The Washington times., 1920-05-18

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TO all the old maids.
Mr.. John Barrett. who had done
most creditable work In behalf~of
the South American republics. took
me canoeing on the BTandywine.
He had never been In a canoe be-
fore. and you would have laughed
TO see us zigzagging down the
stream. We had to walk home and
got lost, and SO now 1 know all
about the time when he was min
lister to Siam.
Reluctantly we had TO bring our
delightful visit to an end and con-
tinue our journey to Brookline.
where guests were expected. IL
was pleasant to be back once more
in our cozy home, flled with big
biuebells and tall snapdragons, and
TO be greeted with "A "Halioa" by
the cross macaw as she spread her
beautiful blue and yellow wings,
and by Flunf and Jap, who barked> !
at each other and wagged their lit
tie white tails for us.
One of our most celebrated guests
at that time was Ambassador Bern
storff. He knew the Anglo-Saxons
well, having lived in England and
being married to an American, and
was much liked socially.
Net Fsyorably Impressed.
Although j always felt that In
spite of his agreeable manners he
was insincere. yet l did like him,
and cant help hoping that he dis
liked the disgraceful duty he was
doing for his fatherland. and the
treachery against the country where
he had so many friends.
j am thankful to say that while
BA 10
to meet any one who could pos
ator, nor to be taken TO any places
of special significance.
diverting occurrence of that
summer was days entertainment
which we planned for a club OF
West End boys, and which turned
out to be a days entertainment for
us. Nothing failed to captivate
them from the moment they crossed
the threshold. The smaller chill
dren were amused at the leaden
images of Chinese Genii, SO diff
ferent from the fairies OF our West
ern fancy. One. whose name was
Ii Tieh kuai. possessed a gourd con-
tanning magical medicines that
wouldcure every kind>of illness ex-
cept the wound on Mis- own leg,
which he was never able to remedy.
Another of the magicians held a
sword. another an emerald. a flfe.
and so on. The children were quite
thrilled to hear that the genii could
cross any sea simply by putting
their treasures beneath their feet
and walking over the water.
The older boys were delighted
with some of our Philippine tro-
phies-head axes, bolos, and kriss
or two, which we had obtained on
a trip among the headhunters of
Luzon. and with wooden dancing
hat carved in an absurd frog de-
sign. the totem pole OF a Siwash
Indian in Alaska. They roamed
about. taking in everything, and
asking innumerable questions.
\ youngster of ten was moved to
write the following description of
his day with us. which came out in
a paper not long afterwards:
Was we out to Larz Andcrsons
swell joint today? l should say we
was. Why, we was the guests and
had all them servants standing on
their heads for us.
yep, it had all other days skun
forty ways. Why. there. has been
so much to see and do that I've been
dizzy with it all day. What d'l we
do first? Well, our three clubs
Good Fellowship. Good Friendship,
and Excelsior-all met at the West
End House at half-past o and loafed
around there an hour while the SLOW
ones woke UP and drifte1 in, and
then we took the cars for Jamaica
Plain. We walked up to the reuse
from Center street. although MIR.
and Mrs. Anderson wanter to send
carriages and buzz wagons for Ls,
but our superintendent Mitch. Free
man, thought that was asking too
much. and so we walked, although
l would have ridden all right, IL
had been super.
"A man met us at the barn with a
lot Of bats and balls and gave 'em
to us and said we coul1 play in q
great big field they had CHOPPED the
grass off special for us. After we
had lined out a few, a great big
French automobile came round and
we all had rides in that, AMI then
they let us ride some swell horses.
We got to passing the balls round
again pretty soon, and then some
one said we'd got to go TO dinner.
"They didn't have to say it twice,
you bet, cause we was awful hum
cry. specially me, ] guess.
And you oughter OF seen that feed
Chicken and tongue and everything
that you pipe in the windows of
swell lunch joints, and ice-crr1m
more than 1 ever see before. Just
like Heinz's pickles, they were so
many kinds.
After everybody had eaten all
they could, and Willie Freeman had
been rubbed for the stomach acha.
Mrs. Anderson said, Let's go to the