The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30
FHE THREE BRYANs AND LAYALL FARRAGUT sEwAII.
POSSIBILITIES"

Hobart, j., is a tall lad who bushes
at the mention of white house baby as
applied to himself. He plays musical in
struments, drives a nice team and is get
ting ready for college. His ambition is
the collection of things, his collection Of
campaign buttons being a really wonder
full catherine of metals and designs He
is walking Mckinley poster, and has
been seen with 100 of these buttons upon
his handsome young self.
AS the white house baby this young
man would be sent away to school, for
he is Of the bright kind that you can spoil
easily. He hears with ears of little
pitchers" His parents are not fond Of
precocious children and prefer a plain,
healthy lad to one spoiled by public life
Mrs. Cleveland's idea of keeping the
children out of the public part of the
white house comedies with that of Mrs
Hobart. Young Hobart has a fancy for
anything strange or odd, and would find
infinite entertainment in the children OF
foreign legations. with their queer Eng
fish and their foreign ways
His life has been spent largely in the
capitol, and he knows most of the little
foreigners. He, more than any of the
other white house baby" possibilities,
has enjoyed the benefits Of wealth and
foreign travel. He has done the ORR
ent and is familiar with the best society
of the world. Everywhere he is so court
ed and petted that his parents would
strive through a four-year term to keep
him in the background.
The Bryan children would make very
precocious white house babies. They I'M
derstand German from having their moth
er read Hans Andersen to them in that Ian
guage, and they are posted on the history
of all nations. Even their bedtime tales
have been instructive ones and their in
fantile dreams have been fed upon the
tales Of Bruce and the lives of the kings.
With American history they are very ia
niliar.
The youngest of the family, Grace, is
the most studious. William, Jr., is the least
So For long time it was a very great
grief to his mother that he did not enjoy
being read to; but when Lincoln became a
center of interest William, aged six, began
TO show that he had grasped things with
out seeming to do So His mother stopped
worrying about him after she found him
laughing to kill himself upon one of the
verandas. What is the matter with you
William" she asked
I'm laughing at that old man. He said
he thought Lincoln was on the border Of
civilization"
That from her 6-year-old set Mrs. Bryan
to worrying in a fresh direction. Was he
too precocious?
As white house babies the small Brvans
would 20 in for philanthropy and all the
progress Of the capitol. They are bright.
ambitious little ones, and would be very
interesting. They would not be kept Sc
cluded from public gaze They are all
skilled IN athletics Three small bicycles
decorate the front piazza. and three under
sized bathing suits hang In the Bryan
apartment Of the Lincoln natatorlum, for
the children are all swimmers. Their pet
play is club" at which one reads from
a manuscript. and the others applaud. a
Ia Sorosis where their mother Is president
All three intend 70 be lawyers Ike their
mother.
Every one OF these children are little
Americans 70 the backbone. and should
il Hung Chang Or any other foreigner
quiz the youngsters they would BE- found
well up on the rights and advantages OF
young America. 9. s. Russell.