Miss Helen S. Vassar

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January 18, 1957

these people through local forces.

It is still rather amazing that we have not been able to identify the lady who called your mother at the time of the funeral when you were in New York. She seems to have disappeared into thin air, and it is strange that she has not attempted to contact you or your mother again.

I hope you and Mr. Wheeler will bear with me during this period of heavy pressure and activity. I will do my best to get things moving as fast as I can and trust we will be able to get our papers filed within the next week.

With best wishes for the New Year,

cc: Mr. Monroe Wheeler
Mr. S. David Talbert

Helen S. Vassar

7500 Twelfth Street, N. W. Washington 12, D. C.

February 28, 1957

Dear Monroe:

Having heard nothing from Lawyer Smith, I called him today for news, and found he was at their Princeton office (Princeton 1-5151). Mr. Smith said the will was filed yesterday for probate. There will probably have to be a Guardian appointed, since he said they had exhausted all resources for trying to find William L. Weaver or his issue, if any. The only trace was that William had apparently lived in the Cincinnati area, and Mr. Smith had a legal firm in that city hire an investigator to look into the records there - public records, will probates, voting records, anything - and came up with exactly nothing, including no trace of issue. So they decided to go ahead and probate.

I asked Mr. Smith if he had so advised you, and he said that he had told you about the conversation with Stiles Duncan, and had intended to send to both you and me the affidavit which they presented for probate. You know which road is paved with good intentions - but I gather we will receive the material now. I also asked him the value of the estate presented for probate and subsequent publication, and he said he also intended to send us that listing. The amount is about $500,000. Probate will be published in the New York Law Journal and in the N.Y. Morning Telegraph.

He said he had called Actors Equity and they had no knowledge and never heard of Helen Neilson Hartman. Also, they have written to all and sundry Weavers in New Bloomfield, Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, etc., and have received nothing in return.

They decided to keep Marie's apartment for the four weeks following probate publication, so perhaps can give it up by the end of March. Seven months from date of probate, they can pay the cash legacies (provided the residuary heirs agree), so long as there is sufficient in the residual estate to pay taxes and take care of claims and debts. It sometimes is two years before the estate can be closed and everything paid. If the complete cash legacies can't be paid, he said they could at least make part payment.

(Sorry, but this is being written under difficulties. My boss has been up before three congressional committees today, and has just come back completely exhausted.) Mr. Smith also said that he thought the Court would still appoint a Guardian, but since we had exhausted so many sources of searching the charges for this job could not be too expensive.

Since there's no telling when you will hear from Mr. Smith, this will bring you up to date as far as my knowledge is concerned.

THE HANOVER BANK

NEW YORK 15

May 9, 1957

E 18069 D

Mr. Monroe Wheeler
410 Park Avenue
New York 22, N. Y.

Re: Estate of Marie Stewart also known
as Marie Doro

Dear Mr. Wheeler:

We are glad to be able to tell you that the Will has
now been admitted to probate and with that in mind we are
writing to suggest a plan of cooperation and to inform you of
some of the services we are prepared to render as your co-
executor.

The general administration of the estate will be in
charge of the writer and Mr. R. K. Fox, Vice President, in
association with P. A. Williams, Assistant Vice President, will
be the officer to advise and recommend on investments.

It will be our endeavor to relieve you of as many of
the details as possible and to this end we shall arrange to
keep the necessary accounts and records of the estate and to
effect the prompt collection of interest and dividends and to
execute such orders for the purchase or sale of securities as
may be agreed upon by the co-executors.

An account will be opened in our Personal Trust
Division entitled "The Hanover Bank, Albridge C. Smith, III,
Monroe Wheeler and Helen Vassar as Executors of the Will of
Marie Stewart, also known as Marie Doro, deceased." Statements
giving details of all principal and income transactions will be
mailed to you on or about the 9th of each month. All securities
will be kept in our Personal Trust Division vault, separate and
apart from the securities held for the bank itself and those
belonging to its other customers.

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Mr. Monroe Wheeler

May 9, 1957

Cash balances will be subject to the allowance of interest pursuant to Section 100(b), as amended, of the Banking Law and such interest will be credited once each year. Because this interest is allowed only on principal balances in the trust division, no commercial checking account will be maintained. Instead, all payments will be made by our official checks.

The facilities of our Accounting and Tax Departments will be available to the executors and to counsel.

We suggest that all registered securities be carried in the name of our nominee, Sigler & Co. This will facilitate prompt execution of sale orders and is authorized by Section 231 of the Surrogate's Court Act. A form of consent for this purpose is enclosed for your signature, together with an additional copy for your files.

We are also enclosing two signature cards which we request you to complete and return to us.

If the foregoing plan of procedure meets with your approval, you may so indicate by signing and returning the enclosed copy of this letter together with the enclosed forms.

