A Woman-Hater's Will.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1910, Page 4

A Woman-Hater's Will.

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FEMALE FORTUNE HUNTER*. , American women arc indignant over the terms of the will °of a prominent merchant named Drventorth, which was 'recently filed at Washington. The testator leaves '"■ s fortune, amounting to nearly £120,000, to his only "son, who is not quite eighteen years of ago. . Hie cause of the women's 'ann-er is the outspoken doiiunoiatioii "of the. fair sex, which is the principal characteristic of the will. Mr Drycnforth was known as a woman-hater, hut his feelings were evidently so strong that he spent considerable time thinking out safe-guards" that would prevent Us son s heritage falling into the ■Hands of an adventuress. The most precise instructions are given to the executors as to the disposal or the money and the young man will find it difficult to exchange a word with a woman without feonardising Jus inheritance. I lie testator explains the necessity tor the precautions to his son, and says that the executors "must guard him from the wiles of women and inform him in a sensible manner on every occasion of the artful and parasitical nature of most of this 'unfortunate sex." h/ZV" ?> g ? to Oxfo "l' when he reaches his majority.