The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

that festive occasion danced 4 Spanish
uahce. and AT the end of the evening
the elder White House guests tripped
eaily through Virginia reel
While General Grant was President
ms friend and brother in arms. General
sherman. made it habit To come TO
the White House each Christmas Eve
ana romp with the children invited to
play with little Jesse The President 9
daughter Nellie, finished school and
married while she lived in the White
fiause, but her brothers Ulysses and
Fred, We're during most of that period
away AT school the latter at West
Point.
Her Happy Dream Came True.
NO family ever filed the White House
with brighter Christmas spirits than
that OF President Hayes, who brought
with him to that manor two youngsters
Fanny. aged ten. and Scott. aged
seven. There were three other sons -
webb acting as his fathers conf
dental secretary: Burchard, "a prac-
ucinS lawyer and Rutherford. who was
away at school Bat The whole fam
iiy united always on Christmas, when
their mother made il u rule TO give
forty turkeys to the poor.
These children always had their
Christmas tree, around which the lit
tie tots OF the Cabinet families made
merry OF course. Fanny was the
belle OF the childrcH's parties in those
ioui years, and WASHINGTON lady
who was much in society i'm those DAYS.
mas shown M Il pretty picture OF this
little American princess" and her
younger brother as they appeared at a
fancy dress holiday ball-shc in a gown
with long train and he in II sol
dier's uniform Indeed. those We're
lively holidays times. for Mrs. Hayes
was continually filling her big official
home with bright young girls. and one
OF theSe--a Cincinnati lassic of six
teen-had such q delightful time that.
tbs SAID. after one Of these visits she
went home and declared 10 her mother
that she intended TO marry only =, man
destined 10 be President" This little
girl was Helen Heron, the daughter
Of President Hayes law partner and
hel ambitions were later realized for
she married William II. Taft. who with
IN less than quarter century became
the chief executive of his nation
White House Christmas That Came Not.
st. Nicholas remembers we'll two lit
tie chaps in knickcrbocliers--Ir Irwin and
Aoram--who moved into the nations
Executive Mansion with their father
President Garfield. and who rode their
vclocipcdcs over the pavcmcnts around
their new home. They had two older
brothers. who had just entered the
freshman class ut Williams College
Harry Augustus, who lately became
president Of that institution. and james
Rudolph. who recently sat In the Cubi-
net of Theodore Roosevelt But the
pride of the White House in the Gar
hcld administration was 'Moilic"-a
rosy checked little lass, whose eyes
were described by chronicle OF that
time as "ovcrruuning with laughter.
AT the time Of their fathers election
these children put great store on the
next fuletidc. when all OF them ex-
pected to be together at the White
House. But the crazy man who shot
thor father the following summer de-
prived them Of this JOY However
santa Claus remembered them i'm their
own home just as lavishly as he would
had they remained In the White House
Nellie hrthur's Christmas Charities.
After the Garfields moved away Mrs.
McElroy. with her two daughters. MAY
and Jessie, came to preside over tho
White House and take charge Of her
niece and nephew. Nellie and Alan Ar
lhur. children OF the new. President.