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lies and their pcdigrees were carefully
looked into before adoption.
There Is no reason why any one
in the world should worry about the
welfare of these children" said the
admiral recently. They are going to
be given the very best of care. cduca-
ton and training. and it Is my purpose
to raise them Just as II they were my
own and try to make life worth while !
for them after all the misery and hard.
ship they have gone through
Just to make sure the children, when
at home in Anderson, ). c., lived
under what he considered to be the
proper regime. the admiral drew up
sixteen typewriter pages of rules and
regulations. His niece, Miss Vita Pat
rick, and the Russian govcrncss. who
between them divide responsibility for
the children, follow the rules implicitly.
| Under these rules each day begins
with gymnastic exercises. These are
much like the sctting-up drill Of the
navy. A cold bath follows. then 'nll
hands are pipcd below" for breakfast.
Breakfast, the admiral decided must
consist of cereal eggs and milk. The
cereal recommended is hominy. This
the admiral considers excellent food
for growing children. He was brought
up on 1t himself.
a light luncheon is prescribed, con-
sisting chiefly OF Russian brown brea,i
and buttermilk. Dinner is served car !,
evening at I, when the children mPy
have vegetables Of their choos Jig,
meat and dessert. The drinking of
water with meals is forbidden, buI
milk or cocoa may be served
In this connection, 1t mifslt. ID,
mentioned that these childr n I'm,
never tasted meat until the ad,hira
took them under his charit The,
were then served just a we BID at
time. for fear it might maize item i'll
so long had they existed fin ia half
starved condition.
At home daily cha<tt is kept b
Miss Patrick and the Eor trness, an
the children are ad'Aflccording t
! the manner in whioh/they perfor,
their duties. Red s.A{s1 indicate tbo
the duties have bee h Ken performed
and the child rec Giving the create.
! number Of red stars gets one gold .ta'
= which he or she xe;fs.
For one hourl 'aily the govcrnc.
5 gives lessons in Russian, and for an
e other hour MIG jpatrick gives lessor
in English
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Why admiral McCuNy
Adopted Seuen Children

EXPLAINING why he adopted
- 80 many children, Admiral
McCully said:
II brought back seven of them
20 they would take care Of one
another. II / had brought back
one child, or even t,oo or three,
they probably would haze be-
conse 80 homesick that / would
net havs been able to take care
Of them. But brought back
4 ssvsm so they'd play with one
1 onother."
1 The admiral does not care to
kevs his children questioned con-
esrring their past. II not only
wakes them self-conscious, he
srplains. but brings back too
viwdly tho terrible experiences
through which they haze gone.
/ Each had lost either one or
both parents, and toas sadly
wmdsrnourished when adopted BY
tie admiral. Now they are in
kloomiro health, normal and
Asssv.
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proudly to me that he had killed two
Bolshevists, but / am inclined to doubt
this statement. He was eventually put
In an orphanage In Corstant!nople,
where l sent for him.
I.oudmila, the oldest girl, twelve.
captivatcd the admiral by her sweet
smile and winning ways when he visited
the orphanage Mt Yelta. In the Crimca.
where she had been placed.
This little girls father lives in Rus
sia, but he gave written permission to
the admiral to bring the child TO the
United States, realizing that she would
find here a haven. but might die OF
starvation If kept in the Crimca.
Tassia, the next Oldest girl Is eleven
She also came from the Orphanage al
Yclta. and is described by the admira
as "a very fine little girl Both hel
parents are dead.
Ninotchka, who Is seven years old, II
one Of the brightest of the group. Sh'
first attracted the adm!rals attention
]
phanage that she could knit two pair
of socks, for instance. while the othe
children were knitting one.
Fedor, boy, Is five years old. III
English is very broken and he dislike
being taken away from his fishing pom
or the woods and fields. He Is salt
at the camp to be II horn naturalist
and is always bringing in flowers an
shrubs for classification.
He fishes whenever he gets n chanc
and Is not the least bit discouraged be
cause he never gets bite. Hc does no
seem MS rugged as the other children.
But perhaps the frailest is ltd
Tonitchka, four years old. She hi,
it is true, grown three inches sinf
she was brought to America. but =
does not gain in weight as rapidly
| the others
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that | had served thirty eight years,
and. as he knew, In two years more
could ask for retirement. ! told him
l did not want to retire and ! did not
see any rcnson for my doing so, for
believe. with the nurse of my wards.
who speaks Russian. and my niece and
my mother down at Anderson. s. G.,
the children could be we'll cared for,
even If continued to serve in the
navy.
Secretary Daniels lost little time in
explaining my position to the Secretary
OF Labor, with the result the order was
custody.
Il brought seven Of them so tbev
would take care of one another. If /
had brought one child, or even two or
three, they probably would have become
20 hoinesick that | would not have been
able to take care of them. But /
brought seven--all that ] will bring
so they'd play with one another"
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kindred sports. These include canoe
ing and rowing.
At $50 comes the afternoon bite,'
consisting of crackers and milk then
the children are free to follow their
own bents until 4.3O. At 5.30 comes
retreat" the ceremony of lowering
the colors, and at the children are
ready for mess again.
In evenings are the campfres, the
singing, the dancing and the music and
the stories of the redskins. Crackers
and milk at $50 J.. NJ. and off to bed.
When Admiral McCully arrived at
New York with the children the immi-
grafton authorities shut the door on the
youngsters, despite the fact that an
American admiral was trying to bring
them in to make them his own.
Admiral McCully had been American
High Commissioner to Scbastopol and
the Crimea. He knew General Wrangcl
well. lie met the people, and his heart
ached when he saw the suffcrings of
the children. lie could not adopt them
all, but he selected seven. ','
When the deportation order was is-
sued, on the ground that the children
might become public charges. the ad :
miral promptly announced his intention
of taking the matter up with the au .
thoritics in Washington.
Consequently, he left the children a,
Ellis Island In charge of their cover
ness. lie told how he had been affected
BY parting with his "children.' 1t had
been their Arst separation since they
had embarked at COnstantinOple.
II never fully realized" he said
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McCulLy's Yards Barred
On Their Arrival in U. S.

