Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-18
Pretty English Peerless Wants
To Find the Perfect Child
BY L +
NEA Service Writer

LONDON. April 18-The Count
ess OF Carlisle. one Of the loveltest
peeresses Ia Great Britain and
herself mother Of two handsome
children, wants to find the most
beautiful child In England. And
when she finds him or her. she
wants to compare the child with
the most famous child statues
sculptured BIZ the Greek masters.
For the Countess has q theory
she wishes 70 prove. It has always
been held that IN their conception
Of human beings-men. women and
children-the ancient Greek masters
gave 70 mankind the noblest and
finest specimens OF the genus homo
ever portrayed by man. The Count
ess believes otherwise. She thinks
the actual flesh and blood children
Of today can not only compete with
the Greek artists conceptions. but
surpass them. And she is going to
try 70 prove II.
Mother Of Two
The Countess Is interested IN
children, not only because she has
two OF her own, a boy Of seven
and a girl OF eleven, but also be-
cause, unlike so many wealthy o
ciety women, she devotes q great
deal Of her time TO lettering con-
ditions for ether peoples children.
Among other things. she Is a men,
Der OF the management committee
o. the British Hospital for Mothers
and Babies at Woolwich, Just OUT
side London.
we have advanced tremen-
dously In our ideas OF the care OF
mothers and children" said she,
"anthropologists believe that we
are approaching the ancient types
of perfection. Certainly through
the advance Of medical science
and the application Of correct prin-
ciples to the problems Of mother
hood and child welfare the modern
world Is, I believe, producing chill
dren, who, at least, equal the ply
steal perfection which was the
ideal OF the Greeks. There are not
many Greek statues Of children IN
existence but three Of the most
famous are in the British Museum.
One Is a r.-cnze called Boy Play
ing" A second Is a marble statue,
Sleeping Eros" attributed to
Terraces. The third IS also a marble
statue called Sleeping Eros" It
dates from about 900 B. g. and was
discovered at Tarsus. but the sculp-
tors name Is unknown.
Most Beautiful Children
MY idea Is to make a selection
of the most beautiful children in
England and then have some IA
nous painters and scupltors. by a
process of elimination. choose the
one they deem the finest OF al. ]
would then have them compare
this living child with these ancient
conceptions d what a lovely child
shcald be. I think IL will be found
that old England can hold her
own with ancient Greece"
The Countess OF Carlisle IS one
of the mos conspicuously happy
wives and mothers in British soci-
ETY.. Her husband was Viscount
Morpeth. q naval cadet OF IL. when
the death IF his father made him
Earl OF Carlisle. with vast estates
and two OF the finest chateaux in
Great Britain-Naworth House IN
Cumberland and Castle Howard In
Yorkshire. Despite his wealth and
title. the young nobleman stuck TO
the navy. At the age Of Is he fell
violently in love with the l7-year-
old Bridget Ruthven. daughter Of
Lord Ruthven, himself a famous
soldier. The young couple were
married and the Earl returned to
his job IN the navy He took part
in the Battle Of Jutland and dis
tinguished himself. 1t was only
after the World War was over that
he retired from the navy.
But, no more than his young
wife. was he willing to lead a life
Of leisured iuleness. He soon ioin-
ed a st~ock-broking firm in the