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New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
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Lady Louise rrountbatten and DeDy Valentine

Chicago, wealthy parents are taking pains to teach their children some useful worl, regardless of the inheritance which will go to their children.
 The two little Duke boys, whose mother Cor, della Riddle Duke, recently became Mrs. Thomas M, Roberts. are other little rich children who may 7ua;ly apply for the title of the richest baby.' And so may Bubbles" Luckenbach. daughter of Mrs. Edward Luckenach of Long Island, who is heir 10 a fortune.
 It might be interesting to know what little poor children think of little rich children. Necessarily their viewpoints will be different. That comes from environment education, privilege and the feeling of power which somehow or other comes early in the lives of the rich chIIdrcn.
 Someone once asked a chap named Leo Srhliop-
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
PATRICIA EDWINA

It's only when somebody follows the hldet and its nurse to their home that he learns this is 2 very special citizen of Great Brtau-probably the richest baby ln the world.
 For this particular Patricia Edwina is the utl' mate heir of Sir Ernest Casscl one of the richest men England ever had.
 She is related to this famous Jewish fnanc:er, philanthropist and pal of kings through her mother.
 And she furthermore had the good judgment to choose as her father Lord Louis Mountbatten, So that some day when she can talk something eise besides goo goo talk, she will be able of right to claim cousinship with King George and Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales.
 Right now, while her papa and mama are travel Ing Patricia Edwina Victoria, along with nursoy and lot of servants is occupying the huge pa,ace in Park Lane known as Brook House.
 It once belonged to Sir Ernest Cassei, now it belongs to Lady Louis Mounbatten and some day i, will belong to the baby.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
IN ENGLAND

How does it feel to be born with gold spoon n ones mouth?
 We'll let's take a journey to England first and see what's happening.
 Almost any sunny afternoon these days fair haired six x-monthsold baby girl may be seen in Hyde Park, London, being pushed about in her "pram," alias "perambulator" as the folks over there call baby buggy
 For all the appearance of the buggy and the nurse and the clothes baby wears there Is nothing to distinguish her from the other hundreds of hoy end girl babies that are being promenaded in their "prams" by their nurse.maids
 And when this particular baby proceeds 10 how, there is still nothing to distinguish her when nursey says:
 Patricia Edwina, stop that noise.
 And Patricia Edwine, being good English baby and not an American baby or French baby. inn n.edietely proceeds to stop.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
NO DIRT THERE

Already she has been given large she of it.. Months before her arrival in this vale of tears. her fond mother dedicated an entire wing of Brook House to her use It was all done up n gIoaming white enamel
 No speck of dirt or dust can accumulate tnere @roou. making itself painfully visible. stick Of furniture in the rooms set aside for bahy were also painted gistening white.
 Bu; Patricia has no kings ransom in the shape of toys.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

Many kid of humber circumstances has just es many.
 And as for clothes-when Patricia sat for the picture with her mother that accompanies this story she wore plain suit of wooles Only these woollies didn't come from a shop.
 They came from palace because distant cousin, Queen Mary knitted them herself for the little girl.
 Back in 1852 the founder of all her wealth, then plain Ernest Cassel was born in Cologne. Ger many. His fether was a banker, but Ernest, when he grew up determined to make his own way and chose England to make it in.
 So he started out in life as clerk in Liverpool at the big salary of s4.75 per week. Before he retired he had become of the richest men in England.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
THE worlds richest baby
 Who Is he" Or she?


 Is the baby American? Or English?
 Now that bahy Valentine Mountbatten, daugh' ter of Lady Louise Mounthatten, is in direct line to inherit some day the vast fortune of the late Sir Ernest Cassel phIlenthroplst and hnancler, she must be considered in line for some claim to the title
 But she has many American rivals.
 score Of babies are now living in the United States who some day will inherit fabulous for tunes, ranging from ten 10 hundred million dollars in each case. and perhaps even more.
 In Detroit, Mich, however, there are some children who some day may be able to sign their names 10 checks for many times the s50,OO0,0O0 or mora which t is possible for the Mountbatten baby to inherit. They are the children of Edse Ford son of Henry Ford, whose accurn Lated for tune is conservatively estimated as con -i1eraby over billion dollars.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

and the work doesn't hurt me-except pounding pavements keeps me rather thin.
 Baby mllionaires like the Astors and Wool worths and Goeets and Carusos maybe never will know anything about playing hockey or hay. ing good scrap or picking their pals without an O. K. from the nurse, or the tutor.
 Maybe when they II they'll be wheeling to fashionable schools in lmousines-when l was getting my first job delivering typewriters at $14 d week. Pretty good for errand boy, thought.
 When they so for walk it's with nurse fnd a couple of pedgreed pups When I go deliver a telegram, and if it's long distance job get 94 cents for it. and 11a cents for every other message I've got in the book.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
GAVE LANISHL}