ADMIRAL McCULLY had n
~ fight before he could br;ns
his seven adopted children into
the country. When they arrived
at Ellis Island they were barred
by the immigration authorities on
tho ground that they might 10.
come public charges. Finally IN.
admiral put up bonds Of $500
each for them, and carried the
case to Washington.
He fret interviewed Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and er.
planned tho entire situation 70
him. Then Secretary Daniels GOT
into touch With the Secretary o.
Labor, NTH the result the order
admitting the children in custody
of tho admiral ,Oas signed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12
Our Lives Huseparably
Linked, Says McCully

DEAR ADMIRAL NEWTON
~ A. McCULLY has learned the
meaning of love for child. Said
this bachelor: ~ never fully real
lied how dear TO each other these
children and ! are until / parted
from them at Ellis Island. /
went back to my ship without
them.
"Entering their room on the
ship, found some of their traps
and plaUthings, and began to
collect these childish relics.
II had to sit do,On and, bury
ing my face in my hands, / shook
with the realization that the des-
tinies of these children and n.y.
self are inseparably linked. I
kneW then that a mans love for
a child transcends all human
laws, the Vaccinations of states
men or the intrigues Of interna-
tiosal Cabinets."
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Ten Children Chosen, 4
but Three Fail in TeStj/

Originally the admiral int AIDED to
bring ten children from Rr fsia and
make them his own, but Il Iree failed
to pass the phy~al exami' cations and
had TO be left behind,
In addition to the CHI Idren is Eu-
genia Selifanova, the 8 sverness. She
Is nineteen years old. and was also
at the Yel'n orphnnage where she was
an assistant matron 1 She displayed
wonderful sympathy for them and the
admiral asked her b come to America
as his ward to hel ) out with the chill.
dren.
Two OF the CHI Adren will turn out to
be above the a' trage, the admiral be-
licves. three " NJ be average. and two
may Tan below average in physique sne
All the chi Eren arc from good fami
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History of Each Child
Told in Adn,irdl'S Book

The admiral is writing a book him
self, in which he will give the history
of each OF the children, and tell how he
came to bring them 70 this country.
Nikolai's father was killed in action,
fighting for Russia on the German
front early in the war.
"When I first heard Of this boy. y
explained the admiral recently, 'he
was In the trenches fighting the Boil
sheyists. His parents dead, but knew
the town in which he had lived. and the
street number of his old home. His
mother, I found, had died OF typhoid
fever.
1.-The boy was picked up at khc -ko'
while Dcnikin's troops were retrentins
through the town. He acted as sor'
a mascot for the soldiers.
"When found him he boastee
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Early Lives OF Children
Saddened by Tragedies

