The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-20
H[RED|TY FIGURES
IN STRANGE WILL
YOUNG BOY MUST NOT SHOW
FATHERS PRoFLlGAcY IF
HE GETS FORTUNE.
LIKE |BSEN'S GHOSTS"
Is This Queen Life History of Baron
De FontenilIiant and His Four
teen-YearOld Son--Aunt
Makes Document,

New York, May 19.-To get for
tune wiied TO him by one of his aunts,
14-year-old Rene Dc Fontenilliant, the
nephew Of Mrs. O. H. p. Belmont, viii
have to live the next thirteen years Of
his life in such a manner as to con-
vince the executors of his aunt's will
that there is in his blood no heredi-
tary trace of his fathers characters
tics, which ruined his mothers life,
and caused her to diyroce ths Baron
De Fontenilliant years ago.
Young De Fontenilliant must lose
everything she left him if he ever
speaks to his father, and his aunt's
will in effect appoints her executors II
board of supervision that will decide
when he reaches the age OF twenty
seven If the boy is safe person to
entrust the h ritage or il he Is pro
f1igate with any Of the bad traits OF
his father. Al present he is stndent
at st. Paul's school, near the Belmont
at Hampstead.
Miss Armide Nneel Smith, who died
In this city on April 10, il the aunt
who has made the boy one of her
heirs.
Mother One OF the Smiths.
Miss Smith was one of the four IA
nous beauties of Mobile, Ala, who
had such remarkable careers, one of
hem becoming the Baroness d Fon-
tenilliant, one becoming Mrs. W. II, |
Vanderbilt, and later Mrs. o. H. r.
Belmont, the third becoming Mrs |
Yznago anG later Mrs. VIII |
lam George Tiffany, and the fourth, |
Miss Smith herself noted charity /
worker. Respectively they were
Known as Julia, Alva, Mimi and Ar
aide, and they were noted throughout
he south for their beauty.
Aftsr various bequests are made ~ /
persons for whom Miss Smith in her
fe had high regard, about 100000
S left to be divided between Little
Rene and the fourth of the Smith
sisters, Mrs. Tiffany who, now di-
gorced second time, is living in
Paris
Neither the boy nor his aunt gets
he money outright Miss Smith first
iisposes of certain property Rene 5
mother turned over to her at the time
If the baroness death. Just what
his amounts to is not known, but the
will provides that the income from
he property be paid to the boy until
le is % years of age, after which 4
s to become his outright in the event
If h IS death. however half of ii is to
20 to Mrs. Tiffany and the other half
o tn residuary estate. Half OF the
estate is to be held by the
rustees who are TO pay the income
rom it to the boy until he reaches the
ge of 81, and from that time on until
he end of his life. If they see fit.
1t is at that point in the boys life
iowever, that he will have 10 stand
Ip for Judgment and if the board Of
pproval fears hereditary evil in him
e will lose all calm on the estate
his remarkable provision in the will
S as follows.
May All Go to Charity.
"In case. however. my nephew. Rene
De Fontenilliant. should, In The judg
lent of my trustees. or their sur
ivors. be or at any time become a
ierson whose conduct is unworthy 70
eceive said income. then and from
hat time | order my said trustees TO
ay the income during the remainder
( The natural life of my said nephew
. the dom site and foreign mission
~ society of the Protestant Episco
al Church in the United States Of
.Tnerica.
In the event that al the time he
rill be able to convince the ex Gu
DIS that he is fit person to receive
be continued income 1t will be paid
D him as long as he lives. after which
he principal goes half to his sirs
nd half 10 the missionary society.
The persons who are to compose
be board Of executors to approve
r disapprove the conduct Of the boy
re Mrs. Belmont. Mrs. Ellen Prentice
.ellog Of 500 Madison avenue. and
Irs. Kelleg's son. John p Kellog. a
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