The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

- ONE surprise has been eX-
pressed because in my appli-
cation for alimony I asked for
an allowance of $4,000 year from
my husband George G. Heye, and
judge even became sarcastic on the
subject.
can easily show that the amount
asked for is very moderate in view
Of my husbands income and the
manner in which we were accus.
toned 10 live. We formerly lived
at the rate Of 5000 900 a year. We
OCCUPIED All apartment of twenty
three rooms at No. Coz Madison
avenue and we had fourteen SER
wants. We kept six automobiles. At
our country house at Rosslyn, L. l.,
we had twenty-five servants.
/ need at least S25, 900 apiece an
nually for my two children, Mildred
lieye, aged eight, and Lawrence
William Heye, aged four This is
far less than was spent on them
UP 10 year ago. The amount Is
moderate one compared with the
expenses OF the New York children
with whom mine associate. Only
with care and economy can l give
them the comforts which these chill
dren expect. Many of the heavy
items OF expense are necessary TO
the health OF the children, while
others are needed 10 enable them to
retain their friends and playmntes.
The question is not whether the
amount asked is Large one, bnt
whether il is proportloned TO the
income OF the father OF the chill
dren and the manner III which he
brought them up. Why should these
poor children he deprived OF the
comforts and luXuries which they
enjoyed for the earliest years OF
their lives, simply because their
father now chooses TO neglect his
wife ANA family:
Mr.. Heye spent more money on
private museum ~ Indian untiqul-
ties than | ask tor the education of
his children He inherited a large
fortune from his father. Gustave
Heye, OF the Standard Oil Trust. He
Is partner in the banking firm OF
Battles * Co, OF No. 60 Broadway,
and he has been very successful in
financial undertakings III many parts
OF the country He is even better
known in Philadelphia than in New
York
The expenses of bringing up
child according TO the standards OF
New York society must seem enor-
NOUS 10 a salaried worker but in
what propose 10 do am sure there
Us nothing that is foolish or super
auous.
am obliged 10 livo iii a central
part Of New York among the friends
we have always had occupy an
apartment in the Hotel langdon. at
the corner of Fiity-sixth street and
Fifth avenue, consisting OF {, dining
room, Il drawing room, Il library. one
large sitting room which also serves
as my bedroom; a nursery, a room
for the boy, one for the girl and the
2OVernesss room. Every bedroom
has bathroom, and there are &C
commodations for the servants in
another part OF the hotel
Such all apartment costs about
$4,000 year for rent That il con-
Sidercd moderate in New York
The housekeeping expenses OF such
ali apartment, including food for
ourselves ANA all The servants. wages
Of the servants and chauneurs, re,
quircs another $4,000
4 large proportion Of the items OF
expense perhaps three-uuarters -
relates TO tho health OF the children
i'll some way. The services OF the
orthodontist, or tooth straigh,encr
are absolutely necessary TO make
sure that childs teeth, both first
and second sets, come In properly
IL is absolutely unthinkabe that d
child should grow up with defective
teeth or uniformed Jaw just for Tho
lack OF this care. Perfect teeth are
to-day more important than priceless,
pearls 10 d girl
a good orthodontist insists OF