Show I CHILDREN WHO MADE gE HAVE THE tH tHE E WHITE HOUSE 0 CHEERFUL of ot the White House make want leant mention of ot tin tile i THE rUE children who have havo enlivened It by IW their presence for tor while used um In its dual capacity of oC of 0 residence and domicile of at the executive It was wu more In is th the former than the latter hitter With thu tho advent of o President vest veil conies comes th the first largo large family to take tip up Us lis residence there thure In many fours lurs tho the last onu onn on approaching It In ilze ilzo Ilz being that of ot President Garfield years ago n o and tho the last to ex ox exceed etc it In number of oC children that of or Tyler sixty year cars ago IIO It Is Isa a pity for tor Make Hake that no ao 0 cannot associate thu the White with tho the Custis children so beloved of oC Washington but the truth Is that It ft Ins ivaH that first occupied by blurt bluff old John Adams and his Ills talented consort Abl tall fall tho the other Father I of at Ills His Country never saving resided within Ita walls Ono One I yearn have passed sInce les Ident dent Adams and his hl went avant to dwell in hi the tho White House and at nt that time they lied had been bren years jears mar married marrIel fled ried While Mm Mrs Adams Adam dwells feel In her upon tho the barren aspect of oC the palace and mentions that elio was wont to pang hang up the In tho tiro grent great unfinished mat room she mho Is silent nil nR to any little ones onca In whom tho the public of oC today auld n o l l ho he vastly more inure Interested Interacted than thanIn In tho the domestic trials of oC tho the presidential I Ifal pair President Ire Jefferson Jeffersons a wife had hall been df nd ad nineteen years when whon he first as nil mined Um tho cares CArlS of ot government mid and there here was strictly speaking no lady t ol of f the tho White House during his ids term tern k if f Hit itla daughter Mm Mrs olio was the mother of oC flo children at nl attlio l the 1110 time her lIeI ter fattier father was elected pres I tent lent passed parsed two In hr the tho mansion man loll anti anil ha tins hall tho the honor of at haw hav havIng ha tag Ing given hell birth to the tho first child chilli born MI Its Ill walls Ho Ile was wag called James Jomes I Madison after out Ut President Madison had bad no children hough tho the mansion was waa enlivened by bythe the he of his hla wife tho the Inimitable Dolly without whom Indeed Its Ita annals l would now nov seem President Mom oo had hod two daughters daughter when he vas ivas elected ono one of o whom Mrs MII decree Georgo Hay fay had halt attended Mme Mine Campans fa fn famous anus school In Paris and n no DB she had hod c been an nn Intimate friend of oC named her only daughter When President John Adams succeeded his youngest was teas eighteen yens years old and ond If It he bad had h ll younger children or l It grand had hod gathered about his hoe board there would not havo have been any great creat haw of hilarity in his austere pros nice nee ills his successor or General was nas a 11 lover of oC children but unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately ho he had hOll none nOlle of o hlA hl own and Ms his wife having d ded d just before he tie came cameto camei i to 10 tho presidency Mrs MrM A J r alto Je of oC his favorite took charge charl e eC ft f C domestic affaire in tho the White Houw The rho general always called her my ray laughter r was waR very fond of her and andhor hor For children who were nil nit born at atI I tho the White House lIous and stood godfather to two of or them A Visitor to the pres mansion at that limo wrote of oC oCL i L scone OcellA ho witnessed there thero thereAt At lift the tho farther end of oC the thc room sat satI I the president t a 1 long loose coat col L and smoking n a long lon reed pipe 1110 with bowl r of ct red clay combining tho the dignity of at thin tho patriarch monarch and Indian Just behind him was Edward Liv Livingstone 4 the tho secretary of ot state elate rend read reading reat ing him hIma a 1 dispatch from rein the Trench French l tr minister of or foreign forel n affairs The Tho ladles lallies glance admiringly now and then nt at tho thon n ao o o O president pr who IlI Grut waving his hie pipe the tile children th they y become becom too boisterous i President Van Huron Duren n a widows widower when he lie lito pro 1 f and ami one of DC hi hll hie attend ell d to th the III function General William Henry who become became In JIU 1111 had been married for torr y year ara ut tit that l at time t tide lIi anil Q ab 1 though thc ush the lh father thor of oC ten children nil all vv