A PROLIFIC MOTHER.

Evening Star, Issue 11663, 23 January 1902, Page 1

A PROLIFIC MOTHER.

The ' Chicago Journal' of October 1 thas records the very rare and interesting event of the birth of quadruplets:—Quadruplets were bcrnj yesterday to Mrs diaries Ormsb'y, cf 406 West Forty-third street. Mrs Ormsby has been married seven years. Her husband, a plumber, deserted ber seven months ago. Besides three children who were born singly, the birth record ha the Ormsby family Bible shows the foHowiHg: November 1, 1896—Twins. September 18, 1897—-Twins. September 24, 1899—Triplets. September 29, 1901—Quadruplets. The four babies make a carious spectacle as they lie side by side, arrayed in their thrj pink dresses. They are all abort the same size—three pounds each; and it is impossible even for the mother to tell one from another. The home surroondings of these nrteceßiing infants are not enchanting by any means. Mrs Ormsby lives in two or toe© little dark rooms in the rear of her small grocery, jotfc west of Princeton, avenue, an Forty-third street. The place is as dean and mttrac&re, perhaps, as she has been able to make & en the scant income flat came from the pitiful little store. She has done the best she cotrfd, but such a family as has come to Woes her grocery home might make a stonier heart quail when it came to caring for them. Now the four new treasure* bring with them another serious problem. Perhaps some eaterprising dime museum will make an offer to Mrs Ormsby.