He had financed the Mexican State Railways, reorganized those of Sweden, reconstructed the finances of the Argentine, negotiated loans for China and helped build up modern Egypt by get ting back the Assuan Dam.
 He was one of the closest friends of that Prince of Wales who afterwards became King Edward the Seventh,
 He gave lavishlv to charity and some years tefore hls death gave large sum for educational purposes to be used principally for workmen and their children.
 Many American babies have been born to great wealth. There is for instance little John Jacob Astor. whose father was lost when the Titanic was sunk; Gloria Caruso who will inherit the bulk of the Caruso fortune and probably the Benjamin wealth: Robert Goelet IT, sometimes referred to as the "muon-dollar baby" and James Paul Dono, hue grandson ot the late F. w. Woolworth, builder of the chain of hyeandten-cent stores.
 But one thing is certaln:
 America can claim the only "se'cmale babies" to paraphrase much-used expression.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
NOW THEY WORK

One day the baby stole away from his nurse- As any baby might do-and was struck by an 2utouohjc. He died that night.
 Usually the ufe,course of the "poor little rich children" is even and smooth. Very seldom do their destines take darker turns Such, however, vas the case of Nathan Leopold Jr, and Richard I.oe5 murderory of the Franks boy in Chicago, They were sons of wealth
 Now, as a result of that bitter experience in
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

THE present federal inheritance | tax of this country is as follows: Up to s5O,0OO-1 per cent.
 S50,OOO to $1O0, ,o00-2 per cent. $1OO,OOO to $15O,O00-3 per cent. S150,OO0 to s250, ,OOO-4 per cent. $250, 900 to $45O, ,00O-6 per cent. $450,OOO to $75O,OOO79 per cent. $75O,OO0 to S1,OOO,OOO-12 per cent s1,0OO,OOo to $500 oOO-15 per cent.
 s1,5ooooo to s2,Ooo,ooO-1s per cent.
 ss,ooo,ooo 10 ssooo,ooo-2l per cent.
 sa.ooo.ooo to s4,ooo,ooo-ss per cent.
 s4ooO.OOO to s5,oOo, ,ooo-27 per cent.
 s5,ooo,ooo 10 ,S,ooO,ooo-3o per cent.
 $S,OOO,OOO to s1O,eOO, ,oOo-s5 per cent.
 S1O,OOO,OOO and over-4O per cent. Then, too, the individual states have inheritance taxes of their own, and they are not in the least back. ward about imposing a good one. Sc that, all in all the law of the land is doing it's best to prevent children from coming into this world assured of a fortune which they themselves could not possibly have made.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
THEY ARE SELF-MADE

For in "Daoy Peggy" and Jackie Coogen 0: motion picture fame America has two children who stand uneQueed in ability 10 make money themselves.
 Jackie is said to have million dollars in the bank And he made it all himself
 Baby Peggy's" last name is Montgomery. Her mother and dad were ordinary, poor folk as people go. until their offspring showed signs of knocking the American moy,e puhu, for row of admission prices.
 Nal,her she nor little Jackie had millionaire or bl-onare grandfathers or great srandfathcrs And if their present earnings continue until they are of ago, they vii. at that t.me he among the worlds richest people.
 At one time tho cer.E,o"n .blliondollar baby was little Edward Mclean, son of the McLesns Of Washington
 No one knew inc cAar, amoYnt Of the wealth the baby would some Jay inherit. He was guarded day and night hy private detectives and surrounded by a corps of doctors and trained nurses.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

haak what he thought of rich children. Leo at that time was messenger boy in New York City, and his answer, in a way, may be taken as typical of the majority of his group.
 "A fellow might think rich kids have it pretty soft" he said, with buffers and governesses and palaces and prize dogs and a couple of million dollars in sight when they are q. But when you think it over you got to admit there's lot of drawbacks to this lap Of luxury business
 mouth like they But when l use a spoon on my three square meals day I know who paid for the spoon-and the food, too
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
BECOMES CIIESTY

