Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1928, Page 5

LATIN AMERIGAN MANNERS PRAISED Subtle Code of Approach Impresses Writer in Hoover Party. BY WILL IRWIN. ®y Wireless to The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance. . ABOARD U. 8. 8. MARYLAND, n route to Valparaiso, Chile, December 10.—While the Hoover good-will party *n preparing with genuine regret to leave this hospitable and happy ship, I take occasion to mention Latin Amer- dcan manners and their bearing on the ®ood-will between nations. The inhabitants of the several coun- tries we have visited seem to have in- herited from their Latin forebears a belief that exquisite manners are as essential to their salvation as good morals. They have a subtle code of epproach between man and man, which we harder Northerners learn in full only by long observation and practice. If this seems foolish, consider how we call a man who eats his ple with his knife a bounder, even though he may come from a section where the knife is the ideal instrument to use While eating pie. A knowledge of the whole code is probably not necessary on & first p- proach. All the Latin Americans we have met make allowances for strangers, with a tactful understanding- of their man- ners. But the selfish, the over blunt and really boorish—especially those who Jet the eagle scream—get, what- ever their other virtues are, a short shrift. American firms sending representa- tives down to these South American countries will do well to scrutinize not only the minds of the representatives, but also their hearts. To do other- wise is not only bad business, but poor triotism. (Copyright. 1928, in all countries by the orth American Newspaper Alliance.) . C. WOMAN ASSISTS IN HOSPITAL DRIVE . @. Brown Miller Works With Group to Equip Tokio Institution. Mrs. G. Brown Miller, 1730 K street, is a member of the national women's committee which has - undertaken to Taise $1,000,000 of the $2656,500 now |t being sought for St. Luke’s Interna- tional Medical Center, Tokio, Japan. ‘The movement to equip the famous St. Luke’s Internatighal Hospital with adeguate facilities for the medical center work which it is now doing in inadequate buildings, is headed in the United States by George W. Wicker- sham. The body of which Mr. Wicker- sham, former United States Attorney General, s chairman is the American executive committee. A group of inter- nationally known men are acting with him, Thomas W. Lamont, partner in J. P. Morgan & Co., is treasurer. Mrs. Henry P. Davison of New York City is chairman of the national women’s committee which is co-operat- ing with the men’s ttee. Prom- inent women in all the principal cities of the United States will serve wit) this . active among women all over the country 1929. ] work for the women of Jaj field of medicine. St Luke’s is intro- ducing the modern Japanese nurse to the Japanese Empire, thereby opening up a new occupation for the women of that country. HOOVER GIVEN WARM . WELCOME BY CHILEANS | ON LEAVING MARYLAND (Continued From First Page.) ‘other American republics was well spent, President-elect Hoover today approached the cnd of the first lap of his good will ‘tour. He was eager for his call upon the “A B C Nations,” beginning today with his arrival at Santiago, Chile, from Valparaiso. & The call will end about 10 days hence at Rio Janeiro. Then he will start for ‘home on the battleship Utah by way of ‘Havana. mMr. Hoover has prepared for delivery tomorrow at Santiago, the longest speech that he has made on his tour. The occasion of its delivery is to be a uncheon in Mr. Hoover's honor after he has been greeted by President Ibanez. ‘The last day on the Maryland was much as usual and the guests spent much of the day packing for the trip mcross the continent of South America. Many gifts received by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover during their visits were crated for reshipment to the United States. They will be sent to Washington for later disposition. ‘The most valuable presents from Peru, a gold inca death mask and a tapestry, both museum pieces, probably will be given to Stanford University. Presents recelved by Ambassador Fletcher include a valuable rug from Ecuador, which is being sent to the State Department, since under the law he is unable to accept gifts from foreign governments. Guests of United States Embassy. