FAMOUS BABIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 14

FAMOUS BABIES

THE JOHNSON QUABTQE NOW TWO YEARS OF AQg 1 QUIET BIRTHDAY FUNCTION I MOVE TO;NEW HOME SHORTS I ~~ 1 H ■ [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDED] p| DUNEDIN, Friday If To a qilartet of healthy, care> j|| free babies to-morrow will be a red letter day. It is the second birthday If of the Johnson quadruplets. ffi For their'proud parents this joy 0 „, ft' occasion in the youthful careers of tfo If "famous fojir " will signify .a chapfej || of unceasing worry and toil during 4 || particularly • critical period of their fe adolescent lives. The sturdy children have evadad tfo p perils of the infantile paralysis. epi. if demic and the decidedly unkind weather §l. in the past 12 months and have thrived R remarkably, mentally and physically, Their future progress seems assured." jf| Impish Characteristics They are a lovable four, these John. §fl son babies, lovable because they posses, It impish characteristics that are irre- ftf pressible arid also irresistible. When » ft§ reporter visited them they were play. ing with childlike vigour on the reran. If dah of their home, the continuom fi| patter of tiny feet and talk being In jjfe' contrast to the lusty bawls that issued |& from their cradles just a year a- 0 jjjjr; Hut the scamper and voices stopped & when they saw a camera and with a!. most stoic indifference they posed for |>v. their photographs. Strictly Plunket Diet The birthday ceremonial to-morrow win fH be a quiet function, the babies acting B as hosts to their parents, elder brother 11? and sister and cousins. All four ars t" still strictly on Plunket diet, so their fH birthday food will consist merely of \ crumbs of the traditional cake, two of p which were presented by their admirer! 11l for the occasion. In addition they hare §1 I been the recipients of clothes and toys |S from friends in Blenheim and Ancfc |§ land. Visitors to the Johnson home ars p still numerous, and indicative of the H quadruplets' fame is the crowd of ft tourists from different countries who H make a point of seeing them. Different Temperaments The babies possess decidedly differ. H ent temperaments, but all have soms> §f thing in common —a roguish chuckle. If Kathleen is very even-tempered and II readily makes friends with everyone, jg| She and Mary are as alike as the pro- ff verbial peas, but quick-witted Bruw |§ can differentiate between them, though ,f Mr. Johnson cannot. The forthcoming change of environ- |f ment from Caversham to the hill on f| the fringe of the city should great!? §f benefit Mrs. Johnson and her celebrated charges for, with the open fields at Wakari as their playground, they will || grow even more robust in the fresh air || of this healthy suburb. The house which the Government ii || building for the family has not yet been |j constructed. Tenders for its erectioi p close at the end of the month. ff