Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-22
SOME NOTABLE CHILDREN
Young Americans Who May Occupy tina
White House.


No matter what combination of NOM
inees may win in November, there will
almost certainly be children in the
white house or the vice-presidentia
mansion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan have two little
girls and boy. The children are very
bright and precocious. To newspaper
woman who met the children in Salem,
ILL.,, Ruth, the eldest, aged eleven
offered herself for an interview.
Don't you want to interview meT
she asked. You can't interview papa
Take me-" She was interviewed,
and said:
L hope my papa will win, and don't
mind his being president at ALL
Ruth is tall for her age, exceedingly
slender, and looks as if she were rather
fragile and of an exceedingly nervous
temperament.
She has the extraordinarily high brow
and the wide mouth of her mother.
Grace. the smaller girl, is a lovable bit
of independence and decidedly pretty.
The Bryans don't want their children
spoiled by too much publicity.
1t is safe to say there will be a boy
somewhere around the presidential cir
Gle William Bryan, the six-year-
son, is a sturdy, chunky" small boy in
knee trousers. He has already captured
the approval of some of Mr.. Bryan's
captious critics by his financial ability.
Out in Salem Bryan buttons made
their first appearance simultaneously
with the arrival of the Bryan children.
Everybody decorated little William
Bryan with buttons. What became of
the buttons nobody could ascertain.
William apparently never had one, al
though everybody stuck one in his coat
lapel.
William was finally detected driving
bargain with man whereby one Bryan
button was to be exchanged for five
cents. 1t was then learned that young
William had been saving all the buttons
given to him by his admirers and was
retailing them to Salemites at so many
cents per button.
Mrs. Bryan closely watches the edu-
school, and they are thoroughbred little
Americans.
The McKinley's have no children liv-
ing Mrs. Mckinley is devoted to the
| little daughter of one of her friends, and
has lately had some handsome photo
graphs taken with this little girl by
her side. She would be very likely TO
| 4G0
with Mrs Mckinley who is almost
second mother to the curley-haired
youngster
| The Hoberts have one boy, Carrot, jr.,
who bows at his fathers shrine He
wore a Hobert button all through the
republican convention and shouted for
his father long before he was slated for
second place on the ticket.
He is about twelve years old, and at
present is king among the small boys OF
Paterson, N. J. He is very fond of
music, and willingly devotes time to
| the violin, on which he plays very
creditably The old homestead which
the Hoberts occupied for years at Mon
mouth Beach was given up several sum-
mers ago because the seashore did not
agree with young Carrots health. He
is stronger now, but the Hoberts lavish
double care and affection on him be-
cause of the death of his sister a year
ago
Mr.. Bryan running mates, Watson
and Sewall, both have sons. Mr.. Sew
all's are grown to manhood, and one
has children of his own.
There are two children, son and a
daughter, in the Watson home in
Georgia. The eldest is Agnes, a thir-
teen-year- girl. She closely resem-
bles Mrs Watson and has the high fore
head Mrs Bryan has made well known.
Twelve-ye ar-old Durham Watson bears
his mothers family name. The Wat
son children have been taught by pri-
vate tutors and have become bright and
clever from being in close touch with
the original mind of their father and
the broad intelligence of Mrs, Watson.
! Their love of books has not dWarfed
their love of outdoor life, and they have
healthy minds in sound bodies.
Gen. Palmer has been the father Of ten
sons and daughters, four of whom ara
living, but they are all beyond middle
age and have children old enough to be
married. In one case great-grand-
| children figure in the Palmer family.
-, POTTED PALMS.