The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-16

She was born October B. 1881. at SIG |
Madison avenue. this city She Was
named after Mrs. Cleveland's grand |
mother ana was unanimously christened
Baby Ruth" by the mation when. dur
ing President Cleveland's second term,
she held her childish court in the White
Rouse Ever since then she has been a
true Jersey girl, however. and though
she was born in New York state. her
future predictions in the way of a
stare We're Indicated even in her baby
hood by the fact that she was christ
ened at Lakewood, N J.
+ rom y o clock until 1 every day Ruth
attends school These lessons are given
IN all branches preparatory to a college
course. Besides this she has lessons in
music from a music governess, and her
mother teaches her the lessons of de-
pertinent which she herself approves, a
kind OF knowledge which she has ac-
CURED with peculiar readiness, for it is
said that there are no better bred chill
dren in Princeton than those of the for
mer president.
In recreation Ruth is devoted to the
! black and white pony which she owns
Jointly with her brother and sisters, and
1 TO her bicycle. The black and white
4 pony IS used both as a saddle horse and
! IN harness to a tan dog cart. The dog
cart, drawn by the pony may be seen
with all four children and the nurse in
It, moving slowly down the highway.
the party.
Besides the pony and the bicycles the
/ Cleveland children are particularly fond
! OF outdoor sports on the Cleveland
grounds which are beautifully kept.
They rake hay. plant dig up and tend
garCen patches and Conduct q serious
game OF play daily under the pleasant
group OF pines and naples near their
house. In this and in their pony expe-
ditions they are frequently assisted by
Sara Morgan, who has a mouse colored
pony Mrs. Cleveland and the former
president himself frequently join the
/ children 1.ax4 Toll IL
when the youngest Cleveland takes to
farming may his father be seen lending
helping hand.
Esther Cleveland the second of the
children. is now a haxen haired little
creature of about 10 years. She was
! born September 8, 1898, and is the only
child of president to be born in the
/ White House. Esther is a very healthy
looking child, resembling her father
more than her mother She is especial
ly fond of animals, is a fearless little
creature, and has, besides her one
Z fourth interest in the family pony,s h
1 flock of sheep of her own at the sum-
1 mer home In Buzzard's Bay, which she
feeds from her own hands.
Marion, the third daughter, vas born at
Years old and has darker hair than Esther
although she. too. is in type blonde. She
Is docie and affecuanate child, aifable
and voluble with straI- gers and friends.
After the family had been blessed with
three daughters there was great rejoicing
among the Clevelands when a boy WAS
born in 1897, at Princeton. The Princeton
students straightway adopted him their
own and at once put him down as a mem
Der Of future Princeton class. If this
young man should ever chance to enter
another university when he is grown there
would be weeping and waiiing in Prince
ton.
No royal son and heir ever met with a
more hearty welcome in this world thar
that vouchsafed to little Dick Cleveland
on his birth. The Princeton students
dubbed him Grover, jr-, at once, and
that he remains to this day, desDite his
sturdy. good looking little chap. He
wears Russian blouse suits Of linen and
has his hair cut straight across the back
Little Dick and his father are the best
of chums and indeed the small boy rules
the household, parents, sisters and Ser
Except for flying trips to Philadelphia
and New York. where the older children
are taken occasionally to see the circus,
the wild west show or such entertaIn-
ments the Cleveland children spend al
but the summer months In Princeton
As soon as the commencement week OF
/ the university is over PRINCETON begins to
lose its wealthy colony. The great houses
| are shut up. the university staff, the stu
dents. all that distinguishes the town from
When this time comes the Cleyelands, too.
I depart for their summer home at Buzz
Yards Bay Here the children reVel in
even freer country joys than those AFFORD
bathing every day and they are particu-
larly devoted to all things of the sea. fol-
! lowing their father especially in his pas
sion for fishing. Their existe nee is ol'e
long. untrouBled series Of good times
reaching from their beautiful old colonial
charming home by the ocean.-New Yor1
Herald,