Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-01-18 | Page 2 | Thousands for Gowns

THOUSANDS FOR GOWNS Horrified Relatives Induce an Illinois Illi-nois Judge to Declare Heiress a Spendthrift Bloomington III Jan 17 Because she spent 7000 in one year for gowns and bonbons Miss Harriet Watt 19 years old and very pretty has been officially declared a spendthrift I Miss Watts father left her between 50000 and 100000 in real estate but until she reaches the age of 30 she will receive only the Income It is thin that she has been disbursing for pretty things to the great horror of her brothers broth-ers aunts and cousins who are thrifty persons and declare she has been acting act-Ing something awful They say that she hqs not only spent her Income but has gone into debt and It was upon their application that the County court declared her a spendthrift and appointed J B Moore as conservator conserva-tor of her estate One of his duties will be to see that Miss Watt does not spend too much money on clothes