The Oregon daily journal., August 21, 1921, Page 55, Image 55

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,' AUGUST 21, 1921.
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The Admiral's House on I Street,
Washington "a Red Brick Battle- "
hip Wherein the Seven Little Rus-,
sians Are Cruising Into True
.Americanism.".
EVERYBODY will remember the buzs
of comment that went; up through
the country when Rear Admiral
Newton A. MdCully, of the United States
Navy, arrived not long ago with seven lit
tle Russian children whom he had picked
out from among the refugees there and
had brought over tq adopt and train up
Into first-class American citizens.
The Immigration Bureau hesitated. Here
was something entirely, new in their ex
perience. They knew that Rear Admiral
McCully is one of the finest of upstanding
Americans; they knew that he had plenty
of money end unusual education, and Intel-'
ligence, and that his quaint old house of
red brick, down at No. 1821 I street in
Washington, is one of the finest old homes
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But the admiral Is a bachelor and that
is why the department hesitated. He was
able, as he had' often proven, to handle a
feet of battleships and look after the
health, education and discipline of thou
sands of "gobs." ,But seven children!
Could any bachelor :look properly after
them? - ,
Within a few days Washington was con
vinced that at least the experiment was
entitled to a trial and dropped down the
bars. In a little while in the odd old brick
house, were domiciled Nikolai Snourov Mc
Cully, 12 years old; Fedor Pazko McCully,
4 years old ; LSndmila Manetzkaya McCully,
11; Nina Furman McCully, 11; Anastasla
Bherhakova McCully, 10; Minotchka Rash
avalica McCully, 6, and Tonitchka Kll
menko McCully, 3. The admiral had begun f
his uprearing of them.
Thousands of women through the coun
try sniffed dubiously 'when they read this
news and wondered audibly what was go
ing to happen to those seven children in
the hands of a bacheor rear admiral, 'no
matter how well intentioned and capable (
he might be so far as ships and sailors
were concerned. How was he going to
bring them up? How would he meet the
problems of scientific feeding of a bunch
of children ranging from three to twelve?
How was he going to keep them clean?
How would he know how to dress them,
and so on, and so on, through the multi
tudinous duties of a combined father and
motherhood?
These questions can now be answered.
After the admiral had installed his -foster
children in his house h sat down and
' formulated, from A to Z, all the rules for
bringing up children that his experience
with and analysis , of the flaws in the
methods of friends and auaintances had
ruggested to him. These cover sixteen
long official pages, and already every one
of the seven children, except the three, 7
four and six-year-olds, know them by heart.
Every minute of the.day is taken up. . The
household, has been organized, as a mat
ter of fact, on the plan of a battleship,
each member , having certain prescribed
duties and certain "stations." Just as on
board a fighting vessel each sailor has as
signed to him an area which he is required
to keep clean and In order, so it is for
, each little Russian McCully. .
"Everybody must work," says the ad
miral. "Who does not work has no right
; to eat" : '
Beside the active daily life of the house
hold, the admiral has promulgated a series
or instructions upon conduct and thought
One of the most Important of these is ex
tremely bachelor like and, perhaps, ' re
veals why Admiral McCully has remained
a bachelor. It Is:
' "Do not kiss anybody and do not let
anybody kiss you." ; - '
On the upper right-hand side of this page
on the blackboard may be seen the order
of the day for the six working days of fh
week which the children must obey. On
Sundays and holidays there are slight dif
ferences and "lights out" is half an hour
later ten o'clock. Also, the children do
not have to "turn out, throw back, bed
clothes, etc until 8 a.m.
Some of the details of the dally routiaa
Battleship, but with the
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The Seven Little Russian McCulIys.- Front Row, from Left to Right;
Minotchka Rashavalina McCully, Fedor Pazko McCully, - Lindmila
Manetzkaya McCully, Anastasia Sherbakova McCully and Tonitchka
Klimenko McCully. Back Row,
as prescribed by the rear admiral follow:
Turn Out Nurse calls children, - who .
turn out promptly. Do not delay commence
jaent of exercises on account of tardy chil
dren. Do not make repeated calls to turn
out, but make note of absentees.
Morning Exercise Consists of a certain
number of exercises as prescribed in Muel
ler's Manual, taken in flight dress.
Bath After exercise a cold bath either
shower or with a sponge. Boys first. " In
'Summer the water can run from the tap.
but In Winter It should be run 1 out the
night before and allowed to stand. :
Rubdown Rub skin dry . with coarse'
towel, wrap towel about body, run to bed
room' and begin massage.
. Massage Strip off all clothes and rub
, skin bard with bare hands., Leave no por
tion of skin not massaged. Carry out mas
sage near open window. Do not omit the
; breathing exercises. On completion of
' massage take drink of cold water.
Morning Work First thing to do Is to
sweep out one's own room and put It In
order, tearing window open. Then carry
out morning work of housecleaning, wiping
- off with damp cloth after sweeping down
all surfaces likely to catch dust. - While
doing morning work girls wear handker
chief or cap.orer their hair. .
Breakfast Distribute the food In propor
tion to amount children are likely to eat.
If there Is meat for breakfast none is to
be gtren to children who do not first eat
their fruit and cereal. v .
Daily Walk During daily walk children
will be in charge of nurse. During the
walk children may be taken to any shops
where it may be necessary tor them to go.
Evening Recreation At first there will .
be music for about fifteen minutes, then
half an hour's dancing, followed by singing.
