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Show An Heiress' Yearly Titpenses. A abort time ago Mra. William 3. Eagan, of East Sixty-fourth street, petitioned peti-tioned Judge Beach in the court of common com-mon pleas to have $1,000 of her late husband's hus-band's estate set aside for the education and maintenance of her littlo daughter Josephine Engan, aged 7, of whom she is guardian. A cry of horror and astonishment astonish-ment waa raised among the relatives and lawyers at the stupendous demand, but Mrs. Eagan knew what she was about and presented an itemized account of probable expenditure. Here it is: Ice per month. I.) flM); household ex. pensos, $1,920; toj-s, books am? dolls, $o0; governess, $150; nurse, $180; mnsio les-Bons, les-Bons, vocal, $00; clothing, shoes, hats, etc., $."i00; lanndry, $50; medical treatment treat-ment for nervous disorders, $-100. This bill is interesting in showing the disparity between the professions of nnrso and governess. The $"i00 item for clothing may seem extravagant, but as an heiress to a $200,000 estate there la no reason why Mir Josephine should not wear Irish embroidered muslin frocks, Tersian lamb topcoats, French kid boots, Rembrandt hats with ostrich plumes, and sheer linen and pressed flannel undergarments; un-dergarments; but how these delicate things can be washed and ironed on $r0 a year, which is less than $1 a week, does not appear. New York World |