The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-15
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of Thursday evening, the Czecho-
slovak minister win give a dinner
Tuesday in honor of the officers
of the American Red Cross.
There will be about thirty guests.
That same afternoon the minister
will be host at a musicale and
reception when the group Of thir-
ty-five Czechoslovak children from
DIR. Bakule's school in Prague will
sing several numbers. These chill
dren are touring the country un-
der Red Cross auspices and have
given several concerts in New
York, where it was declared that
they had lovely voices and were
very "easy to look at. They
will give concert here on
wednesday at Polls Theater.
THESE children will arrive on
Tuesday when they will be
taken sightseeing almost imme-
diately, after which they will go
to the White House to see our
President whom they are plan.
ming to serenade. They will also
call upon former President Will
son and serenade him. too.
Wednesday they will visit Airing
ton, Mt. Vernon and Walter Reed
Hospital where they will sing for
the soldiers.
During the stay In Washington
Professor Bakule will meet Super
intendent Ballou and his corps of
Manual Training teachers, In
order that he may gain some
knowledge OF American methods
Of technical training, which he
will Incorporate with the methods
pursued in his school at Prague
for the training Of crippled and
otherwise handicapped children.
In addition to the group Of en-
tirely normal children who con.
stitute the chorus, Professor
Bakule is bringing. to Washington
a unit Of seven crippled children
who will give a demonstration of
their manual .dexterity in the
: shops at Mckinley Manual High
School. This demonstration will
be witnessed by the Manual
Training teachers of the city
schools. This visit to America by
the pupils OF the Bakule School of
Prague is made for the two-feld
purpose OF expressing the graft
tude Of the people Of Czecho.
slovakia for all that was done for
them Immediately after the war
by the people OF America through
the American Red Cross and to
place Professor Bakule and the
three assistant teachers OF his
school in direct contact with
American educators and with
Americans who are interested in
the physical and mental develop.
ment of crippled and deficient
children.
President Masaryk of Czecho.
Slovakia and the Czech Red Cross
selected the Bakule Unit for this
tour because the Bakule School
stands forth as the crowning
achievement of the relief and
educational work carried out in
OZecho-Slovakia in the name of the
school children of America. Prof.
Kakule and dozen of his crippled
pupils were housed in three rooms
and were struggling to. keep body
and soul together when they were
found by a representative of the
American Junior Red Cross.
transferred to sanitary and ade-
quate quarters and given an op.
portunity to develop work
which held untold possibilities Cor
good.
THERE are probably more diplo-
matte parties both last week
and this that. I have overlooked
for the moment, too. But I've
mentioned enough to prove my
statement that the diplomats do
their ahare-and a goodly share
of the entertaining.
They also figure Importantly
as honor guests-particularl the
newcomers and those on the eve
of departure. The Italian ambas-
sador and the Japanese ambassador,
Masanao Hanihara. are about the
two newest ambassadors and you
have already noticed, perhaps,