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover will be guests at the American embassy in Santiago until they leave tomorrow evening by train for Buenos Aires. Tomorrow night will be spent at Los Andes. Early Wednes- day the crossing of the Andes will be started, with the party due at Mendoza late in the day. They are expected to arrive at Buenos Aires Thursday after- noon. The proposed ascent to the summit of the Andes to see the statue of Christ which commemorates the making of g::ce between Chile and Argentina has n abandoned. The trip requires five hours, and this much time could not be taken from the schedule. ‘The Pacific gave th: Hoover party a farewell yesterday that heljed its name. A brisk wind kicked up a fairly heavy sea which caused the Maryland to pitch and roll steadily as she moved south- ward at a speed of 15 knots.. Mr. Hoover was little affected by -the rolling and several times took long brisk walks on the deck. ‘The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco, ac- companying the Maryland, labored through the heavy seas and frequently took water over her bow. Comdr. Lane, chief medical officer of the Maryland, will accompany the Hoover party as far as Buenos Alres, this being a precautionary measure upon which the Navy insists. "Two Die in Tenement Fire. NEW YORK, December 10 (#).—A man and a woman lost their lives and six others were injured yesterday in an upper East Side tenement house fire. ‘Walter Hanraty, 22, a roomer, died five hours after he fell four floors in an attempt to swing himself from a win- dow to an adjoining building. Mrs. Helen Link, who lived on the ;:lé.:d floor, died of burns several hours T, At the récent funeral at Weymouth, England, of 7-year-old ‘reresa ityan there were 7 child pallbearers, dressed in white with long flowing vells and 80 tots carrying flowers, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1928. HOOVER, BEING GOOD SAILOR, ENJOYS EVERY PHASE OF TRIP BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT HOO- VER IN SOUTH AMERICA (By mail). —America’s President-elect is a good sailor. He likes the smell of the open sea, the rolling of a ship, the restful- ness of a steamer chair in a shady nook on the quarterdeck. He is entranced by the splendor of a Pacific sunset, the beauty of a tropical moonrise over silvery-splotched waters, the grace of soaring gulls and leaping rpoises. pon? is a foregone conclusion $hat when he gets into the White House, not long hence, he will make full use of his privi- leges as commander-in-chief of the Navy. It is a fairly safe prediction that many major problems of state of the rext four years will be decided in the cozy seclusion of a cabin on the Presi- dentlal yacht. There, during one of those pleasant week end cruises down the Potomac for which President Coolidge has be- come noted, the next President un- doubtedly will gather around him his friends and official advisers and map at least part of the course of his admin- istration of the affairs of government. Herbert Hoover is a veteran of the seas. He Is visiting now the only con- tinent he never has set foot upon.. In his earily days as a mining engineer he had occaslon to cross and recross both oceans and many seas. He became a hardened “shellback,” fully initiated into the mysteries of King Neptune's royal domain. He was immune to all the Maryland for those who had never crossed the line. He is enjoying every minute of this cruise of good will. Not only does he relish the life at sea, but he looks for- ward_eagerly to the chance to study new lands and new peoples. He loves to travel far afield, to add to his al- ready remarkable store of knowledge about foreign governments and customs and methods of living and articles of commerce. . Never Bored. Mr. Hoover has not been bored for an instant since setting sail from San Pedro aboard one of Uncle Sam’s larg- est warships. The officers and crew of the big ship soon found he was pleased easily when at sea. They had made elaborate preparations to provide for his comfort and entertainment while on the ship, but he would have been satisfied perfectly had he been assigned an ordinary room in the officers’ quar- TS, As it was, a suite of four large rooms and bath was set aside for him and Mrs. Hoover and their son, Allan, in the extreme stern, beneath the quar- terdeck. There was a private office, with library furniture and desk; a large living room, comfortably but not too expensively furnished; a spacious dis ing room, with one long table, seve: al smaller ones, a bookcase, a built-] lounge of leather and numerous arm- chairs, and cozy, airy bedrooms. Most of his waking hours are spent on deck, however. Attired in petty officers’ cap, Wwithout insignia, white suit and white shoes, he emerges from a hatchway before breakfast, usually accompanied by Mrs. Hoover, and walks briskly up and down the quarterdeck for a preliminary bit of exercise. Some- 1 h | times the pair are forced to dodge around the