Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1916 — Mother Has Odd Twins; One White, Other Black. [ARTICLE]

Mother Has Odd Twins; One White, Other Black.

Denver, Colo., August 22.—Mabel Owen, who claims to be white, an obscure dependent upon charity, now a patient in the county hospital, has written an amazing chapter to the history of motherhood by bringing into the world in the space of one hour twin babies, one black, one white —Ethiopian and Caucasian. The Ethiopian baby is a boy. All the mams which indicates a low order of Intelligence and development are noted in this child, the narrow, bulging head and slim face, the flat, wide, crinkled ears and tiny, round, twinkling eyes and kinky hair. The Caucasian baby Ts“a girl. The child is fair with a fine shaped head, delicately modeled ears, a wee mouth, well defined nose and chin, a wide brow and straight brown hair. If these children had been bom, one in the hut of an African savage and one in the mansion of a sedate Englishman, they could not be more unlike than they are. Not content with breaking the racial record in giving birth to a black and white child, this woman shattered the heredity tendencies which decree the father’s likeness and characteristics to the girl and those of the mother to the boy. Owen’s daughter is white like herself, a normal baby showing signs of breeding.