The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-21
AND THIS IS HER REWARD.
H B. Plant Bequea1hed to His Wife
Even Less Than Her Dover Right.

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closed and the widow of tbs late Henry
b. Plant. railroad nlagnate, an&ioesls
awaits the outcome. II the court de-
cides that Henry b Plant was not
legally entitled to the Connecticut rest
dence he established three days DelotS
his death the VIII may be cohesSes-
and broken in this state, as IT'S tSll,ss
tie up the fortune Tor near = Il
dred years, With view 20 naAlhs ~, ~
one OF the greatest in the world 70
Mrs Plant was not bequeathed het
dover right but an annual income Vh
$50 600 during her life, .s.sl. ,,.
FOR three rsasons Mrs tiant deems
this allowance wholly Inadequate ana
moves TO set aside the Will
First because she sf-linquished al I
those pleasures which women u 80 49,
seek and devoted her life 10 her nus. |
band 5 interests working Win aini - 4
attain the fortune ne has put beyeha {
her reach.
Second, because she does not eelae ,SS |
in tying up q. vast fortune which couia 4
be utilized in bettering the -hye3e OF
thousands sr,f e+
Third, because she does not beAeRe
the husband who was devoted aIu
STRAIGHTFORWARD during an OF thel li'
married Iffe Mould w4Iifully and in his
right rminds have deceived her az ttIs
end and she, therefore for sen1lpleflI,st 1
as well as practical reasons, Mlsaes t,is
court 10 renlovesfrom his memory the
stain which the last scodieli le2lNees
upon it.
Mrs. Plant is very sincere about srea-
son No 9. The loss OF the great Iot-
tune which ought to- be hers does NOT ]
affect her nearly SO much as the loss
of te-7der respect for her husband
memory, and. the shock that he lacked
confidence in her Judgment and beliaI
in her right to share everything Ne nj mao
- e, .
4 ''AH that a man has Mrs, Plant
i said. is none. too much fo1' a Wife ~ no
has cared for him.. Worked With him
I nursed him in sickness and olleered him
! in health. All Of this and more 4 eta :
\ for Mr. Plant. He was consfdefa2lS
older than / and did not care TOR So
ciety. L therefore stltied my SNsnu ~,
cIinations ard relinquished society, loo, -
.,He was devoted TO his business ana
4 his home. These made up his life 20
1 they made up nfrle. saw 70 ~ tt s.
/ nothing was lacking IN his hoHts
] Mrs Plant glanced cOntentedly areuh'
K the rooms of her Fifth avenue man
I sioil-"aud little by little came 20
1 know every detail OF his business.
studied it. realized ne was N ~, ~.
I man. and ft was only reasona pie 70
expect he would not always be able 70
handle his affairs.
The people he had about HIM were
interested for their own ss41es. not has
+ He realized the adNantage oi ma a ~ q
y business partner fmpelled by love as
! we'll as interest. Mr. Plant never buitt
a boat. nor a hotel nor d railroad, With
out first TALKING the matter. over WITH
me.
Together We worked over plans, sun-
til / came to be quite an ARCHITECT. and
ioften we discussed. until 1Sfe an the.
night, the adyisabilitX. Of buying up
!, roads. of trying new appliances on lo7
4 comotives, of adding new comforts 80.
trains of increasing accommodations
in one place and decreasing them IN
Others, There was no business CON.
pHeation during all our married IRE
that Mr.. Plant did not bring TO me 10
unraveL aad
when his healthsb began to fail, some
lsix or eight years ago, it Was a great
ksolace 10 him to realize that could go
Fright ahead with things. and no time
would be lost by his illness Every day
!. IL drove him down TO his Office and
fcalled and brought him back Al4
{ whole time my whole life was spent
in devotion to his interests.
"Often when we parted,in the@morn7,
. ing he would trust the solving of some
financial crisis to- me, and usually
! found the solution before evening for
II developed q good, clear' business
Mrs. Plants eyes sparkled over the
busy "Reminiscences.
Il enjoyed it, She said. FOR / was
;, always too energetic forsthe idle phera
81 into which WAS born. y 80
u Yet Mrs. Plant does not. look like enc
of the workers. She is dainty, refined.
PLACID, quantity beautiful, WITH 2 great
fdeaF OF reserve force and determina4
> ton behind her affable eatureS-
1T is not they WhoF1ook most like
workers = she Said. answering "a dubiz
E cas smiley who accomplish most. The
T woman, who IS a Working genius does
not waste any her eneTgyiin busting
around and making a noise. I doubt if
- anyone outside our own household knew
k how large part played in Mr. Plants
p business career
1T was / who furnished an his ho-
! tells. and that means great dead more
: work than 1T seemSsw hen YOU speak of
{ it. / was just four years furnishing the
. Tampa Bay hotel before it was quite
! completed, and L was busy with it All
q that time
r Il could do rush work. too.
Q proved that when the Grand Duchess
was being built. II had to be finished
I for a certain date. and Just ten DAYS
5 before Mr.. Plant WAS taken ill., Ii
was atseri0us problem, for ne needed
+ my attention. and the ship needed it.
too But I mariaged all right. EveEy
sTIHorning l went down TO the ship. SUI
lDerfntending the work and rushing il
to finish, returning home at s, much
! to my husband relief, aud giving him
: cheering accounts of our progress.
e Then I watcheds by his side and fiursed
= him through the night" ~
, A good deal of asstEain for a deli.
cately nurtured WOMAN"
Z 49, Many things that H. tlnflert.at
e proved a strain" said Mrs Plant SIM
ply. but / found my reward in nlS
husbands approval and ssucC essy and ii
the. confidence he placed in me ana
= the respect he showed for my iudg-
+ Ement. / considere6s that sufficient re-
, ward forvany amounts OF Sacrifice o.
= labor. ~ e - .
IS think. then, what it means To m.
i to have that reward taken from me. /
= is not wholly the money. which is min
by right Of doHver and service. but il.
II the hurt of it-the thought that sucl
o. deception on his part would mean h,
co9ld not trust me with his fortune
that he could not believe me eon1peter'
to handle it or deserving. OF, IL.
e DO you blaine me. then for refusin.
~ to beIieys. lie did this thing Of his ovf
vohtion and in sane mental condition
Air. Plant, reTneTn bery- was 80 wear s7id
s. He had been in feeble health Tor ;
4 hittf- dozen years New York had al
= ways been his home. He veted here
e paid taxes here and We lived toretJ1n
- IN this house for> twenty-six years
y calling this hpme.eF
Soverefgns of Europe.
Z To the Editor. Of The Herald:
!. Wiz You Please tell in The Sunda
# Herald who are the. present rulers Z
~ thee rum rTinst al T-IIror,e