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THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH

MONDAY,

·APRIL

1988.

This is How I am Bringing Up

THE QUINS

By

Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe,

O.D.E., M.D.,

who brought them into the world

THE

Callander, Ontario

Dionne quintuplets - are getting along to. wards four now, and as they approach their birth- day, May 28, they deport themselves as well as any other girls of their age.

The past winter was good to the quins. Apart from a few minor sniffles their health was perfect. They continued their steady and consistent gains both in height and weight-and they continued to look so much alike. that only a very few of us can tell them apgrby

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At times during the cold wen- little ther the quins lost weight. Any mother, however, knows that such losses are not unusual, and are quickly re- gained.

for January,

instance, During Marie lost 1lb., Emilie lb., and Cecile 1lb. Annelle stayed the same weight and Yvonne gained 16.

Here are thele weights and heights on January 28:

Weight

Yvonne

Annette

Emilie

Cecile

Maric

Height

si, lb.

£1. 3

Dr.

1/4

G

21/2

One of the latest pictures of the quins. Left to right: Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile, An- nette, Marie,

They have an invested fortune of £104.000, which comes from 24 contracts signed since their birth. Dr.

and they don't like that restraint ong bit.

Dafoe receives £40 a month. Their parents, who with their six other children live, across the road from the quins £15,000 model home, get £20 a month.

Mr. and Mrs. Dionne arc allowed to see the quins at any time.

A first A typical lunch would be: course of soup. Then specially pre- This past winter they have become pared liver and potatoes, with French surprisingly adept at winter sports, beans and raw carrots. For dessert, Tobogganing and ski-ing are their perhaps chocolate pudding and bis- favourite cold-weather pastimes.

cuits.

On what do we feed our sturdy Chocolate pudding, by the way, is quins? Well, as you might imagine, the babies favourlic dessert, al-

never though they've they have pretty healthy appetites known to refuse any sweet dessert.

yet been and there's seldom a meal when

Lunch comes at about 11.45. anything is left on their little plates.

Breakfast time is 7.45. First thing of porridge, a biscuit, and plenty of Supper is simple. Usually a bow! on the menu in the morning-and uk. Sometimes tomato and lettuce so at suppertime--is a teaspoonful sandwiches, and very often fruit of of cad liver of in a little orange some kind.

Siceping is one of the things the After this comes a helping of quins do best. Soon after they finish cereal wilk milk, then an egg, either their supper they are bundled away scrambled, soft boiled, or poached. to bed. Breakfast, as I have noted, With the egg we usually serve one is at 7.45-so there is no oversleeping. or two strips of bacon, brown bread The midday nap lasts an hour and a toast, and whole wheat biscuits, and half.

that the Scientists have found

That quins are "identical" children. worl "identical" shouldn't be taicen at its face value. No two people are What the ever really identicni. scientists mean is that the Dionne closer to being quintuplets come alike-all

any five of them-tian

of children or group pair studied by science.

All Ears Alike

ever

N elaborate study of the

ΑΝ quins showed that they

are dentical in hands and feet and, most of all, their faces.

Several similarities of the babies are readily apparent to anyone who is with them for any length of time. I know, of course, that their eyes are all the same, à medium brown mixed with grey. Their eyelashes are long, dark brown, and curly. The contours of the hairlines the same.

are

The only difference is that while the hair whorls on the crowns of four of the quins heads go-counter- clockwise, Marie's goes the reverse way.

All five have fair, clear, and rosy skin textures. They tan casily and deeply-but they don't freckle.

Ears are supposed to be foolproof means of identification. Even Identi cal twins usually have different the quins cars are all us cars. But nearly alike as is possible.

The

One

scientists

declared that: thing is certain and that is that these children do not fit into u similar mould of

development personality and that the variation manifest at this age, 32, is showing signs of wider divergence."

They classified motherly type; Annette as a social climber; Emille as a happy-go-lucky little girl and the most self-sufficient of the five; Ceelle as the unknown quantity; and Marie as the "baby" of the family,

Yvonne

Two Languages

NOW

AK

the

TOW I wouldn't agree en- tirely with these descrip- tions but they do serve to emphasise the fact that the quins are develop-" ing the way they should; as Ave little girls all with

dividual personalities.

their

juice,

at least one cup of milk. That's a The quins always sleep on their rather hearty breakfast for a 31- outside sleeping porch and they years-old, don't you think?

wouldn't have it any other way.

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

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ACROSS

Is this floh bound to be chilly und dreary? (5).

4 Temporary device

for a move

own in-

apparently (0),

B

It

sounds as if a fruit is in- tended but it is only invention (7).

0 Contract (7),

10 Incline (4).

to 11 D.B.C, officials should be good

The children's schooling started before they were three. They have singing and music Jessons and dancing lessons. They draw with coloured

listen crayons. Tlicy starles and look at picture books. at this kind of race (5). Before long they'll be learning to 12 A 0ght to become ragged (4). read.