Enclosures
Copy to
Mr. Albridge C. Smith, III

Helen S. Vassar

May 17, 1957

Dear Monroe:

I am most grateful for your letter of May 11, which is a mine of welcome information. I've heard nothing from Mr. Smith since I called him on April 23 to find out how probate was coming along. The next day I received the enclosed letter, and since then nothing. He said he would send me a copy of the estate listing as presented for probate, but so far it has not come.

In case you have nothing on the "Talbert Plan" in writing, here is a copy of the letter Mr. Talbert sent on. I delayed answering until I found time was passing on and I still had no estate valuation, so finally and reluctantly wrote him as enclosed.

I feel much better now that you have gone over the accounts at Hanover. I am sure the Bank is trustworthy and capable, but there is always room for human error.

I was also glad to learn something about the size of the executor fees. (Innocent that I am, I didn't even know we got a fee until someone said it was general practice.) I knew there would not be much in the residual estate, but I hope there will be enough to cover fees, taxes, and expenses. Do you know what the Hanover Bank fee will be? Naturally, I also hope there will be something left for Mother and Pris Harrington, the residual legatees, but we will have to see.

I hope this does not sound peculiar to you, but I am surprised that the executors are kept so poorly informed via official means.

Have just re-read the above paragraphs, and they sound frightfully ill-tempered. I'm not really. You will also notice that I can't seem to type today. Probably because it's time for a change. Think I'll go with some friends down to Ocean City or, if we have enough time, to Nagshead over Memorial Day. It's time to get on a reasonably deserted beach and walk and, perhaps, get a swim if it's not cold and rainy.

With all best wishes,

THE HANOVER BANK

NEW YORK 15

September 23, 1958

E 18069 T

Mr. Monroe Wheeler
Stone-Blossom
Hampton, New Jersey

Re: Estate of Marie Stewart

Dear Mr. Wheeler:

We are enclosing our Treasurer's check payable
to your order for $5,079, which represents the balance
of your executor's principal commissions due of $4,844.75
and your executor's income commissions of $234.25. You
will note that you have received an additional 57 cents
on income commissions which represents your share of
commissions on an additional income collection of $42.83.

Will you kindly acknowledge receipt of the en-
closed check by signing and returning to us the duplicate
copy of this letter.

Enclosure

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THE GREEN BOOK MAGAZINE

eyes, and smoothed the brown velvet frock that matched them. "Question number one?"

"How did it all begin?"

"Glamour," said she without hesitation. "I was a girl in boarding-school, full of romantic notions. The stage wasn't known then for the hard workaday world it is. From the time I was a child I had thought of it as a life of splendor and enchantment—a sort of 'Arabian Nights,' where nothing dull or dreary ever intruded. I was very young when I made up my mind to be an actress, and to go on the stage at the first opportunity."

She looked absurdly young at that moment, as she sat looking down at her clasped hands. But she sighed, a little sadly. "The opportunity came all too soon. I was at Miss Brown's School, here in New York, the winter I was sixteen, and a theatrical manager saw me act in one of the school entertainments. He spoke to me afterwards, and of course I was wild with delight. I begged him to engage me, then and there, and he did. So I left school, and went to St. Paul with the Criterion Stock Company."

"And what did your family say?"

"Oh, of course they were horrified; but I wouldn't listen to them. Nothing could stop me. It was my mission, my mania, to go on the stage; and I went. On the train going to St. Paul, I chose my name—I was in a fever of happiness over every detail of the new life. Then, when we reached St. Paul, hearingsals began—and for me, disillusion.

"It wasn't the hard work," she went on, thoughtfully. "I was so mad over acting, the work was a joy to me. It was the gradual realization of the responsibility I had taken on myself. At school one was responsible to teachers and chaperons—a regiment of them; on the stage one became responsible to oneself alone. For a girl of any character, a girl who isn't ignorant—for the modern girl of good class—this is a terribly serious thing. She finds when she becomes an actress that she has exchanged the strict routine of the schoolroom for the far stricter routine of the stage. What do people know of her

family, her standing, her past associations? Nothing. To her manager and her company as well as to the public, she is simply Marie Doro: a struggling young actress, to be judged by what she alone discloses of herself.

"Seen like this, the stage loses its glamour, once and forever. It becomes a stern business, with oneself forever over one as mentor. I've often wished I could write it all down as it really is, for girls who have the same romantic notions I had. We're so enthusiastic at the beginning, and then we have to swallow such bitter disappointment."

The big studio was very quiet for a moment. I was thinking of my own early fancies about the stage. Marie was thinking—I don't know, but I could guess. There are times when her sparkling youth falls away from her, to show the experienced woman and her tragedies.

"But in spite of the disappointment you went on?" I suggested.

"Oh, yes!" Her clear, frank laugh rang out, girlish again. "I was mad-embarrassed, as the French say. I nothing would I have given up. I went back to New York, and played in 'The Billionaire, 'then to San Francisco with Augustin Daly. From the first I played big parts, for you see, in a way I acted better than that I do now, with all my training. Then I was in the 'first flush.' I lived for the theatre and for nothing else. All that is bound to show.

