Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1915 — "Perfect" Babies in Los Angeles Are Betrothed [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"Perfect" Babies in Los Angeles Are Betrothed

LOS ANGELES. —A perfect baby boy and a perfect baby girl have been’dedicated to each other by their mothers in the hope that in the coining years love, guided by maternal hands, may lead to an eugenic marriage. The 100*

point children who are unconsciously facing a made-to-order romance are William Charles Flynn, thirty-seven months old, and Alene Calvert Houck, seventeen months old. After the babies emerged from a baby congress, each with a “perfection tag,” their mothers held a conference. Three times before the children have won first prizes in the same baby show. The boy is the winner of fourteen first prizes and the irirl of six. The mothers are con-

vinced tbaffate has thrown their children together great purpose, but they have agreed that they will not resort to any form of coercion in shaping the futures of their children. V Alene has not been walking as long as her possible future admirer. It will be strange if, in time, William does not become interested in Alene’s violet eyes. She has naturally long lashes, which are always a great aid. Her mother thinks that the violet eyes may have a tendency to perfect the ppsent pi«n« William has brown curls—natural curls, the kind thgt have charmed feminine eyes in an ages. J.