Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1916 — Evanston Not a Twin City, But a City of. Twins. [ARTICLE]

Evanston Not a Twin City, But a City of. Twins.

The Chicago Record Herald of December 11th contained the pictures of twin girls recently bom to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rossall, of Evanston, 111. Mrs. Rossall was formerly Miss Gladys Brown and is a niece of Mrs. E. L. Clark, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Rossall were at a loss what to name the twins and asked the Herald to aid ' them in selecting names for them' and the Herald in turn is asking its .readers to supply the youngsters with names. So many twins have put in their appearance of late in tlie Chicago suburb that the supply of names is becoming exhausted. Evanston is fairly swarming with twins and the task of naming them is becoming a serious proposition. The Herald article follows:

“So many twins are making their appearance in Evanston that parents are having difficulty in finding suitable names for them. “Any fond father or mother will admit it is hard to find a name good enough for baby when it comes alone. ,It must be much harder when they come in crowds. I “Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rossall, 1705 Boomer place, have five children whom--they had named successfully, but bn Dec. 2 twin girls were added to the list. Two more names to agree upon! - • ' f “After thinking about it for a week without reaching a decision, Mrs. Rossall said She would be willing to accept suggestions from the Herald family. She is a member of the Herald family and has confidence in the judgment of the others. J‘ln the meantime, on Thursday, Dec. 7, twins were bom to Mr. and Mrs. John Hilles-Heim, 624 Central, street, Evanston, and that means another pair of suitable names to be selected. Some interest has been awakened in the speculation as to whether the Rossall or the HillesHeim twins will be the first to be named.

“There is plenty of evidence right in Evanston that it is no easy matter to name twins and have a variety. Now there are Elizabeth and Harriet Ling and Elizabeth and Harriet Powell, all in the fifth grade in the Crandon school. With them are Agnes and Florence Barber. Npr is that all. ’ There is Myrtle and Marguerite Neikrenz, ' Mildred and Myrtle Bent and Margaret and Mildred Jarvis. Still going we find Jane Frances and Kathryn Stewart, and Katharine md Juanita Burlingham, Grace and Gertrude Johnson, and Gertrude and Margaret Gesler. One pair without luplicatejJ is Doris and Duul Hanson. Richard and Ralph Phalen are in high school, but Douglas and Donald Murray, red-haired youngsters who are among the l attractions of the town, are in the grades. Fifty-fifty on thfe sexes are Dorothy and Alfred McMurray, who had a grandfather a twin and a grandmother . a twin. All of these live in the horthwesterh section of Evanston, and the census taker is panting trying to catch 'up with the stork. .I. " 4

Uncle Benjamin Harris has started something. We have a large number of citizens who are able to follow his lead. The Monnett Home, a good park, additional support to the hospital, a Y, M. C. A. building and public play grounds are a few of the needs of the city. . A phone' call received from Attorney Halleck, Advises us that there would be little doing in the Stockton trial at Monticello .today.