Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 75, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1934 — Page 3

AUG. 7, 1934.

World’s Only Quintuplets as They Are Today

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Yvonne in at didn't want to get up, and protested loud and long as Dr. Allan Roy Paf>>e raised the tiny form for the daily regime of oil baths, weighing, and examination. Any baby that can cry as lustily as Yvonne ought to have n good chance to pull through, don’t you think?

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EmiUc, second-tiniest of the quintuplets, pets her daily oil hath. Nurse Yrovne Lcroux has become most adept with the soft cotton swabs, for the habits' skins are much too tender to permit soap or water to touch them. Every person approaching them must wear the <tfri'e garments atul antiseptic mask you see on Xurse Lcroux.

MORE PICTURES OF DIONNE BABIES, EXCLUSIVELY IN THE TIMES TOMORROW

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Mrs. Oliva Dionne, 25-year-old mother of the phenomenal quintuplets, has almost recovered, and goes about the daily routine of her housework like any other normal and happy housewife. A bit bewildered by all the hubbub, Mrs. Dionne expresses in the broken English of her Frencli-Canadian dialect her thanks for the kindliness and generosity that have been showered upon the family. “People are so nice,” she smiled.

And here’s Oliva Dionne, the daily prouder father, who is gradually recovering from his original attitude on first hearing of his luck, that “I ought to be put into jail.” Sow he proudly and happily performs such duties as are allowed a mere father.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Sound asleep and blissfully unconscious of the world's absorbed interest, the Dionne quintuplets are shown in this exclusive photo at slightly more than two months. Mane, left, lies quietly while Emilie, next, waggles her tiny fingers in some baby-dream.. Cecile, center, opens her mouth wide as though in protest at being moved by the hand of Nurse De Kirilme, while Annette and Yvonne, right, the stronger of the brood, take their ease in complete quiet.

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Nobody teas enjoying this washing and weighing ceremony any more than these two of the quintuplets, held in the arms of Nurse Louise De Kiriline, left, and Yvonne Lcroux. The nurses are about to put the babies back into the warm incubators after completing the oil baths in which both seem to be taking a lively interest.

“Certainly I’ve gained!” Cecile Dionne appears to be telling Dr. A. R. Dafoe as he bends anxiously over the daily “weighing in” ceremony that tells the story of the quintuplets’ fight to achieve normal growth and health. Nurses De Kiriline and Lcroux arrange the delicate weighing task daily.

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