New-York tribune., 1908-10-29

statutory restrictions placed upon the making Of
~ s IN various lands, and the amount of infor-
i,t@N"ii 'ilus cohected is Of unusual interest I
90 NOT purpose to enter at any length into the
question here beyond stating that tba sa,sraI
'enoency throughout the world seems 10 he tow
atN on ooiieaoon upon the testator to provide for
ms ,ainiis ana to prevent him from completely
efiuns mis- wife and children, unless they
nave outHaVed themselves by the conviction ~
~ is not necessary that he should leave
aAl MS money 10 his family but a, least a car
P'iuon thereof, either a half or a third
having Ihe free disposal OF the remainder These
r.S rS requests are known in the French
f0Nliie countries as the '1egitime'' and through
OUT germany and Austria "a the ..E,eicbtbaU
Du' there are two points in the French faws n,
SUBJECT that call for special attention One
N statute which provides that doctors sur
soohs' nurses and other professional people who
nave attended a patient during his last iIlness
.tnnot , avail themselves of any bequest or other
disposition In will made In their favor during
such Illness
Another and still more interesting Law which ,i,,
'e particularly intelligibIe to those who have had
e1Per1ence on long voyages stimulates that
ASPosiuohs inserted in will made during the
eourse or sea voyage in favor OF the ofHcers ~
'osseL other than those who are relations or
20 oy marriage TO the deceased shall be null
W 'Oio- Long sea voyages invariably tend 10
- A0io'e sentimental and romantic dispositions on
the part of the fair seq Peonle o,,ckI,, 90. +,.s
oi reaons and of games on board and then nothing
eh01hS 10 pass away the time EXCEPT Nrtstion
II 4s wen known fact that women are far mora
ept 10 lose their heads at sea than on dry land
Lis appHes even TO those who are credited with
AOeptIonal common sense and strength Of charac-
'eI- VI course, the heroes Of these shfnhoard ro
-o"ces are IN many cases the officers of the yes
- especially when, as ia the case on so many of
| e oe hheTs. they happen to be men of good birth
euucauon and some Of them still holding or
having IN the past held commission IN tb. o,o,,
= ethiheh' navy Of the land IF their birth In fact
~ oiiCers or the snip enjoy, by reason Of their
PNi,4oI' OF their uniform and of their authority
Pi1'ieseo position in the eyes of the women pes-
eonsers which is keeny resented bv their fellow,
eNeIers OF the masculine persuasion
II Is said that French statesmen u-ho ba,,o L
oIssTuhted In this fashion during the course of
'oe sea voyages have devised this peculiar Iav, as
S0i' oI means of getting even with their mora
OoOeoSiul rivals IN ocean voyage filtration. for
- Instances or woman PASSENGER becoming so
- 'eo on shiphoard with one of the of1cers ~
ie Fessei as TO beQueath TO him the b,,Il- ~ har
pioPeFty' aho ther to die on board are so rara ~,
e0E unique as 10 scarcely call for specisI IAg,.
on Vi thls nature. Such a remote even+ra1i+v
NIiu surely nave been met by the ordinary s+ot
10y PROVISIONS against undue influence and pnder
circumstances this strange law Of which
i0aCe enjoys the monopoly, can only he ssortbad
- lne PaQue Of some disappointed lsvmakar 7,bo
mas lhoulsed in globetrotting
MARQUISE DE FONTENoY.