| Show Quintuplets Quintuplets' S Visitors Wear St Sterilized Gowns While in Dionne Hospital Nursery I This Tills is J. the second of three articles on the Dionne qU quintuplets quintuplet written by Fred Davis photographer photographer pher of the tho children B By FRED FEED DAVIS Of course you are ara familiar with th the fact ih that at everybody wears a surgeons surgeon's sterilized gown in enterIng enterIng entering enter- enter Ing the quintuplets' quintuplets nursery But Dr Dafoe has ha gone a step farther by demanding that nil all of ot u us wear wears s sterilized slippers rs He feels that where babies are crawling or or playing on on the tl floor or the worst kind of ot contagion is I. possible possible pos poe sible from wearing shoes fr from m the outside Into the tho babieS roo rooi So row pow whenever wo we enter the then n nursery we must put on not only the white surgical g gown but also abo the sterilized slippers sUppers that are pro pro- vided Few persons get within S touching distance of ot the babies Children are arc taboo inthe In the hospital because of the tho risk of co contagion from undetected undetected unde undo child ailments ailment But Tor for tho the Jast Jae year a distinguished distin ln- ln throng throng throng-of of worthies notables notables nota nota- bles bIas and aid ld moguls prominent Cana CAna- CAnadian dian and American physicians governors governors governors gov gov- of states bIg shots of money and politics from Canada or Kansas Kan Kan- ass sas sas have come confidently north to see to touch to dandle on their knees these f famous babies But they never do All the letters letters let let- let let-i and c credentials all the em eminence emi I- I I nence In the tho medical or political or judicial world ge thorn them no no closer than and Harry Dr Dafoe is is' is isa a great diplomat along with his other qualifications He has a wonderful and private collection collection collection col col- col- col lection of photos His al bum Yes sir air And nd the eminent ones are privileged privileged actually to hold bold in their hands this personal and private tion That's Thal's all aU they hold in their hands or dandle on their It knees ees p Yvonne Natural Leader Lender Yvonne is always tho the leader In weight and antics She was beaten by four hours for the first tooth by Annette But she 1 1 Is making up for or it An Annette ette always wakes first first She has bas a little chat with herself ani and then leans across and shakes Yvonne's crib Reveille has sounded One baby nobody baby nobody saw which one and they are too clannish to snitch on one another broke another broke a window Inthe in tho the nursery the other d di day with a play block Bye-bye Bye play blocks E on Rampage I S Emille EmlUe the on one who wants to see inside my camera camera Im Im I'm worried about that camera camern some day it is II going to get did did a grand job on worth of ot jewelry n not t tJong long Jong ng ago A. A BO Boston on admirer tent sent th the money to jeweler to make makeup up five necklaces Beautiful little th they y were ending in a cross Emilid first grabbed her own around her n neck ck gave it a good yank and it came came to pieces t Delighted with herself she l leaned ross ross' snatched Marl Maria Marie's s 's and andIn andIn andin in a a second it t was was was' strewn all hil over tho the nursery The Tho nurses nurs seeing the wreckage took the remnants from front Emmo Emille and set her in a pen by her herself s self aCif l The incident forgotten the 5 49 4 I i Copyright W Service Ii 5 5 5 41 11 goodness says tiny Marie 1 Anybody can see how this works You rub the clothes on the washboard just as a. Im I'm doing Its It's all part pari of a little Monday morning fun at the Dionne nUrsery nursery I I S S S i r 1 4 r S 'S Copyright 1986 NEA Service Inc 1 perfectly You just Then of f course a wringer is simple turn the crank rank Marie Marle explores all the possibilities of the little tin which an admirer has hassent sent to her and arid the other quins 4 5 I Sc 4 And now look All snowy and arni white and hung up to dry Im I'm going to LIKE this says Marie larie as she looks rapturously at atthe atthe atthe the c clothes neatly pinned to the miniature clothesline before before before be be- fore her nurse a little while later loft all five on the floor of the playroom while she be went for tor their orange orange juice ulce tour Four our minutes she ho was gone When she he returned yi wearing wearing wear wear- aring ar- ar ing a smile amil a smile exactly exactly ex ex- like Uke Professor Einstein's ln's when he discovered r relativity had ther the tho r rOmaine remains of ot the oth other r th three e necklaces neck neckS laC laces s in her chubby clutch b and Yvo Yvonne ne Annette and Colle Coelle her bigger r sisters were sitting Bitting by lookIng looking look look- ing lug decidedly odly underprivileged French ench Spoken to Quins QuIn French 1 is Ii tho lilA only age used beed to or In tho the pr presence s of the quins I dont don t know w just how Dr lr Daf Dafoe e My French Is very limited It IL is trench French r What f few W words worda I know V I got gal up around Vimy ridge and ancS Ar Amiens ien r But ut I memorized a sot speech which I invariably with due tot refer refer- r- r t to the babies r recite when I Ic c come me into their presence nee It goes a as AI follows Parley Francey oo DO bOB bom ami anti Boom OUI This invariably d delights them Th They y scream and clap their hands bands in applause appl us Then I fe feel l that I have pl pleased as d their majesties s and an and I am gla glad No Trouble uble in Sn Teething As far as I know about babies teething is Is is' the time of ot distress an The went through their teething without the slightest outward sign of any disorder r or discomfort die dis comfort Dr Dafoe says this is I. exactly exa yas as asit asIt it should be It if It the babies babiCs s are are properly properly prop prop- erly f fed d and ana paro pared farad for It is curious how Any ny tensiOn or excitement communicates Itself to tob tobbie b bibles bl ij You Y u can se dee e it cIe clearly in these Jive give ive During the earlier er anxiety and disturbance over guardianship and 8 so to forth h when everybody from the doctor down to the tho housekeeper was anxious you could actually lly see seo that unrest affecting Ung tho the infants That Tbt I Is le ht make mak J n me feel feCi how ow fortunate was wu the complete I sanctuary ary aty given these thus babies b from Irom their birth Dr DafO fairly exudes calmness I X can fairly say lAY I have never seen Been him bUn rattled He ae has haa trained us all to quiet be t orderly easy tl As M a 8 news cameraman n trained all my life lite to bang in grab my picture pic plc- tOre ture and bang OUt out it has haa been quite an ordeal for tor me rae But the Dionne pictures have lilt all ll b been en taken in a I p peace lL that understanding Next Davis Davis' biggest t scare scare- making a rush trip for tor the doctor when Marie was wu feared lured to be dying The quins quina face the movie cameras camera lIk like vetras while experienced actors are ato nervous in wonting with them |