mops of barefooted sailors at work. Noting the flash of a flying fish or a spertive school of porpoises, they will halt and watch the playful piscatorial antics. Breakfast is served at 8. Mr. and the | Mrs. Hoover never are tardy at meals time. At each meal they have two guests, invited from the press person- nel. That means six correspondents a day, taken in rotation. There isn’t room at their table to take more than that number. The table conversation is of the most diversified sort. At one meal the topic will be fishing, at another politics, at s third customs of Latin ‘America, or the future of radio, or avia- tlon progress, or detective stories or whatnot. The Hoover of after-dinner mo- ments is not the reserved, untalktative Hoover pictured by some of his casual acquaintances or critics. He waxes actually voluble in a circle of good friends. Knows Many Stories. He is well stocked with stories of the campaign, just as he is full of remi- niscences of his flood experiences, or war work, or engineering travels. Passing cigars to his guests, and lighting one himself, he will move his chair back, rest an elbow on the table and chat of things commonplate or extraordi- nary, as the mood may dictate. The conversation is just as lkely to turn to a discussion of the latest movie or novel as to such heavier topics as tariff re- vision, codification of the laws or the trend of foreign trade. Mrs. Hoover, without perceptible ef- fort. keeps up her side of the conver: SOL HERZOG, Inc. Luxutious comfort — so wonderfully satisfying — awaits the lucky man to whom you give one of these fine loung- ing robes. $10 Up to $35 Sol— HERZOG —Inc. Cor. 9th at ;F’ - the equatorial rites arranged aboard | President-Elect and Wife Relax and Seem Entranced by Cruise in Pacific. Allen Is Delighted. tion during the meal itself, but usually she will excuse herself and leave the men to their own devices when the dishes are cleared away. She has a va- riety of costumes for the voyage, rang- ing from black to white, pink and other shades. After breakfast Mr. and Mrs. Hoover come on deck again and esconce them- selves in steamer chairs, or stroll around the ship, accompanied frequently by the | skipper, or the President-elect’s naval aide, Comdr. A. T. Beauregard. Two secret service men always trail along be- hind, and so do several orderlies. At times they may stop to watch a game of deck tennis, or quoits or shuffie- board, or to look in on a putting con- test staged on the improvised “green” constructed from canvas and planks by resourceful seamen. They will join in the laughter that greets a shot thrown off its course by the rolling of the ship, or the indecision of a ball flirting with the edge of the cup. ‘There are daily drills of varied char- acter before lunch, and these also prove of interest. One day it may be aiming practice with the 16-inch giants which poke their elongated noses from the for- midable steel turrets, another day it may be a peppy fire or collision drill, or sig- naling or rope-knotting contests. Deck Promenades. After midday dinner the President- elect and the First-Lady-to-be go on another deck excursion, or sometimes the former may lie down with a book in his hand and read himself into a doze, while Mrs. Hoover settles herself on deck in a steamer chair and reads a magazine, or knits, Meanwhile Allan is having the time of his young life at play with the newspaper men or other members of the party. He joins actively in medicine ball practice and other deck sports He started taking Spanish lessons soon after coming aboard, aided by the offi- cial interpreter. His father is going to put great dependence on the interpreter assigned him by the State Department, as his Spanish vocabulary includes only the names of California towns, to use his own words. He thinks it is too late now to try to learn the language. After supper the Hoover family emerges from_ their rooms to see the movie show. Sitting snugly in reclining chairs beneath a canopy of stars, they are enabled to view the latest releases from Hollywood through the courtesy of some of the producers there. Learn- ing that “Ben Hur,” an older feature which he had never seen, was available, he requested that it be included in one evening’s program. Music for the movies is supplied by phonograph. There is a wide choice of music aboard ship. The ship’s band gives its concerts daily, furnishing the tempo for calisthenics in the morning, and rendering a dinner concert from the deck in the early afternoon. There are plenty of radio sets available, but the reception has not been so good. Men- tion also must be made of the guitar and ukulele “concerts by the Filipino mess boys. Although professional picture-taking has been restricted, the President-elect readily consented to pose with the husky members of the Maryland's foot ball team, winners of the 1927 and 1928 fleet champlonships. Official ship's photographers took numerous “shots,” and many of the sallors rushed to their' rooms, their cameras and took unofficial snaps for their albums. