Evening star., 1931-06-16

Special Dispatch to The Star.
N YEW YORK, June 16 (N.A.N.A).
IN The two sons of President Or
tiz Rubio Of Mexico, Fernando,
4 10, and Guillermo, 20, did not
arrive at the Offices of the
international Telephone g. Telegraph
Co. to start their new jobs at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning. but, thanks to q
map of New York with which they
charted their course, they managed to
reach the Offices at 81 Broad street in
seven hours of cruising from their
apartment in jackson Heights, eight
miles away.
They did succeed, It appeared to j.
de Cosso, head of the company's in
forma tion bureau to whom they re-
ported. in touring the Bronx, parts of
Brooklyn, with possibly an hour or so
in Westchester County. It was a du-
plication of their feat when they first
arrived in New York via the Hudson
Tunnel last Thursday, and, instead of
turning uptown, drove across the Man
haitian Bridge. miles away in the other
direction, in an attempt to locate their
domicile
1T win, be different tomorrow" Gull
lermo said. in excellent English. I'VE
have found our bearings and Will be
busy at in the morning"
Earn $50 a Month.
sons of the chief executive CT the coun-
try below the border. They are both
slight, with dark brown hair, flashing
eyes and shy. pleasant smiles They
came to New York before, in 1929, and
for two weeks investigated the Offices
and laboratories of the telephone COM
pany at the order of their father.
Now they have returned of their own
volition, speaking fluent English as a
result of schooling at Gettysburg Acad-
emy and year at st. Benedict's Col
lege. an engineering institution in At
chiscn, Kans. They believe that they
can live in New York and see every
thing worth seeing on their salary OF
$50 a month.
Their modest two-room apartment is
shared by a third Mexican boy. and so,
as Fernando put 1t naively I'VE should
be able to get along nicely" They re-
quested their father to suspend their
allowances until college opens in Sep
tember
"It came about like this" said the
older of the two. I'VE have always
been interested in the telephone since
our father impressed on us its great
value to the progress of any country,
and we have worked at the offices of
the Mexican Telephone Co. in Mexico
City. an associate of this organization,
in our spare time.
Enjoyed Daily Siesta.
"At in the morning we would meet
our father and go for our morning ride.
He is an ardent horseman, and we
literally grew up in the saddle ourselves.
Shortly before 9 we would leave Cha
pultepec Castle, so that we could be
on time at our desks. We went back
to the castle for lunch, because in the
hot midday there is a siesta of two
hours, but at we were in the office
again, to remain there until 6.
"The evenings were our own, and we
enjoyed the social functions at home
or at the various embassies.
1--WE want to get acquainted with
business customs and methods of the
country" he continued, land also be-
come more familiar with the social ideas
that radiate from New York. We do
not intend to miss an experience which
may broaden our career. Work? of
course we shall go to work when our
schooling has been completed. can
not say yet whether we shall choose
the telephone business, but, like our
father, we shall always be busy. He is
up at 6 every day, and becomes relaxed
only in the evening"
Mr.. De Cosso secuted the suggestion
that the jobs of the Presidents sons
might be sinecures.
'"They will not be late again." he de-
clared, with a sly glance at the boys,
land they will be treated as any other
apprentices who We believe NAV be-