THE RICHEST HEIRESS IN AMERICA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8902, 23 August 1907, Page 4

THE RICHEST HEIRESS IN AMERICA.

Tliis month Miss Gladys Vanderbilt youngest daughter of the late Mr Corueiius .Vanderbilt, comes ot ago. She will then inlient £3,500,000, thus becoming the nenest eligible young woman m America. At the coming of ago tostivities the distribution of the Vanderbilt fortune, one of the 1 largest in the world, is also to be made. Thus the occasion becomes unique. Miss Gladys Vanderbilt is the vouugest of five direct heirs to the estate of the late Mr Vanderbilt. Her direct inheritance - ujndor her father’s will was £1,000,000 which lias increased since her father s death to £3,000,000.' She also possesses a fourth interest in her mother . estate, valued at £3,000,000, making her total fortune, of whichshe is absolutely mistress, £3,000.000. Corueiius Vanderbilt, junior, is the eldest of the five heirs, but tne stern i father never forgave his sou’s marriage to Miss Wilson, and cut him off'under his will with a pittance of enoo 000. The £1,200,000 given to Corueiius, shortly after the death of the senior Vanderbilt, by his brother Alfred, who got the lion’s share, was understood at that time to he all he was to expect. Mrs Harry Payne Whitney, who was Gertrude Vanderbilt, and Reginald O. Vanderbilt, like Cornelius, junior, have hut little coming to them at this time, save the surplus accnmnlatious from legacies to "beneficiaries, which were never paid by the executors, on account of the death ox the legatees, or for other causes. Reginald will get approximately £500,000, his sister, Mrs will receive muon less than Under the will, the inheritance of these children, which amounted to the same as that now to bo received by Gladys, wan paid when they became of legal ago. The "Vanderbilts me *a happy, milted family, juiu the father’s quarrcL-with Cornelius. has not impaired the fraternal affection in any way. Cornelius, junior, showed himself a good business mail, and his fortune to-day, by careful management, is estimated to total £3,000,000. Alfred is not thirty until next October, and is a very nopular young man in American society. Miss Gladys is a fair young woman, with a girlish figure and p-ood carriage. As America’s richest single girl, she has a responsible position. Naturally, she has had many suitors, but it is understood is still heart free.