The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
DOLLY MADISON'S SON
HOW THE BOY THREW AWAY
 HIS OPPORTUNITIES.
The Heavy Gross in the Life of the
 Presidents Wife Was the Child of Her First Marriage, Whom She Dearly Loved.


 of Her First Marriage, Whom
 She Dearly Loved.
 Philadelphia Times.
 membered by old Wash. m gtonians) left Ine home of her sister Mrs George oteptoe Washington, near Harper's Fer ry' where the wedding knot was tied. ana began the Journey of a hundred miles to her husbands home. an atom of humanity nestled at her feet in the oid-fashioned barouche, peering out with great wondering black eyes at the strange scenes through which they passed. This was Payne Todd the son of her first marriage, destined to infuse into her life cup an ingredient so bitter that those aware of its presence marvelled at the smiling face with which 1t was uuaffed. To the little Philadeiphian, who knew the world only in its briok-and- mortar aspect, the freedom and expansion of a Virginia plantation was a delight, and ouriAg his parents visit to town he aI- ways begged to be allowed to remain With his 'Gtandmamrna Madison" who. aIter her sons marriage, removed to a tained separate establishment.
 Tne SOW acres attached to Montpelier peionged to the original Madison estate taken up three years after settlement of Jamestown, and everything within doors and without was of interest. The Dec laration of Independence hung for years upon dts walls and the tiger lilies on the lawn grew from seeds sent from La Grange by I,afayette. On this lawn the little boy romped with his young aunt, Anna Payne. then only F years old, the
 sister child of Mrs. Madison and the grandmother of Mrs. Gen. Williams. who died three years ago in Washington. and who as Addie Cutts and later as Mrs nfrt ll utation for her beauty and charm. There was a fascinating garden, too, at Mont. pelier laid off by Madison in imita ton of the Hall Of Representatives. with horseshoe terraces and parallelogram be. low, which furnished an inexhaustibie field for Payne's explorations. 1t was fragrant m season with the double pink oleander blossoms, with which Mrs. Mad ison loved to decorate her young friends, and full of luscious fruit; and. ingra- tiating himself with the French gard ener. the little boy fell heir to the choicest specimens of these.
 A negro butler, more than 90 years old. with hair like a welJ-csrded lambs fleece. who stood behind his grandmotb- CTS chair, was another source of inter- the dwelling by leafy screen. where he heard weird songs and stories ana where colored mammies roasted yams for him on cabin hearths, were a powerful ihdBict+ 0fdWtnS HUI OIJeIf uOWu tnt woody path which led to them.
 Were Too Lenient With the Lad.
 The rigorous methods then employed ifi the management of children made the pendulum of maternal authority swing too far In the opposite direction, and Payne, who soon exhibited the faults which afterward assumed such over- whelming proportions. was generally per mitted to follow his own sweet will. His stepfathef, too, was far more lenient to him than he would have been to an own son, often quoting to his mother flow: Those who would seek for pearls must dive below"
 The grandmother alone seemed fully to realize the importance of this plastic period, and beguiling him into her apart ment set daily lessons for him to learn endeavoring to instruct him further bS reading aloud te him. Payne, however l possessed curious mental sieve, wnief l separated the amusing and entertainin, from the dry and didatic, and the beal | and Indian stories and the boyish esca 1 pades of his cousin, Patrick Henry, wer, retained, while the historical events ant their teachings, which these were mean to season, passed quickly away.
 l In School at Baltimore.
 After a time he was sent to school tc the Bishop of Baltimore, where he was associated with Madame Bonaparte and the members of the distinguished circle 1 in which she moved, but with the ease and polish which ne thus acquired he | contracted habits of extravagance and dissipation which clung to him through life. and eventually proved his ruin. When his parents were installed at the White House he joined them there. and singuiarly handsome, with his mo lher' magnetism, and the glamor surrounding l him as the Presidents son, he was sought after and fattered, and soon lost all taste for the simple pleasures at Montpelier, only going there during the hunting season with parties Of fashion able friends.
 Aroused to the danger of lis s'tra ton Madison prevailed cpon h'm to accom- pahyl the embassy to Eu,3pe 10 t:ta' for peace with the British representatives at Ghent. There. however, he was re- garded~ as the Prince of AnlerI"a the heirEapparent to a foreign throne, and admitted to royal oir:lss, rom wbich the ambassadors were excluded. fresh adulation was heaped upon hi?I.
 Years afterwards, when dissipation had set its stamp upon him, Henry Clay met him on the streets of Washington one morning, and. fixing keeniy scrutiniz- ing look upon his face. said:
 Do you remember when we were ia Russia together, how John Quincy Ad- ans and all the rest of us sat apart In gallery and watched you dance with the Czars sister. we being debarred be- cause we were not of the blood royal?" A Woman Rejected Him. Upon his return from this foreign so- journ his mother fondly expected that he would settle down to some useful oc- cupation, but he idlsd away his time. first in one city and then in another. and. having squandered his own ample fortune. began to make demands upon hers. Her one hope for him now was marriage. and he did fall honestly and ardehtly in love with Anne Cole, beau tiful Williamsburg belle. Fortunately for her she rejected his suit. when Mrs. Madison, in a fiutter Of anxiety. wrote. reminding him that there was many oth- CT charming girls in the world. begging