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MAN'S LOVE FOR A CHILD
TRANSCENDS ALL HUMAN
LAJV, FOSTER FATHER SAYS
When Children Were Detained at Ellis
Island "I Buried My Face in My
Hands and Sheek With Realization
That Our Destinies Are Inseparable
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QEVEN little Russian children, snatched from the caldron of revolution
by a kindly American fightinR man, are completing their Americaniza
tion at a summer camp near Coepcrstown, N. Y.
These are the adopted sons and daughters of Rear Admiral Newton
A. McCully, United States Navy, who is bachelor. Up in the country
made famous by Janie3 Fenimore Cooper's Leather Stocking Tales they
are living with ether American children.
And as they become Americanized they teach. They impart some of
their native courtesy and lack of sclf-conscieusncas te their playmates,
and in return they receive lessens in push, energy and self-reliance.
Each of the Russian children of
the admiral's adopted family has a
tt
ad tale te tell of the less of father
or mother or both.
Seme will never knew their par-1
ents fate. Fer the fathers and i
mothers who looked after and loved I
them se tenderly before the revolu
tion disappeared in the confusion
following evacuation of the Crimea'
by General Wrnngcl, when the Bol Bel
hevists smashed through his lines. '
Dead? Nene knows. Lest? Yes.
And even memory of them fast is
fading from the minds of the
younger children.
In appearance these seven little
Russians are net te be distinguished
from any ether children in this '
country. True, the admiral has them i
all dressed mere or less alike.
Beys and girls wear gray cordu
roy suit3 of knickers and blouses.
They have learned English and
speak it quite well, with the ex-,
ceptieh of the younger children, who
still have difficulty in expressing I
their thoughts. When talking among
s- themselves they invariably use
I Russian.
Nikolai is the eldest. He is
thirteen years old and already has
mastered American slang. He is
without parents, and was shot in the
leg during fighting: between Gen
eral Wrangel's forces and the Bol
shevists. "Hew were you shot?" he was
asked.
"I'd rather net say just new, some
ether day," he said smiling, and ran
off te play.
As a matter of fact, Admiral Mc
Cully is net willing te have his
charges talk tee much about their
past. He wants them te forget the
horrors from which they have es-
Early Lives of Children
Saddened by Tragedies
PACH of the admiral's seven
adopted children has a sad
history. Nikolai is thirteen years
old, and is without parents. He
was shot in the leg during fight
ing between General Wrangel's
forces and the Bolshevists. His
father was killed in action, fight
ing for Russia en the German
front, early in the war. His
mother died of typhoid.
When the admiral first heard
of this boy he was fighting
against the Bolshevists. He ivas
picked up at Kharkev while Deni
kin's troops were retreating
through the town. He acted as
a mascot for the soldiers. It is
his beast that he killed two Bol
shevists. He was eventually
sent te an orphanage in Constan
tineple, where the admiral found
him.
Leudmila, twelve years old, has
a father living in .Russia. She
uas taken from the orphanage at
Yclta, in the Crimea. Her father
gave written permission for her
te come te America.
Tassia, Ninotchka and To Te
nitchka came from the orphan
age at Yelta. Feder, a boy, five
years old, has no parents living
that he knows of. The ethers arc
net sure just what fate has be
fallen their fathers and metlurs.
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children, whose plight had se touched
hltu.
"There s much these Russian nnd
American children ran teach each
ether. The Russians are delightful in
that they have a perfect lack of self
consciousness. Their courtesy, tee, Is
exquisite."
It was Indeed se, for as each little
one was marched up and Introduced,
there wns n courtesy from the glrli
and a manly handithnke from the boys.
Then off they were again, unconscious
of the scrutiny directed uceu them.
Every Heur in Camp
la Governed by Rules
In ramp the children are up at "first
call." at 0:05. Then at 7 they take a
dtp In the Inke nnd setting up exercises,
nnd at 7:50 comes reveille. Break
fast In served at 8 In thp big mess
pavilion, nfter which comes tent In
spection at 0:115.
Ry this time each of the children Is
expected te hare made his bed nnd te
have nlded In tidying up the open-air
sleeping pavilion and the adjacent
grounds.
At rt.JIO come various camp activities,
such ns nrts and crafts and manunl
training work, nnd tlie morning swim
nt 11. Ry 12 the children are ready
for mesM again, and et 1 P. M. each is
tucked into his cot, where he must sleep
for hnlf nn hour.
At 1.R0 letter writing nnd reading are
in order, nnd from 2 te 4 nre outdoor
games, such as tennis, basketball and
"hew dear te each oilier these children
and I arc until I parted from them at
Ellis Island. I went bncK te my snip
without them.
