The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-09

has everything to make her happy, there
is no reason why she should not be so.
The possession of the greatest sufficiency
for our needs does not always bring either
happiness or contentment however, and
every one can recall some instance bear
ing Y tnesss to the truth e this. In fact,
Judging froIn COMMON appearafces, it is
more often the child of the millionaire
who stands in need of peace of mind than
the child in poorer circumstances. That
Vera possesses the disposition she does
is another thing to be added to her list of
advantages.
A case of her easy-going ma ture may be
| instanced by stating that when only five
years old she sat for her portrait to a
well known painter of the city As a gen
eral thing children of that age make the
most difficult subjects, it being often an
utterly impossibi1ity TO keep them still.
Enforced stiffness has often the effect of
! producing sulienness and of developing
! an expression of countenance which, if
transmitted to the canvas, would make
the picture only fit for frightening the
enid in its undutiful moments
During the entire period of portraiture.
however vera was in the same state Of
| good humor usual with her, and. although
the tedium of sitting still for a long pc
ROD must have been considerable. she
never expressed her fatigue at it And
many other minor instances might be
/ quoted to illustrate the same point
She won several prizes when a baby In
/ the various baby shows of the East taxi
ing the first prize for the best baby at
the brighton Beach show sopGe years ago.
| In several other children's contests her
childish cleverness has stood her in good
stead and she has come out the winner.
In TACT, her constant companionshfp with
oider people has done much to sharnen
her faculties more than is common in
iiui Ell OF her age, and to give her a
slearef sense of the fitness of things
II Is also generally considered 49,
peihg surrounded with all that a childisb
Heart can require is apt to make tho
enid pren1aturely blase and to denriva
MN or her of much of the eniovmen+
usually derived by children from their
sports Here again testimony is in tho
alHrmatlVe in many cases. but ii cannot
be put forward in Verd's case She takes
|, as hearty an interest in her amusements
as any other little girl of her age and
is especially devoted to pets.
Her amusement at Narragansett. where
me family goes each summer and where
'hey are AT present, are much the same
as those Of children for ages back The
sand offers irresistible attraction to her
and the usual seaside amusements of
bathing and wading also prove greatly
/
and is especially Devoted to dogs.
Inc care which has been lavished upon
the child since her earliest days is re-
! markab.e. solitary instance may be
! given by recounting the manner in which
i milk was furnished her and at what
| cost. 1t was decided to purchase a cow
| especially for her benefit, and a prize
/ Jersey animal was secured. The COW wa :
! teihered on lot at the corner of King s
! highway and Lindell boulevard which
I might have been rented for several thou
! sand YEAR, but Was reserved for pas
! turage purposes instead 1t has been
| computed that the milk furnished in this
manner cost her grandfather several dol
! lars a gallon
1t would be impossible to chronicle a /
! the purchases and expenditures made in
her behalf, bat it is certain that the
] sum amounts 10 hundreds of thousands
OF dollars, And through it all the natural
! good temper and disposition of the child
has remained the-sarne, which is certain
! ~ a tribute to her raising
/ The prospects of thevhttle mathematics
are as great of those of the children in
Z! the families whose names have become
ASSOCIATED with wealth. for wears Being
t in most unobtrusiye household how
| ever, she has escaped the aotoriety in
!; CURED by the younger Goujds, Rockefel-
+ lers,. and other descendants of the
Wealthy families.
In addition to tho money left her by.
I her mother, she is also bequea he'd the
Siesrfst residence III Westmore3and place
/ This house was erected and furnished at
nisbings therein are palatial III their