The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 14, 1915, Page 7

STAR—MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1915. PAGE 7. OF THINGS -.° - FOR WOMEN Jd | What Does a Baby Cost? What SHOULD a Baby Cost wie Do You Think? A PAGE .... FREE MILK FOR ‘BABIES, CITY FARM FOR GIRLS, IS AIM OF COUNGILWOMAN) | HARRY MAKES A CONFESSION res LITTLE } (Copyright spaper Bo | Notwithstanding the solemnity of the occasion, I could not help but }smile at the sight of Tim O'Con }nor as he brought his baby down the aisle to present ft for Its chris tening. I had promised Annie to be go mother to her little daughter and Tim, after long deliberation, de. tween the “chief and Mr. Harry Symone, had chosen the latter tol | be godfather | “You see, Miss Margie (Tim jealla me by the same that | Annie does), | was afratd perhaps | the ‘chief’ would think | was try-| jing to bribe him If 1 trusted him with the future of little Mar} garet Anne. Ye see, the ‘chief has ine children of his own, and I think, between you and me, Miss Mar-| , Baret, he ts a bit Jealous of the | baby I do be presentin’ to Father | McCarthy next week for the chris-| tening. ‘Tim,’ said he to me as he | pinned a medal on me that day at} | the hospital, ‘I don't envy ye yer name |decoration, it belongs to ye earned it with your ' jand courage, but I do be savyin’ ye yer baby. She's as swate an Irish hedge rose. And in this, | me boy, ye fan take nothin’ to ver SR | self, fer ye are a red-headel xpal-| BD. " peen, with the big mouth and Ic cng POPS. ye S, {upper lip of your forefathers, Yis. |he repeated with a sigh, ‘I eure do| arm < \ envy ye the baby Mre. Estelle Lawton Lindsey Ye see, Miss Margaret. know. | LOS ANGELES, June 14.—A “My first great aspiration as alin how he feels in the matter, it woman in the city prosecutor’s | councilwoman will be to see a wom | would be Just like askin’ him for} office! an in the city prosecutor's office the Seek oi the Sarge’ and | can’t for the benefit of women who go do that e know Mr. Symone has Better te gen in the jails. | there seeking aid, when in distress.) "€*" 80 foine to Annie e A municipal farm for girls. i This, I believe, will be accomplish. ‘@t We said that the | we 7 Universal transfers and the ‘ed very soon, for Mayor-elect Se pould do was (to give him thts abolition of all grade crossings. bastian has promised that it shall) Dear, simple minded Tim Ie | A free milk station maintain- : ed by the city. | And a weil-duilt-up juveniie department in the police court. be done. | there were more fathers who look e a T hope to see the establishment: a4 oon their children in this Nght, | jot a city farm, where girls may 60 | am thinkin i. little book, we} Jand live out under the clear ®kY| would not have so much talk about and in the good air, bailding UP) “better bables body and soul at the same time. | Harry came around for 0 me in his| Asked what she will do between) big touring car and then we went now and July 1, when she is {n-) after Annie and the wonderful! Here are just a few of the many tivic hopes of Estelle Lawton Lind eey, the first woman ever elected to acity council in a city of the first) stalled, the first councilwoman re/ baby. Tim rode beside us a4 proud awed plied ly as the finest cavairy offiesr in ‘My election is a tribute and Tam going to clean house, make) the king's own. It was a joy to sve Yietory to women,” fey. a sald Mrs. Lind-| some new shi is and mend my hus j how every policeman of the traffic) squad, as we passed, swept all the other traffic aside and let us poss! It's a great day for the Irish,” | remark one of them with smile and a win | True for ye, Dennie, true for) ye.” answered Tim, “nnd if ye hac been the man I hoped you was, you would have married pret Norah McFadden at least a year axo and }ye would bave been walking to the church with a baby yerself this day.” Tim,” | Harry laughed and said, band's socks. Why Is the Ocean So Near the Shore? admonisoed Annie, but Let him THE ANSWER IS—no matter how dark or Geued ta aden eke gamma co y torm the night is, the waves go broke on the |somebody or he'll blow up and} “ beach burst g | When we got to the chureh { made Harry read over the duties of | godfather, so that he would un- | derstand what he was promising to | di | | “Don't you worry, Margie,” he} | whispered, “I'm going to be a mod-| el godfather to Tim's little girl.” | Nothing matters much, once the habit is es- tablished of drinking nothing stronger than the pleasant-flavored 99 COFF Always sold at the popular price of 25 cents per pound. Coffees may come and Coffees may go, but 99 | ~ * Py * “1 wonder if Dick will be as Coffee