"Yet when I made my first real 'hit,' I was stunned that it had come so soon. It was in 'The Girl From Kays.' I was in my dressing-room after the second act, and the manager of the theatre poked his head in, and cried: 'Mr. Frohman is down in front, and he says he's going to star you!'

"I didn't believe it. But it was true. For though I didn't actually star until 'The Morals of Marcus,' I played star parts in Mr. Frohman's companies from that time on. *Friquet*, and *Mary Ann*—with dear old Mrs. Gilbert; and then three years with Mr. Gillette in 'Clarice.' And finally, 'Marcus.' It seemed as though I was fated to be starred; but far from being a good thing for me, it has in reality worked

## MARIE KATHARINE STEWART "MARIE DORO"

born in Duncannon (Perry County) Pennsylvania, May 25, 1882 only daughter of Richard H and Virginia B. (Weaver) Stewart, both natives of the county, her father having been a practicing lawyer and district attorney of the county from 1885 to 1888, when the family moved to Kansas City, Mo. where Marie received her preliminary education, afterward pursuing her studies in New York. She entered upon her professional career in 1901. As there were two Mary Stewarts and one Marie Stewart in the theatrical world, she adopted Marie Doro as her stage name.

She made her first appearance with Criterion Stock Company in St. Paul, Minn. On June 9, 1901, in "Aristocracy" and later assumed important roles in the same company. In 1901-02, under David Belasco, she toured in "Naughty Anthony." On Dec. 29, 1902, she appeared as Rosalba Peppercorn in "The Billionaire" with Jerome Sykes at Daly's Theatre, New York and later on tour. In 1903 she appeared in "A Runaway Girl" and "The Circus Girl" with Duff Ope ra Company in San Francisco. On Nov. 2, 1903 she first appea red under the management of Charles Frohman as Nancy Lowly in "The Girl from Kay's." On Jan. 4, 1904, she appeared in her first dramatic work as Lady Millicent in "Little Mary." Later that year she toured in "The Admirable Crightons" with William Gillette. On Oct. 4 of the same year she played Dora in "Granny" at the Savoy Theatre, New York where she also played the title role in "Friquet, on Jan, 31, 1905.

Her first appearance in London was at the Comedy Theatre May 3, 1905 as Lucy Sheridan in "The Dictator" with William Collier. and was next seen at the Duke of York's Theatre Sept. 13, 1905 in the title role of "Clarice" with William Gillette; and on October 17th, 1905 she played Alice Faulkner in "Sherlock Holmes". On Nov. 8, 1905, she played Caroline Mitford in "Secret Service." Returning to America, she reenacted the role of Clarice with William Gillette, and on Oct. 16th, she again played the role at the Garrick Theatre. On October 7, 1907 she was promoted to the rank of "star" as Carlotta in "The Morals of Marcus" appearing in New York at the Criterion in the same roll on Nov. 18th. Again in Boston, she played Benjamin Monnier in "The Richest Girl" in September 1908 appearing March 1, 1909 at the Criterion in New York in the same part. On August 9, 1909, she again appeared as Carlotta in "The Morals of Marcus" at the Lyceum. She played Adelina in "The Climax" in Jersey City, Jan. 5, 1910, and appeared in the same role at the Comedy Theatre in London on February 26, 1910.

In the spring of 1911 she went abroad for a period of rest returning to New York for a four weeks engagement, Feb. 26, 1912 in the title role of "Oliver Twist" in an all star engagement, which was extended until May 4th, at the New Amsterdam. Two days later she opened at the Lyric in the title role of "Patience" in a four-week revival of that opera. She went abroad again, and on Aug. 27, 1913 appeared in London at the Comedy Theatre in "The Scarlet Band."

Later she appeared in an extended engagement in "Diplomacy" at Wyndham's Theatre.

"MARIE DORO" continued. p. 2

On Feb. 1, 1914, by royal command, she played in "Diplomacy" at Windsor Castle before the king and queen and 180 of their guests, the other principals being Gerald Du Maurier, Lady Tree, Eli Jeffry and Norman Forbes. Miss Doro was the first American actress to appear before the king and queen by royal command.

When war was imminent, she sailed the day before war was declared on the "Kaiser Wilhelm II" from Cherbourg for New York.

She opened as Dora in "Diplomacy" at the Empire Theatre in New York in November 1914 and afterward toured in the same play. In 1915 she began acting in motion pictures, her first picture being "Morals of Marcus" for the Famous Players Company. Then followed "The White Pearl"; "The Wood Nymph" and others.

In 1917 she returned to the speaking stage in the title role of "Barbara" at the Plymouth Theatre in New York on Nov. 5th. She then returned to the films acting for them in London (Twelve-Ten); Paris, "(Midnight Gambols), and in Rome, Naples and Sicily.

