The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-05-20
CARROLL BABY IN
TERESTING TRAVELLER

Local friends were much interested
in letters of Mrs. Phillip II. Carroll,
who with her little daughter, Patsy,
is with her husband, Mai. Carroll, rep
resenting the United States in feeding
children of European countries. The
letters, told of in the Sunday Oregon
ian. were written to Mrs. Carroll's
mother, Mrs. Homer A. Nelson, of
| Portland.
From England the CAROLS went to
Prague and Vienna, then to Belgrade,
Serbia. While i'm Vienna Patsy saw
some nice-looking children with their
nurse and ran to play with them. They
were delighted to welcome her, but
were astonished to find that they could
not understand each others language.
Patsy, aged three, much surprised, has
tened back to her mother and said:
mother, ! can't play with these chill
dren. they don't talk like | do.
From Belgrade comes a second story
concerning Patsy. She was left with
her nurse, an Austrian, who had taught
her some German while Maj. and Mrs.
| Carroll had gone downstairs IN their
hotel for tea, leaving Patsy trifie up
set. Patsy rang bell and when ser
want appeared ordered some tea in Ger
man. The servant served it and little
Patsy took two strong cups. of black
tea, which put her to sleep at once, in
which condition her parents found her
upon their return from the tea garden.
In a letter from Belgrade to her
mother dated March 81. 1920, Mrs. Car
roll says that she has lived in Belgrade
three months and finds weird fascina-
tion in the place. 81 felt piggish alb.
sorbing so much that was beautiful
when the rest of you were not in on it
too! Phil has a special car on the rail-
road and flatcar as well, so that our
motor may be hauled along with us
when we have to use the train.
| "Vienna is a very lovely city, but
sad. sad wreck from its former bril-
| liant spendor. We found no bargains
as the French and Italians have pur-
chased entire stocks and taken them to
their countries, so that the city is de-
cidedly depleted.
Patsy rides on the front seat Of their
motor with their chauffeur, who is de-
scribed as resembling a well known
movie comedian whose petite black
mustache is a. leading characteristic.
Once the dignifed driver knocked his
hat sideways and Patsy exclaimed, "Oh,
YOU darling old Charlie Chaplin" That
was too much for the dignity of the
party and all burst into laughter eX-
cept the driver, who was not sure
whether he should join in or look of
Tended.
The condition of the children which
they found in one mountain village was
described as pitiful The Italians con-
troll all the islands and won't allow the
Croatians to ply their trade of fishing
Most of the men, she writes, are in
America. Only a settlement Of the
Fiume affair will end the misery due
to political intrigue. Maj. Carroll
feeds $50, 900 children each meal, and
that arrangement will last until May.
There are warehouses in Poland, Aus
tria, Czecho- Slovakia and others may
be added in Serbia and Croatia. Maj
Corroll has been ordered to leave for
Hamburg the middle of April to look
after the warehouses there. All food
for these countries is received at Ham
burg and Danzig. Earlier in their jour
ney they came across dog in an Eng
lish station which had tin cup strap
ped to him in which to collect coins for
some charity. and everv time one rat.
tied in the box the dog would bark and
wag its tail. This delighted Patsy,
who was willing to part with all of the
family funds without bothering. about
seeing any more of Europe.
The rest to the letters describe social
functions. interesting people interna-
tionally known. oil company resident
agents, British bankers who have con-
Quoted banking in Egypt and India,
royalty, Russian dancers and peasants.