EACH Of the adn,irars seven
II adopted children has sad
history. Ntkolai is thirteen gears
old, and is Without parents. He
was shot in the leg during fight
ing betWeen General Wrangers
forces and the Bolshevists. His
father Was killed in action, fight
ing for Russia on the German
front, carly in the War. His
mother died Of typhoid.
When the admiral first heard
Of this boy he was fighting
against the Bolsherists. He was
picked up at Kharkov whtle Deni-
k;n's troops were retreating
through the to,on. He acted as
a mascot for the soldiers. II is
his boast that he killed t,co Boil
shevists. He 1vas eventually
sent to an orphanage in Co,,ston-
tinople, uhere the admiral found
him.
Loudmild, twelrc years old, has
a father living in Russia. She
wos taken from the orphanage at
Yelta, in the Crimea. Her father
gave written permission for her
10 come to America.
Tassia, Ninotchka and To-
nitchka came from the orphan
age at Yelta. Fedor, boy, fire
pears old, has no parents living
| that he kno,cs Of. The others are
not sure just Vhat tate has be-
fallen their fathers aud mothers.
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Each of the Russian children Of
the admiral's adopted family has a
sad tale to tell of the loss Of father
or mother or both.
Some will never know their par
ents' fate. For the fathers and
mothers who looked after and loved
them SO tenderly before the revoiu-
tion disappeared in the confusion
following evacuation of the Crimea
by General Wrangel, when the Boil
shevists smashed through his lines.
Dead? None knows. Lost? Yes.
And even memory Of them fast is
fading from the minds Of the
younger children.
In appearance these seven little
Russians are not to be distinguished
from any other children in this
country. True, the admiral has them
all dressed more or less alike.
Boys and girls wear gray cordu-
roy suits Of knickers and blouses.
They have learned English and
speak it quite well, with the ex-
ception Of the younger children, who
still have difficulty in expressing
their thoughts. When talking among
themselves they invariably use
Russian.
Nikolai is the oldest. He is
thirteen years old and already has
mastered American slang. He is
without parents, and was shot in the
leg during fighting between Cen
eral Wrangel's forces and the Boil
shevists.
"How were you shot," he was
asked.
"I'd rather not say just now, some
other day." he said smiling, and ran
of to play.
As q matter of fact, Admiral Nc.
Gully is not willing to have his
charges talk too much about theil
past. He wants them to forget the
horrors from which they have es'
capped, and to learn to look forward
not backward. Besides, he feels toe
much questioning will make them
\self-conscious.
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eyes grow wide and bright, and their
faces glow with the quiet mysticism Of
their native country.
Camp Fenimorc is on the east shore
of Otseso Lake. about mile from
Coopcrstown. 1t Is a typical summer
camp for children ranging in age from
four years to twelve.
Lake Otscgo is the "glmmerg lass"
referred to so often by Cooper. There
are giinpscs of it in The Pioneers"
while the action in "Decrsluyer" and
'The Last OF the Mohicans" rcvolves
around this beautiful sheet of water,
nine miles long and one to three miles
wide, nesting in the Catskllls.
There are Council Rock" where
young Leather Stocking had his rem
devious with Chingachgook Natty
Bumpo's Cave, Prospect Rock, Cooper :
Chalet Farm. and Leather Stocking
Falls, also Clinton's Dam Marker,
which is identified with turning point
in the war against the six nations.
In such surroundings the little Rus
sians are receiving their instruction in
American ways, American traditions
and American ideals.
eve feel 1t IL privilege to have
these little Russians here this sum
mer,' said Mrs. Clifford !. Braider
one of those in charge of the camp. 81
met the admiral in Constantinople
while ] was doing newspaper worl
there during the war, ana It was a
that time he told me OF his intention
to adopt some Of the little Russian
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Greeted by Thousands
on Arrival in GreenUille