wire were re then grown glOwn up UI lie He was wat to by tita hll law Mrs hire Jane b P and Ad hw her two tO sons BOPS but the tho presidents soon won aft deprived her hor of or the opportunity of 0 to any nn extent President Tyler had hid been married years When he ho went to the tho White House and had children T i J a ar r 0 1 L LH f I i iI ir 0 r d i I 0 o I iJ L H r fir 1 f rr A a 7 t iwi i pi fi S r ltd r t b 1 r i t v vr vt r t I Ir rJ iw 4 J I Ir r i ALlCe Jit RESIDENT S CHILDREN N t ti J J s c fIo tr o oa a o o fi c o 00 ra Q a aa L v co fl o o f oC oGo O OO Oo O OO G O O t Ills His wife wICe dying tho the next year he ho mar married marr ried again In to the last lost year of oC his hta pres presidency presIdency and aad became become tho the father of ot seven more Ills his third daughter doughier married In III the blue room In 1312 1St but bul Tylers second s cOHl marriage ceremony wan was performed In New York Of OC all nil tho the large family that lived with him In the tM Hume House nag daughter alone alono sur aur survives vives In the person of Sirs Mr Tyler Hemple a n refined and beautiful l old lady now non residing In to the homo at nl Washington President Polk had no children Zachary Taylor years yent married when wilen elected president select selected ed ell daughter Mrs Miles to Pf la In place of his tits wife who de do desired sired rest jest and o lilt seclusion The lively Ml MI Mira 8 Dotty ao no oho she was trail called by all nil allIs It Is still alive and ud rookies resides In Winchester Va President Pre dent Fillmore hind had ono one eon son and ono one daughter both grown up when ho called to tho the executive mansion President IlI Pierce lied had had three chil children children dren but hut till all were dead when he ho re received reo received hits his highest honors his last child chilli a 11 bright boy hoy of ot thirteen having been beon killed In n a 1 railway accident In January preceding tho Inauguration and an It was In tho trio of ot this great that Iha t ho and his hU 1110 took up their res residence at Washington President was a 11 bachelor and hn hilI niece the beautiful Harriet Ian living lUIng In with grace and dignity during his official term When Abraham Lincoln entered the White House he ht and Ida hIli info had with them three bright boys Io but Willie the tho youngest died In 1624 t 92 and after this lit Mr affect lent centered In bi the next son Tad Tal a lovable affectionate child chilli An As A Doli was ore oft most t of the time at fit college and Inter later on Tad and hll fa hr her r were Inseparable In anti and many stories are ore related of oC the af at affection t existing between the tho two The White WS File House was very verr gloomy to Mr Lincoln In those hone tho e years of stress and par parr particularly BO so after the thu death deaths of o little Willie On the afternoon before ho he was assassinated the president said while out for tor a 1 rIde with his wife I 1 feel happy Mary Mal for tor I consider this day Jay the tho war has hn come to a close And A nIl then after a pause he added We mu must t both be more moro cheerful In fn tho the future Between the tho war wor and the thc loss of oC darling Willie we have been very miserable ml erable Little Tad was almost his hie only conso canso consolation lation lalton In those thole days previous to the thelast thelast last 1181 terrible happening The of ot tho the presidents family as IlS well as os the pleasures are arc always alway shared by the tho country and It wa was with sincere sorrow Borrow that the country later learned of ot the death of this beloved son of oC tho the war president Sorrow In larger larer measure than titan joy seems to have havo fallen tallen to the lot of eC many White House occupants One ne of Pres Pren President ident Johnsons sons died there and he ho himself was wua burdened with great crent cares Ills His children all oil grown up when ho he assumed the tho presidential office o Cl but those of ot his ids two daughters Martha and Mary Man with their happy young faces lightened the gloom that hung hun over the House after litter the assassination of oC Lincoln A large family of ot children conduces to happiness even if It ono one bo ho bond sad nd and downcast t and aid President John Johnson JohnOn Johnson son On and his hla Invalid wife derived great pleasure from the tho presence of their grandchildren It was sold said soon oon after he left loft Washington No president ever before hind hal In the tho While House nou o so many mall children or as youthful ones as na tho the five grandchildren of oC President Johnson nor will there thero ever be a 11 brighter