The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-24
BABY SWALLOWS
MOOSE EMBLEM

NEW YORK Special.-'Baby fink
MIN was cwacker, animal cWacker,
and baby eat him"
Miss Phoebe Ann Worth, who adj
m1ts TO an age of twenty months.
looked up from her blocks long enough
Monday afternoon TO say that to a re-
porter who sought an interview. She
tossed her golden curls and smiled en-
gagingiy, giving every sign of feel
ing in tip-top form after having syval-
lowed a Bull Moose whole.
viewer.
'Huh-huh," said Phoebe rather
doubtfully, but stiu game.
Indeed she did not" broke in her
mother, Mrs. John G. Worth. SOS West
One Hundred and Forty-second Street,
wife of mining engineer. Phoebe
did not like itfat all. She yelled and
then grew dreadfully blue in the face.
snatched her up and dashed to the
doctor with her, just across the street
laughed.
Huh huh" said she. Baby eat
lions and elephants and donkeys. Fink
moose good, too"
There's some logic to the child. -
said her mother. "She has eaten lots
of elephants and donkeys in cracker
form, and L suppose the Progressive
animal looked as good as either the
Republican or Democratic"
Phoebe is the youngster who has
thrown Progressive headquarters, both
in New York and Chicago. into com
motion because a couple of days ago
she got hold of one of her fathers
Bull Moose emblems. mistook il for
a cracker and swallowed it.
Ate Il, Horns and All.
The moose which Phoebe assimil-
ated was made of metal, about one
inch long, with branching antlers and
as irregular an outline as the genu-
inc product of the Maine woods 1t
was a sure enough replica, on the re-
verse side being a buttonhole fasten-
ing, and how the child managed to
get it down her throat is a puzzle to
the physicians.
Progressive headquarters learned of
Phoebe's mishap when her father,
who is working in the financial bu-
reau of the Mooseites, arrived at the
offices in the Manhattan Hotel with
the query:
What is the metal moose made of?
The doctor wants to know, so he may
decide on treatment"
DR.. James Ogilvie, Of 1872 Hamilton
Place, Phoebe's physician, figured that
the Moose might be made of some
substance which could be dissolved
by giving Phoebe chemicals.
Neither o. X. Davis, publicity man
ager, nor Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon,
nor even George w. Perkins himself,
was able to answer Mr.. Worth's poser,
a
product OF the Steel Trust
Wire to Chicago" suggested some
one. THE metal mooses We're made
there
whereupon this message flashed
westward:
"A girl baby, two years old, has
swallowed a Bull Moose metal button.
Physician in attendance on case wants
to know chemical composition of but
ton and whether there is anything
poisonous in it, so that he may give
treatment accordingly. Wire at once"
Chicago Got Excited.
Then il was the turn OF the Pro-
gressives at the La Sale Hotel head
quarters in the Windy City to go up
in the air" According to telegrams
from Chicago last night the Progress
Sives there found the query as puz-
zling as these here. No one at the La
turned over to the emblem company
in Chicago which made the buttons.
The company found the question easy
and this reply came back to Mr..
Worth:
Bull Moose buttons, 50 per cent
lead, 2 per cent. tin, 10 per cent. anti
mony and copper solution and silver
solution in small quantities"
DR.. OgilVie was informed. He de-
clared there was nothing that could
be given to Phoebe to dissolve the but
ton which would not hurt her n good
deal worse than the Moose itself
THE action of the acids of the stcm-
ach will probably form a coating
around the button and it will in time
be gotten rid of naturally" said Dr.
Ogilvie. The child is in no danger. -
Phoebe herself declares she is feel
ing fine.