The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-10
THE VANDERBILT CHILDREN.
How They are Nursed, Educated, Put to
Bed, and Otherwise Trained.
Nadies' Home Journul.l

Although all the members of the VAN
dcrbilt family entertain on Il magnificent
scale, they never permit their children to
remain up late at night, are extremely
careful in their education, and, in word,
are fitting them for life as we'll rs anv
mother or father could do. 1t is one of
the rules in all the houses of the Wander
bits that the children shall 20 to bed
early and rise early. The little BOYS and
girls are up before o'clock in the morn
ing. Thcrnurses Immediately take charge
of them, see that they are properly bathed
and dressed, and then they go down to
breakfast, which is served at half past
o'clock. 1t Is au unprctcntious meal, ,
with plenty of fresh milk, eggs, oatmeal,
and lit of steak or chop that will add
strength to their physique and color to
their checks After break fast there is an
hour of study. There is something for
these little ones to do at all times during
the day. They go through their studies
Systematically, and then, about half past
9, arc taken out for walk. They are
allowed to romp in the streets and in the
parks to their hearts content.
At II o'clock they arc brought home
and light luchcon of milk and bread is
served, after which there are more
studies-cither French, German, or draw
iug-and then another breathing spell
it NAV be horseback riding, or drive out
through the park and along the country
roads. Back they all come about 4 o'clock
and there is another hour of study, and
they are through for the day They are
allowed to do just as they please until tea
time, when, after their meal, they spend
pleasant hour or so with their fathers and
mothers and others who may drop in to
call. Promptly AT s o'clock they Are all
in bed to sleep soundly, and get up the
next morning and go through the same
programme. So il is not strange that all
the children of the Vanderbilt family arc
further in advance of their little friends
in the matter Of education For they
study, study, study all the time. They are
all fond Of music and most of them can
play on the piano. The girls are learning
to play on the harp, and the bows are
famous among their friends as volinists
and banjo players. If you were to see
these children on the street, YOU would not
for moment suspect that they were other
than children of parents in ordinary cir
cumstanccs. They make no display at
elaborate dress. The eldest of Cornelius
Vanderbilt's daughters is dressed plainly
in little, pretty, cheap dresses without any
braid or ornamentation She wears snug
fitting cloth jackets, and the little cap
that sits gracefully on her head could be
duplicated for couple Of dollars.
The Vanderbilts are all religiously in
clined, and early on Sunday morning the
children are washed and dressed and sent
TO Sunday school. At church time they &c
TO their fathers pew, and sit there with
him and their mother during the service
In the afternoon they go to Sunday-schoo
again. They are never allowed to use
horses or carriages, nor to go out, except
for short walk as a matter of exercise
The day is spent very quietly. They have
an early tea, and in the twilight the chill.
dren gather in the MUSHROOM while on,
Of the ladies plays the piano or organ
Cornelius Vanderbilt, William X, Elliot
F. Shepard and the ladies of the familie.
join for an hour or two in song. The boy
sometimes bring out their violins, til,
young girls play their harps, and there il
an hour or two Of the most deliciou
music that one could imagine. They sin,