is running right along, smoothly, but 99 | proud of our baby as Tim is of his,” : A er vr I sald. “He does not say much out skipping a spark or missing a stroke, as Janout it Intely. But Dick is 0 the gas wagon advertisers say. jqueer, he sometimes bursts out | with the most wonderful ideas ond |sentiment that I never suspected 99 pleased and satisfied eeatimont that, users out of one hundred : 0 | “That's right, is quite a record. |think Dick has Margie, 1 often more sentiment than you. . ‘ | I must have looked surprised, for| Are you going to get in Harry exclaimed, “Men as a rule > C is have more sentiment than women, the games Purchase _ this bot they're usually ashamed to week or any week from show it to any one. The things 34 ite " e | that He deepest are the things of your Favorite Grocer one. |which we men never speak. 1 Pound 99 Coffee, 25 cents. |have rarely found « woman who Is not sentimental, but | have seldom discovered much sentiment in the most of them.” “Why, Harry becoming pessim'st? "he answered, “but some | way, Margie, you have a way of |making a man tell you at times | just what he thinks of women.” “Which seems not to be very complimentary, 'larry.” “Not to the aggregate; individu. ally, you are charming, but in the} mass I certainly helleve that there fs not a man who is not a little afraid of you.” Just then the procession started with the baby for the altar. (To Be Continued Tomorrow) {WERE AND THERE WHEN FRANK ROSE, Friaco jit- neyist, agreed to bar women from | his car's front seat, a divorce sult against bim was dismissed eee * 1 exclaimed, Crescent Mig. Co. Seattle, Wash. godfather make An Investment in Promptness In the quick closing of long-range busi- ness, Western Union DayLettersorNight Letters pay large profits on their cost. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. HE WOULDN'T kiss his baby, and so David Bracht, Flint, Mic was kiven 65 days in the house of correction. NEW YORK'S youngest graduate is little Mariquita MacManus, aged 2% years, who received a diploma| from the Montessori children’s | house. cee IGABELLA WADE, Chicago sing: ler, held in Italy, and atcused of as- sisting a Bavarian officer | ag A LIST OF 36 household tasks! which can be accomplished with the aid of electricity, has been com- piled TWO CHICAGO women are ha ing @ laweult over @ cat. | best, |ginner as well as from an quick m vind | 20. Q—Kindly print a cracknel corn bread. HEALTHSEEKER, quart of corn meal Add 1 teaspoon of nat, % cup of fine pleces of cracknels, which have been freshly rendered from lard, and mix well Add % pint sour milk and % pint warm water, to which a tiny pinch of soda has been added, beat until the mixture is just stiff enough to mould {nto dodgers; then shape and bake In a hot oven recipe for; stand him around any longer. Is the best for me to do? DISGUSTED. A.—Sift 1 into & pan A a cane divorce the man of this and supp rest of his days, or yours, You had a good many years, it d seem, to take some kind of decided action, and {t might have) contributed to the general uplift] had you compelled your ebildren, by law, to share tn the support of his family tong ago. Such a course would have im proved his character. Now it ts too late. His are practically unchangeable. most you ¢ tle peace for yourself by a separa tion made according to law kind, Either get « t him—th have wo! Q—To have a good story pub lished by a high-class magazine, do the best writers have to belong to a-union? Will publishers take an unknown author's story, if it is the if he is not a member of the Writers’ club? RAT A There is no such thing on authors’ protective fon. cities have tal writers, but none ts organized controlling the literary and none is considered by ers when buying copy Any editor will take any copy which suits his purpose from a be au habits The an of for market, publish. Q.—Are there any coal or gold mines In Ireland? READER A—Coal, gold and copper found in Ireland, but only tn. sm quantities. Ireland has no tmpor tant mining Industries, altho fron trades could be made very val uable if fuel were cheap. Ireland imports most of her coal small wi elubs who has made a name. Q—i have nm married 25 and have sed three chil. The youngest Is now nearly bi Qa—t young lady two years. | love her dearly. She has quite a few gentle men friends, but refuses to go out with any of them. Do you think she will marry me? | asked her the oth er day, and she answered, “I won't tell.” 1 don't like to give her up. 0. OD. A.