EIGHT HUNDRED TWINS AT THE CINEMA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)

EIGHT HUNDRED TWINS AT THE CINEMA

'J'HE Metro Cinema in Copenhagen not long ago gave a free matinee performance for twins of all ages. It was a great occasion, so great that the crowds'which gathered to see the audience arrive had to be kept back by policemen. There were 800 twins in all, plus a few parents, as some were too young to come alone. The film was called "Twice Twins," and it seemed to appeal to all ages alike. Before the performance the audience itself was filmed, and there was a presentation of gifts to some of the oldest and youngest twins. Some embarrassment was caused when it was discovered that the youngest of all, a boy and a girl, were only four months old, for no toys had been provided for visitors of so tender an age. But the pretty young mother who had brought them did not seem to mind, and the twins themselves were supremely unconscious of the unintentional slight. When the request went forth that the oldest twins should present them-

selves a pair of brothers stepped proudly forth; but they had to retire in some confusion, for they were only seventy, and it turned out that there were two sisters who between them made up the formidable figure of 158. The two old ladies were assigned a box all to themselves, but, to the delight of all, each sister took one of the four-months-old twins in her lap!.