. Rooms On going to rooms children
thlft -promptly Into night dress. Then
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dean shoes worn during day and wash
stockings. Underclothes worn during day
will be put to one side for sunning or air
tug next morning, and underclothes aired
during day laid out with next day's cos
tume. Turn In Children must be in bed by the
time for turning in. Lights will be turned
off at this time. If any difficulty about get
ling children to turn in electric globes will
be removed and short N bits of candles
eerred out.
The eldest girl, Lindmila Manetkays
McCully, Is appointed assistant house
keeper. It is ordered that she shall "clean
the station assigned to her, accompany
the housekeeper to market,' and learn how
to buyJiouse supplies and keep account of
them."
The next eldest girl, Nina Furman Mc
Cully. Is assistant cook. Her duties are
to "clean station assigned to her" and as
sist in preparing meals and clearing the
table. ..When the cook Is off duty she may
be required to wash the dishes and clean
the silver. -
The next eldest glrL Anastasia Sherba
kova McCully, Is 'assistant to the nurse.
She Is expected to "clean station assigned
to her," help -with the- younger children
and take the nurse's place when necessary
The oldest boy, Nikolai Snourov Mo
. Cully, Is gardener and furnace man. . His
business is to "clean station assigned to
him," keep in good order the front yard,
garden and outside of the house and keep
the furnace going In cold weather.
The Junior boy, Fedor Pazko McCully,
Is to help the senior boy as well as he can ;
also. to act as messenger, carrying mes
sages between members of the household.
. - The junior girls, Minotchka Rashavalina
McCully and Tonitchka Klimenko McCully,
act as doormalds and housemaids -.-.Pay
day Is once a month. - The monthly
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pay of the 'gardener, assistant housekeeper,
assistant cook and assistant nurse Is $L50.
The first door maid gets SQ cents a month,
the second door maid, 25 cents, and the
messenger 25 cents. 1 '
Upon the admiral's staff are a house
keeper, governess and nurse, who must
obey even more rigid rules than the chil
dren. ' The children are taught the 'value of
money and responsibilities.' The money,
each earns Is Its Individual property and
may be spent as It likes. . Advice Is given
' in regard to spending the money, but the
child must be quite free in spending it.
If a child breaks or - loses anything
through carelessness the value of the arti
cle may be taken from the monthly pay.
If the value of the article is more than the
monthly pay it wCl be distributed over the
other months so that the child each month
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may draw at least a third of Its pay. The
children are not allowed tor receive money
as a gift from anyone.. If the child still
has money remaining at - the end of a
montl , and wishes to put it in the bank the
admiral adds to it an equal sum. --
Under the head of "Control and Training
of Children' Rear Admiral McCully has set
down the following, which wOI be of in
terest to every parent in America:
. The child must know that It has a mis
sion in life. , - v . , . r . - ,-
, Bounds cannot be set for the develop
ment of human Intelligence.' The extent
of Its development depends first of all on
. the training the child receives. In the
first days of Its life the child learns more
" than it ever does in any one day there
after. Always the child Is learning, and
learning with such rapidity that It Is diffi
cult for the. Intelligence of the grown-ups
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to set the pace. It Is the
business of the grown-ups to
-see that the child develops
into a . more Intelligent, a
healthier, ' a more beautiful
: and a superior being. In every,
way than those grownup!
tnemselves.
To . accomplish this end
there are necessary brains,'
love, patience and attention.
- Brains train insects, and
brains harness the mighty
forces of nature. Brains
prevent disease and can
create beauty and happiness,
and "if one only has enough
of them they can beat grim
death j himself,"- (George
Meredith.) -
There must be love also.
AH effort may be lost if the
chUd does sot feel at every
moment that it Is loved.
. Then there must be un
wearying patience and con
stant attention.
Operation There must be
a planned scheme on which
to operate.
The child must feel that
there Is a scheme, and that
this scheme. Is never either
weary or forceful. Even If at
times the operation of the scheme may not
be perceptible, yet the child must feel un
consciously that it etill exists, persistent,
passionless and inexorable. And still It
must, be elastic and adaptable to circusv
etances, lth neither harshness nor sever'
Ity, and it must never lose the quality ol
humaa sympathy. Physical force will have
no place in this scheme.
Application The Intelligence of a child
Is characterized by a lively curiosity, a
spirit of inquiry, a facility for Imitation, a
love of the bizarre, and by an untram
meled Imagination, i These qualities the
preceptlon must take advantage of.
First of all children must learn by prao
tlcal experience. Instructed ia what Is
right, they must be shown where doing '
wronjr entails its own penalty. Then they
begin to learn that great principle of cause
and effect.
. Children are eager, for praise. . Admoni
tion Is useful, but when a child does any
thing well do not fail in the due measure
of praise. ;
- When a chDd evades a duty, or Is will
ful or negligent. Its attention should be
called to the fault, so that it may not think
the scheme is weary. So that It may not
think the scheme Is forgetful it may again
at some quiet moment .when Hs mentality
may not . be agitated be reminded of the
fault This should be the limit of blame.
Anger is human. An angry moment now
and then will not do much harm,' unless
the grown-up should say something that,
would be better left unsaid.
Punishment may occasionally be neces-
- sary, but never in the form of force, if for
'no other reason than that mental punish
ment Is far more effective. -
No punishment to last longer than a
very short time.
No punishment win ever be given for a
matter about .which the child has told the
truth..' ,.
' When all these things are done the child
- will know its mission in life.
Everyone will watch with tremendous in
terest this cruise of the bachelor rear ad
miral in the seas of paternal responsibili
ties for the seven children are cruising,
certainly, even though on dry land and la
a red brick battleship, "with a real flag
officer in command. -' J -- s
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