Say, they may have millions in the safety deposit vault. But I've got $50 saved up in the bank. And I'll bet they never get the chance to throw out their chests the way I did when l stepped up and deposited my first dollar.
 My uniform may have a few gravy spots it. but that's a lot better than wearing velvet pants and having a governess stand around with d whiskbroom in her hand saying Naughty, naughty"
 T guess I envy the rich kids in a while but not when I think about it. Why, those kids will even have their reading matter picked out for them. I read what want. History and the lives of Roosevelt and Lincoln pretty good, and l put my nose in the dictionary in whe-whenever I can, This stuff about mes senger boys reading dime novels is the bunk; never read one, at least.
 Messenger boys don't all shoot craps and smoke cigarets, either I don't. If kid isn't rich he can play marbles and things like that, l guess some rich kids think marbles are some thing they decorate hotel lobbies with.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
Golden Spoons

"HERE was time when thers
 were no "million.dollar babies"
 And not so long ago, at that. A search through the records will reveal that if not the fathers, then the grandfathers or great-grand fathers of the present crop of golden spoon children were born into pov- ertJ.
 They worked for their living enk many times didn't know where their next meal was coming from. Often the founder of the fortune arrived at a ripe old age before 1t assumed any sizeable proportion.
 It would not be possible to accu' rately estimate the combined poten. tial wealth of the children whose pictures are on this page, but a con. servative guess would be a quarter of 6 billion dollars.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
HE PAID FOR IT

"Thats mc-I paid for It.
 Il had to quit school when I l4 to do it, But l go to night school when l get a chance
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20
HAVEN'T EVERYTHING

Probably wouldn't know how to act in front of butler but meet lots bigger men than butlers And when tell them to sign on the dotted line they do it-for telegram, I mean.
 Kids with million dollars are all right-but l guess they haven't got everything"
 And though Leo didn't know it. and probably doesn't know it now, 1t is just his quaint phil osophy that parents of rich children have come to accept.
 They realize now that the best preventive of laziness, of uselessness, is regular play. What Is good for the poor boy is good for the rich boy, they now argue, and, a result, most rich babies today are being brought up in a demo- cratic way, the like of which would have brought shudder to bluebloods of a generation ago.
 Children of the rich nowadays are being brought up to play with their neighbors. In most of the cases the children actually do not dream they are different than others or rather that they will be different in the years to come.
 Fathers Of rich boys are to unit agreed that their offspring must start at the bottom of the figuratve ladder and work their way upward.
 There was one instance which attracted con. siderable newspaper publicity not long ago. A certain father in western city, determined that his boy should not grow up to be loafer simply because he Nhe father) had money, made pro. vision in his will which gave all his wealth ex. cept slO, ,O0O to benevolent organizations.
 The s1OOOO went to the son. And so deter. mnedly had the father drilled the idea of inde. pendence into the boy that the latter, though 16 and about the age when boy begins to know what money means, didn't protest.
 The case of the Garland youth, who inherited a million dollars and then refused to take it, is another striking example of the "dont-care" spirit Of the modern youth.
 Garland pointblank refused to touch the money simply because he had not earned it, and he went to live on a farm.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

WHERE has developed, as result. \ in the United States and Eng. land a feeling that, while these chil. dren of wealth should be entitled to a major portion of their fathers fruits of labor, still in justice to common society and the children themselves, they should not be en- titled to all Of It. It should go back into circulation, is the view that has been taken.
 This has not been a product of the Socialistic mind. Far from it. II emanated from the brains of con. servotive politicians and statesmen. They produced a series of excess profits taxes and inheritance taxes, a set of laws so stringent that it is al. most impossible for the child of wealth to be "too" wealthy when hs becomes of age.
New Britain herald., 1925-03-20

THE estimated fortunes of the Il founders of these stupendous fortunes, just before they started out to conquer the world, would be about s16.45.
 In no countries other than the United States and England has 1t been possible for men or women to amass such sums. That is why. when speaking of "poor little rich children" 1t is always necessary to search America or the United King. dom for subjects.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07
HACIA sANTO DOMINGO

En- el vapor Catherine" que sar-
% aver de este puerto, embarco ha.
cia Ia vecina rep1blica, la distin-
guida y simpatica amiga. senorita
Monserrate Silva Figueroa, sobri-
ma del conocido hombre p1blico ,
reputado galeno, DR.. Leopoldo III
gueroa.
Monse, como amigab1emente la
llamamos, va hacia la hermana an
tilla en- excursion art1stica, acom-
pafiando en- caracter de pianista,
Il Ia conocida coupletista, Paquita
Cecilia. Y no dudamos que, dadas
las -grandes dotes artfsticas de am
has ainigas, su 'tourn6e" allende
los mares, seri coronado con ell
mas complete exito.
Feliz ylaje.,
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07

