The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-21
THIS BABY'S MILK COSTS SIS A QUART

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year-old son of the late JOHN
Nicholas Brown, two women watch
an adoring mother and doting grand
mother.
He is the apple of their eyes, the
last representative of the Rhode Is
land Browns. His father died when
he was nine weeks old and left him
five million dollars; his fathers broth
er, Harold Brown, died ten days later
and left him another five millions. By
the time he is tWenty-One years old
these ten millions viii have grown in
10 thirty millions. When his grand
mother, Mrs JOHN Carter Brown, dies
more millions viii be piled on these;
when his mother. who was one of the
rich Dresser sisters, dies, still more
millions VIII be added.
Baby Browns father was not strong,
neither was his uncle. The two women
who watch over him have one object
IN their lives-tO make him perfect
physically, mentally and morally.
He came into the world, puny and
delicate, a little over four years ago,
on February y, 1900. Before he was
three months old he was in full posses
sion of his ten millions of dollars, with
out any conditional ifs or butts
The whole family. including George
Vanderbilt, whose wife is Baby
Browns aunt, were gathered in con-
sultatiOn to devise ways Of how TO
spend the interest Of Baby Browns
ten millions.
What could be done with # TO pre-
serve the tiny thread of his life?
A noted child physician was sum
moned, who said he must sleep just
50 long; eat so much solid food and
drink Just so much liquid; exercise
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fresh air; laugE just so much; cry just
so much. He told them what he should
weigh at the end of each week and
month OF his first year ana at the end
Of each succeeding year.
How TO accomplish this2
His mother and his grandmother
and a. his blood relatives decided that
every bit of food that Baby Brown
puts into his mouth must he special
~ prepared for him; that every step
he takes must be specially watched
over; that he must never under any
any circumstances be put in danger
Of contracting a disease, no matter
how infantile; that some one must al
ways see that he rides only in fumi-
gated carriages and travels only in
fumigated cars; that every dish and
glass he puts to his lips is sterilized;
that every drop Of water he drinks is
specially bottled for him
He has three palatial residences and
q yacht; a special cook, all his own,
devoted to the tempting of his palate;
a COW that feeds in p 800 900 clover
field, and special maid to milk her;
a farm where squads and chickens
are bred for him alone; his own valet,
who takes care of his fifty pairs Of
boots and supeTintends his moving
from house 10 house, a room that is
miniature sand beach; ponds in his
different dwelling places. where he can
fish and sail boats; a swimming pool.
He has a maid to look after the air
ing Of his rooms, the summing Of his
mattresses and pillows; a maid to wash
and steTilize his dishes. a maid to keep
his clothes mended and TO look after
his toys. he has two trained nurses
who watch over him night and day;
he has suite of rooms, kept always
at a certain temperature. that cover
an entire floor Of each Of his houses;
he has automobiles carriages, ponies
and people 10 watch over these: he has
g little gymnasium with miniature
wands and dumbbells: he has a bath
tub made Of porcelain swan and q
cradle fashioned of mother 0f-pearl;
he has a gOverness who IS a trained
kindergartener. and special physician
who is summoned if he but sneezes
once too often.
In Newport. on a 100000 pasture.
fronting on that part of aristOCratic
Bellevue avenue that is most aristO-
cratic, Baby Brown keeps his pure
blOOded Jersey COW. There il lives in
luxury and loneliness. surrounded by a
high skeleton wire fence, and in the
midst Of enough clover TO feed a whole
herd Of common, ordinary everyday
cows.
The lot where II makes its home is
one Of the most expensive in all New
port. On the east it is bounded by
ISidgemere, the handsome villa that
belongs 10 Miss Fanny Foster; on the
south by Chateau Sur Mer. the spien-
did estate of Senator George Peabody
WetmOre, and on the north by lie Roy
avenue.
other millionaires, strangers in New
port. unsCquainJed with Baby Brown
and the history of his blue blOOded
Jersey COW. stop and size up the eDIen-
did lot and frequently decide it would
be just the place TO put up a palatial
residence.
They make offers for this lot and are
told that IL is worth SIG0 900, but that
IL is not for sale at that or any other
price Ie belongs TO Baby Browns Jer-
sey Cow-hers 10 browse in and to feed
in and sleep in until such time as her
young master and she decide TO part.
would yield an income Of $3.50 day.
But at that Baby Browns guardians
snap their fingers, smile contentediy
and look out joyfully upon the great.
healthy COW that peacefully eats up
the income.
And to be sure that she is healthy
still more money IS spent upon her. She
has FOR one thing a skilled veterinary
in constant attendance; three times a
day she drinks distilled water 70 make
sure that no possible infection may
creep into the milk.
All these things bring the cost Of the
single quart Of milk that Baby Brown
drinks every day up 70 SIS.
And Baby Browns pet kitten also
carefully watched By the doctor. be-
cause cats sometimes have diphtheriag
shafes this Sl5-a-quart milk every dav
with its young master.
Il IS the veterinary's duty TO make
frequent milk tests 50 as 10 ne ss4rs.
that the COW is free from any diz.en,-
per, for while the little milHonafre's
guardians are not at all particular as
10 the quantity Of milk yielded they are
terribly particular as TO its purity.
The trough out Of which she drinks
her bottled water is rinsed ont with the
greatest care by her own specis1 a.
tendant three times every day under
the watchfuI eye of Farmer Martin
who also suDeriutends Baby Browns
kitchen garden.
At one time he had the temerity to
suggest 70 the baby's grandmother thar
II would be iabor-saVing scheme to
nave city water run into the lot. You
should have seen the horror in Mrs
Browns face.
Is there anything wrong with the
mllk?' she cried.