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Show 224 he ever even had one? It is quite certain that legal fees had not escalated in the nineteenth century to anywhere near the point they are a hundred years later. Had there been any kind of income from practicing, it is doubtful that Milford, then in his late forties, would have undergone the rigors of medical school. Another fact to be considered is that Maggie and Milford, though enrolled in different colleges, were in Philadelphia during the same period of time-twice the expense for someone. It was her stated goal to give all of her patients, regardless of their ability to pay, the same careful attention. There were numerous times when the $25 delivery cost for a new baby was replaced by butter, eggs, or anything her patients had on hand. This was certainly no way to acquire the gracious life style Ellis had seen both in Salt Lake City and in the East. We do not know to what extent Milford was able to provide financial help to Ellis and her children after his medical preparation was complete. Whatever help he did give must have come from some other source, for he did not practice medicine, but hoped to assist financially by publishing and selling a periodical on sanitation. If little income was available from him, Ellis would have been the last person to say so. In 1887, when Ellis was 40, she accompanied her two sons to the East Coast. They were about to leave for missions abroad, and she went to New York, taking her two little girls, Olea and Ellis, as she went there to attend Luella Young at childbirth. |
