The sun., 1899-04-02
WILL MAKING BY WOMEN.
r,soys WHY THEY CHANGE THEIR
IIST 1ESTIMENTS FREQUENTLY.

..,,,m.nt Enters Largely Into Their be-
an..ts and Sentiment About Certain
p.r.on, aud Things Changes Often
schooIgirIs Get the TestamentarJ Habit.
worl.known lawyer recently made the
.,a,oment that, next to shopping and scandal.
.u making IL tho thing dearest to woman
Tt reunrk proved that tho learned lawyer
Iaos,'t know "a much about woman as he does
stout law. Women aren't fond of shopping.
tradition. invented 10y men. says they are.
o., tho women know batter As for scandal.
chat isn't a taste exclusively feminine.
ur. thc LAWYER was right in his theory that
--or,e,, love will making. The amount of en-
.er,ajnment that woman can get out OF her
,os, will and testament in tho course OF long
ifs,me would be quito incxpcablo to the
masculine mind. 4 man makes will because
M wants 10 have his affairs in shape. 1t is
nurely a business matter with him. With
roran It is usually a matter Of sentiment.
The man. except in rare cases. doesn't care
uh,t becomes II his personal effects. II he
makes any disposition Of them. he probably
iumns the m in with some ether bequest but the
ron,an rans for the future OF everything she
owns. down t. tho pincushions and salt cellars.
Perhaps she owns no valuable property. and
al makes no formal will but she Is sure to
urte out instructions in regard to her per-
sonal effects and funeral arrangements. The
average man doesn't lie awake nights fuming
about his palibearers and his tom bs.one aud
the order in which sorrowing friends shall fol-
low the hoarsc In these progressive days he
nayc express a mild prejudice in favor OF cre-
nation. Beyond that. he is in the hands of his
trends; hut it is different with a woman. The
s,cia instinct and training in the art OF max
,nu functions 60 ufr well stay by her. even when
the event in contemplation is her own funeral
and she finds melancholy pleasure in choos-
inR clergyman and hymns and epitaph. and in
deciding upon the gown in which she will be
hii away
Every wife occasionally cheers her husband
BY telling him exactly how she wants her fune-
raj run and her belongings distributed. and all
healthy, middle-aged mothers OF families. when
they have attacks Of indigestion. call in their
Oldest children and give them directions as to
the last rites and the division OF spoils
The lawyers verdict about women and wills
Is founded upon long experience with feminine
3 and 9T @ t9s to
almost as often az they, change their gowns"
he says positively. The will may remain the
awoman always puts in SO many little clauses
and bequcsts thai She has To come back about
once season to SHIFT things around a bit. It
one morning at IL, o'clock She was n nervous H'ols
aud nustered and as soon as she was in my
private office she burst out with
oh, Mr. Blank. wanit. my will changed
burst and my silver To- Clara. and the horrid
little cat has been working against ne in the
found it ont only. last night and positively
couldn't sleep Tor fear something would hap
pen TO- me before could get down here and dx
I've altered that womans will Ave times in
smany years, She had her arrangements all
made to he buried IN the same grave with her
first husband and the provision for IN
IN her VIII; but she married two years later.
s0Te had to cook up new viii. She's widow
q record for wills, and then, at the erd.
went abroad, with her, two children last
Ss, ssar 1ad 3sGor left ef tna will Nth memmade
Just be ore starting for home she happened TO
think that she and the boys might all be
drowned and the money would go to nephew
don lawyer and made awill in favor of a cousin
She came back to New York safely. but a week
later she took pneumonia and died. pro-
duced her will. but one Of the bows mentioned
the London will. We looked the matter up.
GaG snS; sGTs sPnoug enc th9t fo2l woman had legally
later one. / suppose she thought it would be
~ right Il she lust tore the later will up and
otihnas oi4h use 1t; but she made cheerful mudde
Then. here's another case, About fifteen
mail Who lives SSE SeW asd haa reson rfn
on the brain. She wanted tn leave most of her
muney 10 hospital, but said she would like to
make heGuest of $1,000 to her spiritual ad-
siser-Ia;tor of the Baptist Church in her
sSvissod sSTna drsE up the vii! and she went away
again a. ard said she and her parson had had
tSa some hdihiculty and she had decided TO quit
was. only put the Congregationalist minister
IN % place Of the unru!y, Baptist. I'm a Congre.
EaItionHast FATS HL myself 50 made the transfer JOY
ehurch long 1t wasn't five weeks before the
0.roo 0u lady 20 came ans storming in and wiped the
mad doubts about the miracles should have
any any oi her money. SO she gave the Presb byte
aHd then he n and S last
@ men had brief attacks Of legacy. Two weeks
tSs, sgT INA that pc 3pernat"tio old Christian wrote me
tthiiftlstlap Science and had gone over to the
ttath ta She said that she would be down in a
ttew uays 10 see about her will. but she hasn't
The sS S her sns pet + hcssrs sH,ns bn t9
@ una nd hfy hdy Rne @ usn ; on head
ssS5S sssjSPs n1ss nS3 oVt Sns snc@sh II have thas
TTay-to charge fees The lawyer chuckied
msGa SmsGgsnby M Then with great seriousness. he
sss sss ISst 9HeeE" He's married man and they do
~ nan mat Ms wife has will Of her own. which
81 Evidently the cheerful feminine propensity
;S0 ;SwelI New YORK boarding school vouches 4 Tor
.ae stpry that the favorite entertainment OF
beWNrnai bseverai OF the schoolgirls during recreation
nfa nf9aTs consists iG the drawing up or modifying
Ky ~ WIS 4 fiushurg girl started the fad She
Tnr,Ga! pu Gta!uaoIe lewelry and was rich in all the
Ssoriiay goods that appeal to girls. Before
monT esSiRg t, home she had planned will; in har-
Ponf with home friendships. and had her
rag sihases and wearing, her Iewery; but when
she sis came away and formed undying school
Sbapeasdf bI sdftaGThEments TEn the will had to be
tbse tbes sI ana stick pins. and were shunted back to
SnnlI S .alI.eni OF the funeral procession The
SjthnE woman got out her bulky will. and.
IL hhsn tne help of the new friends. revised it, In
me- Se course OF three school years she changed
er IRiGs3m friend eight times. and her minor
ccSSsei,ites shifted as the sands Of the sea Each
naanke OF sentiment Affected requests and
SsigIJesslon aud the will went through a be-
rhan,ii ana tempestuouS career. Education
ny t6ieettl me girls musical and literary taste,
~ %Di u ana she changed her hymns and her epi-
"pu once or twice "a month
aha nen zen she met her fate at a musicale. where
Az Az wore white frOck and carried rcd roses
Sa SgH sang I9Nti's Good by" Her best friend
Sn NJ ban,Dhhpty thrown out OF the first carriage,
nnrait cnat the Fate y might have a seat with tho
III hut lnOnth later the Fate proposed to
sno,SSst nS I"st friend. The Pittsburg girl promoted
sHH sc',mrr mrr friend. changed her will and inserted
Sbta,u'r SAYING Sh" wished to be buried in the
thaa' tha'te Rown 81" had worn at the musicale. with
III uuneh o. faded red roses on her breast and