ABOUT TWINS
Jus: now a great deal of interest is being taken in twins, and all kinds of remarkabh facts a bum t hem are coming to light. An enterprising .Berlin photographer has recently taken a number of pr.oingraplis of twins in German sod-My. He- induced his sitters lo wear similar dresses, to accentualt the likeness between them, and sonic of the result.ho has ob'aiiiel aro most striking. Aqd in England the editress of 'Mother and Home' has been doing much the same son, of thing. Not only ha- she offered prizes for the best photographs of twins sour in by readers, hut she has induced the- mothers to answer the following questions: Do you find that there is a strange sympathy and understanding between twins, and ih.n they are more devoted io each other than oidiuary brothers and sisters!Do you find ihat one is ruled by the other, and is willing to make sacrifices foi the other? 1 D.i y-uir twin- develop (he same diseases and do you iin-1 (lint one gets ill simple because ihc other does? Are ih-y alike menially, or is one quicker mind and the oilier less alert? Did you find them easier to bring up than a single child, and did (hey, being togrih-v. require half or double the amount of looking after and amusing?
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Evening Star, Issue 14214, 13 November 1909, Page 3
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221ABOUT TWINS Evening Star, Issue 14214, 13 November 1909, Page 3
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