Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1934, Page 6

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934 library control to be “entirely satis- |that the placing of & street car switch Pnrk. has been promised by District [out Maryland avenue northeast in factory,” the association adopted a |s&t Third and Massachusetts avenue reaching the highway into Maryland. resolution mdvocating continusnce of | northeast tv facilitate the cars run- demnmud 8 new route | Residents have complained that they the unpaid, non-partisan board. ap- [ning east on D street and west on C | for out-of-town trucks has been prom- | could not sleep because of the heavy pointed by the District Commissioners. | street, thereby ellmimflu street cars [ised. At present the heavy trucks go | traffic. Announcement was made by Gregory | running against the traffic at Stanton CITIZENS 0PPOSE DESCRIBES BRTHS BAN ON PARKING OFFICIAL PIANO METROPOLITAN OPERA “Gosh” Was Only Greeting When Quintuplets Were Born. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 11.—The birth of the Dionne quintuplets, says the man who brought them into the world, was & “modern fairy tale with & medical fiavor.” All that Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe could say as each baby arrived was “gosh.” ‘The obscure country doctor who achieved fame for his successful fight to keep the five little sisters alive stood before an enthralled audience of 3,000 in Carnegie Hall last night and told in simple language the story of the famous quintuplets. Early in the morning of last May 28 he answered a hurry call to the Dionne home, he related, and found the house in confusion, with no prep- aration for a confinement “‘except a tea kettle boiling on the stove.” Father Had Disappeared. *“I. was astonished to find two babies had already been born, and a third was arriving. Two neighbors were acting as midwives and doing excellent work. The father had dis- appeared. I scrubbed up in the best way « available and took over the situation.” He told how the last two babies were born with an “angel’s veil,” or caul, covering them and remarked that in olden times such an incident was supposed®to bring good luck. He said he had been sleepy from & previous obstetrical case that night and the whole incident appeared to be “unreal and dreagn-like,” but he attended the babies mechanically. “The attendants told me after- wards,” he said, “that my eyes were bulging and with the arrival of each baby my only word was ‘gosh,’ with ascending inflection.” Baptized Babies Quickly. He didn't think the babies could live 50 he baptized them and then, alarmed at the mother’s condition, he hurried away for a priest, a distance of two and a half miles. The mother improved so rapidly, however, that within three hours she was out of danger. Dr. Dafoe said that during these hours the bables were almost forgotten, but their kitten-like cries reminded him of their presence. They were wrapped in heated blankets and placed in an ordinary butcher’s basket. “The first week was a nightmare,” he said, “with frequent alarms and innumerable trips sandwiched between my other calls, The babies needed constant supervision and frequent stimulation to arouse them out of their attacks of suffocation.” News of the now famous birth was first given to the outside world when an uncle of the babies inquired hesi- tatingly of a North Bay newspaper the cost of a “five-in-a-row birth notice,” the doctor said, and from that time on equipment and supplies kept pour- ing into the Dionne home. Comes Here Tomorrow. Dr. Dafoe said that early in the Fall each baby in turn developed a severe type of intestinal toxemia “which gave me many anxious moments,” but when the babies were removed to the tiny hospital especially built for them they showed decided improvement, “One would hardly recognize now the bables of two months ago,” he said. “Their faces have filled out, their eyes sparkle, their legs are straight and plump, their ‘tummies’ are in good proportion and these happy little souls are taking on the rdund appearance of little puppies.” * Dr. Dafoe will fly 6 Washington to- morrow and later will go to Baltimore, where he will be the guest of Johns Hopkins University. Last night, after his talk, he went to a Broadway night club and said he had a “swell time.” DAMAGE TO BUS STATION AND BUSSES PROTESTED Hillcrest Citizens’ Association Attributes Destruction tc Youths Using Line. Damage to the bus station at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast and to the seats of the busses themselves was protested by the Hillcrest Citizens' Association at a meeting last night in the hall of the East Washington Heights Baptist Church. The damage was attributed b youth who use the bus line. The association is laying plans for & Christmas celebration. The asso- ciation extended an invitation to the Summit Park Citizens’ Association to Join in the festivities. Stanton Park Group Says Night Ruling Would Not Prove Benefit. Opposition to the proposal of the Traffic Advisory Council that a night- time ban on parking of automobiles on main traffic arteries be invoked during the Winter was expressed last night in a resolution adopted by the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association. ‘The resolution said the ban would work a gheater hardship on the mo- torists than it would benefit the public generally. 1t was further contended that snow- Ihll here is not great enough to neces- Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, the Canadian physician who ushered the Dionne quintuplets into the world, prepares to take a good look at the wonders of New York City through the telescope on the observation tower of the Empire State Building. Shown with the doctor is former Gov. Alfred E. ing. PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM BRINGS ICKES ELEVATOR Modern Lift Placed in Commis- sion Yesterday, First of Series in Interior Building. Becretary Harold L. Ickes, public works administrator, now has at his disposal one of the first fruits of the public works program in his own bailiwick, in the form of a modern elevator. ‘The elevator, placed in public com- mission yesterday, is the first of a series being installed in the Interior Department Building. Unlike some of the other cabinet officers, Secretary Ickes uses an elevator which is also utilized by the general public. Funds for modernizing the elevators in the 20-year-old Interior = Department Building came out of the Public Works Administration coffers. The new elevators, National Park Service authorities asserted, are ex- pected to speed up transaction of business with the Public Works Ad- ministration, also housed in the build- ing, as well as with the Interior De- partment itself. Smith (left), who conducted him on an inspection trip through the build- are screened suaranteed B. J. WERNER 1937 5th St. N.E. 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