THE FAMOUS FIVE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 145, 22 May 1939, Page 8

THE FAMOUS FIVE

TO MEET KING AND QUEEN. TIU VATE INTERVIE W. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received May 22, 1.25 p.m. CORNWALL (Ontario) May 21. The Dionne quintuplets will wear floor-length white organdie court gowns when they are presented to Their Majesties at Toronto to-morrow. The entire Dionne family, with Dr Dafoe, will make the 211-mile journey from Callander to-day in a special train christened “Quintland.” It is the first time the quintuplets have been away from home, and also the first time they have travelled in a train. Their luggage includes eight quarts of milk, and also to avoid the chance of digestive trouble, two gallons of chlorinated water to which they are accustomed. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to safeguard them. Americans from across the border are expected to swell Toronto’s population to 2,000,000 to-morrow. The crowds, however, will have little chance of seeing the quintuplets. They will travel from the station in a closed car with drawn shades, accompanied bv a police motor-cycle escort. ‘The oifice of the Premier (M. Hepburn) in the Legislature has been turned over to them. It contains a refrigerator and other kitchen equipment. The King at about noon will be greeted by the Ontario Government m tbe Legislative Chamber. Their Majesties will then proceed to the Lieu-tenant-Governor's suite. 'The quintuplets will he brought there. The officials are keeping the interview between Their Majesties and the famous five strictly _ private. A previous arrangement which suggested that a broadcast of the meeting should be permitted has been cancelled.