Evening star., 1911-08-25
COST OF HER CLOTHING
FIGURED AT ONLY $500
Wife Loses Claim for Payment Of
Her Paris Bills,
ESTIMATE OF ESTATES VALUE
Prospective Net Returns for the
Next Half Year Are Placed at
$39, ,967.22 by Mr..
Dent.

The monthly allowance of Mrs. Rose
Keeling Hutchins from the estate of
her husband. Stilson Hutchins, a local
financier. will be increased from 81, ,00a
to $500. IL the finding of Louis A.
Dent. auditor of the District Supreme
Court. reported today, is confirmed by
the Equity Court.
The auditor disallows the claim of
Mrs. Hutchins that the allowance of
$1,000, made by deed in trust from
her and her husband to William J.
Dante, of the entire estate of Mr..
Hutchins was for her personal use
While advocating a substantial increase
to the wife each month. the report OF the
auditor figures only $500 per month for
her clothing and 500 for incidental ex-
penses. He estimates the ordinary month";
ly household expenses at S2Ol2, which Is
augmented to 5000 by the expenses in
cident to the present illness OF the hus-
band. In the sum of $2,0l2 the estimate
includes $500 month for the wearing
apparel of the wife.
Mrs. Hutchins also loses her claim for
the payment of her Paris bills, exclusive
of the maintenance of her apartment at
the French capital. Auditor Dent recon-
mends that in view OF the increased al
| lowance urged by him. Mrs. Hutchins
should be required to pay these bills. as
we'll as other unliquidated household ex-
penses amounting to a total OF $3.50. SO,
as her allowance will permit
The allowance Of $l,C00 per month to
Mrs. Hutchins began in April. 1910. when
the deed In trust was executed placing
the title of the Hutchins estate in VIII
| liam j. Dante trustee. Early In the
current year Mrs Hutchins threatened.
| II was stated. to bring proceedings in
lunacy against Stilson Hutchins, now
seventy-three years old.
Offer Made by Sons.
| Mr.. Hutchins' sons. Walter S. Hutch
ins and Lee M. Hutchins. desiring to
| save their father the stigma Of an ad-
judication in lunacy. through Trustee
Dante offered to increase the allowance
to $1,000. Mrs. Hutchfns. on advice OF
counsel. declined to accept the increase.
| claiming that no authority existed to
| bind the infant granddaughter Of Mr..
Hutchins.
The petition in lunacy was filed, but
failed because Of a defective service or
subpoena on Mr. Hutchins. and was
dropped. Mrs. Hutchins then sought the
increased allowance Of the court, which
referred the matter to Auditor Dent.
Stilson Hutchins was removed to Mar
ragansett Pier, where he remains with his
wife, who left him only to attend the
sessions before Auditor Dent.
The finding of the auditor. which. he
states, is borne out by the weight of the
evidence on both sides, is that the pay
ment of $1,000 monthly authorized by
Stilson Hutchins to his wife was a gen.
eral one for current expenses. 1t was
allowed, says Mr.. Dent in his report.
neither as a sum in full to cover house,
hold expenses nor as personal allow
ance to the wife.
Mr. Hutchins intended that the money
be used for current expenses, comprising
the actual living expenses and the cost OF
his wife's clothing. When this sum proved
insufficient the auditor finds II was the
custom OF the wife to obtain iditional
sums from her husband, or Stiison Hutch
ins would direct the payment by the
trustee of the accumulated bills.
This practice has continued, the auditor
reports, since the making Of the trust.
Reason for Recommendation. :.
Mr.. Dent, in concluding his report TO
the court, makes a recommendation Of
an allowance of $500. In view OF the
mode of life of the. husband and wife.
taken in conjunction with the appended
figures showing the resources OF the hus-
bands estate.
Monthly Household Expenses.
The monthly household expenses on
s2.O12, exclusive of the personal ex-
penses for clothing for Stilson Hutch
ins. and the extraordinary expenses
attending his present illness, are items.
lied by Auditor Dent as follows: