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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1906)
MAGAZINE SECTION. • YOUNG DIPLOMATS. CHILDREN OF^IMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS AT THE NATION’S , , CAPITAL. Vhey Constitute Quite a Foreign Col ony. Representat.ve Types From ♦*je Courts and Governments of all Nations. The city of Washington has among its inhabitants a colony of foreign children who bring to our Republic, the manners and customs of many far-off lands. They are the sons and daughters of the oiUcials known as diplomats—men sent by the various governments of the world to act as their agents at the headquarters of Uncle Sam. Quite a number of these children of foreign parents have been bom in this country and a few years CHILDREN OP MINISTER FROM PARAGUAY. ago a Chinese baby opened its eyes in our capital city on the Fourth of July, and was named Washington. Another youngster who is a native of the United States is the little son of Senor Quesada, the Minister or Envoy from the Republic of Cuba. Senor Quesada and his wife have two chil dren, both strikingly handsome with large dark eyes and the olive complex ion of the Latin-American. Their cous in, a young girl whose home is in the city of Havana Cuba, spends her va cations with them and they never fail to give a great childrens’ party in her honor every time she visits Washing tom From the Antipodes. An exceedingly pretty little girl is Frau Matilda Bussche, the daughter of that blonde giant Baron Bussche, Secretary of the German Embassy and his dark-complexioned South Ameri can wife whom he married while sta tioned in the Argentine Republic at the other end of our continent. Little Miss Bussche has a striking combina tion of dark eyes and flaxen hair and despite her tender years she speaks two different languages. Other South American children in this odd community in Washington, are the two sons of Senor Baez, the Minister from the little known Re public of Paraguay. The new Mexican Ambassador and Senora Casasus have seven children; Hector, aged eighteen; Evangelina, flfteen; Horacio, fourteen; Margarata, thirteen; Mario, eleven; Leon, nine and Jorge, seven. At the home of the Envoy from Costa Rica there are half a dozen children; the Minister from. Haiti has two dark-com plexioned sons; there are several young people in the household of the first Minister from the new Republic of Panama; and five attractive young sters enliven things at the residence of the new Ambassador from Brazil — the first Ambassador fa diplomat of higher rank than a Minister) to come to the Unted States from any South American country. These young people from Brazil, speak the Portuguese language whereas the junior citizens from all other Pan-American countries speak Spanish. Chinese Children. Conspicuous among the juveniles of all nations gathered in Washington are those from China. The present Minister from the Celestial Empire, Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng is a widower Who has a large family but only three CHILDREN OF CUBAN MINISTER. of them accompanied him to this country—a daughter aged about seven teen who is famous in Washington for her superb jewels and two sons one •f whom Is not yet twelve years of age while the other Is still younger. In. the same household are four half- American children, the little sons and use iflmttiinmmi monitor. daughters of Yung Kwal, a Chinaman who acts as interpreter at the Legation whose wife is an American formerly living in Springfield, Mass. The daughter of the Minister is known even to her intimate friends as Miss Liang. Like other Celestial women of high station she has a given name but the Chinese are a very ior mal people and the Minister’s daughter is seldom addressed by her first name even by her father. Minister Liang’s two sons who now speak Eng lish almost as fluently as their father adopted American dress from the day they took up their residence in Wash ington but the daughter of the Envoy still clings to her native dress con sisting of loose blouse and trousers. Chinese fashions have not changed in centuries but Miss Liang’s costumes are made by a Chinese tailor connect ed with the Legation. Her costumes are of the richest silks and satins, black and white being her favorite colors. The quaint Chinese shoes that she wears cause this young lady to walk in what appears to American eyes, a rather awkward fashion but she has not the small, deformed feet such as have prevented some of her predecessors at the Chinese Legation from walking without assistance. Young Chilean Ladles. Two young people who have made many American friends during a long term of residence In the United States are the daughters of Senor Don Joa quin Walker-Martinez, the Minister from Chili. These young ladies have been living under the Stars and Stripes for nearly five years and have attended American schools. They have the clear olive complexion, dark hair and eyes and rich coloring typi cal of the Latin Races. As has been mentioned above there are many young people in the house holds of the envoys fror.i South and Central America and the West Indies. At the Legation of Haiti, are the Misses Bourke, popular young rela tives of Minister Leger, who by the way is one of the veteran diplomats at Washington, having resided in thi3 country continuously for ten years. MISS MATILDA BUSSCHE. Daughter of Secretary of German Embassy. Tho agent of the Republic of Bolivia at Unci© Sam’s scat of Government has a very pretty daughter, Elena Calderon by name, and there are several girls in the large family of Senor Calvo, the Minister from Costa Rica. Son A West Pointer. Minister Calvo, by the way has a son who is a cadet at West Point and is rendering a most excellent account of himself, standing well toward the head in all hi 3 classes. The new Russian Ambassador to the United States has a decidedly pretty daughter. Baroness Elizabeth Rosen and the only daughter of the British Ambassador constitutes another im portant member of the foreign colony. The last-mentioned young lady, Miss Josephine Durand, is one of the partic ular chums of President Roosevelt's eldest daughter. Just married. The Turkish Minister Cheklb Bey has two young sons who wear American dress and speak the English language. A Lapland Birthday Present. As soon as a Lapp baby is horn a reindeer i 3 presented to him. This reindeer is literally his start in life, for not only that deer, but all its young, and as they grow up, all their young deer, belong to the child. When he is of age he has quite a herd of his own. This custom is of much greater use to him than If every aunt, uncle and cousin b© had In the world presented him with the heaviest silver spoon to be found. MOUNT VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1906 GULF STREAM SWIMMERS. TUEY ENCOUNTER MANY UN KNOWN AND SINGULAR DENI ZENS OF THE DEEP. Starling Experience of a Moonlight Swim in the Great Ocean Current Accomplished by Shark.—Scared Big Fish Away. Tho wharf rats of New York and other large cities who seem willing to brave the wrath of the officers of the law are but the making of many of the most fearless swimmers of the world. A commercial traveler who Journeys, not only all over the pre cincts of the United States, but in foreign lands as well, in speaking of his happy boyhood days when he as sociated with the daring swimming population cf the Metropolis, said that, however pleasant and enjoyable his youthful excursions, they were not to compare with a swim in the Gulf Steam —the Gulf Steam, teeming with life, that only one whose nerves are in absolute consonance with the ocean can escape. Wrigging and dart ing things grip unseen at the swim mer’s breast and arms. Silvery flashes before his face tell of fish turning their glittering sides sharply as they leap away at his approach. Big and little, rising out of enormous depths to sink again half seen, all conspire to make that sunlight splendor a place cf sudden terrors to any except the fearless. Moonlight Swim in the Tropics. ‘‘One evening," said the man of commerce, “after I had been in Ja maica, having a week of the joys of swimming this stream, I proposed to a couple of my friends that we break the monotony by taking a dip in tho water by moonlight. One of them con sented, and we were soon disporting ourselves in the clear moonlit water. “We were going along easily and en joying the swim immensely. Rarely have I seen the water so phosphor escent. Every stroke made lire whirl around us, and once, when I looked over at my companion, who was swim ming abreast of me probably a hun dred feet away, he seemed to be ab solutely Immersed In sparkling flame. But that same moment I became aware of a third area of swiftly moving phos phorescence between us; and the next instant I realized that It was made by a big shark, a good three feet longer than I am. Shark Was Carney. "I splashed hard, but the shark, contrary to the habits of his kind, did not turn tail. He kept right on, and then my companion saw him and became nervous. He began to swim unevenly, and I knew at once that he might not keep his head If the big fish should really try to annoy him. So I struck straight across at right angles. “Just as I got half way over, the shark put on speed and forged head down on me. For a moment, as I saw that green, submarine streak of fire, with the glistening dorsal fin sticking up higher than my head, com ing straight for me like a shot, I was nearly panic stricken myself. But I turned directly at him pounding and lashing the sea with hands and feet and blowing the water to make a bel lowing fioise. The man-eater sank be neath the surface, and I could see his faintly illuminated outline going down, down, slowly, till It glimmered fath oms deep. Then I got my hand under my companion’s armpit and helped him along." “I guess yon don’t ever want a moon- light swim here again ufter that, eh?” said one of his hearers. "Oh, we were kind of scared, all right,” was the reply, "but It wasn’t that bad. Only I will confess that we sat around for nearly un hour getting our nerves straightened out before we swam back." GREAT CULEHRA CUT. Biggest Piece of Digging Ever Under taken—A Huge Mexican Drainage Cut. The huge excavations for the Pan a mu Canal across the Culebra divide will be by far the greatest furrow In the c. .-til's surface ever made by human agency. This statement is made by the Engineering News, In a com prehensive discussion of the great excavation projects of the world. The big Panama cut is so largo that the mind fails to grasp Its real magnitude, and it can only be appreciated by comparison with some familiar object. A question of considerable interest re cently raised by a correspondent re lates to the largest existing artificial excavation which is at all coiupurablo with the Culebra cut Great amounts of excavation were done, of course, on such works as tho North Sea Canal, tho Manchester Canal and the Suez Canal; but all these were built through comparatively level country. So far as it has been able to dis cover, the only deep cut at all com parable with that to be made through tho Cuelbra divide is the great Noclii stongo cut through the hills which surround the Valley of