Show Old Pedestrian T I I Is Given By Anne Nichols Authoress pi pf tAbie's Irish Rose Donates Fortune f for r Poverty Poverty- y- y Strick ke Hiker NEW YORK March 12 AP- AP The long road that had led tle tl aging feet of Edward Payson Veston Weston Wes Wes- ton l' l pedestrIan downward Into poverty and sickness sickness sick sick- ness turned into int more pleasant country today When a fortUne of was set aside for the old oldmans oldmans mans man's maintenance and care On the eve of the aged walkers walker's ninth eighty birthday anniversary Anne Nichols playwrIght and producer producer pro pro- ducer and her general manager William de Lignemare set aside the fund the interest at 6 per cent to togo togo go to Weston Veston In monthly instalments instalments ments ot of as long as ho he lives Announcement ot of the gift was made by G. G H. H Maines chaIrman of the Weston Yeaton committee of the New NewYork NewYork York Press club as Miss 1 Nichols sailed for Europe in connection with the production of her Ables Irish Rose In several foreIgn countries Weston whose exploits as a walker won hint him international fame but no fortune was recently found ill and impoverished in a Greenwich Village tenement His spirit still unbroken the old man announced that he would attempt to earn a living by becoming a messenger messenger mes- mes boy as soon as he regaIned his strength Instead ot of recovering however he suffered a stroke ot of paralysIs and his need became acute As he had once been a reporter on New York newspapers the Press club felt it Its responsibility and formed a a. committee com conr- to raise a a. fund Several donations have hae been received prior to Miss NIchols NIchols' large gift among them a check yesterday from Edward W V Browning Cinderella man ot of recent notoriety |