Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 14, 1914, Page 8

| Special Correspondence WASHINGTON, D. C,, July 10, 1914 0 the citigen, the dwell- ers 1in that strange and oos- ‘mopolitan ‘Washington cit; as the diplomatic corps seem very far refaoved from ordinary human beings. One s S not apt to think of Ambassador This or Minister That as having any everyday life. They seem not like real folks, but like characters out of a book; not as concrete creatures, but as the subli- mated principles of international law, moving with chin up-tilted, in sofemn state along formal avenues of an ex- istence laid out by ancient and high- born precedent, breathing a thinner alr, if they breathe at all, and far, very far, above the simple and petty de- tails that make up the life and happi- mess of Smith and Jones. A * * Least of all can one imagine the fe- male contingent of this diplomatic world as an everyday woman, Wwith all a woman's little frailties and all her many delicions little affections; rather she seems but a stately supple- ment fitted only to adorn her lord’s diplomatic magnificence and glory at some high function. And_children! To the common mor- tal, the idea of diplomats with chil- dren—with children of their very own that they cherish, much less children that they love and spoil and grow ridiculously foolish over—seems as in- congruous us omnipotent Jove playing ride-a-cock-horse with a bouncing baby on the heights of Olympus. And yet chldren and babies, with all the simple charm of childhood and babyhood, are Of far more concern to these mothers and fathers of the in- ternational world than all the per- lexities of empire that furrow the rows of kings and presidents and parliaments. It's an even chance that the ill-concealed frown on the brow ' of the high-titled host at the diplomatic dinner is caused less by the. latest grave news from Mexico. or the Bal- kans or the home court than by the measles that has lately assailed Jis littie son. Nor is the nervousness of the wife of the minister who is the guest of honor due to the threatened revolution | at home or the treaty that may go wrong. * * ¥ There seems, in fact, to be a closer unton between the children of diplo- mats and their parents than among the average family, due to the fact that they are so much more dependent upon one another. Gild and color the situation with all the high lights of glory and honor that you will, the fact remains that the diplomat Is, to a cer- tain extent, an exile. And to the little ones this means that all the joys of life must be found within the home circle. Naturally this greater de- pendency begets a greater expression of affection from the already fond par- ents. Nor, as popular belief fallaciously runs in the case of wealthy and titled folks, do these diplomats turn over the care and rearing of their little ones to nurse or governess. These are en- gaged, it is true, but it is strictly to assist. Tt is the parents who minister to them, guide them, correct them and, and—well, what if they do sometimes? Bables are made to spoll! While none worships at the shrine ot the cradle with more divine adoration than they, these diplomats are most at- tentive to the education of their off- spring. Educatlon and, when necessary, discipline are a religlon with them. Their children are early put to their school tasks, and their rearinz in this respect would be an excellent model for the na- tive parent. Especially are they taught languages—an essential in cvery phase of diplomatic life, whether public or private. Henee most of the little diplomats soon master one or more foreign tongues. The general result is that the junior section of the diplomatic world of Wash- ngton can show as fine a lot of chil- dren as can be collected anywhere on the globe. Mentally and physically they take first rank. = P Two beautiful little children enliven the stately British embassy—Bettie and Anthony, the children of Ambassador Sir Cecil Arthur and Lady Florence Spring- Rice. Bettie—who is simple Bettie, mind you, and’ not yet formal Elizabeth—is eight years old. Yet, for all her youth, slie has seen more of the world than many a hoary globe-trotter. Persia, Sweden, Russla and other for- eign countries she has not only visited, but has also set up her own private establishment in all of them. For where Hettle goes there must zo her dolls and toys, as dear to her as ever were his household gods to Greek or Roman. And, ere her father has set up his dip- lomatic headquarters in a new land, Bettle has founded her establishment and safely set up hel