The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-04-27
Rockefeller's sl45, 900. 600.

Rockefeller's S145, 900. 900
The two richest unmarried gus in the
whole universe to-day are AHA aud Edith
Rockefeller. daughters ot Johu 7 Rocke-
fcller. head of the Standard Oil concern.
Some time a.n ia court the father oi the
girl, swore that he could not tell within
Sil3. 600 0uO what hi wealth was This
certainly leave, a wide margin for conjec
tare ON the subject Men who claim to
know say that HI, present wealth l. in the
neishborhood uC Sl45. 000. 0Ou aud that
it, increase l. at the rate Of eight millions
wear A. hi~ investments earn annually
large dividends lie i only fifty year. ot
age now. and werc 10 live >ix years NOR,
he would then be- worth more than 500 e.
UdO O0u
There are four children in the Rockelcl-
Ter family and they will inherit al 81 the
wealth Il ha, been Mr. Rockefeller :
l.licy to make al the charitable beque-ts
IN hi, lifetime that he intend, to make
and the suPIe~iIinn i, general among freud>
that with few exceptions. the bul, oi his
money viii 80 20 hi family tf the four
children. the eldest l. Bessie, who married
pnf Charle~ Stroug of the Chie.,.,. nj
ycrity 10 which Mr Rockefeller has gwen
50 300 uUH Mr. Strng Is twenty eight
wear, old Miss Alta i. twenty four years
odd. Mis- Edith l. twenty two. and John
y .lr the only b,,y + twenty oue.
Each IT these children will inheri; any
vhcre fr,,m fort, &" Eft, millions and il
Is dui,Atiul II the whole vide W1'rld ,,u-
tain> tuo girl, of such ,a,' wealth a. the
lli-.cs Rockefeller
They arr uus women ut fashion They
never ula,lc q formal ssisl debut ia the
vosld simply be,au~s ihey are unknown
ia the rs..lilar walks II ,vag.rrlom, anl
their eir,lc of friend, Is sn extremely mar
NV uue They take u" iutrr-, in the
changes ur .fylc dances the theatre
fashionable glulS. ~ he Thousand and ou,,
ahIt,,,.n,sut~ Of the ~sz.is,S ,s"Insa
Their interest tends in m"rr >eriuu>
,lirrctt.n Educational affair, the ss.iences
hurgh and mission wark and Kindred sub
ir,,> are shear cFloymsht The, sre uot
F-ak worni- uy ever cultured wenru by
an, means Jhey arr healthy minded and
healthy b,.icd girls
Much of their ,imr j. -leiH al ihe city
ho,ne If the family At No { Nest Fifty
iouIth -tu,cS bag p-my hTuwnstone
mansioa. facing the park surrounding St
Lake Hospital The i've .irl~ never ~
ta Newport Lens,x ~ ether simmer rcs>ort-
ST fashion bu' often spend much II the hot
,,a-ou IA town k-pkjng after their little
charges ia the chuTvh mission.
These ynunG ladls-, ar. sp every morn-
iug At seven e. rloek-not yer, fashion
able hoar bat an extremely healthy one
E,erSthlng IN The R,s-keieler household
moves hke prCr a machinery anal for
wear, ihe family has >ai down e. breakfast
Al 10 disk The twn daughters have
rnl, uue maid between them What j.
more. they "cyuIn the same isTsse bed
r,s.n ou the -ccoud aovr There arr two
small beds 10 the apartment, which olen>
iniu large sunny pauni> furnished m
uaA and the other la mahogany There
are ti,, dressing. raam-. i-,yIloir, aBd work
jug r-sns> al cou,iin,-,l- Mi>> tlta u-e-
lhy mahogany ruom and Miss Edith the
",kcn pam Earh apartment has uih
-iap,ill b,,,iu,-, ike desk fitted with large
rack 81 pigeon h"ls- the latter filled with
neatl, folded letters aud bill.
Euth Of these eirl. are thorough hu>i
nc-> women They arr allowed large sums
yearly aud they control the expenditure
al,sa,luel, NhmoSt from infancy they
have been taught thr Necessity IT system
and method in al their doin.s They
each keep miniature set Of b"ok~ have
individual bank accounts and can tell {" a
cent just where their m"ne, ha~ aHr for
the past several YEAR
The breakfast in the Rockefeller house
/, plain meal The famil, assemble IN
the dining room at g. 81 - clock. and Mr.
Rockefeller ask. blessing upon the meal
and then reads chapter Of the Bible
Break fast i over al few minutes after
eight "a clock. The father and son ~ down
town. aud mother and her sister, Miss
Spellman. who * q member of the house
hold. attend To- the affairs Of the house
The hour immediately after breakfast
girls the devote To- music Miss Alta is Il
finished pianist, while Mis-, Edith Is quite
expert with the violin and cello They
practice regularly every week day Their
taste for music is an inherited one Their
father l. one of the finest amateur per
formers on the violin in the country, and ha.
been 81 pronounced hy famous musicians
who have been entertained at the Rocke
feller house The father and daughters
often play together in the evening to the
great pleasure Of the chosen few friends
who are permitted To hear them The
fact that there are four planes 4 magnit-
cent pipe organ aud innumerable other IN
strumentS in the house atteSts the musical
character of the inmates
After the music of the morning has
been disposed of. the girls take up their
favonte studies Prior to her marriage
Mrs Rockefeller was a school teacher III
Cleveland o. or more properly speaking,
a professor of botany, The studious habits
contracted then still cling to her. and have
been transmitted to the daughters Both
are clever lnguists and deep readers Miss
Alta favors French and Miss Edith pre-
fers German. although she has gained a
knowledge of japanese, and at one time
seriously thought of journeyms To that
country as missionary,
After the reading is over. the girls 90
for a ride in the park The whole family
is passionately fond of the equine world,
the father and son owning fast trotters and
the girls fayoring the saddle horse They
are usually attended by a groom. and are
both swift riders, frequently covering fifteen