The daily sentinel., 1912-08-10
The Birth Watch, Disgusting
To Every Red Blooded American.
No Wonder Socialists Increase

- New
York city concerning the Astor birth watch again
th there IS no good cause for wondering the
against the inequalities of "the system'
The blood of every redblooded American citizen should boil
these sckenng stories involving of the sacred st
tons of human life that of child bearing
he richly deserved denuncaon, truthful in its every
anfe ana terrific m its sarcasm written by Polly Pr for day
before Yesterdays Denver Imes believe should be widely
read and we reprint it in full. 1t follows:
The New York newspapers have kept all watches
here have been watches when great expected to die
men for whom nation would watches when huge
gers OF interests were expected that affected the
interests OF millions of aborng people, watches" where vast
financial institutions oerng collapse, institutions
the money OF hundreds of thousands of people affected
watches where the of the press night and day
hour by hour for the word that should eecty depes
to Joy or tears to trembling interest deep depression word
that the world awaited with breathess interest.
But since the first watch the first group of
assembled await that first item from
that first watch has anything utterly si asnne and
mdemoratc been undertaken by the press the birth watch
maintained about the home of the late Colonel John Jacob
in New York city
Columns of space being devoted the fact that Mrs
richest man the country has spent $4,000 the expected
heirs ayee Why not? She has money than she knows
of dozen or more millions, depending upon its sex
i is boy gets more than I lisa girl should
If tripets multiply by three fbu after ALL the Forces
can't very well figure beyond threes Madeline only
and can't beat please her thrifty family
But isn't Mrs. Astor, the Forces; it's the press that
am talking about The press with columns of space about
the nursery, with its crib ken quilts and
specially blankets its handmade linens and real lace
gold and ivory toilet and its gold wash basins with gems
its rugs from the far and corps nurses with the healthy
purebooded young whose healthy baby must 90
alien and draw its life from alien breast that
the refacd Astonose spindle hanked anaemc Asor baby
the heir heess slice of the Astor fortune may
pure fountain from which draw its nourishpent, that
pretty young mother figure may not be imperled
And in order that the snoboracy of the world NAV be fully
informed of the coming of old John Jacob Asors greagrea
grandson, they print such thrilling items these
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor accompanied by her nurse
took automobile ride yesterday through Central park
Mrs Madeline Force Astor her front window
Yesterday She smiling happily"
lIffanys with Mrs. Madeline Force Astor for
hour today When questioned he declined discuss her
ders, but ntmated that they of princely nature
Another gold wash basin.
Who except the immediate family has any interest in the
Asor baby?
What does it the general public unless it is that
they know that another parasite has been added the horde
that daily makes the burden of the masses greater?
Boy gr-what does matter; it will be Force Astor
Father weed mother weed do you expect the daughter
Jacob Aor deadno how he lived he OF the
world like brave man and gentleman With him died
criticism that might have been made
Madeline Force was willing daughter of an avarciou
and ambitious father.
Nowhere in either family will you find single Illuminating
cevang thing done said by any connected
with either
They merely fairly respected people, with social and pc
ambitions side and oodes of money and social
tge on the other
The Of the employed by DR. Edward B. cragn
for the poshumou Asor heir expected this week become
and leader OF men Such things daily happening But
for the Asor heir born crib and gold wash BASIN
there little hope His fate already determined his poor lit
tie, cramped hampcrcc, foolish life mapped
If his mother the wife of decent mechanic clerk,
and he born IN touroom cottage with mother doing her
work until the day he arrived and the family doctor
around and stayed couple of hours and ccphoncd the
who remained days and then left him cudde mothers
white breast half dozen times day until he grew big
enough sit in the hghchar and have breakfast with dada
and that he waowcd the dirt and learned fight and
grew school age and got his education and out
the world fight his way his hook he might stand
show be president Of the greatest country the world he
might ovn railroad get into steel trust great