treasures in their new home. Little Bettie finds the genial out- doors of Washington most pleasant to her English tastes after the heat of Per- sia and the rigorsiof Russian winters. Little Anthony is a sturdy Briton of five years, still occupied with the toys of the British boy. From the enthusi- asm with which their mother enters into their childish interests, one is tempted to class her as a big sister. Yet both she and the ambassador de- vote themselves most diligently to the education of these scions of British no- bility; not a factor that goes to make the high-born British child s neglect- ed. - Little Jose ‘Avalos represents the junior department of the Mexican em- bassy. He is a_bright little two-vear- old, the son of the military attache, Don Jose and Mme. Avalos. The fact that the two countries are quarreling makes not one whit difference to young Jose. He has his hands full ruling over the Avalos household, where ‘he 1s abalute crer. metimes, however, the family rise in revolt against nnis tyranny and the young czar is disciplined. In such case the deposed autocrat shows his diplo. macy. Getting him a stout strap, he rushes about the apartment, seeking ‘an’ imaginary bad boy, whom he calls “Torcuta.” Finding him at last, he chases him out of the room, wheretipon he throws up his hands and cries joy- fully: “There, he is.gone!” Thus is Jose purged of his sins. * * % But, when occasion demands, Jose can be as obedient as any soldler. He re- cently attended a children's party, ac- companied by his nurse, who cautloned passidg: Httle: world. known,_ in. RSIAN [ EGATION, RENE BALLIVEARN, GRANDSON of SENOR. DERON, MINISTER Borivia He prefers the comic suplement, Snook- ums, the baby of the Newly-Weds, being his favorite character in fiction. Gazing philosophically upon a certain adventure of Snookums one Siinday, he remarked after sage deliberation: *Well, mamma, I ¢hink Snookums' daddy was, bad, t00.” Surely the great war lord of Germany is proud to be represented among the child diplomats of Washington by little Manfred Portales, grandson of the Ger- man ambassador and Countess von Bernstorff, just a vear and a half old and the cunningist little Cupid whose sunny curls and laughing blue eyes ever charmed a grandfather's heart. Although his father and mother, Count and Countess Portales, are now stationed at The Hague, little Manfred spends much time in Washington and is known as the official legation Baby. Little Man- fred’s worldly experience has absolutely convinced him of one fact—that is, that everything in the heavens and earth and the waters beneath was made by his father and his grandfather. This, with him, is a mathematical certainty that brooks no dispute. * 3 - Little Rene Ballivian is the practical head of the Bolivian legation. He is the son of Senor Don Manuel Ballivian, sec- retary of the legation, and grandson of the minister, Senor Don Ignacio Cal- deron. He is also great-grandson of Se- dent of Bolivia. Though but five years of age, little Rene is a full-fledged soldier and as imbued with the martial spirit as was Napoleon at Austerlitz, Although we are at peace with Bolivia, and Bolivia is at peace with the world, Rene, with foresight creditable in a young { diplomat, has thoroughly organized not only his own household, but also the whole Bolivian legation. upon a military basis. Upon each of the family and of. . ily and of- ficials he has bestowed a military title, and by these he invariably add them. 3 Minister Calderon is “the general” hi addresses father is “the captain.” mother i “leutenant” and his litile sister Pemrrics is a tiny “major.” He himself is also known 4s “the lieutenan” and sturdily r_et'uses to be addressed by any Sther gue. No “Tootles” or “Sweetness” for ene: it's “‘the lieutenant” i & Rents. nant” og nothing ; With notable foresigh s Gesignated his murse as ene phop ter,;. she zlm‘;s being in charge of the cookies and being sub; of the “lleutenanty - '© the orders And. with a consistency remar S0 young a child. he never gives up thie pleasant little fiction of his. When, recent. Iy, some strange Jadies met him upon the street and addressed him as a ‘little boy.” he indignantly repvdiated the nami - “I am not a little boy,” he replied, - am a lieutenant!” Little Rene keeps his military organiza- tion up to the mark If the legation is ever attacked, no matter whether by night or day, it will be found upon an effective war footing. with Rene in alert command. His littie sister, Beatrlce. nearly three years of age, Is a pretty little girl of the Spanish type. She looks upon her