Evening star., 1932-02-03
BABES WIFE RULES
ON FOOD, PAY, PLAY
Cares for Home Run KINGS
Mail and Is Travelling
Companion, Too.
BY LOREN DISNEY,


n IEW YORK, February 3.-The
| NJ Big Bam told Col. Jacob
/ Y Rupert, owner of the New
York Yankees, that $4,000
wouldn't debut not until after
he had said a short time before
yep, momma, you're right"
"Momma," who is Mrs. George
Herman Ruth, thought her hus-
bands work in the Yankee right
held last year merited no $4,000
cut. So the name of Ruth was
added to the list of Winter
holdouts.
| Mrs. Ruth, who In 1921 and 1922 was
Clare Hodgson of the Ziegfeld Follies
| mas Deen the power behind the throne
OF tne Home Run King since their mar
riage in 1929.
Normal Home Life for Babe.
Sne Is a combination travelling COM
paiiIoh muSlneSs manager, dietitian
housewife ana, what she considers the
| most important of all, creator for the
|
OF constant demands upon his time
Mrs. Ruth was found in their H.
room apartment in uptown New York
| Inc 6ape mad just received a barrel of
oysters from Baltimore and as slIner-
ySlng dletitlan, she was showing an
Irish cook how to make a stew.
Earlier in the day she had been an
SWering the Babes mail, which averages
around 100 letters q DAY. mostly re-
quests Tor his last seasons uniform. base
| oai4S' pats and photographs She mails
| out ABOUT 400 pictures year, and sends
pats ana balls whenever possible. The
| UNIFORMS oelong to the Yankees. But
| ABOVE all, she was busy winding I'D de-
tails of the house management for her
| absence with the Babe in Florida until
the start OF the season
| Il always travel with the Babe" she
SAID, even during the base ball season
can turn down invitations where it
would be awkward for him. lot of
people don't understand that ball pIav
ers must rest. On the road we usually
get to bed at 1890 o'clock"
The Ruths on the road have break
last In the dining room, in compliance
with club rule, but they have dinner
IN thelr suite. Babe never eats lunch.
BABE always has substantial break
-"0'' AAio' iNuIL4 SdI0, ana IOr Qlnner
usually eats steak. In real warm
weather he eats fowl or fish instead. He
also eats great many fresh vegetables"
! Mrs. Ruth does all the ordering at
home and travelling and she has trouble
only over one item on the menu Babe
would eat au gratin potatoes three
times day, She says, If she would let
him. He long since has lost his appe-
tite for hot dogs, which gave him a
stomach ache that rumbled the base
ball world back in 1925.
The Babes manager says an impor-
tant part Of her duties is keeping down
the overhead in large tips which used
to delight porters and bell boys
throughout the country.
Through With Races.
IT don't think Babe should throw
his money away just because of his
name" she said In tipping always
give just what is fair. ball player
can go just so long then he's through
Babes not throwing away his money
like he used to. I can truthfully say
he hasn't been to a race track since
1925. He doesn't even bet on the
dogs"
Financial affairs no longer bother the
Babe. The Ruths have trust funds
and paid up insurance totaling around
$500 900. The interest is adequate for
living expenses, and every two weeks
in the base ball season the Babe puts
the bulk OF his check into the trust
fund
Babe has worked very hard" Mrs.
Ruth said and when he is through
with active playing, I think he will
be entitled to a rest. Unless something
unforeseen happens We will be able to
live in comfortable circumstances the
lest of our lives"
Mrs. Ruth said the Babe, now 38,
expects to play ball at least two more
reasons Neither she nor the Babe
thinks he should 60 on after he def
nitely has slowed up. He might man
age a club, she said, but it will have
to be good one.
"A cellar team would drive him
crazy" she declared HE always likes
winner"