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Show Twins Merely Stirred Dad'3 Sense of Humor Mrs. Mildred .Melville Mallison o eugenics fame relieved the solemnity of a I'rairie du Cliien lecture with an ancedote. "Large families are a curse," she said. "Oh, would that all could accept this curse with the hilarity of John Maid-ment, Maid-ment, a struggling bookkeeper. "When John first became a father it was a twosome, for his young wife presented him with girl twins. Merrily Mer-rily he named them Kate and Duplicate. Dupli-cate. "A year later male twins came to bless John Maidment. Laughing heartily heart-ily he named them I'eter and Repeater. "Another brace, males once more, followed quickly, and as soon as he could control his mirth John spluttered that he'd call them Max and Climax. "A letter from John Maidment reached me in ray hotel last night. Male twins have once more blessed him, and he's naming them tlugh and Cry." Detroit Free I'ress. |