Mexico. Tills huge excavation was begun In IG4O, for the purpose of affording nn outlet to the flood waters which had inun dated the City of Mexico and destroyed a great part of the city and its in habitants. For more than a hundred and forty years labor on this great work was the chief task of tho Mex ican nation, and it was not until the year 1789 that it was finally completed. The total length of the Nochlstongo cut Is twelve and one-half miles. Its greatest depth iB 197 feet, and its great est width is 3GI feet. The total amount of material excavated was about 54,- 000,000 cubic yards. In comparison with this the cut at Culebra will have a considerably greater maximum depth and width, even for the project with the eighty-flve-foot summit level. The total cube of excavation at tho Culebra divide was estimated by En gineer Wallace as 180,000,000 cubic yards for the sea-level canal and 111,- 000,000 cubic yards for a canal with a sixty-foot summit level. While In mere size of excavation the cut through the Panama divide is by far the larger, the fact that tho Nochlstongo cut was made with abso lutely no aid from machinery or me chanical power, but wholly with hu man muscle, makes our task on the Isthmus seem like mere child’s play in comparison with that accomplished by those patient toilers under the tor rid sun of Mexico two centuries ago. When one recalls that this deep, arti ficial valley, more than twelve miles long, was all dug by the labor of In dians, who excavated the material with the crudest hand tools and car ried it in baskets on their heads to tho place of final deposit, the great cut of Nochlstongo is entitled to rank, with the Pyramids of Egypt, among the world’s greatest wonders. Whut Governs Price of Dogs. The price paid for a dog seems to be governed not so much by the value of the animal as the sentiment of the pur chaser in the vast majority of cases, and, as a rule, the sporting dog brings the lowest figure. Doubtless this Is lue to tl.e fact that the man who wants \ gun dog is a practical person, while the seeker after the "show dog” pays 'or running the "show." It is granted 'lght here that many a good gun dog also shows well, but the highest prices go for the show animal, pure and sim ple. At a recent sale of pointers and set ters at Birmingham, England, one of the most important sales in years, the entire lot —two score or mere—sold for $3,026. The highest price paid was $325, for the famous female pointer. Coronation (four and a half years) the winner of many championships; while among the setters the choice was Ightfleld Bang (four and a half years), a great field trial winner, who brought only $lB5. American purchasers would have thought these dogs cheap at SI,OOO apiece. In contrast with these prices, the bull terrier Woodcote Wonder sold in New Haven for $5,000 to a San Fran cisco purchaser. Richard Croker, Jr., paid $3,000 for his Champion Rodney Stone, and Frank Gould paid as high as $5,000 for a St. Bernard. These are real prices—unlike many of the amounts running up Into the thousands tagged on to bench space, of not a few 30-cent dogs, exhibited at some of the kennel shows, where it Is believed nec essary to have something attractive. Highest Salaried Woman. Miss Kate Holliday Claghorn, of Brooklyn, has been appointed to be registrar of the tenement house depart ment of the city and le the highest paid woman in the civil service of New York State, her salary being $3,000 a year. At a competitive examination, the only other person to pass was George ■ Hale, a veteran In the department, whose average was a little less than that made by his successful rival. Miss Claghorn in a very prstfv young woman of modest and unassuming manner. RESOURCES OF THE SOUTH. THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT: HUT DEVELOPMENT HAS ONLY JUST COMMENCED. No Section of the United State* Offers Productive l and So ( heap. Opportuniies for Many Millions of Rural Homes. 14Y WILLIAM K. SMYTHS. It is a comfort to us to look forward to the day when our children uud oui grandchildren will be fulllledged cm zens of the Republic? Will they have the same chance or an equally good chance with us, or tho chances that our fathers nn I our grand fat tiers had to enjoy tho blessings of our free in stitutious? Will they have the chance that we have to make or secure, each, a home of his own? It has been said that, tho true test of statesmanship Is the provision which is made for tho comfort of posterity. The present population of the United States WILLIAM E. SMYTHE. Is 80,000,000. A generation more, at the present rate of increase, and if will be 120,000,000 or 120,000,000. A century hence, It will bo 500,000,000 The children of some of us, anyway our grandchildren, will live to see that date. Will tho United States then be able to sustain such a population? No nor half that number, even with ever) arable acre cultivated according to present methods. It is estimated that with every such acre cultivated aftei tho present manner, tho country could produce only enough to sustain 144, 000,000 people. What about the ro malnlng 350,000,000 souls of which our children or grandchildren will ho a part? Do we ever stop to think that the matter for organizing rural settlement throughout the United Ktat.es —ot "Building tho Unfinished Republic,” 1 you please—ls not merely a matter of Increasing material prosperity, or eve: a matter of making homes for tin homeless, but something which Is ah soliitely vital to the very existence of the Nation In times to come, and to come very shortly? Somebody must look ahead; some body must take account of