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Brightest Children Have No "Sibs"

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A Plain Tale of a Mother's Agony

In a corridor at the Old Bailey re- cently a mother just placed, on pro- bation after being charged with wounding her seven-year-old son met the boy. Breaking from the women probation officer she fell as the boy's feet, showered it with kisses,

23, 1938.

How many slbs (brothers and alsters) have you got?

If you have none, you are prob- ably 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 aro stupid, you're defying the law of over- ages.

Bath was chosen by scientists to

It sibs and silliness went together. Naturally, the scientists did not call It that. They called it "differential fertility."

What they really set out to die- cover was: Are large families, more stupid than small ones, or are small familles more clever than large ones?

3,362 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 Eugenics Society on his investi- Katherine Hawkes (40), of Southgations into the sibs and successes of Grove Buildings, Bou, to the Old 3,362 school children of Bath. Dalley. dock.

"Yes, my daughter Kate is 40 to-day and she weighs six stone.' This was said by Air. Nathan Bell, father of Mrs. Hawkes.

He went on to tell how she had starved herself for seven years in order that her children should be "properly" fed.

He sat with his arms round two laughing kiddies, chubby nine-year-old Jane and bright-| eyed, seven-year-old Nathan, who sald Mummy had gone for a holiday in the country until Daddy had got a new job.

His Investigations, corried out on Ro- behalf of the Burden Mental

Trust. show that as intelli- search gence increases, fertilly decreases. Of the most intelligent children test- cd, 25 per cent. were only children; of the dullest 7 per cent, had no sibs. Dr. Roberts found that if he group- ed his school children into the most intelligent and the most stupid, he got a table ike this:

Bibs.

0

3

or more.

Highest Intelligence.

Dulical,

25 per cent. 7 per cent. 10

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But Dr. Roberts did not get away Grant Duff, well-known eugenist, with his lecture unchallenged. Mrs. sold:

"My impression is that people have the children they want to have, and then leave off."

Which, alb or no slb, seemed to leave the scientists satisfied.

Canadian Wines

Stronger

'Ottawa.

Maureen O'Sullivan, left, and Ann Morris, two of flimland's prettiest stars, wonder how high is up, as they pose bealde Robert Wadlow, as far as is known the world's tallest man. He was a visi- tor at a Hollywood studio and after his tour he decided he'd much rather be movie star than a giant. "More pretty girls and less work," he said.

Mosquitoes Cow

"Bad Man"

Dallos.

House Has Twin Reputation

Yarrawonga, Australia..

A house built here 12 months ago Nature came to the aid of lasy officers who for several days sought has acquired the appeiation of the

10 WEEKS IN 4 YEARS "It's just been plling up and pilling up ever since my. son-in-law, WB- job he had had liam Hawkes, lost for 25 years," said Mr. Bell.

"He was a driver, and when his firm changed from horses to motor- vahs seven years no he had to go. Since then he has not nad six months ten work altogether-only bout

Canadian wines will have more Luke French alter French-self-styled "Twin House," not because there are weeks in the last four years.

national "tough guy"-got drunk and shot two two of them but because five sets of "My Kate slaved to look after the kiddies, starved herself to do it, unlil the doctor ordered her eggs and milk revenue department has announced men. Hiding out from the officerstwing are in some way associated with Inny now in bottoms of a river, French was it. The contractor, builder, painter and butter. As the reliet inoncy was that wine manufacturers

became £13 and come fathers ut twins while the owner never more than 38s, a week and 155. 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

I also a twin. enn sce there went in rent, you wasn't much hope of building her up. 31.4 per cont. in the past.

"There ought to have been extra money to nourish her, but something went wrong about it. At fast Wil- Ham did three weeks work scrub- bing floors and girned £2 0s. 2d, for it.

Kate was th her than ever, and

to try to give her the things she needed he did 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 came to tell me. Neither she nor the kiddies had eaten all day, and I gave her all I had-half a loaf. and a pat of butter. That lasted all Tuesday..

"On Wednesday the kiddies went to school without anything to eat and Kate went to ask for relief. They wouldn't give her a food ticket even all fond E shilling-told her tickets were Issued an Thursdays at Arst, and then made her go and walt outside.

for

"CAN YOU WONDER?" "At five to twelve she realised Naty and Jane were coming out of school All the and ran all to meet them. 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 the decided she ought to end it all?

"Thank God Janey ran out in the street and we were in time to save my Kate and Nathan. The Judge was marvellous to-day. Kate is go- ing to stay with the Salvation Army at Norwood for six months to get i 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 fold 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 far William. He is a good hard- working chapwhen he has a chance to work-doesn't booze and gets on fine with Kate and the kids.

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