Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-14

Master Ogden is handsome. manly little
fellow, the picture of health and good ma.
ture, and it will be neither indelicate mol
ont of place for the reporter to say hero he
learned from one who knows that the boy,
when an infant, was not consigned to the
tender mercles Of a stranger. His mother,
whose first thought is of her home and chill
dren, lad too high an opinion Of the dignity
and responsibilities of motherhood to share
them with nursing bottle.
A moments chat with little Jean as she
turned the leaves of her book, "The Wide
Awake Story Book" convinced the re-
porter that she was child of keen per-
ceptions and she evidently, from her
actions, thinks that big brother of hers is
just about right
Mrs. Reid, who personally looks after the
welfare of her children, does not indulge
them to their hurt 1t is easy to see that
they are under firm if mild discipline.
They both speak French as well as they do
English, and they are progressing rapidly
in the study of German. They have been
told no ghost stories and are not afraid of the
dark Each child has a room exclusively
set apart in the,big house. At $50 every
evening, after bidding their parents good
night, they 60 to their respective apart
ments and are prepared for bed.
just Like Grown Up Folk.
These rooms are furnished simply, in fact
there seems to be a quiet touch to every
thing in the Reid household. jeans room
is connected with that Of her governess,
whose room in turn opens into the school
room. There is no nursery, the children
having grown out of that
Little Jean, though only years old, has
her own private bathtub attached to her
room, which is a marvel of beauty. Master
Mills is similarly provided for on his side
of the house. The reporter was permitted
to visit these rooms and the schoolroom
yesterday.
Mrs Reid's boudoir is handsomely ap-
pointed apartment looking south from the
second story of the hall, commanding a
magnificent view of the Sound and the
county. 1t is furnished in red, and with
exquisite taste. 1t opens into her sleeping
apartments; which are connected by pri-
vate hall with Mr. Reid's bedroom. Mr..
Reid's room opens into another room, which
is easy of access to the children, and they
have carte blanche to it at all times. Any
childish trouble, any Juvenile difficulty
may be easily surmounted or readily solved
here. 1t is a place for tender condolences
between mother and children, and 1t is prob
ably used more frequently than any other
part OF the spacious house.
There are two nurses, German girl and
Swiss girl, who speaks French, both Sc
lected because of the advantages derived by
foreign languages.
Cecile, Mrs Reid's maid, entered the
family as a nurse and served in that capac-
ity for some time. She is Swiss Pro-
testant from Lausanne, and her mistress
prizes her highly.
Not an Idle Woman.
Mrs. Reid is director in the Bellevue
Training School for Female Nurses, and
also President of the Home of Industry,
non-sectarian charity. This society refused
her resignation when she went to Europe.
During her absence her place was filled by
the first Vice President
She is joint heir with her only brother,
Ogden, to the immense fortune of D. o.
Mills, fortune from which she received q
large endowment at the time of her
friend is probably Mrs. DR.. Endicott (nee
Sherman), of Bostoh. Mrs. Endicott, when
Miss Rachel Sherman, accompanied Mrs.
Reid and her husband to Europe several
years ago, and a friendship was formed
between the young wife of the editor and
the daughter of the veteran soldier that
will last through life. Other very close
friends are Miss Nellie Mcdowell, daughter
OF the late Major General Mcdowell, Of the
United States Army, and Miss Mccullough,
whose father was once Secretary of the
Treasury.
And now q word in conclusion about the
possible leader OF Washington society in
1893 (Mrs. Harrison, it will be remembered,
is in very poor health If the reporter
were called upon to guess how old she is he
would refuse to do SO, but if asked to
quietly Calculate" he would assume that
In 1877, the year before Mr.. Reid first met
her, and in which year she was probably
society debutante. she was not younger than
16 nor older than 18