The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-21
GROVER CLEVELAND'S
 SECOND SON IS BORN
Special to The New oYrk World.

Special to The New oYrk World
 Buzzard's Bay Mass, July 2O.-A son was born to former President Grover Cleveland Mrs. Cleveland at their sum- mer home here. The attendants say that all the conditions affecting both mother and child are satisfactory. Dr. Bryant of New York has been here for several days in anticipation If lhc event.
 The new arrival Tn the Clevelani house. ond son. The 1the children are Esther, Marion. Richac1 Folsom and Ruth
 MT. Cleveland K In his sxty-srventh year. His marriage with Miss Frances Folsom took place in the blue room at the White House on March ;S. 1ssi Mrs. Cleveland is very much younger than her husband
 Ruth was the first born of the c1ove- lands. She came on Oct 3, 1901 while the family lived at No s1s Madison ave- nue, New York city Sha came on the eve of her fathers third presidential campaign. She was within short time taken to Lakewood that her little lungs might have the benefit of the piney woods air
 MT. Cleveland was at that time in his fifty-second year. and it was said that he was the veriest slave to the mite of humanity that had come to brighten his life after its sun had passed It's meridian.
 The entire country was interested in "Baby Ruth" under which name, as an occupant later of the White House, where her father went for his second adminis- tration, she became a sort of national in- fant. The beauty and graciousness of Mrs. Cleveland had won for her widespread ad- miration. and Baty Ruth had the ad- vantage of the reflected popufarity of her mother. The little one received presents from all over the world, and her acts, health and life generally were chronicled almost daily. in order to satisfy the curl osity regarding her of her vast army of admirers
 Esther was born In the White House on September 9. 1893, and was brought into the world under the care of Dr. Joseph Bryant. as was her sister. She was chris tened ten days later in the blue room, the apartment in which her father and mother were married, by the Rev. pr. Sunderland. She was the first child of President born in the White House.
 Mir. Cleveland may well have despaired of son. when, on July [. 1885, at Gray Gables, Buzzard's Bay, Mrs Cleveland presented him with third girl, who was named Marion. No one of the three girls had been given middle name, and 1t was not until son was born to the joyous statesman that a middle name was thought necessary.
 The great event of the advent of son took place at Princeton nn Oct. 2s, 1897, shortly after. MT. Cleveland had retired from the presidency.
 When the news was posted on the bulletin board at the university the stu dents hurrahed for Grover Cleveland, Jr. and insisted that hs should be named after his father, oven to the very moment that he was chrsstened Richard Folsom. At that time Ruth was seven years old, Esther was five and Marion was three.
 | The Cleveland son weighed twelve l pounds at birth and was the living image of his father. His arrival was source of unconcealed joy to MT. Cleveland and was the cause of wagon load of con lxratuiationsA arriving at Princeton from political and lsocial friends. | The Folsom in the youngsters name 1 was in honot of the father of Mrs. Cleveland He was a sturdy fellow and lshas always been a healthy boy. In fact while the Cleveland children have been afflicted with most of the ills of child hood they have always rapidly recovered and have been sigularly hardy young sters.
 T Just after the birth of Ruth. and when MT. Cleveland was being introduced at Ia reception at the Manhattan club the Epresiding officer referred to the new conner as man of family and for that reason ail the moi acceptable for the presidency.