the needs of the future. This Is a portontou question which the future must an swer, and which the future sirnpl' cannot answer unless tho present, gene ration begins to organize its forces for tho systematic and scientific develop ment of our entire fund of natural THE ANGLE LAME ftn not tin Improvement on tfae old cttyle lamp,but nn entirely ICW ML I MU!) of burning oil which hu« mailt common kerosene (or cool oll| the moot eotlufoctory of all IHomlnanU. And when we say satiafactory we mean gatiefactory—not an llltimlnant that merely gives a briUant light, but oi tha combines brilliancy with soft, restiul, pleating qual ity; that i# convenient as gas, safe as a tallow candle; and yet so economical to that in a few months' use - IT ACTUALLY PAYS FOR ITSELF The ordinary lamp with the round wick, generally considered the cheapest of all lighting methods, burns but about 5 hours on a quart of oil, while 1 he Angle Lamp burn* a full 16 hours on the same quantity. This, even where oil is cheai soon amounts to more than its entire original cost, tut in another way it saves as much—perhaps more. Ordinary lamps must always be turned at full height, although o an average of two hours a night all that is really needed is a dim light ready to be turned up full when wanted. A (niton of oil a week absolutely wasted, simply because your lamps cannot De turned iow without unbearable odor. All this is saved in The Angle Lamp, for whether burned at full height or turned low, it gives not the slightest trat of odor or smoke. Y< u should, know more about the lamp, which for its convenience and soft, restful light, might bo consider* d a luxury were it not for the wonderful economy wnich makes it an actual necessity. Write for our catalogue k 15” fully explaining this new principle of oil lighting, and ior our proposition to prove these statement* by ** 30 DAYS’ TRIAL Vfh.n .n.h people ■■ ex.Pre.Men* Ole.eUnd, (be Rnekefetlere, »«l tbe>.ud a 0f.1h.r., , ft. Mr, In, The Ancle I nrep.n...' It ....Blnhl. .. rip e«t Md Heetrle IMbt «x> t.r.n. (lir.w nwh v C"*"'b»t- n rtd «<•■ t»lene 00l Bt» or ordinal’)' l.epn U U purely worth year THE ANGLE MANUFACTOBING CO., 78-80 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK wealth ,nor even then unless method, are ilevised to prevent waste and t« Increase efficiency in every direction The Prophecy of Malthus. A century ago, one Malthus, startet the world by depictin'* the horrori which would some day come fro r over-population. His theory was thi i the number of human beings increased much faster than the means ot» subsistence; hence, that dlsastet must come in the natural course ol events. It was not given him to foreset how vastly the means of subsistence would he increased through the Inven tion of labor-saving machinery, the dis covery of new crops and methods ot cultivation, and (lie improvement oi the means of distribution. So that many of the present-time writers, having In mind the advance of science, speak in nb little deroga tion of the teaching of Malthus as narrow and grounded upon ignorance of tho vast, ever-unfolding resources of (ho world. Nevertheless Malthus’s warnings wore not entirely unjustified, and as applied to ourselves it must, be conceded that'the thoughtful people of the United States have no more urgent business than to make broad outlets for surplus population upon the soil and to train the rising generation so that It will know how to make the best possible uso of natural resources now wastefully employed or altogether neglected. Necessity, the prolific mother of Invention, will doubtless continue to place In our hands new tools which will multlnly our power of production; ’ ■>* If we would escape grave trials and hardships we must do thoroughly and well the work which needs to be done In organizing pros perity for our people by means of rural settlement. ' The rural settlement, and all that this term Involves in Its broad'-ct im plication—the division of land into smaller farm homes, sufficient for the support of n family from the soil, the diversification of crops, and their ut most cultivation and the Improvement and breeding up of plants so that they will yield their greatest product, the utilization of every waste and unpro ductive acre —In short, tho settling of the entire country Into small rural homes, so that each family shall own a piece of land from which he may secure a living for himself and his fumlly—this la the work than which there Is no more Important question bel’oro the country to-day. The Empire of tl.c South. Now all this is merely Introductory to a discussion of the opportunities for domestic expansion in vurlous pai ls of our great country, and of the need’ of private and public enterprise In mak ing these opportunities available for the masses of men. First of all, let us look at that great empire which lies between Mason and Dixon's line and the (Julf of Mexico, and, for the most part, east of the Mississippi ltlver. A native of New England and a citizen of the I’hclflc Coast. I never fully grasped the truth about the South until through travel, I saw and came to know things as they are. I once thought of tho South as an old country, vastly interesting because of Its historic associations, running hack to the earliest English settlements on this continent, hut practically deve loped to the limit of Its normal growth and possessing resources In ferior to some other portions of the Union, especially to those of the Far West. The truth Is something very differ ent. In an economic sense, the South Is a new country, with Immense re (Coutlnucd on next page.) PART TWO.
