KRUL LAIIl1-AMItKILAN I ILL Uk AKCHITECIUKL
,,ASHINGTON --Dur ing the w ee{ that has elapsed since its formal opening the new building of the Bureau
ilof American ERpublics has be'en a center of attraction for all visitors in the national capital. It is
especially interesting because of the Latin-American style of Its architecture, and its most attractive fea
ture is the typical Spanish-American patio or courtyard. Entering this patio, with its exotic plants and
open corrIdors and stairways, one leaves the climate and locality of Washington behind. The pavement repro
4uces well known archaeological fragments from Mexico, Guatemala and Peru, and in the center is a beautiful
Iosntaln that was designed by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney,
FLOCK OF CHILDREN
[tae English Woman Successfully
Manages 384 Children.
iUss E. E. A. Beattle, Employed by
'Government Trustee, Acts as Offi
clal Parent to Nineteen Score
of Youngsters.
!ondon.-A woman who can suc
aerefully manage and look after 384
4hiren-a task few mothers would
k-has been discovered in London.
She Is Miss E. E. A. Beattie, the
b clal "mother" on behalf of the pub
brustee, and her duties consist in
F to the daily wants and cares
children whose financial affairs
=it the hands of that official.
-1 hile the public trustee sees that
money or property of the child Is
etperly invested or managed (until
or she Is 21), Miss Beattie is the
Isiman" trustee-she attends to the
Isppiness and creature comforts.
Miss Beattle was seen in her neat,
Uhitesslike office at St. Clement's
Ia. Instead of looking very tired
sand careworn-as one might reason
ably expect-Miss Beattie was smiling
sad optimistic.