When Admiral McCully and his
waids, after the children had been re.
leased from Ellis Island. went south.
ward toward his home Mt Anderson
they stopped off at Grecnv!llc, S, e.
and found tumultuous reception had
been arranged for them. '
as they stepped OF the train they
were greeted with the rousing cheers ~
5000 persons who had gathered nt tho
station to take part in the Joint reccn.
ton to the admiral and his wards md
to Commander Evangeine Booth, who
had gone there to dedicate the new
Salvation Army Hospital of the South.
The admirars mother, Mrs. Carrie
Fretwell McCully, stepped into Inc
arms OF her son, whom she had no.
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seen in seven years, and committees of
women showered kisses upon the seven
little strangers from Russia.
Nfotorcars we're waiting to carry the
party to the home Of Mrs. John A.
Russell, where they we're guests at a
luncheon given in their honor. At tho
Russell home the admi rails wards wcro
greeted BY almost hundred childrn
and their mothers. The seven mttlo
Kussians displayed lively interest, and
within a few minutes the boys Of I ths
odmiral's party were in the biz yard
playing with the youngsters who had
come to greet them.
Following the luncheon. the party.
consisting Of the admiral. his wards snd
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EUery Hour In Camp
Is Governed BY Rules

In camp the children are up at first
CALL" at 6:55. Then at Z they take a
dip in the lake and setting up exercises,
and at 1850 comes reveille. Break.
fast is served at 8 In the big mess
pavilion. after which comes tent in
spection at O:15.
BY this time each Of the children is
expected to have made his bed and to
have aided In tidying up the open air
sleeping pavilion and the adjacent
grounds.
At 0.3O come various camp activities.
such ns arts and crafts and manual
training work. and the morning swim
at II. BY II the children are ready
for mess again, and at 1 p. NJ. each Is
tucked into his cot, where he must sleep
for half an hour.
At 1 30 letter writing and reading are
in order, and from 2 to 4 are outdoor
games, such as tennis. basketball and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12

Admiral McCully's foster chill.
dren rs they appear today. From
left to right, they are: Tonitch-
ka, four years old; Fedor. FIVE
Ninotchka, seven; Tassia,
eleven; Tonina, twelve; Mich.
olaf, thirteen. and Ludmila,
twelve
their governess. his mother and the
visiting committees, left for Anderson
where the children remained with MIS-,
McCully while the admiral's home IN
Washington was being prepared tor
them.
A belatcd Christmas celebration was
held in the big living room, where 1ll
children gathered around II tree loade'
with presents of every description. Eacn
child received n slice of fruitcake; maa'
by Mrs. McCully twenty years Oetc.e,
and kept in a sealed contoiner. AIs'
they were put to bed, tired but happy
Mrs. McCully gave them each sooa'
night kiss.
Later the admiral was busy IN "nsn' sa
ington. happier than he had ever oesf ~
before In his life, buying armf"'s "
toys, dishes and equipment for the s, Mus
sery that was being fitted up. Mmsm WIZ
all was ready the children were taAs"
| to Washington,
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An Hour ia Day Devoted
to SelEing or Mendinq

AN now day is devoted to sewing,
during yhich clothes are made or
mehded stockings darned or fancy
work me. Nikolai always pays one
OF ing girls to do his sowing for him.
fac' receives stipulated sum, not
NOR than $50 month. as pay. and
5.nall amount is deducted if they do
II q, perform their work well. Each
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children. whose plight had so touched
him.
There Is much these Russian and
American children, can teach each
other. The Russians are delightful in
that they have a perfect lack Of self.
consciousness. Their courtesy. too, is
exquisite"
1t was indeed 70, for as each little
one was marched up and introduced.
there was a courtesy from the girls
and manly handshake from the boys.
Then of they were again. unconscious
Of the scrutiny directed upon them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-12
4Amid Traditions of Fenimore Cooper
,ss They Learn Self.ReIiance and Inspire
ln Their Playmates W/Hh an Old-WorM
E# Courtesy and Grace
MANS LOTE FOR Il CHILD
s TR14NSCENDS ALL HUMAN
LAM, FOSTER FATHER SAYS
20 --,
When Children Were Detained at Ellis
Island 81 Buried MY Face in MY
Hands and Shook W/ith Realization
That Our Destinies Are lnseparable"

children natched from the caldron OF revolution
~ kindly fighting completing their Americaniza-
ton a a summer camp Cooperown, N. Y.
These adopted and daughters OF Rear Newton
who bachelor Up in the country
Coopers Leather Stocking Tales they
living with other American children
as they They
courtesy lack Of seconscousness to their payma
they push, sfreance
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Children Admitted on Parole
After Appeal to Washington

