The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-03
Drew OPP rHnrR wills.


A Curioua Species Of Amuacr enr Tn-
dulged ia by st. Louts s lhooleiris.
Prom rho ~ Louis Pos, Di-nath
There is never any telling what halfa
dozen boarding school girls may take 20
into their pretty heads 90 do rhcir
teachers have been surprised $50 often that
they are generally prepas-cj for the most
startling developments, but one of them
IN ST Louis was rather more amazed than
usual the other evening when she found
"tho Young ladies'" sOlemuiy engaged IN
making their Wills Attached 10 these docu-
meuts We're explicit instructions for The
conduct of their respective funerals. The
girls were quite i'm earnest about the mat
ter They were all pretty well provided
with this worlds goods, and they had dis
posed of everything down 10 the smallest
item Miss B., the teacher, who is
young and the object of Il vast amount of
schoolgirl devotion. was decidedly curl
Gus TO know what ideas the sweet Young
things have about funerals and kindred
subjects. After much urging one of the
girls consented to reveal what she had
written She first disposed of the bulk of
her property, giving One-third TO her older
sister and two-thirds TO her younger,
because, as she said the older one had a
husband to take care of her In case the
younger one married, however she was
to promptly even up. Some minor lega-
cies followed, among them being sundry
gifts to her teachers aud schoolmates.
give Miss B. so ran the document,
my diamond cross, my umbrella with
the Dresden handle and my watch. Have
a new handspring put in il first Give
Miss G - (another teacher) my books
/ haven't very many now, but I'm going
to get Dickens in thirty-UwO volumes on
my next birthday"
After the will followed the instructions
for the funeral and these were original and
imperative
I want to wear blue dress of some sort
and ] want my feet covered up, but do
not want one of those little tufted com
forters spread up over my face. There'll
be about sixteen of them Sent in. DON'T
cross my hands and put a flower in them.
I'm sure | don't know just what l want
done with my hands. / never know
myself where to put them unless have
jacket with pockets or a muff and IsuppOse
| ought not to wear those. | positively
insist on not being placed on public eXhi-
bitiOn If any measly undertaken gets up
and says in a mOurnful tone that those
who wish to view the remains may pass
up this aisle and out at the right | shall
haunt him as surely as my name is Lillian
-. Another thing; ] don't want a lot of
relatives crammed into the first carriages
and having a lovely free ride with their
faces so beaming that everybody will
think some stingy old codger is in the
hearse. ! warn you that if these rela-
tives are not put back toward the rear of
the procession / shall get out and walk
And want the children left at home
They can have ride some other time
I know don't want them eating cookies
and hanging out of the third carriage win
dows. And want the grave lined with
flowers. Furthermore, as there isn't any
law requiring a minister to throw dirt on
my coffin, decline to have that on the
programme. Last, but not least, see that
my grave is kept green"