—Either sh does not hnow whether she loves you well enough to marry you, or she in a coquette. Well-intentioned girls usually con sider an offer of marriage the high est honor a man can pay them, | dren. While they were young and go- ing to school, my husband stayed away from home a 4 ind me work to raise them. | edu- cated them, paid off the mortgage on the house, and other important bills. Now two of the family are mar- ried and my husband has come home to stay, but he will not work. If | ask him to get a job he calls a} me all kinds of names. The house ° ie in hie name ae well as my own, one which deserves a serious and and so he thinks he has every positive reply right to stay under the roof And it does seem that the girl 1 don't care whether he goes to Who gives & capricious answer will work or not, but | don't want him make a rather frresponsible wife, It | to bother me any more. r dec earn all the home, and it seems you are anxlour fo the question again for the last time. 1 have to money to run the if | couldn't fon, put Lhe Unbleached FLOUR Ask Your Grocer ATTEND TO YOUR TEETH NOW While We Are CUTTING THE CUT RATE PRICES lings .....25¢ Golf Crowns.......$3 UNION DENTISTA—8051, Pike St, Corner of Third Ave. We use nothing but the best materials and guarantes « pleasing and last- ing result for a period of 18 yeara All work guarantend. olla Bridge Work ‘ $1:58 00 Piatinae Pilling .60| Meavy Gola c Gaia Ay ing 83 1S to BE: Painless Kutractin Seta of Teeth ...85.00 and Examinations ed aleoale Free, UNION DENTISTS—Cor, Third and Pike. Entrance 308% 1 ® Canadian Pacific 1 @ Low Round Trip Fares East z i. SESS $ 92.00 ai . Paul. .....$ 60.00 Chicago .. a cee ..$ 60.00 Toronto .. $105.00 fi - $110.00 | i Winnipeg ....$ 60.00 Montreal .. 7 New York. ...$110.70 Boston ... low fares to other poings. 15 to September 30. Correspondingly Tickets on sale daily May Return limit October 31, Liberal stopovers. Unexcelled service ig For full informatiouseall or write E. E. PENN, General Agent, Passen. Department 713 Second Ave., Seattle. the What course shall | pursue?) | d tell her it is |sholuders, spread- | ing the fingers in | such a way as to | | | | | | | Jed by grasping him with outspread | fingers under the armpits, the body | held firmly, |the shoulder joint by | ing. |\“CUTE” BABIES |digestion and sleep, BATHING BABY |boric being the best “WT $20,001 What | There 1s no middle course tn | » to put up with| the father of} n do is to secure a lit} have been going with a} \for an airing in a park near by, | have been rewarded for my efforts 4 He e ba END: IS I ier Th WD YJ RCE @ R Wn UW MRS. ASTO omer] VEAR FOR TAXES $10,500 How Baby Astor Sep. In the city of Seattle $2 annum supports 40 whole families annual income apiece ages $500 20 families whose ir 0,000 per! whone aver. or ten fami averages $1,000 lies who “k they live mighty well on 0 a year, but ! John Jacob Astor, born Aus gust 14, 1912, after his father, Col, John Jacob Astor, lost his life in the Titanic disas' im- ply cannot manage to exist on a paltry $20,000 a year! The court hi allowed his mother, Madeline Force Astor, that sum for the boy's maintenance, but she finds he Is just about $12,000 “shy” each year! This in not guesswork or hear. say it is embodied in formal reports made to the court by Mrs. Astor as her son's guardl Col. Astor left $3,000,000 in trust | for the boy. The income from this is $140,000, but the surrogate only allowed $20,000 for the baby It is reported Mrs. Astor will soon ask for an increased allow- ance for little John In showing what {t cost to main tain baby, “benefitting his statioa in life,” it is set forth that in addi tion to such direct expenditures as clothing, toys, fees for doctors and The Star will welcome for this department letters from mothers telling their experiences in baby raising and saving. All mothers are invited to contribute. Address let- ters to Baby Saving Department, The Star. eee To lift a young baby, slip the left hand under the back, beneath the support the neck and head, and lift the feet and legs with the right hand Never lift the child without thus supporting the spine. When a baby has learned to hold up its head and has gained consid. erable strength in the muscles of the back and neck, he may be lift- so that the entire strain does not come on the shoulders, A baby should never be lifted by the arms, It is possible to dislocate careless lift Baby Saving Department: I want to say a word to mothers of “cute” | babies, Don't let your friends or visitors play w! baby too much, for it interfere ith the infant's and from a jemiling * ‘little dear” he's very Hable |to be changed to a cross and fretful |chila. Remember that moderation }pays in nearly everything, MRS, HARRY T, F, ee Baby Saving Department; Dur. ing the first