band there thero theroa a 11 In Inoc oc o tOo a o 0 0 aa fl fl tr During DUlIng the tho greater creator part of IC I Grants GIants first administration his were away at Itt school schaal but hut there wa iwas n more moro gayety In hi his second term Miss 1 Nellie was presented h to l and Fred l came oame homo home from Went We l foist Nellie Grails wedding which woe the th that hats had place n In th tb White Hous by b the Way tray Wa was WaR a 0 brit bril llant affair M as many may renumber remember it took place May Jay 21 1874 and all the thi rf rr of thu tho city gathered In la the tm east room to witness the thu ceremony taut tu after nil all was Willi oer over a Ii servant deserted room chewed chained to M s her Item father prong upon her bed sol convulsively That great heart why MII h to the tho last always throbbed for Cor ur wiry and children was IM almost at nl the tha of separation from an only daughter Mr It and Mrs Mra Hayes celebrated their silver wedding In 1677 1877 tho the year of tho the Inaugural and ns nil their children we u 1 all nil beyond the tho age ogo of juvenility mi t usually reigned in tho the White lion Hut But oil all was teas changed loI n 1 Garfield came there thero with his hla family of tit live healthy children and the tits p ponce pi ph phonce once more inure resounded with sounds and happy hUI laughter An As th tl r father frequently joined them In thi th ir lr iri i romps the tho children weir neu w nor r I so tar fur as os real enjoyment u is i Interpreted by lIy youth On tho tiro morning of ot that fatal July Jul day In lS 1 n a President Garfield was shot by uy the 1 ha ho Indulged In ono one of oC then the inn boisterous of at rompe and It h Is w it II i known Unon that ho and his boys often oCt n hill had h a jolly Joll pillow lights together Sorri iy again trod on the heels of or j Jy v y yand vand and when the shot Flint rang ut Ul that sent Bent tho the head of ot this happy hoppy fanny family fa to death President Arthur camo came to d r lice flee not lIot only Maddened by tho the d dents l ati of ct hU hh hl predecessor but burdened b by K Kover gin lI over the death of ot lile hili trite th the year far bi VI fore tore Hh ms 61 sister tel inlaw Mrs Mc Me lroy presided pre at tho the white House HOUll and nil I 1 J 1 chari ge of motherless Nellie Atthur and ani hor her brother 80 Ho recent as ItS to be fresh freh fre h In 10 th the w m rn m ory of many IMn arc lire the tho events of oC tip the th u I Cleveland Clo administrations the nm nuna of o the president In the tho btu blu r rm m mUm Um the first ceremony of tho the kind e err er ri 11 i r formed there ther and the subsequent PI t vent of or the tho children In whom the wh while i nation took tool n a tender Interest V 1111 I the tho first of ot President Clevelan i t s children held almost equal interest in inthe tho the hearts of ot the people 1001 with hn hI t h t i ful lovely mother mothel and renowned fait fal hi More people It was said went treat to 10 Wash during tho the second Cleveland ij J 1 ministration to woo soo the babies in ch h i of oC their nurses on the tho White Huu Q lawn than for Cor any allY other purpose President Harrisons h two children a ason ason son eon and a tt daughter were far tor ba nl tho the baby Imby stage when their honored i I n nent ar arant ent ant reached leached the White House but hi dots does not remember the tho h stowed by the president upon his bin K gr n l t child I lid Baby Daby McKee In truth It win 1 I seem that the tho people lolle in UP th b hol 1 ll I t that there thero Is no perfect joy without i J baby in the house and ami rejoice with nil ul who arc fortunately d 1 Li n in inthis this respect All our presidents lilt hll been beon domestic homo home loving men and II ti was WI a n great grief brieC to our late Into note not president and his wife that their o 01 r little ones did lId not live Iho to share th i occupancy of ot the White House President t Hoowell enjoys the dl til Unction of at not nol only being belli tho the young i executive e we wo have he ever oer had but ai nl alof i of at taking to the White while house o the lai hat gent gest family It lm has hns over ever 1 There Is a reason for tor tho the popular Inter est eat in him and especially In his Fla sli S1 hearty hoarty hort children ranging from the age og of at four to seventeen The people I art au glad clad nt at the tho prospect of at hawing having tho the fu tu i pall all of at gloom and tragedy dle pelted by merry shouts and laughter and their henna go so out to those little ones anIs who ho help to lighten their fathers father l cares of state I SS 0 fy r y G fl t 4 Ct |