Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-07

mug mowers. She has taken a
ueep interest in the welfare of col
oreo girls in the South, in which
Work her father was interested before
ner. In fact, Spelman pater estab-
,isneu the Spelman seminary at At
,anta, Ca, for negro girls, and since
MS death this institution has been
supported by Mrs. Rockefeller.
mrs. Hockefeller's chief occupation
~ NE has been the rearing of her
iour children. Another child died in
infancy. Society never claimed her
from ner children and she never has
nad any interest that was considered
as approaching her family in impor-
lance.
MIS-. rockefeller trained her chill
oien IN the ways of thrift just as she
might have done if she had expected
tnat they would be compelled to make
tner own way in life She set them
al example in this respect in her
manner OF dress and in the direction
Oh ner household, even when this
inVoIVed the great home and grounds
d. Focantico Hills, Tarrytown, N.
I. Her social circles always in
ciuoed only the old friends of the
lamliy-friends made during the early
DAYS when nobody suspected that John
nocKefeller, commission merchant, ever
would be the richest man In the world.
even this limited number of friends
oIten was neglected in order that the
mother might devote all of her time
to her children.
Turing recent years when Mrs
rockefeller appeared in public she al
ways was clad in the same simple
style. She wore a black silk gown
with white lace trimmings at the
throat and cuffs, with a neat black
coat to match.
NOBODY ever discovered that Mrs
Rockefeller was greatly interested in
the wealth that her husband spent
MS life in amassing. She suffered
much because of it, She suffered when
her husband faced numerous attacks
In newspapers and magazines that
mad to do with his methods Of making
money and she suffered when he was
the defendant in several government
prosecutions that were brought on for
the same reason.
But that practically was the only in
tereSt she had in the money credited
to her husbands account at the bank
or his numerous banks, to be ex-
act. Any business man with an in
come of $4,000 a year could have pro-
vided his wife with the same luxu-
ries that Mrs. Rockefeller enjoyed.
Most of the charities of the Rookie
teller family were left to the husband
or his aids to handle. Mrs Rookie
Teller, however, enjoyed bestowing
funds in certain directions herself
A needy distant relative was inca
pacitated. A home was built and given
to him free of all cost by Mrs. Rookie
Teller.
The church interests of this richest
wife have always been important in
her eyes. She was originally Congre-
gationalist, but upon her marriage
transferred her allegiance to the Bap-
fist denomination of her husband, and
is now a member of the Euclid Ave
nue. Baptist church in Cleveland. AS
long as her health permitted, she
was never absent from her pew on
Sunday.
But it is in her home that she shows
to her best advantage. To her guests
she Is a hostess royal. Always she
talks of those subjects which are
closest to the hearts of those she en-
tertains-the rare secret of success
full hostess. She makes all feel at
ease at once. There is nothing of the
snob in her. Lovable and companion
able at all times, she is woman to
whom wealth has brought no change
of character save to emphasize its
highest qualities.
In recent years she has been in very
infirm health. But for the tender and
persistent care which she has received
at the hands of her husband she would
probably not have lived until now.
The best of everything has been given
her.
She never sought to buy titles for
her children, though she might easily
have done SO. And she never aspires
to the title of "oil queen" or any other
oueen. though she has some excuse,
for the blood of royalty actually
flows in the veins of her "oil king"
husband
such is the fact, for though not
MANY know of it, John d. Rockefeller
is q direct descendant of the reign
ing house of England, lineal heir OF
Fdward Ironsides, once king, and OF
oil the succeeding rulers down to Ed
ward III. Through the third EDWARDS
son the earl of Leicester, he traces