She returned to the speaking stage in New York in 1921.

In 1917 she was married for a brief period to the actor, Elliott Dexter, who had played with her in "Diplomacy."

Quoted from "History of Perry County, Pa" pp. 709-11:

"Her salary during the past few years has far exceeded that of the President of the United States."

born in Duncannon (Perry County) Pennsylvania, May 25, 1882
only daughter of Richard H and Virginia B. (Weaver) Stewart,
both natives of the county, her father having been a prac-
ticing lawyer and district attorney of the county from 1885
to 1888, when the family moved to Kansas City, Mo. where
Marie received her preliminary education, afterward pursuing
her studies in New York. She entered upon her professional
career in 1901. As there were two Mary Stewarts and one
Marie Stewart in the theatrical world, she adopted Marie
Doro as her stage name.

She made her first appearance with Criterion Stock Company
in St. Paul, Minn. On June 9, 1901, in "Aristocracy" and
later assumed important roles in the same company. In 1901-
02, under David Belasco, she toured in "Naughty Anthony."
On Dec. 29, 1902, she appeared as Rosalba Peppercorn in
"The Billionaire" with Jerome Sykes at Daly's Theatre, New
York and later on tour. In 1903 she appeared in "A Runaway Girl"
and "The Circus Girl" with Duff Ope ra Company in San
Francisco. On Nov. 2, 1903 she first appea red under the
management of Charles Frohman as Nancy Lowly in "The Girl
from Kay's." On Jan. 4, 1904, she appeared in her first
dramatic work as Lady Millicent in "Little Mary." Later
that year she toured in "The Admirable Crightons" with
William Gillette. On Oct. 4 of the same year she played
Dora in "Granny" at the Savoy Theatre, New York where
she also played the title role in "Friquet, on Jan, 31,
1905.

Her first appearance in London was at the Comedy Theatre
May 3, 1905 as Lucy Sheridan in "The Dictator" with
William Collier. and was next seen at the Duke of York's
Theatre Sept. 13, 1905 in the title role of "Clarice"
with William Gillette; and on October 17th, 1905 she
played Alice Faulkner in "Sherlock Holmes". On Nov. 8,
1905, she played Caroline Mitford in "Secret Service."
Returning to America, she reenacted the role of Clarice with
William Gillette, and on Oct. 16th, she again played the role
of Clarice in "The Morals of Marcus" at the Garrick Theatre. On
October 7, 1907 she was promoted to the rank of "star"
as Carlotta in "The Morals of Marcus" appearing in New
York at the Criterion in the same roll on Nov. 18th.
Again in Boston, she played Benjamin Monnier in "The
Richest Girl" in September 1908 appearing March 1, 1909
at the Criterion in New York in the same part. On August
9, 1909, she again appeared as Carlotta in "The Morals of
Marcus" at the Lyceum. She played Adelina in "The Climax"
in Jersey City, Jan. 5, 1910, and appeared in the same
role at the Comedy Theatre in London on February 26, 1910.

In the spring of 1911 she went abroad for a period of rest
returning to New York for a four weeks engagement, Feb. 26,
1912 in the title role of "Oliver Twist" in an all star
engagement, which was extended until May 4th, at the New
Amsterdam. Two days later she opened at the Lyric in
the title role of "patience" in a four-week revival of that
opera. She went abroad again, and on Aug. 27, 1913 appeared
in London at the Comedy Theatre in "The Scarlet Band."
Later she appeared in an extended engagement in "Diplomacy"
at Wyndham's Theatre.

"MARIE DORO" continued, p. 2

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESTATES OF NONRESIDENTS
NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES

These instructions should be read in conjunction with the
"General Instructions" beginning on page 2 and the detailed
instructions for the several schedules.

**Requirement of return.**—An estate tax return must be filed for the estate of a nonresident not a citizen of the United States if the part of his gross estate (as defined by the statute) situated in the United States exceeded a value of $2,000 at the date of death.

**Form of return.**—A simplified form of estate tax return, Form 706NA, "United States Nonresident Alien Estate Tax Return," has been provided for use in the case of a nonresident not a citizen of the United States. However, the return must be made on Form 706 instead of on the simplified form 706NA under the following circumstances:

(1) In case the decedent made any transfer during life or possessed, exercised, or released any power of appointment with respect to property situated in the United States, requiring any disclosure or affirmative answer under Schedule G or H of this return.

(2) In case a deduction for charitable, public, and similar gifts and bequests (Schedule N), credit for Federal gift taxes, or credit for tax on prior transfers is claimed.

(3) In case the decedent was a resident of France or a citizen or resident of Greece and a prorated allowance authorized by treaty extends beyond the specific exemption, such as a prorated deduction for a request to a foreign charity.