15 The whimsicality-of a Almost all the people round clan? (13). Callander speak French, and that is 17 An ald to oriental oratory per-

haps (13). the language on which the quina

musi

are concentrating. But at their noon 20 Separate a piece (4). dinner they speak-or spank at 21 A slice of fish from a skate (5), English, and so they are already 22 This blessed, this earth, this realm, this England" "Richard learning two languages.

No-the quins have never been 1.") (4). "spanked." I hope they never will 25 A small French and a big English town show denrth (7).

be. But they aren't spoiled by any meins. And they are subject to

20 No, this account of one's pur-

strict discipline. They are Indics→→ chases is not oral (7), for they learned early that they con 27 Crafty work for some architect

perhaps (D). get what they want only by be- having.

When one of them disobeys, she is placed alone in the "bad room" and stays there until she decides she can return to her play with the others and behave. We don't expect-or want the babies never to disobey, But we do like a happy balance.

Play is the big thing round the nursery, of course, and the quins ara outdoors almost every day of the year. It gets - mighty cold, here----

no

28 British poet who shows

ngreement (6).

DOWN Suitable Instruction to a tailor perhaps (9).

2 This teaching aims of the Im- provement of the human race (7).

3. If one earns this one can sup-

port oneself (4).

4 Love of this may cause or pro-

long war (13).

once in a while" round 30. below:- 5 Thlĩ British Isle may have

zero. Only in extremely inclement vonther are the qulos kept inside-

helped to clothe a Scot (4)..

This is the opposite in some poetry (7).

7 To correspond thus is entirely

(5).

It needs an actor getting on in for this theatrical job

years

(13). 13 Poison from tinned meit op-

parently (5).

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14 A A palindromle musical note (5), 10 Not resourceful, needing

across perhaps (9).

1 Elther a German or an Austrian

musical

composer (7).

19 Cancel (7).

20 Sailors may be thus summoned

(5).

23 Common plant caught by sea-

nnglers (4).

24 Not rough nor odd (4).

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CANADIAN PACIFIC

The Story of FRANK CAPRA'S Maghtest Production RONALD COLMAN in

SILAM SHIP) HOTELS -

- HMIANYYS - LOPPES

LOST HORIZON

A venalization of Robert Riskin's screen version at Jumos Hilton's novel Nuzative by Albert Dulfy.

TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF ASIA

.5 p.m. Thurs., Apr. 7.

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE Robert Conway, British diplo mat in the 'East, who has been laming more than d year, has been found in Hitite Chimera mitalon by Lord Galuaford, Conway has to re- collection of his past life but sendily praca to return

England with Quinaford. On the boat Conway hears a fan- our planint playing at the ship's Cancer!. Coniny gate to the plono after the concart and be- gins to play a strange, beautiful intlody The famed planlat dis- agree with Conway when the falter niste that it ta Chapin studpis. “It seas never published. I learned it from a man she was one of Chopin's pupil.""That's impossible!" the plinist insista. "A pupil of Chu- pin'a, if he were alive today, would have to be more than a hundred and twenty years old?” "What of it?" Conway anops and then he rushes from the room. In his stateroom Lord Gatusford Ands Conway packe ing his bag. "I must leave you." he says, "That musle brought it all back to me. Shangrila! I remember it all now." Gains- ford urges Conway to tell his atory. Concay begina.

The plane swung around, gathered, momentum and taxied crazily down "the runway. In a moment they ceased to bump over the uneven ground and took to the air. Con- way peered warlly out of a window "Guess we're out of range now,” he said. "Everybody all right?

No one had been hurt and George' alumped into a nearby seat. "Whew," he said, “That was a close ona." Conway grinned at him and then turned to the newcomer in the Chinese robe. "Where'd you came from?" he asked.

"I'm Alexander P. Lovell, sir” "Why weren't you registered, at the consulate Borve you right if you were left behind."

"How did I know a war was go- ing to break out right over my hond? Lovett demanded. I had to get into these ridiculous clothes to escape,"

"Where were you hiding?" Con- way asked.

I was in the interior-hunting fossila.

Barnard, the American, turned to Lovett, "Pardon ma," he asked. "What did you say you were hunt- Ing

"Fossile, I'm a paleantologist." Barnard stared at him blankly. "Oh. I see," he muttered.

Conway had dropped into a arat at the rear of the plane "What happened to that brandy, Freshie he demanded of his brother. George produced the bottle. "Drink?" con-

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY way anked,

Chapter Two

The drone of the moiots 2001 lulled them to sumber and the pinne reared on through the night, With the dawn Barnard began io atir. He opened one eye, stretched and looked over at Lovett who was already awake Morning, Lovey."

Flames from the burning city of Baskui darted high into the night sky and cast a weird lumination over the bedlam of the flying field he smiled.