"Entering their room en the ship, I
found some of their little traps ami
playthings nnd began te collect these
childish relics.
"I had e sit down, nnd burying my
face in my hands, I shook with the
realization thnt the destinies of these
children and myself nre Inseparably
linked. I knew then thnt n man's love
for n chid transcends nil humnn laws,
the machinations of statesmen, of the
Intrigues of International cabinets."
Children Admitted en Parele
After Appeal te Washington
Admiral McCully hastened te Wash
ington nnd nfter n dny of conferences
the Department of Laber, through A1-.
fred Hampton, Acting1 Commissioner
General of Immigration, ordered that the
children be admitted en parole In the
care of the admiral until the case was
definitely decided, uenu was set ni
$300 for e,nch, and the admiral prompt
ly put it up.
Telling of his fight te bring them In,,
the admiral said:
"1 first went te the Secretary of
the Navy (then Mr. Daniels). He was
net only my superior officer in the serv
ice, but I knew him te be a kind-hearted
man. , ,
"I related te him the work I had
been doing in Russln, nnd told him of
conditions In southern Russln. Then I
told him about these children, nnd
asked If he would net intercede with
me In their behalf with the Secretary
of Laber.
"I told the Secretary of the Navy
McCully' s Wards Barred
On Their Arrival in V. S,
ADMIRAL McCULLY had te
fight before he could bring
his seven adopted children into
the country. When they arrived
at Ellis Island they were barrtd
by the immigration authorities en
the ground that they might 6.
come public charges. Finally the
admiral put up bends of $500
each for them, and carried tht
case te Washington.
He first interviewed Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and ex
plained the entire situation (
him. Then Secretary Daniels get
into touch with the Secretary of
Laber, with the result the order
admitting the children in custody
of the admiral was signed.
seen in seven years, and committees of
women showered kisses upon the sevtn
little strangers from RiiMtln.
Motorcars were waiting te carry the
?arty te the home of Mrs. Jehn A.
tusscll, where they were guests at a
luncheon given In their honor. At tlie
Russell home the admiral's wnttf (.
prectcd by almost a hundred chlMrm
nnd their mothers. The seven ntim
Russian displayed lively interest, hih!
within a few minutes the boys of tin
admiral's party were In the big rnrd
playing with the youngsters who hid
come te greet them.
Following the luncheon, the party,
consisting of the admiral, his wards Ud
I
proudly te me thnt he had killed two
Helshevlsts, but I nm inclined te doubt
tills stntement. He was eventunlly put
In nn orphanage In Constantinople,
W past. He wants them te forget the whfre j sent for hlm ..
H horrors from which they have es- Lnudmila, the eldest gri. twelve.
caned, and te learn te leek forward, captivated the admiral by her sweet
1 net backward. Besides, he feels tee i smile nnd winning ways when be U-ltcd
f much questioning will make them the erpbnnngc nt Yelta. In the Crimea
H self-conucieus.
5 History of Each Child
Told in Admiral's Uoek
The admiral Is writing a book him
self, In which he will give the history
of each of the children, nnd tell hew he
came te bring them te this country.
Nikolai's father whs killed in action,
fighting for Hut-sin en the German
front enrly in the wnr
where she had been placed
This little girl's futhcr llvei in Rus
sia, hut he gave written permission te
the admiral te bring the child te the
Pnlted States, realizing that she would
find here a haven, but might die of
starvation If kept in the Crimen.
TasMn, the next eldest girl, is eleven.
She also came from the nrphuniigc nt
Yeltn. nnd is described by the admiral
I ns "a very fin" little girl." Helli her
S3
"When 1 first heard of this boy,
explained the admiral recently, "he
was in the trenches fighting the Hol Hel
shevlsts. His parents dfed, but knew
the town In which he hud lived, nnd the
street number et hln old home. Hln
mother, I found, hnd died of typhoid
fiver. ... .
"The bev wns picked up nt knr-kev
while DcnIUln'w troops were retrentln?
through the town. He acted us n sort
of mascot for the soldiers.
"When I found hlm he benstcd
parents ere dead.
Ninotchka, who Is seven jenrs old. Is
nne of the brinhtest of the group. Sh
first attracted the admiral's attention
by her ability. It wss sold at the or-
J phanege that she could knit two pairs
of bocks, for Instance, wime uie emer
children were knitting one.
Tedor, a boy, Is the years old. His
English is ery bieken nnd he dislikes
being taken away from his fishing puud
or the weeds and fieldn. He Is suld
at the camp te be a horn naturalist.
