Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-02 | Page 4 | Rockefeller's Children

I) ' ROCKEFELLER'S CHILDREN. r With his millions' John D. Rockefeller, Jr., seems to keep Irs j balance. Coming west on Tuesday, his wife and four cihklrcn were ' with him as he alighted from the train at Omaha. photographer j. ivas proceeding to flatter the children with attention when the father " "Please don't photograph the children. J'll let you shoot me if ft, vou'll not shoot then;. It's hard anough, sometimes, to keep them 1 modest and democratic." -,. " , A most pleasing slatQincnt. Knowing that, with the courting and II i pampering bestowed on the" very rich, the children may get a wrong j : idea of their importance and cease to be natural, Mr- Rockefeller It Rvidcntly has labored to keep his youngsters in an atmosphere frci II from the false and vain. By Ids utterance at Omaha he proves him- ; self a sensible, solid man of worth, removed several degrees from Ij snobbishness. He is an American citizen, believing in the democ- I ' racy of his country and seeking to so rear his children that they, I too, will keep free from that which is supercilious and haughty. I This sentiment in favor of modesty and democracy gives us a L peep into the conscience of John Rockfcller, Jr., and discloses that Lj which we had not looked for. It is a fine tribute to his character, l and offers the hope that other millionaires are as thoroughly comic com-ic V I mittcd to the policy of being just plain people. 1