Ell que suscribe quiere hacer pd-
blco que los apoderados de La fin
'ca del finado Arthur F. Estabrook,
deseosos de terminar cuanto antes
Ia IiQuidaci6n de los asuntos rela-
cionados con dicha propiedad, ofre-
cen en- venta la referida finca, la
cual esta situada a orillas de Ia
Carretera entire Rio Piedras y Ca
guas, en- ell KIN. 25. Esta finca Sc
conpone de $50 acres aproximada.
mente.
Dieha finca incluye la propietad
conocida, por 'tCasa Isabel''. una
plantation extensa de toronjas Y pi
fias, y una gran extension de mag.
nifico paste.
/ La propiedad podra vendesre er
parcelas, segdn el deseo de los com
pradores. -'-''.'S
| cualquiera persona interesada en-
La compra de esta inca, pa~.e
de ella, puede solicitar informa
ci6n del que suscribe, en- su ofci.
ma en- el cuarto piso del Ediacic
del Tel6fono.
chas HARTzE1L.
Adyt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07
DE rr1ouErA

pA1LE DE ETIQUETA
EN- BAYAMoN
Ell excelente caballero, don jose
vald6s Ruidiaz, Presidente de la
"Colonia Espahola' de Bayamon,
ha tenido la cortesia de enviarnos
invitaci6n para Ell gran bale de
etiqueta que dicho centro social ha-
bra de celebrar ell domingo doce de
abriI, las nueve de la noche, con
motive de la Inauguration del nuevo
local. Tenemos informes de que en-
La culta ciudad de Bayam6n, y en-
ire Ia colonis espahola de la loca-
lidad, reina inusitado entusiasrno pa
ra asistir a tan sinlpatico acto So
cial, que acknowledgements revestira
gran esplendor.
Apreciamos en- 10 mucho que vale
la inyitaci6n recibida Y felicitamos
ia La directiva de la ''Colonia Es-
pamela de Bayam6n por sus bri-
nantes actuaciones.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07
PATRIOTIC0 DISCURSO. DEL
REY ALFONSO

MADRID, abril 6 UNITED
Press y.-E1 Rey ha regresado de
Madrid satisfechfsirno del progre.
so que signifcan las obras inau-
gurales del riego, las cuaIes null
tiplicaran la riqueza de la her.
mosa region. Ell entusiasmo que
lie produjeron las obras 10 resu-
nio en- su discurso. Dijo que Sc
siente satisfecho recorriendo las
regiones espanolas, observando
cuadros como el presente donde
cl esfuerzo Y la decision han con-
vertido en- tierras feraces campos
antes yermos. Esta prosperidad
evitara la emigracion e. impulsan-
do la immigration, contribuira al
fortalecirIiento de Espaila. La
union de los afectos y los esfuer-
zos lleya. las naciones por el
canlino del progreso. eVuestro
0bispo, entendiendolo asf, los apli-
CO esta obra obteniendo del Es-
tado el credito necesario. Habeis
eonvertido4 4veinticinco mil hecta-
reas de terreno esteril en- campos
productivos.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07
PerSOnaImente, tOdas.
Continuation de la pig. p
eeEso Is casi ilnposible en- pIS

ESQ es casi impossible en- PIer-
to Rico'', lie contestamos.
mo. no me olga ESQ.,, nos
contesta Embellishments "En
Puerto Rico no hay NADIA impossible,
NADIA impossible. Uds. estan prepa-
radios para TODD. -
lY cual es su opinion sobre el
proyecto de ley que nos concede Ell
derecho a elegir nuestrO propio GO
bernador?
-"El gobierno americana ha de-
mostrado que esta inspirado en- los
mejores deseos hacia Puerto Rico.
Todo vendra su debido tiempo.
Uds. tienen va su Camara, su Sc
-nado, ahora les falta Ell goberna-
dor elective. Pues bien, cuando ell
Gobierno de washington So con-
venza de que asi convene los
intsreses y felicidad de esta bella
isla, puede usted estar SECURE de
cue SO os concedera Ell gobernador
elective. espontaneamente, sin luchas
nj regateos. Nosotros 10 que desea-
mos es vuestro bienestar, vuestra
feiicidad, vuestro progreso. vues-
tro triunfo es Ell nuestro. Nosotros
henos puesto en- vuestras manos los
lbros de texto, los estudios han ST.
do realizados en- la forma mas brl-
! llante por vuestro pueblo. os ha-
bets ,ssinilado nuestros metodos,
vuestro progreso nadie Sc atreve a
discutirlo. Asegure I'd. que hay
muchos pueblos del globo que Sc
cambiarian de buena CANA por vos-
otros. En- un cuarto de siglo ha.
beis progresado mas que ningiu
pals del universe. SY dentro de
diez afios, cuanto habr6is progresa.
do? Mucho, indudablemente mu.
cho. Sois un pueblo fehz, y nos
teneis vuestro lado, siempre dis.
puestos ayudaroS, siempre dis.
puestos ofreceros nuestra protec.
ci6n. Muchas naciones quisieran de,
cir otro tanto''
A las tiiez Y media de la mafians
nos despedimos del Hon. Sol Bloor
pres sstia, en- union de sus compa.
aeros, hacia Ia isla en- el autom6vil
dc Fortaleza.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07
Editorial diariO del Dr. Frank Crane
L A VERD A D