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover also have posed at various times for some of the amateur photographers among the newspaper men or crew. Stand Tehuantepecker. Of course, the now famous fishing expedition off Cape San Lucas stands out as the highlight of the cruise to date, not forgetting the “Tehuantepeck- er” or the Neptune rites, either. If this little fishing party had netted no results, it is difficult to estimate the effect it might have had on the future course of the trip. Mr. Hoover would have been a terribly dissapointed President-elect had he not landed two good-sized fish near Mexico's desolate western coast. He still feels pangs of regret over the real big one that got away, and he has the testi- mony of those with him that he had actually had a big one hooked, only to lose it when his line became entangled. The yard-long dolphin and the 18- inch ~mackerel were compensation enough, however. As fot the “Tehuantepecker,” that freak variety of blow peculiar to the She Ne be Established 1876 BUREAUTO SPREAD CHRISTMAS CHEER Toys and Baskets Will Be Presented to Inmates of City Hospitals. To brighten Christmas day for in- mates of the four city hospitals, and to bring a bit of Yuletide cheer to the underprivileged children of the District, the Christmas Bureau of the Council of Soclal Agencies is enlisting individ- uals and agencies of the city in a co- operative group for the distribution of surplus toys and the organization of Christmas carol choirs, 1} was announc- ed today by Mrs. W. A. Roberts, sec- retary of the council. The Christmas Bureau, organized five years ago by the council for special holiday work, is embarking this year on an enlarged program. One of its chief objectives will be to provide Christ- mas gifts for inmates at the Home and School for the Feebleminded. This in- stitution, Mrs. Roberts explained, is supported by Federal appropriation, which makes scant provision for holi- day extras. Several groups of young business- women, through the Y. W. C. A, have been interested in collecting toys and gifts for the girls of this institution, while the boys among the inmates will have the Boy Scouts and the Boys' Club of Washington looking out for their holiday entertainment. Carol singers are being organized from the Y. W. C. A. membership for Christmas eve visits to the city hos- pitals. The Christmas Bureau also is com- piling a list of families and individuals {who are to receive Christmas baskets and holiday gifts. A score of local wel- fare agencies use this list each year, Mrs. Roberts said. Groups and individuals, who wish to make contributions or take a personal share in the work, are asked to com- mx;nlcate with the bureau, Metropolitan until ‘time for his lesson in Spanish, | 2285 Gulf of Tehuantepec, off lower Mexico, Mr. Hoover proved that' he has a real set of sea-legs. He was composed throughout the gale, even getting some sleep while officers and all hands fought in the blinding spray to tie down shift- ing planes and other deck equipment. He laughed good-naturedly when his own suite became flooded with water from leaking portholes, and, with Mrs. Hoover, climbed next morning to the signal bridge to watch the waves dash over the bow. Frequently the spray reached 50 feet or so to the bridge and splashed it with water. Neither the President-elect nor the First Lady-to-be suffered from sea- sickness during the gale, although Allan lost his appetite for the day, and Mr. Hoover's interpreter apd stenog- rapher, several of the newspaper men and dozens of sailors felt the effects of the rough sea. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover enjoyed hugely the all-day reign of King Neptune as ae Maryland crossed the fateful uator. Had the former been eligible for a ducking, it is regarded as certain he would have taken it with the same good graces as the others, All in all, and aside from the major objectives of the good-will mission, President-elect Hoover is enjoying his Zouth American voyage as much as, if not more, than any travel experience he has ever had—and he has had more than most persons. He will eater the White House great- ly rested and refreshed and stimulated for the long four years of responsibility ahead of him. 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