The sun., 1903-04-04
RICH OLD WoMAN'S QUEER AD.
sAYTN0 SHE WONr PAP MRS. j..
n. VAN RENSSELAERs BILLS.

LAYING SHE WON'T PAP MRS. j
3l X. VAN RENSsELAERs BILLS.
Mn, ueary Q. .Hoyt's the woman, and sfrs
vAh ncnsseiaer's Her Nieoe--Dsd eoms
one write the Thing for spite.-n Wa
euppressed-Expianatien by Proxy
NSvPosT, April s.-The following ad-
versissnneat appeared In an early edition
81 the local evening newspaper. but not In
the beoond edition. which Ia issued about
m hour later:
Notice Ia hereby given that Mrs. Henry
b Hoyt will not be responsible for any bills
Mat h2ye been contracted by Mrs. John
=. van Rensselaer,. or for any bills that may
herea after be contracted by Mrs. Van Rens-
selaer. Mrs. HENRY 3. HoyT,
81 Old Beach road.
upbn investigation it was learned that
tho advertisement had been sent to tho
newspapers and afterward ordered out
m The hope that It would not appear at all,
but too late TO keep it out Of the early edi-
AR Hoyt who ia well known In Newport
and~New York society, IL nearly "a years
Old and in feeble health. For years she
had been under the care Of q oolored maid,
Los q long time Mrs. Hoyt's niece Mrs
Ven Rensselaer, lived with her at her
cottage on Old Beach road, but within
Few days. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, has left
Mn. Hoyt's home and has gone to New York.
At the Hoyt villa tonight the maid said
; that MIS-. Hoyt had sent the notice to the
paper but later regretted that she had done
80 and ordered It out. When asked IL Mrs.
van shs sseaeT nr hsd bean en- contracting bills
that Mrs. Van Rensselaer, had boon doing
things for the house, but further than
this would cay nothing. She did say, how
ever, that Mrs. Hoyt and her niece had
The relatives say that the maid has great
power over Mrs. Hoyt and they attribute
the notice to her.
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, has been
staying since last Thursday at the home Of
Edgar Richards, 3tl West hty-eighth
street. Mr.. Richards lives there with his
Two cousins. reporter who went there
yesterday 70 see Mrs. Van Rensselaer, was
him that Mrs. Van Rensselaer, was too III
TO be seen. Mrs. Van Rensselaer,, as the
reporter had observed, had returned rust
before this from walk, apparently in the
When the account Of her aunt's advertise
ment was sent In to Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
the elderly woman returned with the
announcement that Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
had nothing TO say. except that she owed
~ slx-St8 in kSoWPOLt Wn8tSOtNST.
..This q . most extraordinary thing
said Mrs. Van Rensselaer's friend, and
you nnust give Mrs. Van Rensselaer, time
to think II over before expecting her TO
make any reply to 1t; In the first place,
70 feeble that abe could not possibly have
written any such notice. II Is not her
doing at ali but the work OF some one who
has her under her control. Possibly Mrs.
v. van a. ssnsselasr N may at some future time
John King Van Rensselaer,. the husband
OF Mrs. Van Rensselaer, mad been seen
previous 70 this interview at his real estate
omce, 81 Nassau street. Mr.. Van Rensse-
younger. Mr. Van Rensselaer, said:
Really 1 don't know all the facts that |
have led up TO this. and you had better |
see my wife. I have not seen her for sew |
Mrs. Van RsnsselAer-that's my wife--up |
I'll about week ago has lived with Mrs. |
Hoyt. her aunt. She has been there for |
the last four years. Mrs. Hoyt had always |
been very fond OF her and wanted her to |
shafs her horne with her.
'One reason for this was the fact that for |
some years Mrs. Hoyt has been oedridden |
snd.b Absolutely helpless. Why. she cant |
get out Of bed and cannot even write a |
letter. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, has waited
on her and been like an own daughter to /
her,
"A short time ago Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
noticed that a negro servant whom Mrs.
doyt employed as . maid was assuming
p yeass old and was taking advantage Of
this. Ms: Van Rensselaer, protested to
her aunt. but the latter was then 70 oom-
p,etely in the power OF this negress that she
became prejudiced against
Finally she ordered Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
out OF the house.
sSffs Van Rensselaer, has not asked Mrs
Hoyt TO pay any OF her debts and there is
absolutely no occasion for this notice. 80
Mrs. Hoyt enjoys very large income
from the estate OF her husband, who died
q good many years ago. but at her death
lhis property must 60 70 her husbands
and cannot profit at all by the
rstate.
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, is a
cousin OF Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger.
About ten years ago Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
published book entitled New Workers OF
Ihs Eighteenth Century 1t purported To
Eva the name Of families who had real
blue blood and were sristocrats even in
were just twenty Of these families in her
book. They included the Van Reneselaers
md did not include the Vanderbilts and
many other families now prominent In the
society OF New York. Mrs Van AM Rensselaer,
picture Book
She has two sons, F. Harold Van Rensse-
ser, who Ia said to he in the cheese business
n this city, ard John IA. Van Rensselaer,.
10th are well-known in society.
Mr.. Hoyt is an aunt Of Winfield s. Hoyt
md u q member OF an old Colonial family.
;he 10 the granddaughter OF the famous
Ady Katherine Duer. Mrs. Hoyt and her
husband were the only New Workers. invited
0 the coronation OF Queen Victoria in
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