The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
The Simple Home Life of
 Former President Cleveland

lets, etc, which come from all part of the country. He uses | stenographei only sparineiy and answers most of hit loteers in the old-fashioned. long-hanc style, with small characters, fairly legi ble.
 Lunch is served at o'clock. when ths two older children have come back iron school. OftentirAes at s:So. if tho weath- CT Is fine, the carriage is ready. Iand MT Cleveland, with Mrs. Cleveland and one or mora of the family, drives about the bays. though not fast. are safe and ser. viccable.
 The chief value of The Farm con. siets in the supply of fresh eggs and milk brought thence to the family every morning. Two long. narrow chicken houses have been built for the accom- modation of poultry. and the COWS are comfortably housed.
 The dinner hour is o'clock After the meal Mir. Cleveland gives his time to his family, or perhaps to a book. He does considerable reading on historical and DO 1iticai lines, with good novel for a change now and then If a friend is in the house. he is not averse to a game of billiards. at which he shows a consider able amount of skill
 Frequently Mir. Cleveland takes walk instead of drive. He is on these occa- sions usually accompanied by Grover, Jr." as the students call Master Folsom Cleveland. the 5-year-old pride of the household.
 MT Cleveland is very popular among the village worthies. No President since Lincoln has been as approachable and informal as he is on the streets of Princeton. He. Is always ready for talk on the hen question with any farmer who has driven to town.
 One of MT Cieveland's hunting chums is MT William McFarlane. a denizen of the village of Rocky Hill. about three miles north of Princeton. The hunt is usually a long one, and MT. ClevelAnd invariably joins the family at MT. Mo Farlane"s house at dinner. Mir. Carl Priest is always of the party on such occasions.
 It is to these long tramps that the ex- President owes his good health. He has even got over his old trouble-rheumatfc gout-which used to bother him in the winters. Tt has never troubled me a moment this year" he said recently to a friend Those who have accompanied him on these hunting expeditions say that he does not look for the easy places. but plunges through the thickets like a genuine sportsman.
 MT Cleveland takes a lively interest in all local affairs. politics included. but takes no active part in anything except the more important university functions. He is not a member of the faculty. ak has been reported but merely consented to deliver a couple of lectures a year in fulflment of a lectureship beouest. At all university functions he conforms to all the strictest rules of college eti- AtN lm@ @lr rArNSw- mortar board and the gorgeous black and yellow bow of an IL. D.
 Naturally. being half a professor him. self, Mir. Cleveland is on the best IDS sible terms with the rest of the teach ing staff Quite a number of them live within calling distance of his piazza and often drop in to have chat about top ics of interest no nearer related than the Monroe Doctrine and the last big fish. Professor Buckingham. the eminent ar chaeologist. and pr. Van Dyck. are two of Westland's nearest neighbors.
 Mrs. Cleveland Active in Village
 Affairs.
 Mrs. Cleveland is much more active in village affairs than her distinguished husband. No social nor philanthropic movement is considered complete without her assistance. T tell you she is a nat uTAI-DcTn IedueT, SiI6 lS, Ediu dH CI- thusiastic shopkeeper. Mrs. Cleveland is almost as fresh-looking and fully as charming as when she became a White House bride and won the heart of the nation. It can easily be seen that she is the chief executive of the household and not merely the idle queen of fr domestic realm.
 Mrs. Cleveland is an expert amateur photographer. though she has not gone so far in the art as to develop and print her own photos.
 But the real rulers of Westland have not yet been mentioned. They are four Esther, Marion and Richard Folsom, oth- erwise known as Dick. All are hand some. healthy, bright children. and the girls have the reputation of being the best hammered children in the town.
 Ruth, who was welcomed eleven years ago as Baby Ruth" has grown into a and thoughtful young girl, very ambitious to succeed in all her studies.
 Esther. who is the only child of a President born in the White House, Is two years younger. Ruth and Esther at tend a private school kept by sister of one of the college professors. in quaint green cottage not far from Westland: Sara Morgan, the daughter of one of J. P. Morgans nephews. the Armour and the Van Dyke children also attend this old ia ashionAd school. The two younger children learn their lessons at home, though Master Dick Is not being pushed very strenuously along the path of knowl- edge just at present. being great deal more concerned in the activities of the stable and The Farm"
 There Is a pony in the stable that is a very popular friend of the children. She is harnessed to a pretty tan dogcart on fine afternoons and driven up and down the shaded streets of the town. the nurse generally accompanying the children to prevent accidents.
 Richard, who was born at Westland is now years old-a sweet-natured. hardy little fellow, very much attached to his father. He can always he seen around the house or grounds dressed in a red sweater and short corduroy trousers. He very seldom has hat on his short vel low curls He likes nothing better than to take hold of his fathers hand and walk downtown, expecting, no doubt, that a halfway house will be made Of some toy or candy store.
 How Princeton Came to Be Chosen.
 Possibly one of the reasons why MT. Cleveland chose Princeton as the home of his retirement was because he is a Jerseyite by birth. It was in the village of Caldwell, thirty-hve miles from Princeton, that he first saw the light of day Near the close of his last Pres idential term Mir. Cleveland was invited