The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
"HOBART, JR."
Son of the Vice Preside lent Is a POpu-
lar Youth.
Philadelphia INQUIRER

Philadelphia Inquirer
The beau of the Hotel Champlain, where
President Mckinley has been spending his
vacation, is easily a bigger social lion than
any one of the bellies. Jealousy gnaws at
the hearts of these bellies. They say mean
things, and look meaner things out Of the
corners of their eyes. But the beau has no
rivals, male or female. His sway over all
of the guests of the hotel is undisputed.
Everybody likes to talk to him. He Is
always the center of bevy when in the
hotel corridors. In city directories and on
the the hotel register this beau VS. is know Sid as
of the United States. The guests know him
as Hobart, jr" That is the name that his
doting father likes best-which would not
have much weight if his son did not agree
Hobart, jr," is but thirteen years old.
He is away from his tutors in the summer,
and is out for good time. with, six cam
eras, bicycle, has golf clubs, a horse and
father and mother who can't say NO"
His face is a picture Of Hobart. sr.s. 1t
has the same retrousse nose, the same
twinkling eyes, the same .good-humored
Hobart, jr., has a great deal OF eating to
do before he will be as big as his father,
who, now that he outWeighs Speaker Reed,
is looking for more fields to conquer. Ho-
bart ir.." is exceedingly small for his age.
His frailness and his ill-health have caused
the Vice President and his wife a great
deal of worry eff we can only get him on
q little further all right, Hobart, sr, says,
The will soon be a candidate for football
team. / was frail when was young mySeH.
I'm not very frail now, as you may have
observed and 1 think it likely that my son
will take after me.
Hobart jr." may bike and golf and
play tennis; he may eat rayenously, and
still his cheeks are as free from tan a
girls. and he does not gain flesh. he likes
tennis better than golf because it is more
exciting. About thirty or forty people offer
to play tennis with him every day. He is
such an accommodating little fellow that he
would like to play with them ALL but as he
can't he puts thern off with a Hobart
smile" (which makes em feel good" as
the hotel bel-boys say Anybody who tries
to baby him in the game gets called down
at once.
why. I am playing just as well as 1
know how said Secretary Ayers son,
Russ" the other day.
II beg your pardon, but l watched you
when you were playing with somebody as
big as yourself yesterday" was Hobart,
Son Russ is also pretty popular at the
hotel, but he is too big for the young wom-
en- to put their arms about him as they do
around Hobart, jr." That does not detract
from the fact that Hobart. jr., allowed
young woman to beat him at tennis the
other day just to encourage s, her,
democratic besides The bell-boys like him
well as the bellies who are after boys.
He bears his honors with all the ease of his
father. When his family first arrived at
the hotel Mr. and Mrs. Hobart went off to
Burlington with the presidential party, so
that Hobart, IT, got the sEIe pen neaeht OF
stacked on the Vice Presidents table in the
dining room There. eating his dinner in
high state with all the dignity of a Lord
Chamberlain sat Hobart, jr.,' looking no
larger than a spoonholder. and with ''Ho-
bart smile he asked the waiter TO keep
the roses nice and fresh until his papa and
mamma could see them Hobart, jr.."
says the waiter is a brick, and the waiter
thinks Hobart. jr.." is another.
Mr.. Mckinley is fond Of Hobart. jr"
who speaks up to the President OF the
United States with the same candid and
polite directness that he does to anybody
else.
What office would you have. my boy?''
the President asked him the other day
I'm not old enough for an office yet, Mr.
President but when / am ] would like to
bart. jr.. replied.
The Hobarts are among old friends at
the Hotel Champlain. Long before Mr.. Ho-