The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-12
MRS. ROCKEFELLER.
tContinued from nage I.l

extremes ana seeking simplicity she
was intensely practical and home-lor-
ing. At high school she caused some
surprise by taking not only the pre-
scribed course but bookkeeping and
other commercial studies little plr-
sued sbytyoung women in those days.
There seems to have been little
ssentimentality in the friendship be-
tween Miss Spelman and young Rock
5efeller. but for ten years each was
the others best friend During the
days of Rockefeller's early manhood.
when he saw his hopes of college
education fade away, and soon there
after when he tramped the streets
of Cleveland for weeks in seem
ingly hopeless search for work. she
encouraged and cheered him. Soon
after he had established himself in
his first place-as bool1keeper at $500
year-she left Cleveland to COM
plete her education at Worcester.
Mass. She returned when she was
twenty years old and taught in C1eve-
lands public schools. Her first class
was the "a grammar grade in the
Brownell street school, now known
as the East Fourteenth street school
And she renewed her friendship with
young Rockefeller.
IL o Oa MISS 9p6lludH. U3SCTlDGu3
by her superiors as a splendid disci-5
plinarian and perfect teacher. be-.
came assistant principal of the school.
Rockefeller, absorbed In business.
took the books Of his firm to her OF
an evening and together they would
go over his affairs. Both of them
were interested together in church
work, too; she as a ngregationalfst,
he as Baptist; and neither ever at
tended dance or the theater.
Young Rockefeller prospered be-
yond his fairest hopes. AS soon as
he felt that he could ask her to be-
come his wife he did so. They were
married on September 8, 1854. the
eve Of her twenty-fifth birthday, and
started to keep-house in a little two
story brick residence on one OF
Cleveland's side streets. Upon her
marriage. she became Baptist and
to her religion and her home she de-
voted her entire time.
To be a good wire and mother is
the highest and hardest privilege OF
a woman" was one OF the sayings ac-
credited to her by the little circle Of
friends she knew at this time. The
borders of her world were her home.
Her whole life was wrapped up IN her
husband and children She avoided
all social functions and joined no
clubs.
When Mr.. Rockefeller's wealth was
mentioned in seven figures they Tert
their first home for a residence re-
markable only for It's unpretentious-
ness on Euclid avenue. Cleveland's
mile OF Millions. Here Mrs. Rock
efeller reared her four children; a,
fifth died in infancy.
The training given the Rockefeller
children by their mother is declared
to have been almost Spartan. Al
though the Rockefeller wealth in
creased in leaps and bounds there
was only one carriage and horse
cared for by a man. who acted as
both coachman and hostler. These
were used mostly Sunday on the trip
to church. Mrs. Rockefeller employed
two maids. but still insisted on d DIN ri
much OF the work herself She also
supervised every detail OF the care.
and training OF her children, partic-
u1arly seeking to instill in their
minds. the lesson OF t thrift It is rel
lated that on one occasion she aver
aged up the gas bills for a year and
promised as spending money. to her,
eldest daughter any sum she might
save each month by watching that
no lights were left burning needless