The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-18
NY FREpEnIC j. HAskIN.


To-day Grover Cleveland, the only
living ex-President of the United
States, passes the seventy-hrst mile
stone Of his life. Only twice In the his
without a living eS-President, and that!
was when Washington had laid down
the cares of life In the. middle of
Adams's term and in the Interval be-
tween Johnson's death and Grants re-
tirement. John Adams, General Grant,
r. b. Hayes. Benjamin Harrison. and
Grover Cleveland have each In turn
beer, the sole survivors OF the prcsi-
coin came to the helm of the ship of
state. to steer her through the tenn
pestuous seas of Civil War, there Were
five men living who had heretofore
Buren,, Tyler. Fillmore, Pierce and
Buchanan. Never before or since has
there been five eX-Presidents living at
the same time. Unless Mr.. Roosevelt
is sluarely set on retiring next March.
Mr.. Cleveland will share the ienorg
after that date with the present occu-
pant of the White House.
What shall we do with our Presi-
dents? This is n question often asked.
Perhaps no other eX-President has
answered. ii as well as Mr.. Cleveland.
Surrounded by family famous for It's
devotion 10 him, and provided with
competency. though not fortune, for
his old age, living amid that simple
elegance which has characterized the
Cleveland home whether II has been
in the White House. al Grey Gables, or
at Princeton, his declining years are
such as any man might wish. Between
his care for the interests OF his family,
his correspondence-Whi is not
Swaziland his contributions to the
periodical literature of tho day, Mr.
Cleveland's life is not an idle one. Yet
1t is marked by that dignified ease
has been twice called to the chief mag
istracy of the greatest people on earth.
No visitor to Westiands. situated
among the classic shades OF Princeton
has ever come away without glowing
accounts of the home lie of the o'eve-
lands. Everything about the place
bears the imprint of that woman VINO
Is enshrined In the hearts of all whose
fortune 1t has been to know her, as
one of Americas highest and best ex,
amples OF womanhood, wifehood and
motherhood People come away telling
OF the sweet. old-fashioned simple
hospitality of the PLACE They declare
that charm that made her perhaps the
best and most widely beloved First
Lady the country has had since the
days Of Martha W sailarnI the
I light of their father, and many are the
| pictures which the mother has taken
of .Dick." Grover, Esther and Marion,
showing the father as their boon COM
panion. ''Dlck'' is now quite a lad, and
LIE he does not become true sports
man it will not be because his father
does not teach him the art. He Is
| seen almost any day running about
/ the place in sweater and corduroy
trousers. Esther and Marion are now
girls Ana ih of SHOW st
! they are both possessed Oh their
mothers beauty.
MI; clevelan AZ. favorit It. FASTING is
hardly fair to say that the latter is a
pastime with him. 1t is a science.
| When he goes about It he Is as Sc
rious as II he were delivering an i ad-
If the fish bite freely he is happy. and
4, If they do not bite, he Is hopeful. He
| has Infinite patience, and can sit all
day in the stern of q little boat wait
ing for the, members of the, finny, tribe
to tug at his line He is heartily OPP
posed to the pot hunter and fisherman
One OF his most stirring appeals In re-
| who catches more edible fish than can
4 be advantageously used. Whe!. he goes
fishing, Mr.. Cleveland dons an Old
brown suit and slouch hat 9ssfer Is
was one of his boon companions, ana
when Fighting Bob" Evans Is not
plotting "a fleet from one ocean u
. a Frequent ut n b Of Cleveland
Mr.. cleveland is also fond of quail
and rabbit. shooting. In q recent IA, AZ
those who do not like rabbit meat
He stated that he could not bow &C
fashion enough to forego his fondhes'
for It. He probably remembers ~, MS p ~
hood days when rabbit hunting wa
popular among the boys, ana Wnel
4 rabbit meat was the piece de resistance
at next days dinner. ~, ,,,t.5
/ No other ex-Presldent of the unltec
States has ever written as widely ar
land. MI. Roosevelt may be eSpectet
to eclipse him in the volume Of his
/ ex-presidental writings, as ns eclipset
all other incumbents of the once In ms
contributions TO SarTen mr c1eSe
! land is not believer in the woman's
club idea. nor In woman suffrage, ,ant
lie has had considerable to say abou
those things in recent years,
La notable one. He was born the sor
SCOTCH Irish and ''Pennsylvanis
Dutch" blood in his veins, his materna
grandmother having been a, Quakeress
4 nth nth OF a family OF nine children, i
4 devolyed upon him to help supper
Z. the family. And he was never out OF {
job. A rolllcking, lusty youngster font
% fishing and hunting, he always die
{ ciple that he who does all he is pait
A to do and more besides makes tenfolt
profit before the final reckoning, AT
4 ter clerking in q store for some years
he ana his elder brother won't to New
I, teacher IN an institution for the blind
Returning home at the age. Of eigh-
teen, he borrowed $25sfrom friend ant
to-do uncle, This uncle was preparing
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