The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-25
Capital Capers
by DAVID DIETZ-

DIPLOMATIC parents (by which is meant
- parents who belong to the diplomatic
corps are having proud day today For sew
eral weeks these parents have been carefully
schooling their young sons and daughters to
take part in the chdren's radio program spon-
sored by the Greater National Capital Com
mittee
Fifteen diplomatic children are broadcasting
Christmas to their native lands.
The parents are prouder than the children
and Just as nervous Such mopping of fore
head such promptings and whisperings, such
nudg. lgS and hand wavings have seldom been
seen in the diplomatic corps except during a
world political conference.
Mrs TORI, wife of the new military attache
of Great Britain, called up to say that her
little 9-year-old daughter Camilla has written
her own speech. It's entitled How Santa Claus
Comes to Little Children in England" Col. TORI
sWears he didn't help to write it.
pablo, 1 hope, will give a COCO talk said
Counselor Pablo Campos-Ortiz of the Mexican
Embassy, referring to his 10-yearold son.
Last year. Pablo broke his arm a few days
before Christmas and couldn't speak over the
radio So he's been practicing doubly hard for
this occasion, with Pablo Senior watching from
the sdelines.
TINY, self possessed Dominic de Leusse, s.
Z year-old son of Count and Countess de
Leusse of the French embassy, made hit
when ne GRATED last season.
Yes he speaks very good English as well
as French" says Papa de LeuSSe, when any one
mentions Dominic.
And he does. Dominic is so good at elocu-
ton that his parents wouldn't be surprised to
see him enter the Chamber of Deputies.
Ach, Ach! How plump chubby Eva Maria
Luther, daughter of Ambassador Hans Luther
of Germany, causes her fathers heart to go
pitterpat! If you don't think So you should
watch the Herr Doktor when Eva Marie ap-
proaches the microphone
It's in the blood of little Sakiko Sato daugh-
ter of the japanese Ambassador and Nine.
Saito, to sing songs of old Japan. Nine. Saito
sings exquisitely about cherry blossoms during
the cherry blossom festival here.
Sakiko is following her mothers instructions
She has a pretty voice and her parents hope
her japanese song today will be just another
tie between their country and the United States.
Envoy Saito thinks more of Sakikos voice than
of naval parity.
I"NH, MIR. MINISTER, your little daughter
~ spoke so nicely over the radio last year.
VIII you let her speak again this time?" said a
representative of the Greater National Capital
Committee to Minister Otto Wadsted of Dem
mark.
A hearty Danish laugh resounded on the
telephone.
I'm afraid I can't accommodate you -
doomed Envoy Wadsted ct have no daughter.
have a fine son, but fear he can't articulate
sufficiently we'll yet. Call me up next year"
The Wadsted son and heir, bouncing baby
bow. has lust arrived in the United States from
Denmark after stormy Atlantic crossing.
Mercedes, 9-year-old daughter of Counselor
and social arbiter Adolfo de Urquiza of the
Argentine embassy, Will recite Christmas greet
ings cher parents predict as elegantly as Don
Adolfo recites a precedence list to admiring
diplomats.
Nine. Sokolowska, wife of the Polish coun-
selor, promised her young son, Peter Daniel
Sokolowski, that he could speak over the radio
as Christmas gift. That's one present his par
ents gave him. This column knows another
present they're going to give him, but it won't
tell-except to say it was bought in New York.
Young Radu Florescu, 11-year-old son of the
new Rumsnian counselor and Nine. Florescu, is
making his radio debut
But I'm afraid he can't speak English" said
Florescu. May he speak in Rumanian?"
So Radu will talk to Bucharest and the
United States in his native tongue.