New Britain herald., 1917-01-31
COST OF KEEPING BABY $75 PER DAY
Widow of Col. AStor Files EX.
 penSeS of Their Child /

l New York, Jan, 31.--Mrs William 1 K Dick, who was Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor widow of Col. John Jacob Astor, l filed yesterday in the Surrogate's court 1 her first general accounting of all proceedings affecting the property of I her baby boy, John Jacob Astor who was born August August IA, 1912, af- 1 ter his father had lost his life in the sinking of the Titanic in the preceding April.
 l The accounting, which runs from l November IS, 1912, when the mother was appointed general guardian, until 1 December 31, 1915, shows. that $S6,- 034.21 was spent by her during that period to maintain the child, as ] against 60,360.07 she received. Ac- 1 cording to these figures the average ! cost day for the little boys support ] during the three years was $75.27. This was slightly below the daily ex- 1 pense for the year 1915, as set forth in the mothers second annual ac- counting. According to that compila- tion, filed on April 28, 1916,' the cost for the preceding year. was $75.60 a day.
 Taken from Trust Fund,
 The money for the child's upbring- ing came from the $3,00O,OOO 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 Mad eieine Force. Until he remarriage to MT, Dick little John Jacob Astor lived xx,i{b I; o.,+I ok
 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 $38,773, as oue-Ihird of the taxes OF her home. For the mainte- nance of the establishment Mrs. Dick places his one-third at S32,G66.67. The The income from the trust fund is set at $14O,O0O.
 Throughout the whole of his four years the bills for physicians for the 1 boy have amounted to $6,523. Fees to attorneys and disbursements to Henry A. Gildersleeve, who filed the ] accounting, totalled $4,O07
 .t Toys Cost $5,79O.
 1 Not the least interesting side Of the 1 accounting-and feature which has
 never been included beforets the
 amount spent for toys. Altogether the
 devices bought to keep him amused
 cost s5,790. 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
 year old, his mother bought for him a
 speaking book, fifteen discs for a
 music box, three 'roly polys'' and two
 boxes of horns and balls.
 In June, 1914, $3O was expended fo,
 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,
 sand scoop, a sand sieve, a book or } animal land, a Mother Goose, a to, 1 donkey and a toy railway.
 On his next Christmas he was ab,
 to set up an elaborate menagerie witt , the following toy animals: A came $50; a lion, s15; a goose, $3.50; bear, $3.75; a donkey, $6: lamt
 s15O, and a duck, $2. In Angus
 1915, he received five <'rollomo obiles,
 $15; three bears on wheels. SIP; fiv , hoops, $10; a see-saw, S5; a soa bubble blower, $1; a magic fish pon and athletic slides, $20. In ths month also he appears to have had | party, for there is an item of a gi pie for twenty guests at a cost of $1 s As for clothes, perhaps the most in 1 portant date in that connection WE May. 1914, when he received his fir ' set of rompers, four in number. at cost of s4.75. Before he was born h
 clothing item began to mount u
 since from June, 1912, until mont . before his birth a list of garmen
 costing s1,0115o all told is given. , Didn't Forget the F'urs. In December. 1912, ne was pr' :, l sented with a mink robe worth $5s
 and an ermine baby robe worth SIS
 In September, 1913, two pillows an
 a pillow case were bought for him
 Bangor Me, for $100. The ne1 Q spring he had as coat, s45 and two ha Y, costing s27 in all. On January 2 a 1915, he received a mink robe mao Il from 200 skins, valued at $200 an e mink huff worth s30.
 "From the date of his birth dow l. to the date of my marriage to M V Dick" his mother says, This residene $ was with me at $40 Fifth avenue, an 5, he has always been and now is unde q my personal care and supervision
 Until the time of my marriage to M e Dick he and myself constituted tf d 1 entire family and shared the home It | accomm modations, apartments and tn }. l service there provided. The estal t lishment so occupied was maintaine
 at great expense and I have been aG