Rear Admiral Newton A. Mc
Cully, his seven adopted children
and their governess, Eugenia
Sclifaneva, en their arrival at
Ellis Island
lies nnd their pedigrees were carefully
looked into before adoption.
"There is no reason why any one
in the world tdieuld weiry about the
welfare of thec children," said the
ndinir.il recently. "Thej are going te
be ghen the very bc-t of care, educa
tien nnu training, nnd it Is my purpose
te raise them just as if they were my
own nnd try te make lite worth while
for them nfter all the misery and hard
ship they linve gene through."
Just te make sure the children, when
nt home In Andersen, S. C, lived
under what he considered te be the
proper regime, tnc minima drew up
siitcen typewritten pages of rules and
regulations. Ills uiece, Miss Vita Pat
rick, and the Russian governess, who
between them divide responsibility for
the children, fellow the rules Implicitly.
I'nder these rules each day begins
with gyinnnstle exercises. These nre
much like the setting-up drill of the
navy. A cold bath fellows, then "nil
hands nre piped below" for breakfast.
Rreakfn'-t, the admiral decided, mii'-t
consist of lerenl, eggs and mill:. The
cereal recommended is hominy. This
the admiral considers excellent feed
for growing children. He wns brought
up en It himself.
A light luncheon is prescribed, con
sisting ( hleilj of Russian brown lireai'
aim uuiKTumii. i'juiicr ih sorted caii
evening at 7, when the children my
nave vegeiauies et ineir cIioesjir,
meat nnd dessert. The drlnkln;
wnter with meals is fei bidden
milk or cocoa may be served.
In this cemiectlun. It mlf.itbe
mentioned that these chlldri (uld
never tnsted meat until the ndinirul
took them under his churw-. JTThcy
uv iwfi -,i:w j u-L il wr Ulfl at a
tunc, ler icur it might ma? t'em ill,
se lung had they exiitcd in J
starved condition.
At home a daily chn Jtf lp keji
whs 1-niniK nnu tlie gevt mess, and
the children nre grnd'l'iccerdlng te
tne manner in whltlihey perform
their duties, lied t-'Mit indicate that
me mines nave bei , 'vfell performed,
nnd the child roc uvj,B the greatest
numecr or feu knii, p,.ts one gelj ,
wnicli lie or me dviifs. '
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gives lessens inyiVnsslun, and for an-
eiuer iieur Ml! Patrick uives Idsm.iis
in i.ngusii.
An Heur fa Day Devoted
te Seining or Mending
An iiecjv a day , devoted te sewing,
v .,, L-iuiues nru mauc or
menueiy stockings darned or fancy
" urme. .MKeini always puya one
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Why Admiral McCully
Adopted Seven Children
EXPLAINING why he adopted
se many children, Admiral
iJUcCully said:
"I brought back seven of them
se they would take care of one
'another. If I had brought back
one child, or even two or three,
. then probably would have be-
conic se homesick that I would
nt have been able te take care
fef them. But I brought back
nven te they a play with one
tether."
She admiral does net care te
Mivs his children questioned con-
'tpirning their past. It net only
makes them self-conscious, he
explains, but brings back tee
vividly the terrible experiences
through which they have gene.
Each had lest either one or
'both parents, and was sadly
undernourished when adopted by
the admiral. New they are in
glooming health, normal and
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and it always bringing In (lowers mid mei tnn $j,5e m,mtUi lls ,. lm(
shrubs for clasHitlentien. a .nall amount is deducted if they de
He fishes whenever he gets n chance n rf perform their work well. IJnch
nnd is net the lenst bit discouraged be
cause lie never gets a bite. He docs net ti .
. u uur L,ives inseparably
Linked, Says McCully
seem ns rugged ns the ether children
Rut perhaps the frailest is
Tenitchka. four years old. Hhe
it is true, grown three inches
me was Dieugui u iiinvricu. nm r l(
does net gnin in weight as rapidly tls
the ethers.
Ten Children Chesen,
but Three Fail in Test
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Originally the ndmlrnl lute led te
bring ten children from Rriu und
make them his own, but tl iVee failed
te pass the physyal cxuinr jutluna nnd
had te be left behind.