brother as the perfection of all childish virtues. The Russian embassy is represented in the ’child world by Sornia and Kyra Golejevski, daughters of the military at- tache, Col. Nicolai Goleievski and Mme Golejevski, the daughter of Sir Walter and Lady Grove of Sedghill manor, Wilt- shire, England. Sornia Is eighteen mont able 1n him against soiling his pretty dress. ‘When - the refreshments were passed, little Jose, though looking with longing eyes upon the luscious, viands, sturdily refused to touch even a single cake. On his return home his mother, when told of his conduct by the nurse, asked him ‘why he had refused_even the ice cream, of which he was extremely fond. was afraid of soiling my pretty . @ress!” was his characteristic reply. Despite bis youth, Jose 1s very literary, old, wi Kyra is but six months of age. Much of their time is spent in Englan where they visit at the home of their grandparents. ‘Though Sornia, who is a winning little lass, of the English tvpe, is but eighteen moriths of age, she is old enough to ppreciate her good fortune in having parents of two such-nationalities as Eng- land and Russia, for she thereby gets two Christmas holidays! She celebrates her English Christmas on the 2ith of De- cember. * Then, twelve days after, when sbe has had ample time to recover from the effects of that celebration, she enjoys %}émnpmr or THE. CHARGE OF THE . = nor Calderon, who was formerly presi-|" Pworo By CerneonsT. IMADAME GOLEJEWSKI Shismcs SR CECIL ARTHUR, . OPRING-RICE Anp CHILDREN, SORNIA AND KR A, WITE OF MILITAR ArTacHe RUSSIAN EMBASSY the Russian Christmas, which comes Jan- uary 7. ’ Rarely will one find a more winsome little felow than the head of the Siamese legation, little three-year-old Vislos Bun- nag. True, his father, Prince Prabha, is put down in the diplomatic records’as being the Siamese minister to the-United States, and he is commonly thought to be the head of the house. But that's a mistake; Jittle Vislos Bunnag is the,head —and no ancient ancestor of his ever ruled over Siam—for he is descended from kings—with more autocratic sway lhani little Vislos rules over the Siamese ho hold, where he does them the honor to play the Kking. He looks more like a work of art by some masterhand than meré three-year-old boy. He Is of average height, but is so slender that pe appears smaller. His hair is black, that blue-black that reflects a purplish’ gleam in the sun. His hands are long and slender, not fat and chubby baby hands. They are the hands of an artist, and of one descended from kings as ancestors, for little Vislos' -mother, Princess Prabha, is the niece of the late King of Siam His face has the dreamy expression of the mind that sees things not given to ordinary mortals to see, reflecting the working of a spirit destined for wonder- ful things. To look at him is like read- ing a beautiful poem or listening to en- trancing music. Apart from his parent- and lineage, little Vislos would at- age fract attention In any assemblage of children. 3 Five months ago. when his parents placed him in the Mantessori school, he HDunnac- SON of THE SIAMESE. did not know one word of English; now he speaks it as well as the ordinary child of his age. It would take a grown-up five vears, instead of five months, to acquire that knowledge. He has a special talent for modeling in clay, although for a long time, he would not touch it, because he thought it was “dirty.” He is most fastidious and dainty and for quite a while refused to take his turn in washing the luncheon dishes at the school, evidently thinking it beneath the dignity of his regal blood Mnasrero. CHILDREN OF Tp. MinisTeR AND ‘Mme Naow o ARGENTINAL . Py, ] c];?sz. Avaros, Sax ¢ ILITARY ATTACHT. MEXICAN EMPASSY CusnpInST: ——— Luis CALVO. ———= Son of THE MINISTER /Rom COSTARICA. A striking characteristic is his desire to | that it bled freely. He jumped up at do things perfectly. He will stand and | once and, without a whimper or a tear, watch a thing being done a long, long | exclaimed boldly: time, never attempting to rush in and try | “I don’t cry: I beeg boy, it bimself until he has fully mastered it,| As a matter of fact, I beeg boy Viglos is about as as other children do. Then. when he has | big as a Paris doll! become convinced that he understands it| Vislos always wears around his neck perfectly, he will immediately take hold—| a little gold chain,'attached to which is and the thing is done with correctness|a small stone Buddha, inclosed in a gold and precision circlet. The figure is very smooth and The oriental stoicism of his people