The Washington times., 1917-01-31
DAILY EXPENSEO OF
AOTOR INFANT $75
Mother, Formerly Madeleine
Force, Files Accounting OF
Expenditures for Child.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l.-Mrs. William
X. Dick, who was Mrs. Madeleine
Force Astor, widow OF Col. John
Jacob Astor, filed yesterday in the
surrogate's court her first general ac-
counting of all proceedings Affecting
the porperty of her baby boy, John
Jacob Astor, who was born August IA,
1912. after his father had lost his life
in the sinking of the Titanic in the
preceding April.
The accounting. which runs from
November~I3, 1912, when the mother
was appointed general guardian, until
December 81, 1915, shows that $780,
G34.21 was spent by her during that
period to maintain the child, as
against seO,36O.O7 she received. Ac-
cording to these figures the average
cost a day for the little boys support
during the three years was S75.27.
This was slightly below the daily
expense for the year 1915, as set
forth in the mothers second annual
accounting. According to that COM
pilation, filed on April %, 1916, the
cost for the preceding year was $3.50
a day.
100000 Trust Fund.
The money for the chiId's upbring-
ing came from the 100000 trust
fund which Colonel Astor directed in
his will should be set aside for the
care Of any children he might have
following his marriage with Miss
Madeleine Force. Until her marriage
TO Mr.. Dick little John Jacob Aston
e lived with his mother at $40 Fifth
avenue, and she charges to him one
third the expense of conducting the
residence.
From the time OF the boys birth
until the last date in her accounting
Mrs. Dick includes in this charge an
item of S33,773 as one-third of the
taxes on her home. For the mainte-
nance Of the establishment Mrs. Dick
places his one-third at $32 ,666.67 The
income from the trust fund is set,
at $4,000.
Throughout the whole of his four
years the bills for physicians for the
boy have amounted to $6,523. Fees
to attorneys and disbursements to
Henry A. Gildersleeve. who filed the
accounting, totaled $4,0O7.s
Not the least interesting side of the
accounting-and a feature which has
never been included before-is the
amount spent for toys. Altogether
. the devices bought to keep him am
used cost S5,eI0. >The vouchers reveal
that as he grew up his toys also
grew in size and Importance. For
Christmas, 1913, when he was a little
over one yeaF old, his mother bought
for him a speaking book, fifteen discs
for music box, three "roly poly5,"
and two boxes Of horns and balls.
$50 for a GO-cart.
In June, 1914. $50 was expended for
a go-cart, and as he and his mother
were about to go to the seaside the
little boy was equipped with the fol-
lowing OUTFIT: A pail. a sprinkler, a
sand sieve: book on animal land, a
Mother Goose. a toy donkey and a
toy railway.
On his next Christmas he was able
to set up an elaborate menagerie
with the following toy animals: A
camel. $50; lion, SIS; a goose, $3.50:
a bear, SS.75; a donkey, Sc; a lamb,
S1.5O. and a duck. 50. In August.
1915, he received five "rollomobiles, /"
SIS; three bears on wheels. Sl2; five
hoops, SO; see-saw, 50; soap
bubble blower, 81; a magic fish pond
and athletic slides. $40. In that
month also he appears to have had
a party. for there is an item of a
gift pie for twenty guests at a cost
of SIS.
A. for clothes. perhaps the most i'm
portsnt date in that connection was
May, 1914, when he received his first
set Of rompers, four in number, at a
cost Of ST5. Before he was born his
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