The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-22
Says She Will Not Contest Provisions of Last Testa ment of Blind Hymn Writer For Fear of Bring ing Unpleasant Scenes.
Tells of Ambitions That She Had Discussed Care Not For Herself, But Mourns That Charitable and Relig ious Work Was Not Pro vided For.

I,ookine out on the barren roofs. pf the business section of the city, in little room filtered with pieces Df clothing and tailoring equipment, a small motheray woman in whose nves there is depth of almost un- eathornable reaches. Is sitting at a window working with scissors and needle. She is earning her living. by toll.
 The woman is a descendant of Esld- er William Brewster, who came to the shores of America, with the pion- In the Mayfower She is Mrs. Julia Atherton, of AS Fairfield avenue, Her great grandfather marrIed the great granddaughter of Elder Brew ster.
 she is the survivor of the Crosby family. She is the sister of the blind poetess. Fanny Crosby, whose death recently shocked the country
 A few trfnkets were left her in the Crosby will, which she has reason to believe was considerable. She is Drofbably the first of her family in America to have to work for a ffv- ing
 who knew Fanny Crosby intimately when the terms of her will were made public There was no mention mad9s Of the benefactions she had planned daily and dreamed of. There was no mention of the memorial to herHelf she wished to leave in the form cf h home for men who have lost thedr hold on themselves. There was no slbstan- tial mention made of Mrs. Julia Attn ington. the only remaining member of the Crosby family
 The will alleged to have been made A hours before the death Of Fanny Crosby is identified by wifnesses as tie same one that was made by her nine years ago. in 1908. and which ever since she is said to have planned to change so that it would include her provisions for the things Of which she had dreamed. The will is Identical with the 1908 one, except that on the end is added a provision whereby the residue of the estate, which includes everything Fanny Crosby ow ned ex- cept a few trfnkets she left her sister, goes to Mrs. Florence Booth. of 226
 Wells stret, with whom she boarded, at the time of her death.
 Fanny Crosby had dreamed of a. rrissfon for men which would be a lasting memorial for her and a vast good .n fhe community. Her heart was wrapped up in the work of the Brddgeport Christian union. She planned to help the union build sIlb- Etantia1 structure and then install the Fanny Crosby Memorial chimes to ring out their g1adness at the salvage of some fallen soul. She planned other things, too, to the day of her death, but somehow or other. no men ltionN got Into the will
 A painting of herself which she planned to have installed in tho main hall of thg Christian mission, a now at the house where she boarded No provision has been made for ts dis posal-
 In a small room Uttered with tailor Ing repair equipment, in the Warner building on Fairfield avenue, a little motherly woman is sitting at window with a pair of scissors and needle, working on torn garments. She is earning her living, although she is well beyond the age at which a woman is expected to earn a living.
 She is Mrs. Julia Arlington, whose sreat-grandfather married the great granddaughter of Elder William Brew ster who came to the shores of Amer lea with the intrepid band on the May flower She is the sister of Fanny Crosby, whose memory she reveres She was left virtually nothing by the terms of the Crosby will, which aI- though it includes no statement of funds, is thought to represent a small fortune
 Are you going to contest the wiIl?.' FIle was asked.
 ..No,'' she replied. .'I would do noth- ng that might reflect on Aunt Fanny.
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