Is| has evidently been worn by Vislos’ ances- developed in him in 8 marked degree. One | tors for many generations. He has a day he fell down and skinned his leg o | passion for music and learned to sing the ~— Just Like the Brute. Representative W. J. Cary of Wiscon- sin was born, at the close of the civil war, in the city of Milwaukee, and he represents his birthplace now. Left an orphan at the age of thirteen, | with five younger, children on his hands, his life had a gloomy vista, but he did not despair. The children were placed temporarily + 2 home conducted by charitable peo- ple, while Joseph went to work as a messenger boy. At eighteen he w: telegraph operator and within a vear he had gotten a home, placed his . brothers and sisters in it and begun to assume the responsibilities of a father. ~ Cary was once sheriff_of his county, and while going about the farms, solic- iting the support of the"men, was caught ome afternoon in a violent storm. So he drove hastily up to the home of an acqualntance, -asking shelter for the night. The farmer's wife- was Mrs. imagine her name 1 Brown—insisted that Cary come in and tse one of the guest |chambers. Mr. Brown was not at home, having been caught in town by the same storm. » But Cary was a modest man and re- fused to ‘enter the house in the ab- sence of a masculine host. . “Just givé me a blanket and T can and he literally bed. At dawn he was awakened by hearing a great noise below, and, peeping down through the rafters, he saw the wife belaboring a bull with a spade. “Get out of here, you brute!” she ex- claimed, as she hit the animal a whack on his ribs. “You haven't got any more sense than Joe Cary, for you are just as hard to mov “hit the hay” for a On His Way. Discussing the atmlessnessof some negroes, Repre- sentative Sisson of Mississippi told the following story the other da) “An old darky was trudging down the road carrying a big pack. As he passed a little shanty the owner, who |was leaning on the gate, called to him: “'Hey, man,’ he yelled, you thing you is gwine?' ‘The old darky paused. ‘I dunno whar I'se gwine,’ he re- plled. “Whar does you all fhink I is gwine? ‘whar does Sleep up In the loft,” .he explained. The wife insisted that he use a room in the house, but he as ardently re- fused, so she gave him the blanket *“‘l think you is gwine nowhar,"” plled the_ first. ' ‘Yas,’ said the old darky. whar 'se gyine.’ " re- ‘Dat's So he attended the service and listened with much interest and edification to a sermon on the text, “Peter's wife's motHer lay sick of a fe ““That afternoon, being advised to go €0 another church, famous for its deco- rations, he found his preacher of the morning occupying the pulpit, and again heard his sermon from the text, “Peter's Enough Is Enough. wife's mother lay sick of & fever Though tempted to leave, he stuck it When Representa- [ 0ut. o e ete | ““That evening, as he strolled up the e street in search of more frivolous en- of Michigan Was tertainment, he was caught in a_crowd) stumping his dis- pushing into a great edifice. He had trict in the last hardly gotten himself comfortably seat- ’ A v ed when that me preacher climbed campaign several ., “the pulpit and annotnced as his friends accompanied | text, “Pater's wife’s mother lay sick of him. As is usual,|a 1 he had, a epeech | - “Sufferin’ sinners: efaculated the| g lumberman, ‘“ain’t that old lady dead covering the lssues|, ;o= 5ng” clumped disgustedly ,out of of the day, and this|ine temple.’ he ‘delivered, prac- . . tically in the same Fletcherizing. form at each gath- T ering, Miners’ memories To Mr. Smith, de- says Representa- spite the monotony tive Humphrey of of the address, each fresh audience Washington, are brought variety. But, -as he observed wonderful, accord- his friends sitting day by day- under ing to all traditio that same old speech— “Two miners, ““Well, it began to get on my nerves,” he said the other he confided. “I couldn’t but feel, as I day, “were plod- say them sitting there, that they were ding back to the thinking: ‘Now, he'll tell that dog story Alaskan gold coun- next' or ‘I wish he'd get a new twisc oy SO on that tramp Jjoke for variety.' It ok + must have been mizhty flat to them! heavy packs on *‘Boys,’ 1 sald to them one night In heir backs. pity, “I feel for you, having to hear the That ham aed same old things in the same old way 3 sada s every day, and 1 won't feel hurt if you SETP, do ilke the lumberman did who went first, after a long interval of silence, down out of the north woods for his| ‘that we got at Nome three first visit to New York. Arriving late | was great chow.' Saturday night, he inquired next morn-| ‘“The second miner cositated over this ing for the mobt interesting piace to| for about tcn miles spend the forenoom, and was told that| *‘‘Yep,' he agreed, at last famous divine from forelgn parts was | couldn’t touch the . steak we Solng to preach at & neighboring church. | Frisco back in 89.