Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-29
what the Youngsters Saw, DID, nm"
said Mt Lakeside Park-The ir"e
version of Little Red AidiSs

TOOtsy-N OOtSyVllle, A"5eSS -
Dear Babies and Children:
1t was a happy day for the menus "
Pen-i-ten-tiary Terrace when thei'
Father took them to see the an-i-mais III
tho Zoo-o-log-i-cal garden AZ LaAeS''o
Park. All OF them went except iie"''
Clay Muggins. and he would move s'''''
too. but he has a sore toe, ana "ai'eN
his pre-rog -a-tives in con-sid-er-a-'ioh -
1 cent. There was the Oldest, Grover
Cleveland, and his sister, Gertrude Ei'@"
beth, and the two twinses,' Charies Au
gustus and Araminta Isabella, ana n'''0
Marina duke and risky William Jeh-
nings Bryan. a happy lot OF children
were there, and much delighted were
they with the prospects OF romp IN tlIs
country. Grover Cleveland even loIso.
TO throw a rock at the neigh-bor-hoou
cat. and when he fails TO 90 that peopie
know he's busy thinking about something
mighty important. When their lathel
had herded them altogether and hau
Threatened to give the bad ones 10 the
wolf. and had wrapped up the biscuit iol
those who invariably get hungry, anu
had told their mother that he would look
after them, and had called back 10 her
that he wouldn't let them go in the sum-
a street-car was stopped and they all sol
on. These street-car people charge cents
a ride for children over . years ola, 50
their father told the conductor that
they were all under that age. How Is II
that there are six OF them, them SAID
the man who steps on peoples toes wheh
he collects the money. Twins Drieily
said their pa, with something Ike
sigh. and the conductor looked sorry TOT
him and went on. And the children rode
and rode and rode and wriggled and Wig
eled and wriggled and sQurmed ana
squirmed and gquirmed until their father
distributed some Of the biscuit among
them, and then they were qulet-Ior one
minute And the car went through green
fields and meadows. and their papa, VINO
wants a public office, talked loudly OF
ag-r-cult-ure which means having
farm and losing all your kinfolks' money
The children asked their pa what was
that tall stuff with tassels on II. and as
he did not know he made out like he
didn't hear. 1t was corn. Those young
sters on the car had a splendid time. The
grown people on the car did not have a
splendid time There were too many nies
and too much noise.
Lakeside Park is park on lake side.
It was built-no, not built but fixed up
by a nice, good man named Major Gin
ter. who hasn't got any little children
himself, and is therefore sorry for people
who have. He invites everybody to bring
their babies out there, so that people In
town can sleep and not hear any noise.
People in town are very much obliged
to him. But Major Ginter Is very modest
about his charitable deeds-more so
than is the idle Reporter" about his
wealth. BY that big word charitable
mean good. like people in sunday-school
books. When a man does something
charitable he loses money on it. and
doesn't get his name in the papers.
Major Ginter is one Of very few chari-
table men in Richmond. SO now you
know about Lakeside Park, where the
children went. They got of the car.
and their father tod them TO look out
for the water and not 10 fall In, but II
wasn't William Jennings Bryan's fault
that he didn't get a ducking. Many
white geese with long necks, which enable
them 20 taste their dinners until supper
time, were swimming on the lake. There
were also some tadpoles in the water.
and Grover Cleveland was for catching
these, but Papa saw on house near by
picture OF a great big glass with foam
coming out OF 1t, and ne hurried up TO
that place and drank some stuff sold at
z counter. 1t must have been med-i-
cine, ne made such face. but little
later he went back and got some more.
The medicine seemed to do him good.
and after that he said: children, let's
go and see the animals"