ELOPING CHILDREN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10410, 25 July 1912, Page 7

ELOPING CHILDREN.

The theory of Thomas Morgan Botch, professor o£ pediatrics, science of she hygienic care of children. at Harvard University, who contends that mere years mean nothing whan eoienoe endeavours to ascertain the real age o£ a hoy or girlj has received a carious illustration in she elopement of Milton Hahn, aged 15, with Paula Ostarman, aged 14. Perils received permission to eiay overnight with a schoolgirl friend, whosa "parents were giving a ball. She to o2 with her ail her jewellery, worth £SO, and £4O 3a oseh, bci failed to appear at tlie ball. She calmly telegraphed to her mother from Boston : “Don’t worry; htve naan-lea Milton.’’ About the same' hour Milton Hahn’s parents were favoured with a similar message from Milton, who left home two fsays ago, carrying with him £9O belonging to his father. Milton exemplifies Dr. Botch's statement that “some children are far older at 15 than those who are in years their seniors.” He is nearly 6ft. high, weighs 12a$., and might readily pass for §2. Panin also appears years older than she actually Is. When reporters visited Mr Hahn’s residence at Long Island they found the two mothers mingling their tears. The bridegroom’s father took a sterner view and announced that he had asked the police to arrest Milton ; for theft. So far the police have been unable to find the eloping children.