° * years ago “But it bad in ManERED PORTALES, GRAND SON of THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR AND LOUNTEES “VON BERNSTORFE | “Soldier's Song”” before he could master the English words. | * { * % £ It is a happy and .merry little republic of childhood rule that dominates the home { of Ambassador and Mme. Romulo S | Naon—five interesting little ones, three | girls and two boys. Ambassador Naon represents Argentina and all his children were born there. Of course they all speak Spanish fluently, for that is their native | tongue, but it does seem odd to an Ameri- | can child, who is studying Spanish, to } hear these five rattling away in a tongue | that seems, so difficult to it Isabel, the eldest daughter, a dark- | eved girl of the Andalusian type, is very | fond of theatricals. She recently took a prominent in a French play given by the soc people of Washington. Felicia, the next, is the constant com- panion of her father and takes the en- tire responsibility for his comfort upon her slender young shoulders. She re- cently remarked, with naive frankness: 1 wonder how father ever got along without me!" But she is broad In her affectiona. When asked her opinion of her father, | she replied; “Of course, my father is a | great man—but you just ought to see my mother!"” Romulo, the eldest boy, is the poet of the family. When the frenzy of creative ‘n(unum seizes him he is at its mercy, like Byron ¢ any other poet. He has to halt and put his thoughts in written words upon the first thing that comes to | hand. If paper is wanting, then door- steps or lampposts will do! Jonn Joseph, the next in years, is the politician and _patriot of the family—if one can be called the patriot where ail are patriotic. His thoughts are always on mie Dbeloved Argentina. His favorite Zame 1s war, and he is always the com- B ander-in-chief, as well,as the victor, in atth ariotta, the baby of the family, dark-eved, curly-haired devotes-the time she does not spend in being petted to mursing | dolls and dancing the tango—which, by also a native of Argentina. the way, is 1 * | - * | Rahim Khan, the boy, and Mirsieh | Khanom. the girl, are the gifted children |ot” Mirza Ali Kuli Khan and Mme. |Khan of the Persian legation They | are fine specimens of chilhhody combining, as they do, the alert- { ness and vivacity of the new world, iA- { herited from their Américan mother, and the philosophic mentality of the Persian. {oldest of the Aryan races, transmitted them by their father. The son, who is now accompanying his { parents on his second visit to Persia, is greatly loved by his father's people ;n | that historic land. He is an accomplish- ed lingu speaking English, Persian iand French with fluency and correc nes His sister, cunning and independen | early shown - evidences | Sarly. (i -biawn American girl She calls herself “plain American Jim Khan,” an is @elighted when she is mistaken for a boy. Her tastes run to boyish sports and, | true to her Persian biood, she is devot: | to_horses Vo ¥ sons of Senor Don The twfo young Seor _Des ul ernardo Calvo, the | Fo e P Ratael, thirteen. and Louls, | eleven vears of age, are both handsome, Gark-eved young fellows, with the dig- nity and bearing of youths very much older. They have spent most of thelr ves in Washington and are just as zy” over uthletics—base ball and ten- nis—ds any American boys of their years. At the public school which they atten they were the leaders in organizing the Jocal base ball team, and Rafael, who 18 captain, is the leading spirit in all the ‘hampionship games, having as his ally nd coadjutor Julio Reynado, son of the { minister of the Dominican republic. But though devoted With the enthusi- asm of youth to outdoor sports, they by | no means neglect the literary and artis- | tie. The two boys have organized a dra- matic club and Jast month gave a very | creditable performance. which, it may be mentioned as a sidelight upon the boys, netted them a very tidy sum. | “Some of the tableaux vivants were *The Death of Benton.” ‘Wincle Sam Spanking Mexico” and '“Watchful Waiting.” AR the characters were garbed picturesguely ana ‘correctiy. Mirzieh Khahom, by her femendent littie ways, has of developing