In addition te the eh l,ircii is Eu
genia Hellfnnevn, the g jverness. She '
is nineteen years old, umj yvus also
at the Yclta erpluinugeyf wjer she was
an asslbtniit matron j She dlsplnyed
wonderful sympathy Aer them and the
admiral asked her t, come te America
ns his ward te hel , out with the chil
dren. -
Twe of the ch'Mren will turn out te
be above the m -rnge, the admiral be
lieves, three w f be average, and two
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Their first American meal. The McCully fester children, after their release from Ellis Island, were
taken te the Children's Hospital in Washington, where their dinner consisted chiefly of ham und eggs
REAR ADMIRAL NEWTON
' A. McCULLY has learned the
meaning of love for a child. Said
this bacheler: "I never fully real
ized hew dear te each ether these
children and I arc until I parted
from them at Ellis Island. I
went back te my ship without
them.
"Entering their room en the
ship, I found some of their trapt
and playthings, and began te
collect these childish relics.
"I had te sit down and, bury
ing my face in my hands, I shook
with the realization that the des
tinies of these children and my
self are inseparably linked. I
knew then that a man's love for
a child transcends all human
laws, the machinations of states
men or the intrigues of interna
tional Cabinets."
Newton A. McCully, Rear Ad
miral, U. S. N.
hns a specific duty, either te aid with
fenie household task, tend deer, or
work in the garden n certain length of
time inch du.v. And their play h net
I neglected.
' Up at Camp Fenimore, near Coopcri Ceopcri Coepcri
town, tlie children play with the little
Americans there, in the American wny.
With very little coaxing, however,
they will play their own Kiissl.in games
ami dunce their Russian d.uues.
The old, old story of Sleeping ltenuty
and the Renst Is ns well known te the
little Russians us te children of ether
nationalities. It is 0110 of their na
tional children's games, and they play
1 It through te the end, singing us they
go.
I The admiral's charges can sing the
I Amcrk'iiu national airs, as lustily a
'any American child. It Is when they
nre asked te sing their own Russian
I songs, however, that their Utile bluvie
nersenalltles show themselves.
I As the childish voiced trill along, the
J
eyes grew wide and blight, nnd their
fmes glow with the quiet mysticism of
their native country.
Ciiinp l'enlmeie is en the uist shore
et uisiye i.uku, aueut u mile
1 Coepcibtuwit. It is a typical summer 1
enmp for children ranging in age fiein (
lour years te twelve.
Lake Otsego is the "gllmmcrgless"
refcrnd te se often by Cooper. There
are glimpses of it in "The Pioneers,"
while the action in "Deersluyer" and
"The l.nst of the Mohicans" revolves
nreiiml this Ixautiful sluet of wnter,
nine mil en long nnd one te thiee miles
wide, nestling in the CatsklllH,
There nre "Council Reck," where
young Leather Ktei king had his ren
dezvous with I'hlngni'hgoek; Nutty
Kumpe'H Cave, I'rnspiet Retk, Cooper's
Chalet Farm, nnd Lintlier Stocking
Fnll, also Clinten's Dam Marker,
which Is identified with 11 turning point
In the wnr agiiiust the tlx nations,
lu such surroundings the little Rus
sians nie receiving their Instruction in
American ways, American traditions
and American ideals.
"We feel it 1h n piivllege te have
these little Russians here this sum
mer," said Mrs, Clifferd I. Hralder,
one of these lu clinrsc of the enmp. "I
met the ndmlrnl in Constantinople,
while I wns deln; newspaper work
there during the wnr. ami It was at
that time lie "told me of his intention
te adept some of the .little Russian
kindred sports.
ing and rowing.
At .'!.") tomes the "afternoon idle,"
consisting of crackers nnd milk; then
from 1 ",c eiiiiurcii nre iree te louew ineir
own bents until 4,r0. At .i.Jlll comes
"retreat," the ceremony of
thnt I had served thirty-eight years,
nnd, as he knew, lu two years mere I
could ask for letlremeut. I told him
I did net want te letlie and I did net
sec any leasen ler my doing se, for 1
believe, with the nurse of my wards,
who speaks Russian, nnd my niece nnd
lowering 1 the children could he well ,.,,V..a f,,
even
navy.
continued
serve
the colors, nnd nt (1 the children nre
ready for mess again.
In evenings are the enmpfires, the! "Secretary Daniels lest little time In
singing, the dancing and the music and ! 0f tte'K'.'i; o"!e" ? iS SSZ
the stories of the redskins. Crackers ' signed, admitting the little ones In my
and milk nt 8.30 1. M. and off te bid. ' custody.
