The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
he Girls and Boys of the
White House and Cabinet
by Celia Reynolds Robertson,
Washington Post.

ING "Hase house Baby was asleep.
Tor 1t was nap time, and she lay cud- |
died up TO her white bunny rabbit, in
the little bed that served for another
White House baby a long time aro.
At least. it a long time ago, counting
from little Josephine's seventeen bliss.
full months Of life, since little Ruth
Cleveland siep in this same tinv white
bed that will now serve the present
While House Baby when she takes her
beauty sleep. Indeed, little Joseph
ines mother was a schoolmate of Ruth
cleveland, n w dreamed, when
she had the former White House Babv
for a classmate, hat her own baby
would one day wear that coveted title.
Tn mother Of the White House Babv
is but a sweet slip Of a girl herself.
n no one would dream Of her own
ing such a dear, dimply little girl. un-
less n were told about it beforehand.
Little Josephine Cothran-for such
IS the little lady's name-is the daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Perrin Cothran.
Of Raleigh. N. c., and the grandniece
of President Wilson. Mrs. Cothran is
the daughter Of Mrs. Howe, the Presi-
dents sister, n has spent much of
her girlhood as a member of the Pres
ident's family, and what more natural
than that little Josephine should have
been made the baby OF the household.
With her mother she was often at
Seagirt, the Presidents summer home.
where she was called the Little White
House Baby, for so the governors
house was called. So it was only a
step further to become the Big White
House Baby, and as such she has been
a~fectionately named by the nation at
large, even in the short time that she
has been a member of the Presidents
family in Washington.
About Baby Josephine.
AS l began to tell you in the begin
ming, little Josephine was asleep. OF
course it was we'll for her, for even
young ladies of seventeen months must
begin to care for their compilations
by taking beauty naps, but it was a
great disappointment for me, for I had
hoped to talk to her n tell you just
what's h had to say but as she was SC
occupied with the dream man and her
bunny rabbit, I had no chance to
make her acquaintance. I regretted it
all the more because I have been told
that h is a born hostess, and full of
sweet friendliness, n will grasp her
rufflety white skirts In two tiny hands,
drop o a quaint curtsy, and say
How do" in the dearest imaginable
manner She is very adaptable and
entirely at home in the Big White
House, and needs to be amused,
for she is full Of resources. She is
going to be a very literary lady, for
she is fond Of books, and delights in
looking over the magazines-nevel
mind if she reads them upside-down-
and she loves her linen picture book.
also. She will leave all her toys te
listen to music, and can sing very
sweetly after her own baby fashion
She delights in soft dainty things, anG
will stroke with her tiny hand a bit OF
lace or some other soft, shimmerinf
thing that appeals to her sense of tn
beautiful. h has already developed
in a remarkable degree a sense o!
rhythm. and will follow the music
with little dancing step and soft move
ments Of her little hands. She is al
ways dressed very simply in white an<
has beautiful blonde coloring.
Josephine has a large family OF dolls
but she loves best a small characte
baby doll which she delights in dis
robing, thus exposing the poor doll
baby to all sorts Of sudden colds. Blu
just at present she is fondest OF he
white bunny rabbit, a fuzzie creatur
on the end Of a string that will no.
most ridiculously when you press
bulb. l..
Perhaps if Josephine were going t
be in Washington for Easter h Woul
roll eggs on the White House grounds
but she will return shortly with ne
parents to her temporary nome i
Philadelphia. Josephine glories IN tn
possession of a real cOlOred NANNY
who was also her mothers nurse, an
on sunny afternoons she can be seer
with her little cousins, attended by tn
faithful Nanny Mamie playing Q
the White House terrace.
But alas, Josephine has no idea {
the dignity that doth hedge a Pres
dent, and her Uncle Woodrow Is e1
pected to wait on the little lady VINE
ne is in her company, and n delight
in dropping her playthings just to sc
him pick them up for her. He is a
ways rewarded with a cheerful IT;
ia" Josephine's vocabulary is ratht
limited at present, but the few wore
al her command are repeated with
cheerful insistence that is wonderful
effective.
The Howe Children.
Sbaripo tho hnnOrS with little j.