The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-16
IN BIB AND FROCK.
Grover cleveIand's Children Dress as
Do the Poor

Grover cIeveIand's Children Dress as
Do the Poor.
In the pleasant little town Of Prince
ton, N j.. where the great university
has so spread its benign influence over
rich and poor that ostentation and dis
content are alike unknown, four chill
dren, whose father is one of America S
foremost statesmen, are growing quiet
" under ideal conditions into what
promises to be for them an ideal fu-
ture.
Several years ago when former Pres
ident Cleveland decided to take up his
residence in Princeton everybody Won
never been to Princeton wondered. The
Princeton residents, however, had a
vivid conception of the charms of the
town and the casual visitor who
CHANGED to attend a commencement at
the university carried away with him a
distinctly delightful impression.
The Cleveland children play in the
streets at WILL and their parents know
that no harm can come to them EN-
erybody knows them. All are fond of
them. The tradesmen of the small viii
lage street, who deal in wares dear to
children's hearts, are personally &C
quainted with them and each Prince
ton undergraduate has constituted
himself a knight in their defense
Mrs. Cleveland clothes her children
in the very simplest fashion. For them
there are no picture hats, no berutled
frOcks or lace trimmed coats. The
Princeton mother of humble fortune
need feel no pang of envy for her own
small children when she sees the Cleve-
land children pass the door. The PIC
turesque in children's attire, which rev
American women have been able 10 re-
sist in these last few years, mas Deen
altogether avoided by the CieVeian9s'
and their little ones go about IN sturdy,
well wearing garments of wool and
cotton.
Even these simple fabrics have not
been submitted to that superior SKIN IN
making which so successfully distin-
guishes the Wanted plain clothes OF
/ many children of fashionable parents
! from the garments of less fortunate lit
tie ones.
The Cleveland children so far as their
clothes are concerned might belong TO
1 the household of any respectable me-
chanic Their plain wooden froeks,coil,
Portable coats, with sailor collars, an
very much alike, and round sailor hats,
wide brimmed to shade the eyes. hgAs
weight so as not to tire the head, ana
untrimmed save for a narrow pano OF
ribbon, are within the reach OF the
humblest purse.
F,uuallv transformations are all the ac-
cessories and conditions of their lives
They have a nursery governess ana
nurse TO care for them, it is true, pu1
they often walk unattended, and neltn-
or of these members of the househoin
wears any sign of livery when seen IL
public -,
at THEM country home the small CleVe-
lands do not attend the public scnooi
AT Princeton The two older girls, Rutn
and Esther go to a little private school
which is kept in a humble frame MOUSE
nv the sister of one of the unlVersie =
4 this small private school IS OF lne peSe'
hut it's equipment is of the simplest
The building, low green house, SIT
,,o+ad at the corner of two three-hn@u
streets has not been remodeleu slilce
the DAYS when it served as prlVaee
house and the little Clevelands Iuuse
dajly nm narrow, winding, WOODEN star :
4 to their classrooms, hang their mats II
what was meant for the pantry anu
/ rear4, their lessons in what was ohSs
the best bedroom of the little cottage;
MANY of the we'll known families VINO
have followed the CleVeland laisi 49, ~
ti9e town. however. send their eniAoreH
! r. this school and as their schoolInat Is.
as well as their oiaymates ootsl0e ellS
school the Cleveland children nave a.
friends Sara Morgan, the daugneer - -,
4 IlIrlius Morgan. one OF Rrlnceton : NJ.
! Of millions. and a nephew OF J. fleIpoH1
4 Morgan: the Armour children ana til7
4 Van Dvcks. The children of Prof. Fine,
i one of the university AdCAilgs pAS ~N-'0
4 among their companions
The two younger children, Marion anu
the boy baby Richard Folsom CleVe
/ land who is now about five years olu'
do not go to school They learn tneif
/ lessons at home with the nursery gov
erness. although Richard Folsom is not
being pushed along the paths OF learn
ing. and his lessons just at present CON
sist principally of learning to rake hay
upOn the lawn with his father or learn
! ing to manage the family pony, Whlch
not being a particularly spirited animal
is deemed not too unruly for his Daby
/ horsemanshiD
Baby Ruth, " who ruled Washington
society in her infancy and who wdS
probably the most popular child ever Ill
/ Washirgton has grown to be robust
girl of u years. She resembles hef
mother more than any of the other
4 children and promises to grow into a
young woman approaching in beauty
Mrs Cleveland herself. Like her mother
she has dark hair and eyes She has
/ also the carriage and bearing of heA
mother, and the resemblance is further
carried out by that exposure of tine
brow, without either fringe or DomDa-
dOur, which has alwa--s distinguished
/ Mrs. Cleveland
Ruth IS very well built ckild
neither too stout nor too slight. Hel
hair is perfectly straight and is drawn
tightly back and tied at the top, whence
it hangs down her back in straight darn
locks. Ruth. like her sisters and
brother. is an extremely active child