Admiral McCully hastened to WASH
ington and after n day of conferences
the Department Of Labor, through AL
fred Hampton, Acting Commissioner
General Of immigration, ordered that the
children be admitted on parole In the
care Of the admiral until the case was
definitely decided. Bond was set at
$500 for each, and the admiral prompt
ly put 1t up.
Telling Of his fight to bring them in.,
the admiral said: . -.
II first went to the Secretary OF
the Navy (then Mr.. Daniels). He was
not only my superior officer in the serv.
ice, but I knew him to be kind hearted
man.
II related to him the work ! had
been doing in Russia, and told him Of
conditions in southern Russia. Then :!
told him about these children, and
asked, If he would not intercede with
me in their behalf with the Secretary
Of Labor: u A. 49,
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)1MZRAL HCULLYS SEVEN ENRUSSLANW>ARDSz zHAlH
MERZCAINS WHILE BEING AzMERZCAMZED ZN CAMz

''how dear to each other these children
and I are until I parted from them at
Ellis Island. went back to my snip
without them.
Entering their room on the ship. !
found some Of their little traps and
playthings and began to collect these
childish relics.
81 had to sit down, and buryins my
face in my hands, I shook with the
realization that the destinies Of these
children and myself are inscparably
linked. I knew then that mans love
for a child transcends oil human laws,
the Vaccinations of statesmen. OF the
intrigucs of international cabinets
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-13
AGENTS WANTED

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glassware, enamelware, etc. full or
part time, also cash Job lots crockery,
enamelware, decorated odds and ends;
big commissions. Write Baker Pottery
Co., Sebring. Ohio.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-13
CHESTERFIELDS ARE
PICTURED In MAKING
Rotosravure Advertisements Show De-
tails in Manufacture of Famous
Cigarettes.

How Chesterfield cigarettes are
! made. as revealed by the camera, has
furnished the material for a new and
decidedly interesting series OF adver-
tisements recently placed by the Lig-
gett & Myers Tobacco company in
rotogravure and illustrated Sunday
supplements in the newspapers Of the
larger cities.
In showing Photographic details of
the many processes involved in manu-
featuring their famous Chesterfield
brand, Liggett & Myers have for the
first time made use of the rich fund
of news" material which underlies the
cigarette industry.
The camera campaign" proves con-
clusively that to buy tobaccos, then to
cure, condition, age, blend and make"
the finished cigarette is an art and a
science far more involved than is ap-
parent to the average cigarette
smoker
For instance, photographs from Tur-
key show how the ripe tobacco used
in Chesterfields is picked leaf by leaf,
strung on threads, appraised by ex-
pert buyers and finally baled like pre-
the United States Then. also are
shown scenes in the auction ware
houses OF the south, where buyers Of
long and practical experience go to
Judge the color. weight and texture,
and eventually to purchase the fine
domestic leaf that goes into the ex-
elusive Chesterfield blend.
From that point on, the camera I'M
covers an amazing panorama Of man.
ufacturing details--pictures showing
how domestic tobacco is dried out in
ovens before storage; pricing" or
packing domestic tobacco in hogsheads
for storage; ageing of domestic to-
bacco In storage warehouses; the mix
ing of the Turkish and domestic to-
baccos; cutting machines which cut
or shred the mixed tobaccos; cigarette
making machines which. turn out 400
, Chesterfields a minute; cup making
machines which form and paste the
'icups' or outer packings; packing ma
chimes which wrap the paper and foil
around the cigarettes; and finally, the
ingenious apparatus by which the ex-
ira glassine air-tight wrapper Is put
on.
The manufacturer frankly confesses
in his advertisements that these are
but few of the many important steps
in the making of this good cigarette,
regretting the lack OF space to tell OF
the care and cleanliness in every step
all along the line and to chronicle the
enormous investments in tobacco, fac
tories and equipment that make a
,,o,o,,1or r,r,na 1onssIhle on this truly
great cigarette.
But 1T is safe to assume that when
this campaign has completed its
schedule the public will be thoroughly
conscious Of at least two important
conclusions, namely. that taste is
matter OF tobacco quality, and that
Chesterfield contains the finest selec-
ton OF high grade Turkish and do
mestic tobaccos ever used in ciga-
rette selling at its price.