An Eccentric Widow.
Tbo widow of James C. Ayer, tha patent medicine manufacturer, died recently in Paris, where she was nearly as well known as Sarah Bern hard t. Left with a fortune of 15,000,000 dollars on the death of her husband in 1878, and with an annual income of 2,000,000 dollars, she expended every dollar of the income on the magnificent establishment she maintained in the French^ capital. She never appeared in^ public twice in the same dress; and she brought from 200 or 800 oo*stly dresses every"year. It is related of her that she never gave away a dress but when it once had been worn it was placed on a wire dummy and set up in her house for her own delectation. Some- idea of the^ eccentricity of the woman can be*formed from this fact, the rooms of her house having been filled with those lay figures. Mrs Ayer was more than 71 years old at the time of her death, and was in " sooiety " almost to the end.
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Manawatu Herald, 24 March 1898, Page 2
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172An Eccentric Widow. Manawatu Herald, 24 March 1898, Page 2
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