**Place for filing returns.**—The return must be filed with the district director of internal revenue in whose district the gross estate in the United States was situated; or, if such part of the gross estate was situated in more than one district, the return must be filed with the District Director of Internal Revenue, Customhouse, New York, N. Y., or with such district director as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may designate.

**Supplemental documents.**—If the decedent died testate, a certified copy of the will must be filed. Other supplemental documents may be required as explained below and under the instructions for the several schedules.

**Death tax convention.**—If a death tax convention is applicable, consult the provisions thereof and regulations issued pursuant thereto. See page 6 for list of conventions and effective dates.

**Property situated in the United States.**—The entire gross estate, wherever situated in the case of a nonresident not a citizen of the United States is made up in the same way as that of a citizen or resident and, therefore, includes not only all property (except foreign real property) beneficially owned by the decedent, but also joint estates with right of survivorship, tenancies by the entirety, community property, life insurance proceeds, property transferred by the decedent during his life, and property subject to decedent's general power of appointment, as more fully explained under the instructions for the several schedules. However, the taxable estate is the part of the gross estate situated in the United States, less the authorized deductions. Only the part of the gross estate situated in the United States should be set forth under the appropriate "Schedules A to I and recapitulated under Schedule O." The term "United States," when used in a geographical sense, includes only the States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, and the District of Columbia. Property transferred during the decedent's life, and included in the entire gross estate wherever situated, is deemed situated within the United States if such property was so situated either at the time of the transfer or at the time of death.

The following rules are applicable in determining whether
property owned by a nonresident not a citizen of the United
States is situated in the United States:

(1) Real property and tangible personal property.—These
items of property are within the United States if physically
located therein.

(2) Insurance.—The proceeds of insurance on the life of a
nonresident not a citizen of the United States are not situated
in the United States.

(3) Bank deposits.—See "Instructions for Schedule C" on
page 10.

(4) Works of art.—See "Instructions for Schedule F" on
page 16.

(5) Written evidences of intangible property which are treated as being the property itself.—Except as provided for by treaty, these items of property are situated in the United States if physically located therein. For situs rules applicable to bonds and to stock of domestic and foreign corporations, see "Instructions for Schedule B" on page 8.

(6) Intangible personal property, the written evidence of which is not treated as being the property itself, such as a simple debt or open account.—Such property, except as provided for by treaty, is within the United States if consisting of a property right arising from or enforceable against a resident of the United States or a domestic corporation (public or private).

**Deduction of administration expenses, claims, etc.**—Deduction may be taken of the proportion of expenses, claims, etc. (Schedules J to L), that the value of the part of the gross estate situated in the United States bears to the value of the entire gross estate wherever situated. Items of deduction may be set forth under the appropriate Schedules J to L, irrespective of whether they were incurred or expended within or without the United States. The marital deduction is not available in the estate of a nonresident not a citizen of the United States, except in the case of a resident of France. However, no deduction whatever may be taken unless the value of the entire gross estate wherever situated is entered at item 3 of Schedule Q. Real property situated outside the United States should not be included. The entire gross estate must be valued as of the date of the decedent's death; or if the alternate valuation authorized by section 2032 of the Code is adopted, such valuation must be applied to the entire gross estate. Adequate proof in support of items 3 and 4 of Schedule Q must be submitted; otherwise, this deduction will be disallowed. For this purpose there should be submitted a certified copy of the foreign death tax return; or, if no such return was filed, a certified copy of the inventory of the estate together with the schedule of debts and charges filed with the foreign court of probate jurisdiction. Additional proof may be required in specific cases.

**Charitable, public, and similar gifts and bequests.**—Except as
provided otherwise by treaty, a deduction may be taken under
Schedule N only if the transfer was to a corporation or associ-
ation organized in the United States or to trustees for use in
the United States. For information relative to the deduction
allowable under the Death Tax Conventions with France and
Greece, see the regulations issued pursuant to the conventions.

**Specific exemption.**—Except as hereinafter provided, a specific exemption of $2,000 is authorized in the case of a nonresident not a citizen of the United States.

In the case of a decedent who was neither a citizen nor a
resident of the United States but who was a resident of Canada,
France, Finland, Greece, or Australia, or who was a citizen or
resident of Norway or Switzerland, or in a case where a bene-
ficiary was domiciled in Japan, the Death Tax Conventions with
those countries authorize, under certain conditions, a prorated
specific exemption in excess of $2,000. The prorated specific
exemption is the proportion of the specific exemption authorized
for estates of citizens and residents of the United States that
the value of the property situated in the United States bears to
the value of the entire gross estate wherever situated. Sup-
plemental Form 706g (Computations of Taxable Estates) has
been provided for use in computing the taxable estate under
the provisions of the Death Tax Conventions in the case of the
estate of a resident of France or Greece not a citizen of the
United States. In every other case the taxable estate of a non-
resident not a citizen of the United States must be computed
on Schedule Q. When Form 706g is used, it constitutes a part
of the return, is to be substituted for Schedule Q and should
be inserted in lieu of page 35.

