St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-25
town looking after their little charges
in the church mission

THEY ARE EARLY RISERS.
These young ladies are up every
morning at Z o'clock-not very fash
ionable hour, but an extremely
healthy one Everything in the Rookie
feiIer household moves like a piece of
machinery, and for years the family
has sat down to breakfast at 1880
o'clock. The two daughters have
only one maid between them. What is
more, they occupy the same large bed
room on the east side of the second
floor. There are two small beds in
the. apartment, which opens into two
large, sunny rooms-one furnished in
Roak and. the other in mahogany. These.
are the dressing rooms, boudoirs and
1 working rooms all combined. Miss
Alta uses the mahogany room and
Miss Edith the oaken apartment. Each
room has substantial, business-like
desk, fitted with "a large rack of
pigeon holes, the latter filed with
neatly folded letters and bills.
Both of these girls are thorough
business women. They are allowed
large sums yearly, and they control
the expenditure absolutely Almost
from infancy they have been taught
all their doings. They each keep a
miniature set of books, have indi-
vidual bank accounts, and can tell
to a cent just where their money
has gone for the past several years
1t is almost needless to say that very
little of their money has gone into the
Golfers of the Fifth avenue modiste
or milliner
The hfad kf9St in tho PnnIafa1lar
house is a plain meal. The family
assemble in the dining room at 7:3O
O'Clock, and Mr.. Rockefeller asks a
blessing upon the meal and then reads
a chapter of the Bible. Breakfast is
over at few minutes after O'Clock
The father and son go down town to
manage the millions, and the mother
and her sister, Miss Spellman, who is
a member of the household, attend to
the affairs of the house.
ARE SKILLED MUSICIANS.
The hour Immediately after breakfast
the girls devote to music. Miss Alta
is finished pianist, while Miss Edith is
quite expert with the violin and cello.
They practice regularly every week
day. Their taste for music is an in
herent one. Their father is one of the
finest amateur performers on the violin
in the country, and has been so pro-
nounced by famous musicians who
have been entertained at the Rockefell-
er house. The father and daughters
often play together in the evening to
the great pleasure of the chosen few
of the friends who are permitted to
hear them. The fact that there are
four pianos, a magnificent pipe organ
and innumerable other instruments in
the house attests the musical character
of the inmates.
MISS EDITH IS A JAPANESE
SCHOLAR.
After the music of the morning has
been disposed of the girls take up their
favorite studies. Prior to her marriage
Mrs. Rockefeller was a school teacher
in Cleveland, O.; or, more properly
speaking, d professor of botany The
studious habits contracted then still
cling to her and have been.transmitted
to the daughters. Both are clever lin
gusts and deep readers. Miss Alta
fayors French and Miss Edith prefers
German, although she has gained
knowledge of Japanese, and at one time
seriously thought of journeying to that
country as missionary.
The spectacle of y-million-dollar
heires going as a missionary would in !
deed, have been an odd one.
TWO DARING HORSEPOWER. Fl
After the reading is over the girls go
for a ride in the park. The. whole
family is passionately fond of the
equine world, the father and son owns
ing fast trotters and the girls favor.
ing the saddle horse. They are usually
attended by a groom, and are both
swift riders, frequently covering fif-
teen miles in an hour and half. They
are usually back before r. and spend
the, remaining hour until lunch time in
going over their mail. Both of them
have Sunday school classes in Dr.
Armitage's Baptist church, and are
members of many church societies.
Their wide charities have made them
known to toilers in the field of philan,
thropy all over town, and whenever a
really deserving case is encountered
the Rockefeller girls are usually COM
municated with to supply the needed
aid.
Luncheon is served at o'clock, and
the afternoon passes away quickly. At
this season of the year much of the
time is spent in the garden surrounding
the house. In it is an artificial lake
about four inches deep. 1t freezes