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Show 7H E . VANDERBILT . CHILDREN. " They Are Carefully Educated and Sya-I Sya-I lamatlcally Trained. Although all the members of the Van. derbilt family entertain on a magnificent scale they never permit their children to remain np late at night, are extremely careful in their education, and, in a word, are fitting them for life as well as any mother or father could do. It is one of the rules in all the bouses of the Vanderbilts that the children shall go to bed early and rise early. The little boys and girls are np before 7 o'clock in the morning. Their nurses immediately take charge of them, see that they are properly bathed and dressed, and then they go down to breakfast, which is served at half -past 7 o'clock. It is an unpretentious meal, with plenty of fresh milk, eggs, oatmeal and a bit of steak or a chop that will add strength to their physique and color to their cheeks. After breakfast there Js an hour of study. There is something for these little ones to do at all times during the day. They go through their studies systematically, and then, about half -past 8, are taken out for a walk. They are allowed to romp in the streets and in the parks to their hearts' content At 11 o'clock they are brought home, and a light luncheon of milk and bread is served, after which there are more studies either French, German or drawingand draw-ingand then another breathing spell; it may be horseback riding, or a drive out through the park and along the country road. Bock they all come about 4 o'clock, and there is another hour of study, and then they are through for the day. They are allowed to do just as they please until tea time, when after their meal they spend a pleasant hour or so with their fathers and mothers and others who may .drop in to call. Promptly at 8 o'clock they are all in bed to sleep soundly, and get np the next morning to go through the same programme. So it is not strange that all the children of the Vanderbilt family are further in advance ad-vance of their little friends in the matter mat-ter of education. For they study, study, study all the time. They are all fond of music and most of them can play on the piano. The girls are learning to play on the harp, and the boys are famous among their friends as violinists and banjo players. If you were to see these children chil-dren on the street you would not for a moment suspect that they were other than children of parents in ordinary circumstances. circum-stances. They makd no Si splay at elabor rate dress. The eldest of Cornelius Yanr derbilt's daughters is dressed plainly in little, pretty, cheap dresses without any braid or ornamentation. She wears snug fitting cloth jackets.and the little cap that sits gracefully on ljer head could be duplicated du-plicated for a couple o' dollars. Cor. Ladies' La-dies' Home Journal ' . : : i |