La verdad algunas veces parece
desagradable y cruel, pero en- verdad
es la cosa mas amable del mundo.
Nos es duro abandonar nuestras
mentiras agradables nuestras supers
ticiones y fantaslas, y llegar q la
Irealidad, pero los que tai han hechc
han hallado al fin y al cabo que
10 que es verdad es siempre mas be-
Jlo que 10 que meramente uno ha
ilnaginado.
81 verdadero crepdsculo sobre el
lago, Ia gloria del cielo y Ell aqua, es
"a infinitamente por encima de Il
que un artista puede pintar. Asi es
que podemos estar seguros de que
10 que hemos inaginado con res
pecto la muerte, Dios y otras co
sas de las cuales NADIA sabemos, e'
iemasiado debil comparable con Ia
realidad.
Yo creo que despues de todo Ii
verdadero y 10 bello y 10 bueno
todo es una misma cosa.
Sc necesita mucho tempo para lii
gar a esta conclusion y tenemos qu'
pasar antes por las experiences
de / la vida. Afortunado es aquel
que 10 descubre en- su juventud.
r Hay quienes dicen "Denme m
vieja fe". No me dtgan 81 es yer
dad no. No me perturben mis- her
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07
LAS ELEcCIONES BELGAS NO
HAN TENIDo INTERES

BRUSELAS, abril 6. Gable Fran
c:iss-Las eIecciones para miembros
del. parlamento han tenido lugar pc
&c como no hay ninguna cuesti6n gra-
We pendiente y la campafia electoral
ha sido notablemente tranquila, el
interes en- los resultados es nuy esca-
so. "A medianoche ell escrutinio indi-
caba una marcada ganancta para los
socialists. Parece ser que han CANA
do diez asientos en- Ell Parlamento
rhientras los nberales han perdido
ssts siete. Los cat6hcos v comnuis-
tas que presentation candidates en-
catorce cirdades no parecen tener
ninguna probabilidad de elegir a
riinguno.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-04-07
DON JUAN PEDRoSA AND1NO
FALLECE EN- sANTURCE

Mucho nos duele en- verdad dar
la notic1a del fallecimiento de es-
te distinguido caballero que de
tantas simpatias gozaba en- nuestra
sociedad.
Despues de una larga y dolorosa
enfermedad, cuando precisamente Sc
comenzaba tener esperanzas en- su
restableeimiento, entreg6 Don Juan
su alma al cielo entire Ell dolor de
sus deudos v la aflicci6n profunda
de sus numerosos amigos.
Don Juan era Ell padre del hder
ahancista que lleva su mismo nom
bre, Don Juan Pedrosa, cuyas bri-
l(antes ejecutorias en- La politica del
pals todos conocemos de sobra. Pa
rece venir de padres hijos en- esta
respectable familia ell tener un es-
piritu batallador y una indomable
voiuntad para llegar al triunfo.
Ell anciano patriota muri6 en- San
turce, Las seis y media de La ma
hana del domingo y fu6 inhumado
doce horas despues. FL entierro fue
una verdadera manifestation de
duelo, pues tan profundo arraigo
tenfa Ell prestigioso caballero extin-
to en- Ell coraz6n de sus conciuda-
danos, cue su desaparici6n ha sido
muy sentida por todos.
Nos unimos con toda ell alma
al luto abrumador de la familia Pc
dros& especialmente al del amigo
Don Juan Pedrosa, a quien estima--
NOS muy de veras.