Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-07-09
The Dyrenforth win.

Washington, IL. O.s July .. NAV
bow is not able 10 carry cut the pro-
visions of the will. He is too delicate
and my husband knew it. shall de-
mand my share" said Mrs. Jennie
Dyrenforth today in announcing that
she will break the will Of Col. Robert
C. Dyrenforth, which provided that his
foster son, Robert st. George Dyreu-
forth, would have to escape the wiles OF
women, as we'll as setting forth a mir
mute plan for the boys life.
81 can only excuse the peculiar pro-
visions OF the will on the theory that
my husband was mentally unbalanced
as the result of long illness, " continued
Mrs. Dyrenforth. I'VE have been
separated since 1901, but not divorced
and | am fully entitled to my share OF
his estate.
The lad could neve do all those
things. He is nearly twelve years old
now and is very sickly. He can't enter
high school at fourteen. 1t is absurd
to talk of his going through Harvard,
Oxford and West Point and practicing
law" Mrs. Dyrepforth declined TO dis
cuss the bitter attack upon the 'unfor-
tunate SEX" made by her husband in
bis will, one Of the provisions OF which
was that the boy should never associate
with her.
The lad is the grandson Of the
Dyrenforths. His father, ?. j. Nc
Grath, an army surgeon, died two years
ago and Col. Dyrepforth legally adopt
ed the boy. The lad is now with VIII
liam H. Dyrenforth in Chicago.
Chicago, July 9.-Robert St. George
Dyrenforth, aged II, who is left a
fortune of $3.50, 900 in a strange will
made by his grandfather, Col. Dyren-
forth, Of Washington, d. c., provid-
ing he takes a strenuous educational
course, mapped out by bis benefactor,
and obeys an injunction to beware
Of women" will not lose the money
because some Of the requirements are
impossible of execution.
William H. D%yrenforth, an uncle
with whom the boy is living here, and
one of the executors of the estate de
cIared today hat no youth, however
bright. could attend all Of the schools
named in the will within the required
time and pointed out that the will
would not be violated as long as
Robert earnestly endeayorS to full
files as many Of the requirements as
possible.
The boy is an ordinary youth OF II
years" said his uncle, and could not
possibly finish high school at the age Of
IA. He will be enrolled this fall at the
Wentworth Military Academy at Lex
ington, Mo-, where two OF my IONS are
students. We plan to keep him there
four years and then send him to Har-
ward, but as he will be 1G years old then
it will be manifeStly impossible for him
to win his degree at is. When he re-
turns from six months law study at
Oxford, at the end Of the Harvard
course, we might have some difficulty
in securing him an appointment to
West Point. And am not sure that
he will follow the law as a profession.
If he seems better fitted for some other
line of work, we do not intend to stand
in his way"
The provisions OF the will demand
ing that the boy be kept out Of the
Roman Catholic Church and be guard
ed from women will be carried out. He
will also learn manual training, dancing
and music as required by his grand
father.
Robert was the son Of the colonel's
eldest daughter. His parents died
when he was an infant aud he was
adopted by his grandfather.