Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

&k2 tains, says sbo writer, where
Mrs. Cleveland, with her family, spends
her summers. there is a lovely little old
Friends meeting house. There every Sum
day ia the summer you viii find ms.
Cleve and and her family. Nothing coAld
be more typical. There I'm that church fine,
self-respecting. sturdy people worship in
strong, simple faith; and in the Whole au-
dience-lt is true II is never a large one.
sometimes not more than twenty or thirty
in all-you viii find no one more demo-
cratic or Of stronger faith.
Just as Mr.. Cleveland was an unusual
example Of what ar honest, right-mindcd,
Woodworking American boy can become,
so Mrs. Cleveland Is an example Of how a
beautiful American girl can, with sweet
ness and gentleness, make herself the most
universally loved and admired woman in
this country.
Five children nave been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland. Ruth, the Oldest child,
died some years ago. Esther. born In the
White House, Is now 16 and taller than her
mother. who is herself a tall woman. Ma
rion. IA, is large. too. and looks exactly
like her mother. The two sons, Richard
Old and Froneis Grover Co, are q pair cf
healthy, handsome boys: Mrs. Cleveland
is bringing up this fine, devoted family az
simply as you would expect the children Of
two such real democrats as their father
and mother to be reared.
mo woman could ask a greater interest
than her children" said Mrs. Cleveland.
'Other interests come into every woman's
life, but that is the main one, 1 think. 1t
has been my greatest interest for eighteen
I years.
II want my children to be In the country
as much as possible during their childhood,
out Of the confusion Of city life. OF course,
we are in the country at our home in
Princeton, but It is not IKE this.
IL am so glad that they are not public
@hidren any more" she added. 1T is diff
ferent with older people, 1 think. But both
Mr.. Cleveland and myself always were
careful to guard our home hfe."
Mrs. Cleveland remarked that Mr. Cleve-
lane always preferred that the pictures OF
the children should appear in print as sell
dom as possible. She explained one feature
OF her prejudice against publicity thus:
Photographs Of children always look to
me like caricatures- In a picture you see
Just one expression, while you know that a
child has hundreds Of little moods and
lenses. 1t does not seem to me as IL a
photograph was ever as beautiful as a
chid. 1 sometimes feel that way about my
friends. 1t never seems as II their photo
graphs do them Justice
about our country life? Why, there is
little to tell. We live out OF doors. No not
on the piazzas," she sdded. smiling, as her
visitor Involuntary glanced out on the
broad veranda that trimmed the western
wing Of the house. "Out doors, In fields,
in pastures. everywhere.
''This is the first year that we have had
an automobile here, and II seems as II we
had been in Il most Of the time. We also
go on long tramps through the country.
with the White mountains only fifty miles
away, there are beautiful walks here.
Sometimes wo so berrying. Nearly every
year we climb one or two mountains. but
this year we haven't found time
eve always spend a few days at Duncan
lake, In the camp that Mr.. Cleveland built
here. It was there that he often used 20 go
on his fishing trips. 1t is seventeen miles
from here, in the town OF ossipee, and
about a mile from the station
1--WE go bathing down at the AXE boat
ing, fishing, in fact, we have all our sum
mer water sports during the few days that
we camp there. Richard is developing
quite a love for fishing; he often went out
with his father and has inherited his love
for the sport.
1T is the quiet. resttul life OF the country
that we care for. That is the aim Of every
body who goes away in the summer, I think.
There are no events up here on Stevenson
hill and no social life except what we make
ourselves. Friends, books, and the doings
of the children-that has been the summer
routine"
Even though As years old, Mrs. Cleveland
still retains her girlish looks. She is q
great walker. Every summer she takes a
number Of two or three-day tramps over
z the mountains, and she enjoys particularly
camping out for the night on the top oil
a mountain. Her nature, buoyant, sunny
and kindly, was, Of course. God-gtven; but
her wonderful experiences, which would
have turned the head of many brilliant
vdannen, have only added to her grace and
humility.
Respected and admired by a whole coun'
try, and loved by q devoted family and :
wide circle OF friends, she Is what INT
first lady OF the land" should bean idea
Tor the typical American woman.
.
The Debutante.
In the springtime the sweet girl grad
SJRs occupies the center OF the stage, anC
we all bow In submission, observes the
Washington Herald. The fairest Of the fair
she eolipses all else, and the laying asid'
OF her books begins a new era In her life
The month Of June belongs 10 the brides
and again we yield all IN paying court &