"The name I Lovett, Str," was the on the outskirts of the city. In the distance there was the steady rum-frigid reply. ble of gunfire and the solitary road Well, it's a good morning, any. from the city was choked with way," Barnard, unabashed, repiled Chinese refugees Recing from the He glanced out the window of the demoniae fury of the bandila, plane and looked around thought-

Attacked by Chinese bandita, Robert Conway, British consul of Baskul and other white residents, evacuare the town by pinne. ¿Posed by, Ronald Colman, Januel Jewdli, Edward Evere!! _

Horton, Thomos Mitchell and others.)

The airport itself was already fully: "Bay, we're supposed to be packed to overdowing with wild-heading east, aren't we?" he asked

"Of course." eyed. hysterical Chinese seeking refuge from their attackers, Flood-

"Well, seems to me we're going lights on the field silhouetted their weal

figures as they raced around acek- Lovell peered out the window and ing lost friends or famillies. A Brit- then jumped quickly from his next Ish Army transport plane was "Oh my goodness,” he cried, "we're drawn up on the runway in front going west! We're going in the of the office buliding, its motor id-| wrong direction."

llag.

From the rear of the plane

"The door of the building opened George opened a slechy eye. "Can and Robert Conway, the British (you manage to make a little less Consul, came out followed by a noise?" he demanded.

"But we're going west, Shanghai's small group of terrified whites. With Conway in the lead, they fought east of here!" their way to the plane through the George rose slowly,' stretching horde of mailing yellow men.and yawning. “SIL down and calm There was a roar as the motorsyourself i tolk to Fenner." He raced and the huge ship began to walked to the front of the plane Jumber down the runway. Conway and knocked on the glass panel turned and pushed his way back separating the body of the ship to the office building where the re from the cockpit. From the cockpit alde a amali shade snapped up and maining whites were huddled.

His brother. George, wan sitting George stared into the scowling in one corner of the room, his cars face of a strange pilot. glued to the radio. Conway strode George ran down the narrow aisle over to him. "Are you through to to his brother and shook his shoul Shanghol" he asked. George ned-Ber. "Bob! Wake up!" he cried ded and handed the mike to Con "Something's happened. That isn't way,

Hello. Shanghai: Conway talk. ing Colonel Marah there?

Fenner in the cockpit."

Conway ant up and stretched. "You're having 'nightmares,"

"Right here, Conway. Go ahend "suggested.

I've "Where are those planes?

he

"No. It's someone I never saw be still about thirty people here. The fore. Queer looking bloke. Chinese whole town's on fire and the ban- or Mongolian or something. And dits will be here any minute." the plane's flying away from Shaug”,

"Sent every ship we could And, hei Conway. They, left Hangchow three hours ago.

Al that moment George rushed in. They're here! They're circling the frid now."

"All's well, Colonel. The planes are over the Beld now. See you in the morning."

Conway rounded up his whites and hurried them out to the planes. sending the women and children in the first planes.

The last plane Jockeyed into position in front of the office build- ing and Feaner, the pilot, grinned down from the cockpit.

Conway looked out the window to get his bearings. Then he 1D/C and walked to the front of the plane. He pounded on the gloss sa once again the mysterious pilot turned and scowled at them,

"Charming chap," said Conway. “Wonder what happened to Fen- ner

"Where's he taking us?" Lovett demanded. "He may be a for all we know." George opened a tool kit, extracted a monkey wrench and started for the cockpli.. Con way stopped him

manine

"What are you going to de?" he

"H Conway!" he called. "Bit of asked.

a mess what?" Conway waved to "I'll drag him out and make him him and smiled as he turned back | tell us what his game lo," was to the office building.

George's determined reply.

Besides, Conway, there was only

He

The

"Brillan!!" Conway amlled, "Any? his brother, George. Gloria Stone one here fly a plane?" They ali and an American, Bartard.

shook their hende. Conway took the rounded up the litle group and they wrench from his brother's hand and pushed their way through shrieking Chinese to the waiting tossed it into a corner, "That's no

good, Freshie." plane, At the plane's door they

"Mean to way you're going to wait, were joined by another man in Chinese costume, a box clutched until he lands before you do any under his arm, who pushed his way thing?" Lovett demanded." Into the plane, Conway grabbed him Buddenly the plane lurched and by the neck and was about to throw headed for the ground, George him from the plane when he looked through a window," "Bobb wrenched free. "Let me in, you we're landing!” he cried. Conway, blighters!“ he cried, "I'm at Eng-| came and looked over his shoulder, Jahman!" And, Indeed, he wán. 2. "George,” he said, "we're going to As Conway closed the doar of try something. The moment the ship the plane, and the motors began stops we're going to jump out. You to rade several truck loads of bag-run around the other alle and l'it dilis camis lumbering onto the field |atay here. It he covers me with, and they began to shoot wildly at his gun you'll be back of him. Hit

first -- und hil hardt the slow moving plane.

"Everybody on the floor!] }***

Quick!?"

i

They all crouched to the floor sa

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