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I, MARIE STEWART, known in the theatre as MARIE DORO, residing at Hotel Volney, 23 East 74th Street, in the City, County and State of New York, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me.

FIRST: (a) I give and bequeath to my friend, REBECCA FRANKLIN, of Hotel Plaza, New York City, all my furs and clothing, if she survives me.

(b) I give and bequeath jointly to such of my friends, FANNY COTTENET, of 555 Park Avenue, New York City, MABEL W. FLYNN, of Holly House, Simsbury, Connecticut, REBECCA FRANKLIN, named above, and FLORENCE K. SMITH (Mrs. Schuyler Smith), of 3 East 75th Street, New York City, who survive me, all other tangible personal property of every nature and description which I may own at the time of my death, including, without limitation, all my jewelry, personal ornaments and effects, silver and silverware, portraits and other works of art, books and household furnishings, and if REBECCA FRANKLIN predeceases me, my furs and clothing. Without limiting the absolute nature of this bequest, it is my desire that these friends who receive this tangible personal property dispose of it in accordance with any written instructions which I may leave, or, in the absence thereof, in accordance with my known wishes.

SECOND: I give and bequeath to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having its principal office in the Borough of Princeton, County of Mercer and State of New Jersey, the sum of

One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), to be held as a separate fund known as the "VIRGINIA AND RICHARD STEWART MEMORIAL FUND" for the furtherance of teaching and study at Princeton University in the field of the history of Christianity and other world religions.

The income of said fund only shall be used to support a special series of public lectures and/or seminars to be given annually or biennially by outstanding scholars, teachers and interpreters of the great world religions, to be known as the "VIRGINIA AND RICHARD STEWART MEMORIAL LECTURES".

The object of this bequest is to attract to Princeton University outstanding scholars, teachers and interpreters of the great world religions to give public lectures, and, whenever feasible, to conduct siminars in the designated field of study, to the end that they may promote greater unity in religious thought, closer cooperation among peoples of varying religious beliefs, and a broader study of Christianity and the other great world religions in their relation to each other and to other fields of intellectual endeavor. It is my desire that these lecturers be selected and this fund be administered as a part of the program of the Council of the Humanities of Princeton University. It is my further desire that the lecturers shall be granted the status of "Fellows of the Council" and that their appointment shall be subjected to the most careful examination and criticism by qualified scholars of the Council who shall represent all of the Departments of the Humanities and of the Social and Physical Sciences in order that this public forum, conducted in an atmosphere of complete

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academic freedom, may make a vital contribution in the
search for truth and higher human values. It is also
my hope that these lectures will be made available for
the widest possible public dissemination by every means
in order that their influence upon all people may be
more effective and enduring.

If in any year the income of the saio fund is
deemed inadequate for this purpose, or, in the event
that in any year scholars of sufficient distinction are
not available, the President of Princeton University is
hereby given the broadest discretion to accumulate all
or a portion of such income for the purpose of holding
such lectures in alternate years. Whenever deemed nec-
essary, travel expenses of such visiting lecturers may
be paid from the income of this fund.

In the administration of the fund the Trustees
of Princeton University are hereby authorized to commingle
this gift with the general funds of Princeton University
for purposes of investment, provided only that this fund
shall be credited with its pro rata share of net invest-
ment income in the same manner as other pooled funds are
credited with income, and provided further that the
identity of the fund and the principal thereof shall be
preserved for the purposes stated.

THIRD: I give and bequeath the balances,
including any accrued interest due thereon at the time
of my death, on deposit in savings banks which I may
have at the time of my death with The Bank for Savings,
72nd Street Branch, New York City, Bowery Savings Bank,
New York City, and Greenwich Savings Bank, 57th Street
Branch, New York City, in accounts registered either in

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the name of Marie Stewart or Marie Doro, to such of
my cousin, NELLIE VASSAR, her husband, CHARLES VASSAR,
and their daughter, HELEN VASSAR, as shall survive me, in
equal shares, and to the survivor or survivors of them.

FOURTH: I give and bequeath the following
sums herein specified to each of the persons named who
survive me and to the churches also named:

(1) MABEL W. FLYNN, of Holly House, Simsbury,
Connecticut, the sum of Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).

(2) REBECCA FRANKLIN, of Hotel Plaza, New York
City, the sum of Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).

(3) FLORENCE K. SMITH (Mrs. Schuyler Smith),
of 3 East 75th Street, New York City, the sum of Fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000).

(4) ELSIE MC NUTT, of 7435 - 43rd Avenue,
Elmhurst, L.I., N.Y., the sum of Ten thousand dollars
($10,000).

