Newspapers were absolutely fascinated with Siamese (joined) twins in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Even today, these unique individuals catch our interest.
Here is a 1922 report of two beautiful young women, Daisy and Violet Hilton.
Girls Enjoy the Same Pastimes
Both Are Pretty
While One Likes “Oliver Twist” Other Revels in Moving Picture Serial Stories
San Antonio, Texas. – Living here are the successors of Rosa and Josefa Blazek, world famed Siamese Twins, who died recently at Chicago.
They are Violet and Daisy Hilton, 16, and attractive.
Violet and Daisy are “Siamese Twins” — their bodies are joined together at the base of the spine — just like Rosa and Josefa, just like Eng and Chang, original Siamese Twins whom Barnum made famous in the last century.
Save for the abnormal joining of their bodies, Violet and Daisy are just like two ordinary 16-year old girls.
And save for the fact that one must go wherever the other goes, they enjoy the same pastimes and diversions any girl of 16 would enjoy.
Fond of Games
They’re fond of cards, checkers and dominos. But both don’t always play the same game at the same time.
The other night Daisy was engaged in beating her uncle at dominos while Violet, brows puckered, was trying to disentangle herself from the intricacies of a high bid in bridge.
Both girls like to read. But while one reads Oliver Twist, the other may be thrilled by a movie serial.
Both are fond of the movies — and of the same kind of movies, for both must always attend the same show. They prefer serial pictures of wild adventure to the humdrum society romance.
Writing Different
Each twin writes an entirely different handwriting. While the penmanship of both is good, their scripts are as different as the two poles.
The children romp and play about the grounds of their winter home here just as any children. They move about with marvelous rapidity and ease.
Daisy and Violet have been educated by private tutors. Their parents refused to send them to public school because of the comment their joined condition might call forth. [SOURCE]
