Evening star., 1923-12-23

Nashingtonian. and for that reason
may reel like INTERPRETING some local
! customs into the Gallic celebration
marie IhereSe is seven and Agnes
thTee. Like all the Latins, Nine. de
Laboulaye keeps Christmas more as
great religious feast than i'm the
Joyous way which is prevalent in the
-hhglo-SaXon. Scandinavian and Teu-
tonic countries. But the small de
La aboulayes will be entertained to the
tuIi limit Of their endurance, and. be-
ing the only children in the French
embassy, they will receive attention
from VI. and Nine. Jusserand. as well
as from all the corps in general and
all of juvenile officialdom.
IN the Teutonic diplomatic homes
ae some or the most Interesting
Juveniles in Washington The charm
ing group at the Austrian legation
are haf American. since Nine. Proch-
nix IS native of Minnesota and q
sranddaughter of Massachusetts But
tne children adhere to many of the
tain and be entertained during the
ChrlStmaS season. The counselor of
the herman embassy and Frau Won
Lewinski have two children. Kari
Pomeroy,, who is thirteen and about
to enter high school, and small
girl of seven. both of whom celebrate
IN the most serious manner. Like.
all of the children from their part of
the world. they have spent most of
their funds in aiding those who pre-
pared CHRISTMAS boxes for the little
people of Germany.
In the households of the Latin
american diplomats and where the
children predominant there are vari-
GUS modes of celebration, but the re-
hglous aspect is more to the fore
than is the family festival and a
great feast All those with children
or tender years have a statuary rep
resentation of the crib at Bethlehem
and all the gifts are placed about
1t and through the week all the
ceieDrations have it for a central
point. Nine. Alfaro, who was ALWAYS
accustomed to taking the little ones
10 the cathedral where. at dusk. all
could pay homage to the holy shrine
which had been erected there, has
her own little corner in the new le-
gatlon in Massachusetts avenue with
a dainty lot of little statues which
are so appealing to the young. Many
OF the other Latfns have the same
and for the charming little daughters
or the Portuguese charge and Sem
bora Leal, Marie Theresa, four, and
Rita, two years old, the visit to the
of the days celebration.
There are but two children in the
Italian embassy this year, the pretty
little daughter of the military at
ldCIio dHu inc 4hdTQulS6 Qe BerneZZO
being in Rome with her mother.
These are the son and daughter of
Col. Mario Calderara and Donna
Emmy. his wife. They are a boy,
Ludona, who is seven, and a little
girl. Maria Anjelica, who is nine, and
both are deeply engrossed in learn
ing all about their new home. They
will have a tree and follow the ways
Of their playmates, though at home
the season would have been spent in
the Villa Gambia near Lucca, in Tus-
cany, the home of their grandmother,
Countess Maria GAMBIA de Ghiselli
Here Christmas would be day of
prayer and almsgivings. with flowers
sent. to friends All the good time
would come with the Epifania, the
good fairy of children, whose vista
ton marks the feast of the three
kings. January 6. There will be a
colorful and traditional celebration
of the great day at the Hungarian
legation, where there is a small girl
of less than a year and children from
four to twelve. At the Rumanian
legation the charge d'affaires and
Nine. Nano will have all that the
feast brings for young Frederick.
their only son, who will soon be four
and who remains the most loyal ad-
herent of Santa Claus.