(5) MONROE WHEELER, of 410 Park Avenue, New
York City, the sum of Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(6) ORIANA ATKINSON, of 120 Riverside Drive,
New York City, the sum of Ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(7) ELSA MAXWELL, of Waldorf Astoria Hotel,
New York City, the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(8) LOUIS LIVINGSTON and his wife, CATHERINE
LIVINGSTON, of Casey Key, Nokomis, Florida, if they
both survive me, or to the survivor of them is only one
of them survives me, the sum of Five thousand dollars
($5,000).

(9) PHYLLIS WILBOURN, of 330 East 72nd Street,
New York City, the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(10) BEATRICE JENNINGS HASTIE, of 108 West 15th

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(11) MERCEDES DE ACOSTA, of 315 East 68th St.,
New York City, the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(12) MILDRED MORRIS, of Stanworth Apartments,
Princeton, New Jersey, the sum of Five thousand dollars
($5,000).

(13) PRISCILLA HARRINGTON (Mrs. Boyd Harrington),
of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the sum of Five thousand
dollars ($5,000).

(14) DAISY HUMPHREYS, of 144 West 57th Street,
New York City, the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(15) REV. ALLEN BOWE, of the Presbyterian Church,
Boynton, Ohio, the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(16) ANN ANDREWS, of 675 Madison Avenue, New
York City, the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(17) HELEN S. ESQUERRE, of 26 East 91st Street,
New York City, the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(18) MARGARET FITZ GERALD (Mrs. James FitzGerald),
now residing in Pennsylvania, the sum of One thousand
dollars ($1,000).

(19) MARY HEIL (Mrs. Henry Heil), of Larchmont,
New York, the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000).

(20) WILLIAM HURLBUT, of 1800 El Cerrito Place,
Hollywood, California,
the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000).

(21) CAROLINE BROOKS, of 943 Madison Avenue,
New York City, the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000).

(22) ROBERT FIZDALE, of 129 East 17th Street,
New York City, the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000).

(23) ARTHUR GOLD, of 129 East 17th Street,

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(24) MADISON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, a corporation organized under Section 67 of the Religious Corporations Law of the State of New York, having its principal office at 921 Madison Avenue, New York City, for its general corporate purposes, the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(25) ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Dr. Richard Mortimer-Maddox), of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, for its general corporate purposes, the sum of Three thousand dollars ($3,000).

FIFTH: I give and bequeath to THE SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK HOSPITAL, a charitable corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal office at 525 East 68th Street, New York City, for the purpose of endowing a bed in said hospital in memory of my mother, VIRGINIA STEWART, the sum of Ten thousand dollars ($10,000). To the extent that I am entitled to the privilege of nominating patients for the use of this endowed bed for a period of twenty-five years, I direct that the Board of Trustees of THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA, hereinafter mentioned, shall exercise such privilege for the benefit of needy actors and actresses requiring hospital care.

SIXTH: I give and bequeath to THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA, a non-profit charitable corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal office at 1619 Broadway, New York City, the sum of One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for its general corporate purposes.

SEVENTH: All the rest, residue and remainder

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of my estate, whether real of personal (including any
bequests which shall have lapsed by reason of the fail-
ure of the legatee named to survive me), I dispose of
as follows:

(1) I give, devise and bequeath one-half (1/2) of my said residuary estate to my cousin, NELLIE VASSAR, if she survives me, and if she does not survive me, to her husband, CHARLES VASSAR, if he survives me, and if he also does not survive me, to their daughter, HELEN VASSAR, if she survives me, and if neither my said cousin, nor her husband, nor their said daughter survive me, to THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA, a charitable corporation, for its general corporate purposes.

(2) I give, devise and bequeath the remaining one-half (1/2) of my said residuary estate to PRISCILLA HARRINGTON (Mrs. Boyd Harrington) if she survives me, and if she does not survive me, to THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA, a charitable corporation, for its general corporate purposes.

EIGHTH: In the event that my estate shall be insufficient to pay all of the legacies in this Will in full, I direct that my residuary estate shall first abate; if my estate shall then still be insufficient to pay the remaining legacies in full, the legacy in Article SIXTH shall next abate; and the remaining general legacies shall thereafter abate proportionately.

NINTH: My Executors shall have and may exercise at any time the following discretionary powers, as well as any other powers conferred by law:

(1) To submit to arbitration, compromise and settle all claims of or against my estate;

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(2) To sell at public or private sale, from time to time, for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly upon credit, and to lease, exchange, mortgage, convey or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the real or personal property at any time during part of my estate, upon such terms and conditions as to my Executors shall seem proper;

(3) To retain, or invest or reinvest in any stocks, including common stocks, bonds or other securities, or property, real or personal, without being restricted to investments authorized by law for trust funds and without being required to amortize any premium at which any investment may be received or acquired by them; and

(4) To make partition, division or distribution in kind or in cash, or partly in kind and partly in cash, of any real or personal property at any time held.

TENTH: I direct that all estate, inheritance, transfer, legacy, succession and other death taxes of any nature which may be assessed or imposed upon or with respect to property passing under this Will shall be treated and paid as a general expense of administration of my estate, and no part of said taxes shall be apportioned or prorated to any legatee or devisee under this Will.