year, mothers, bathe} baby once a day in water which has been heated to about 98 degrees Fahrenheit, After baby's bath dust the skin with a powder, taloum and Along with the daily bath, it is necessary to see) that baby has clean clothing and bedding. MRS. 0, T. @. | FRESH AIR Baby Saving Department: Tf you want to keep your baby healthy, then see that the Infant gets plenty! of fresh air, In no other way can the blood be kept pure and the lit-| tle body be kept in condition to re-| sist disea No matter how tired I have felt, T have made a practic in good weather, of taking my baby and ites Him: jants’ | 000, | pay COST OF MOTHER'S BOND $1253: oo If From His Money lawyers, etc, it is fair to charge up to him at least one-third of such | other expenses as the taxes on the New York mansion, which cost his moth 00 for two years. Also, it is set forth that the up- keep of this place, including serv hire, supplies, ete., cost $90, of which John ought to $30,000! And the report very solemnly gobs on to state that Mrs. Astor has not charged to her son's ac. count any rent for the Bar Harbor home, nor the which he has baby accompanied her, nor for the upkeep of automobiles | “he | benefit | of! “from all of which,” she adds, has recelv substantial and with a reasonable portion which expense, as I am advised by my counsel, the said infant might properly be charged.” . Do you think Mrs, Astor is right, or do you think the $20,- 000 the court allowed him to be enough? Do you think it right to spend that much on a baby or even to charge that much up to a baby? cost of trips on| HOI Wo 9 000 YEAR, ONE MOTHER ASSERTS Did you ever stop to think how much in dollars and jcents your prattling three- |year-old boy or girl cost you? | Mrs. Madeline Force As- jtor, the beautiful widow of |Col. John Jacob Astor, who jlost his life in the Titanic disaster, claims the court has not made an allowance large enough for the proper support of her three-year-old son. The baby ONLY gets $20,000 per annum, and she figures that he costs AT LEAST $32,000 and even then she does not put down ALL that she might LEGALLY in the bill! The woman's page editor of The Star would like to know how much your baby actually costs you. what should a baby cost? Figure it out and write to The Star. BABY'S BUDGET FOR A YEAR o sat Taxes on New York man- sion For upkeep ae residence, employes’ including toy Cost of mother’s bond. Total for the year | Toys | Food | Clothes Misceilane: Total per year. Union Dye Works (Inc.) EVERYTHING IN CLEANING AND DYEING and Offi AND F. t ice 10TH AVE. UNION THE DENTAL WAR IS ON But This Office Positively Refuses to Mix Into th e Mudslinging! We are interested in one thing only, and that is fo give the people the best possible dental work at the lowest prices. We offer you the services of graduate, licensed dentists, who have passed through searching ex- aminations to prove their ability, and who have the certificates which prove their ability and knowledge hanging right on the wall in front of you. You have a right to know that your work will be done by compe- tent hands, and to be sure of that, DEMAND TO SEE YOUR OPER- ATOR’S CERTIFICATE. That's the only way to be sure that he has the proper knowledge and ability to/f do your work as it should be done. Don't let these facts escape you, |regardiess of what our unscrup jlous and jealous competitors may say, If the in this office weren't competent, they couldn't have passed the searching examin- ation which is required before they are given a certificate. And as an additional protection, you get our strong written guaran tee, signed not only by the oper. ator who did the work, but by Dr. L, R. Clark, who is thoroughly responsible That's better than a so-called guar- antee which isn't signed by anyone, isn’t it? You can’t get unsatisfactory den- tal work at this office, We will not be underbid on price, and no one can gb above us on men manager of this office, | Or. L. R. Clark quallty—because the work we turn out is the best. We know that the public will be disgusted by the mud-slinging tac tics of a certain Seattle dentist, and we don't propose to be smirched with the mire, We Stand Squarely on Our Record of Five Years of Satisfactory Service to | Seattle People If you want your work done by responsible, reliable, capable don- tists, with a guarantee that means exactly what it says, at the lowest prices, this is the place you are looking for. Teeth Pulled Free Each Morning From 8:30 to 10 Regal Dental Offices by keeping my baby as healthy and happy a child as you could want to #08. MRS. F, R Dr. 1405 Third Ave. L. R. Clark, Mgr. N. W. Cor. Third and Union Also, *