The times., 1897-03-21
THE CLEVELAND CHILDREN

| Miss Mary Bannister willard, VINO did
| Kindergarten work seT eral months this
| last winter at the White House, sailed on
the Aller on Tuesday morning for Bremen
| She is on her way to Berlin to assist her
| mother in the American Home School for
| Girls which Mrs Willard established there
| about a dozen yearSago.
| II have enjoyed the winters work very
| much,' said Miss Willard Il had per.
feet liberty to carry out my own ideas,
and l certainly couldn't have worked un-
der more delightful conditions. The dozen
| little folks under my charge were most
| interesting The three little Clevelands
| are charming children and very pretty
| Besides their father and mother. who are
| hoth unusually large, they look rather deli
cate, but they seem to he well ard strong.
| Ruth lsn' so pretty as she was a while go,
| for she is beginning to lose her baby look.
but she is going to be very beautiful girl.
She i $ affectionate and gentle, and resem-
bles her mother much in appearance and
disposition. lam particularly fond of Esther,
who is an independent, high spirited little
piece of humanity
Miss Willard is graduate of the Pesta-
lozzI-FJoebel Haus in Berlin and was favor
te pupil of Frau Schrader the grandneice of
Froehel, who iSnow at the head of tie school
Naturally, she tried to follow in her teach
ing the ideas and methods inculcated by
her German teachers 1t is their custom
to choose every month a new object for
study. One month it is the potato, another
the fir tree, another drop OF water. When
the potato is the object Of interest the
children are told all about it, ard they SET
II .lp,,t :. rfnn,
make pictures of it; they tell stories about
it. The month of the Christmas festival
is usually the one chosen for the study of the
fir tree
I'VE talked German in our class at the
White House aSmuch as possible, said Miss
Willard '.Of course, if it was necessary
to make very long explanation, l usually
spoke English; but l always gave all oIdi-
nary directions in German. The Cleveland
children have q German govemcsS. Ruth
could understand everything said TO her,
and what Esther didn't understand she
pretended to. They speak very prettily
They were delighted at the thought of
going away. OF course it was only the
natural delight of children at the idea of
moving. l couldn't help thinking that if
they were dozen years older they
wouldn't be so overjoyed,
Il saw Mrs. Cleveland the evening before
she left Washington, and she already
spoke of Princeton as home What she
most regrets to leave, think, is the White
House Sheis fond of the House itself 1t
has many associations for her. Her stay
there has extended over good many
years. Esther was born there, and the
place is dear to her. But I don't think
she is at all sorry to quit officiallife."
Miss Wizards loyalty to the Clevelands
did not prevent her from saying of Mr.. Nc
Kinley:
HE has a most beautiful face she |
said ''It does not seem to me such a |
strong face, but it has very grave, sweet |
expression that commcnds it, and is il |
lumined by bright. brilliant eyes. Hewalks, |
too, with springing step and has dignity |
of presence that like New York Sun.