Show P I Inh1uI1 E 01ED BABIES I DOROTHY WHITNEY MARTHA CAMERON CAM-ERON AND THE LITTLE JAPANESE How the LIttle One Look nuil ActDon Cameron UI B Doting rather How Do i rotliy wn Jfamo A Story of Theodore Frll IIIsh 1Irlicn r T give JotftoV tto three most noted 0 i babies of IVaslilngton socictj Each has F caused a great amount of gossip among r the great men and women of the ciip 4 v itnl and each has been tun theme of so much newspaper comment that the trio may bo considered as belonging to the public A Mme Kukis baby is the oldest It is the fIn or tbe Japanese ministoi and its pretty little Japanese eyes and its yellow leam imi J plixion together with its winning wnys make it as beautiful as any Amcliun i baby you have over seen Its hair is jet black and it laughs and cries just like an American baby It is the pride of the Japanese minrs ters heart lIe hofc I it to nil of his friends 4 and brings it out now and then on state occasions i I occa-sions Mine Kuki its mother is a very I accomplished lady She is fine looking and she wears dresses and diamonds as fine as any you have seen at a White House reception She has a creamy yellow complexion black eyes with half closed lids and masses of blue black hair wound at the back of her head She dresses in European style and she keeps her baby dressed in the same manner The little one is i now 2 i years oid and ho begins to prattle in broken English i Little Martha Cameron is several months older now than she was when the photograph from which this sketch is made was taken She has become oven prettier and the little f uz which you see hero has grown into long I blonde hair She is now a baby in short clothes and she has nearly doubled her j I I weight Fince last November at which time I the photograph was made Both Mrs Cameron Cam-eron and the senator pride themselves upon j I the baby being like them in feature and Senator I I Sen-ator Cameron spends a great deal of time in I I playing with and admiring it Ho had its m nurse take it to the Capitol one day during the last session and the senatorial infant held I quite a reception each of the senators vying wjth the other in saying complimentary things I i I I I I 4c J H 5ci t I t I irns CAMEUOX AND BABY > about it nnd in trying to be favored with i one of its bright eyed smiles Mrs Cameron believes in open air for infants and this young lady s > pends tho most of her time in Ming about the parks of Washington with h r nurse It is the first child that has t i blessed tho senators marriage and if blood I 1 tells it oujrht to be a remarkable woman I Mrs Cameron is the daughter of Judge Sherman r Sher-man of Cleveland who was the brother of f R eIIawr Kliormnti and Gen V f Sherman j and we all know that Don Cameron is the son I of that noted octogenerian statesman Senator Kimon Cnmeron who was Lincolns secretary of war and who like his son has for years e heM tho slate of Peiiu lvunia in his right hand Mrs Cameron is one of the most accomplished ac-complished and at the same time one of the most beautiful women in Washington society She looks more like a young girl than a senatorial t sena-torial mother and she is one of the leaders j the court society here in connection with j j Mrs Cleveland and Mrs Whitney I j t 4 Rpotiking of Mrs Whitney her baby has i already n national reputation I am able to day to give you the first sketch published of this cabinet infant The sketch is drawn i i from a photograph which was taken this j I week and the photograph is a very good j j representation of both baby and mother I t The babys name is Dorothy Payne Whitney I i mid Mrs Whitney has received many com j t lOiiiionts upon the selection of tho name j I I Dorothy means God given and she tells me sho has received number letters regarding j j I tile baby from other Dorothys all over the i h country One little child from the far west writes that she would like very much to have j photograph of tho baby and that her mother j 1 has told her thatit was born with gold spoon j j I in its mouth This is the first time she says 1 she over heard of such a thing and she wants I Mrs Whitney to send her a picture of the t baby and the spoon Mrs Whitney modestly I I rays it is a good ordinary baby and she does I I not approve of the extravagant reports that are sent out about it The baby she says I i has no wardrobe of lace and silks such as are described in the newspapers Its clothes are I J 4 t i I I j I I fr 1 4I 4I I I ains WhITNEY AND BABY L neatly but plainly made nnd she was touched by receiving an enthusiastic letter from an t old lady in Tennessee inclosing pair of socks I for little DOIOth Dorothy and I saying that she had seen a statement that her l babys clothes were plain Theold lady went on to say that she was very glad that Mrs Whitney was such a < onsiblo woman She did not approve of till frills and furbelows which modern fash I ion puts upon babies clothes and she sent this pair of socks which she had knitted her heIr in the plainest manner that they might osTespond with tho rest of the babys costume I I cos-tume Though the Uaby has no golden spoon it i has received a number of silver ones as I presents from its friends over the country and Mrs Whitney has received babies socks II rom nearly every state of the union She hays no special christening robe was made for I the baby and that it wore upon that occasion occa-sion the stockings which were knitted for it I lv Mrs President Cleveland I ri I I j I I ifs J k t t MME KUKI AND BABY t 1H K sSACA > < I r j I Mrs Cleveland sent it a small wicker toy baby carriage at the timo of its birth and I upon this there was the following inscription For Baby Whitney with much love from her friend Mrs Cleveland Jnn 34 ISS7 The bod of the carriaga was filled with lilies of the valley and in front was this pair of blue and white sock which the baby wore at its christening and which were at this time also filled with lilies When the question of naming the baby was considered letters were received suggesting names from all parts of the country and Mrs Whitneys friends in Cleveland wanted the baby named after herself Flora Payne She chose Dorothy in preference as it was an old name in the family and on account of its meaning bonio thing She has no sympathy with the choice of baby names of n sentimental nature I nsked her as to whether her family was related to that of Dolly Madison whoso maiden name was Dorothy Payne She replied re-plied that she did not know but she has oltou been spoken of as having some of the features of President Madisons wife mid she certainly resembles her to a great extent in the sociability so-ciability of her nature and her remarkable tact tactSpeaking Speaking of Dorothy meaning Cod given recalls a story told about Theodore Freling huyfien who was the candidate for vice president on the ticket with Henry Clay in L 1844 Theodore also means God given and Frelinghuyens friends were so sanguine of his election that they claimed his name was rightly chosen mid that he was to bo the God given vicepresident When the returns came in however it was found that Polk had a majority of the electoral votes and Feeling huysen went into retirement So far no president has had a child bom to I him in the White House and most of the presidents have died childless Washington was very fond of children but none came to bless his marriage Jefferson was a widower of ten years standing when he was elected president and Madison died having had no issue Andrew Jacksons children were all adopted ones and his alopted son Andrew I Jackson Donelson had a baby born in the White House Jackson was very fond of this baby and a former tutor at the Jleimitnge tells me that he used to wheel its carriage up and down the east room for hours at a time Van Buren was a widower when elected and his son Prince John Van Buren was a young man at this time He was a very lively I I I young man too and he had not much respect for the dignity of his father The two acted as though they were of the same age in regard to their relations with each other and at onetime one-time it is related that Mai tin Van Buren had a great deal of ti o ible in getting John to rise parly Ho finally made an mtigeineut with him that the first one up after a certain time was to have a right to pull the other out of the bed John had himself called and watched carefully Finally one morning he caught the president napping and slipping into his chamber lie jerked him on to the floor This is the only time it is said that a presi dent was pulled out of bed Harrison and Taylor wero old when they I entered the White House Buchanan was a I bachelor and I do not think John Quincy Adams had any children after he was elected president Presidnt Lincolns boy Tad made I things lively when his father was president and little Nellie Arthur was the brightest spot in her fathers administration I FBAXK G CARPETER |