 per cent, had no sibs. Hawkes.
Dr. Roberts found that if he group- He went on to tell how she haded his school children into the most starved herself for seven years intelligent and the most stupid, he in order that her children should got a table like this: be "properly" fed..
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He sat with his arms round two laughing kiddies, chubby! nine-year-old Jane and bright- eyed, seven-year-old
But Dr. Roberts did not get away who said Mummy had gone for with his lecture unchallenged. Mre. a holiday in the country until Grant Duff, well-known eugenist,
said: Daddy had got a new job.
10 WEEKS IN 4 YEARS "It's just been piling up and piling up ever since my son-in-law, Wil- liam Hawkes, lost a job he had had for 25 years," said Mr. Bell.
"My Impression is that people have the children, they want to have, and then leave off."
Which, alb or no sib, seemed to leave the scientists satisfied.
Canadian Wines Stronger
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Maureen O'Sullivan, left, and Ann Morris, two of filmland's prettiest stars, wonder how high is up, as they posa beside Robert Wadlow, ns for as is known the world's tallest man. He was a visi- tor at a Hollywood studio and after his tour he declded he'd much rather be a movie star than a giunt. "More pretty girls and less work," he said,
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"Bad Man"
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House Has Twin Reputation
Yarrawonga, Australia,
A house built here 12 months ago Nature came to the aid of law ofleers who for several days sought has acquired the appelation of the
"He was a driver, and when his firm changed from horses to motor- vans seven years ago he had to go. Since then he has not nad six months ten work altogether-only about weeks in the last four years.
Canadian wines will have more Luke French after French-self-styled "Twin House," not because there are
future. The
national "tough guy"—got drunk and shot two two of them but because five sets of By Kale slaved to look after the kick in kiddies, starved herself to do it, until the doctor ordered her eggs and milk revenue department has announced men. Hiding out from the officers vins are in some way associated with may now in bottoms of a river: French wast. The contractar, builder, painter and butter. As the relief money was that wine manufacturers
and come fathers of twins while the owner never more than 38s. a week and 153.strengthen their product to the extent attacked by mosquitoes and bitten so and tenant of the house have all be
of 40 per cent, proof spirit, instead of badly went in rent, you see there 31.4 per cent. in the past. wasn't much hope of building her up. "There ought to have been extra money to nourish her, but something At last Wi- went wrong about 11. lam did three weeks work scrub- bing floors and earned £2 0s. 20. for
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"Kate was thinner than ever, and to try to give her the things she needed be dild not declare this bit of money to the relief people. Some- how they found out and he was sent to prison for a month.
He was sent to prison one Monday morning. At night Kate carte to tell me. Neither she nor the kiddles had eaten all day, and I gave her all I had half a loaf and a pat of hulter. That lasted ull Tuesday,
"On Wednesday the kiddles went to school without anything to cat and They Kate went to ask for. relief. wouldn't give her a food ticket even for a shilling-told her all food tickets were issued on Thursdays at first, and then made her go and wall outside,
"CAN YOU WONDER?" At live to twelve she reallaed Naty and Jane were coming out of school and ran off to meet them. All the way home the kiddies cried that they were hungry. I don't believe she had eaten anything since the Sunday. Can you wonder, with the kiddies as they were, that she decided she ought to end it all?
Thank God Janey ran out in the street and we were in time to save my Kale and Nathan. The Judge was marvellous to-day.. Kate is go- ing to stay with the Salvation Army ut Norwood for six months to get al, unless William gets a job sooner and can get the home going again.
INQUIRY PROMISED
"A whole lot of us in Bow have been to County Hall as a deputation. We saw the chairman of the Public Assistance, who told us it didn't ought to have happened and promis ed the whole affair would be inquired into.
*"Now the main thing is to get a job for William. He is a good hard- working chap-when he has a chance to work doesn't booze and gets on Ane with Kate and the kids,
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that he became surrendered,
SHE said
"If you were alone: why
were there so many cigaretle
ends in your
room ?!
HE said
"For the very good reason, my dear, that I
had a brand new box of
du Maurier. Here! There's
one left,
You have it."
#ob..
those cigarettes with
the cunning filter tips? Thanks, I'd like to!"
"There! See what I mean? Rather special aren't they? And no tell-tale tongue afterwards – however many you smoke!"
FOAL KA GUPIERSO
VIRGINITA
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also a twin.
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