When Admiral McCully arrived at' " hi might seven of them se thev
New Yerk with the children the Imml- ' m"d ''j . '"A'' "' ', ''"' '"ether. If I
.,..,,,, ,i "."u nreugnt one ihiid, or even two or
gratlen authorities shut the deer en the three, they probably would have beieuie
youngsters, despite the fact thnt un K homesick that I would net have been
American ndmlrnl wns trying te bring !!.I?, !',' 'a.he va,e .,et tl,L''- ""' 1
i . , .i I. "brought seven n that 1 wl brine
them in te make them his own. e they'd play with one another."
Admirul McCully hnd been American i
High Commissioner te Hcbnstopei nnd Greeted by Thousands
the Crimen. He knew General Wrnngel I a -.;i ... ...
well. He met the people, and his heart . H Arriv in GreciWllle
ached when he saw the sufferings of
the children. He could net adept them
nil, but he selected seven.
When the deportation order wns is
sued, en tlie ground thnt the children
might become public charges, the ad
miral promptly announced his Intention
of taking the matter up with the au
thorities In Washington.
Consequently, lie left the children nt
Litis Island In charge of their gover
ness. He told hew he had been affected
by parting with his "children." It had
been their Aitt Mparutleu since they
had embarked at Constantinople.
"I never fully realized," he said,
wneii rtim in ai. McCully and his
.ims, ,., un uiiiuien imil been re
leased from Kills Island, went south
ward tewnid his home at Andeuen.
they stepped efT nt (Ireenville, S C
ii ml found n tumultuous uoeptlon had
w. ...i itiiuu.u mi iiicui.
As they stepped off the tmln thev
weie greeted with the reusing cheers of
MI00 persons who had gathered nt the
station te tnke pint in the Joint ,,.,.,,.
ion te the ndmlral and his wards nnd
i ii (ummnnder Lvnnsolliie Iloeth, Aim
hnd gene there te ilcillcntn n
Salvation Auny Hospital of the Houth.
The admiral's mother, Mrs. Carrie.
Kretwell McCully, stepped into the
uruw of her bon, whom she hud net
Admiral McCully'a fester chil
dren as they appear today. Frem
left te right, they nre: Tonitch Tenitch
ka, four years old; Feder, fire
Ninotchka, seven: TassU,
eleven; Tenina, twelve; Nich Nich
elai, thirteen, and Ludmila,
twelve
their governess, his mother nnd the
visiting committees, left for Andersen,
where the children remained with Mrs.
McCully while the admiral's home In
Washington wns being prepared ter
them.
A helmed Christmas celebration vvai
held In the big living room, where the
children gathered around n tree loaueii
with presents of every description. M-
chilil received n slice of fruitcake, male
by Mrs. McCully twenty years before,
nnd kept in n sealed container. AH"
they were put te bed, tired but naPPf'
Mrs. McCully gave them each a gooJ geoJ goeJ
night klb. , .
Later the ndmlrnl wn busy in Urtjf
Ington, happier than he had ,v',,1)"'!
before In his life, buying urnitul et
toys, dishes and equipment for the nur
.., . I,,., .u lu.lnir titled III). VM'1
ull was ready the chtldicn were taken
te Washington.
Growth of Children
Astonishes Andersen
The people of Andersen were aston
ished at thu remarkable growth et wc
child! en during their brief stuy there.
All were taught te swim. The """!
of the uilniiiiil'M family said he hed tow
them thnt he grew mere tlinnuful iW'
that the children were here In America,
instead of starving in Russln. "
McCully, the nnvnl officers mother,
takes mere pride In the children tue'
many metheis de In their own I Km
bleed, nnd she believes they will nil
successful In business or the profession
when they grew up. .
Little S'inetclika never smiled vjM
shii first cniiie te this country. -
she Is one of the hupplest of the K"-"1'?;
Nikolai has realized from the start vvnai
adoption by the admiral has mennt i
hlm. , . .!,
When the Flerida, the admiral J
flagship, was nt Annapolis early
June nil the children went ".',
spend the day with him, nnd bid hi"
geed-by for the summer. And they nau
such n Joyous day. each one trying if
keep held of their beloved "Admlfw'.
V.1...1....1 M..c.iu. lefi was hlngie"
five yenrs age, going te 1'etregrnd a"
nnvul attache. During the "
served in Northern Russia, nm lai"
was transferred te Rarls. Then he
sent te Southern Russia ns observer
during the warfare between Pound aiw
the llelshpvild force-. Press dlspnl J
have meiitlened his services In dlrecims
rescue work unions the children I no
bustopel, following the collnpse or K'i
euii vvruugeiH nriiiy, imi " ,ytH- ;!
occusleus he has Issued cmIIb for "'"Wl
the children of that warrdevasUW ji
I
country.
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