ELEVENTH: I nominate, constitute and appoint my cousin, HELEN VASSAR, of Washington, D. C., my friend, MONROE WHEELER, of 410 Park Avenue, New York City, THE HANOVER BANK, a corporation organized and existing under the banking law of the State of New York and having its principal place of business at 70 Broadway, New York City, and my attorney, ALBRIDGE C. SMITH, 3rd, of 50 Broadway, New York City, as Executors of this my Last

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Will and Testament. I direct that none of the persons
nor the corporation above named shall be required to
give bond or other security for the faithful performance
of her, his or its duties hereunder.

My said corporate executor shall be entitled
to commissions for its services as executor at the rates
allowed to a sole executor under the laws of the State
of New York in effect at the time such commissions become
payable, regardless of the value of the estate or the
number of executors, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that its com-
pensation for acting as executor shall in no event be
less than Two thousand dollars ($2,000).

Any power or authority, including any discre-
tion conferred upon my Executors by this Will, may be
exercised by such of them as shall qualify and be acting
hereunder as executor from time to time and by the sur-
vivors or survivor and the successor or successors of them.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the said MARIE STEWART,
have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal in
the presence of witnesses this 26th day of January, in
the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six.

Marie Stewart (Marie Doro) (L.S.)

SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED and DECLARED
by the above named Testatrix, MARIE STEWART,
to be her Last Will and Testament, in our pre-
sence, all os us being present at the same time,
whereupon we, at the request of the said Testa-
trix and in her presence, and in the presence of
each other, have hereunto subscribed our names
as witnesses the day and year above written.

Michael Conroy

Residing at 108 West 89 St N Y C

Colton P. Wagner

Residing at Remsen's Lane, Glen Head, L.I., N.Y.

Raymond Preston Searle

Residing at Belden Hill Road, Wilton, Conn.

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The income of said fund only shall be used to support a special series of public lectures and/or seminars to be given annually or biennially by outstand-ing scholars, teachers and interpreters of the great world religions, to be known as the "VIRGINIA AND RICHARD STEWART MEMORIAL LECTURES".

The object of this bequest is to attract to Princeton University outstanding scholars, teachers and interpreters of the great world religions to give public lectures, and, whenever feasible, to conduct seminars in the designated field of study, to the end that they may promote greater unity in religious thought, closer cooperation among peoples of varying religious beliefs, and a broader study of Christianity and the other great world religions in their relation to each other and to other fields of intellectual endeavor. It is my desire that these lecturers be selected and this fund be administered as a part of the program of the Council of the Humanities of Princeton University. It is my further desire that the lecturers shall be granted the status of "Fellows of the Council" and that their appoint-ment shall be subjected to the most careful examination and criticism by qualified scholars of the Council who shall represent all of the Departments of the Humanities and of the Social and Physical Sciences in order that this public forum, conducted in an atmosphere of complete

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(11) MERCEDES DE ACOSTA, of 471 Park Avenue,
New York City, the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

(15) REV. ALLEN BOWE, of the Presbyterian Church,
Canton, Ohio, the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(20) WILLIAM HURLBUT, of Hollywood, California,
the sum of One thousand dollars ($1,000).

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(2) To sell at public or private sale, from time to time, for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly upon credit, and to lease, exchange, mortgage, convey or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the real or personal property at any time during a part of my estate, upon such terms and conditions as to my Executors shall seem proper;

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Part II

Schedule J

Computation of Executors' Commissions

Helen Vassar, Monroe Wheeler and Albridge C. Smith
3rd, deem themselves entitled to commissions on
this accounting computed as follows:

On Principal

For Receiving Principal per Summary
of Account $510,999.06
Less: Specific bequests per Schedule F(a) 41,182.02
$469,817.04

Computation:

2% on $ 10,000.00 $200.00
1 1/4% on 290,000.00 3,625.00
1% on 169,817.04 1,698.17
$ 469,817.04
$ 5,523.17

For Paying out Principal

Per Schedule C $94,022.10
Per Schedule E 73.87
Per Schedule F 393,182.02
Per Schedule H 20,799.82
Less: Specific bequests as above $508,077.81
41,182.02
$466,895.79

Computation:

2% on $ 10,000.00 $200.00
1 1/4% on 290,000.00 3,625.00
1% on 166,895.79 1,668.96
$466,895.79
5,493.96

One Executor's Principal Commission $11,017.13
On Income

For Receiving Income per Summary $17,525.60

Computation:

1% on $17,525.60 $ 175.26

For Paying out Income

Per Schedule G-1 $1,595.40
Per Schedule F-1 10,000.00
Per Schedule H-1 5,930.20
$17,525.60

Computation:

1% on $17,525.60 175.26

One Executor's Income Commission $350.52

Part II
Schedule J
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