Show I S i S ii j jAnd 7 1 Vim MY MYr vS I AI n y P r And the Romantically Perplexing o oJ J Situation That Has Arisen A risen g gyC yC 0 0 y Following the e Refusal o of the thet e 6 i Garland Heirs t to o Accept Fd y k 1 Millions Because We Didn't Them e ert I. I rt i r A t t i t y f Y 32 y 1 S w wt s i t IY IYa i. i a N. N I 4 y M r R J r a tom 4 Y w. w I 11 M Y t y i D r A a l I S M. M J t w a t Leatrice Robertson Forbes Hale Divorced Wife of Mrs bars Charles Garland Who Prefers Life in a Humble Cottage d e Hale Still Agrees with His Views to the of the Inheritance Luxury 4 Her fifer Husband Has Rejected Pro ros Regarding Inherited Riches 4 LY U Z u Ii t. t ft l f By B Helen Hoffman n If I Vl RILE HILE men strain train and struggle gle scheme and steal to become millionaires the environs environs en- en 4 of Boston that recognized cultural centre entre of the country is furnishing an object lesbon lesson les les- bon son on of supreme contentment without wealth in inthe inthe in the remarkable members of the rich Garland family i s Pooh what do we care for money declare the millionaire members of this old and socially p prominent family as they renounce for love great unearned fortunes the vast inheritances due them from the family fortune amassed by James A. A Garland arland former banker of New York and BostonE Boston E t When Mrs Marie Tudor Garland was recent recent- IY married in Paris to Capt Hale lawyer and Socialist she showed that she had not changed b her views on this subject since that day in 1912 when she the astonished fashionable Boston Bostoni i society clety by her marriage to Francis Cushing Gushing Green thereby forfeiting her interest in the 10 estate of her late husband James A. A Gar Gar- l land nd I 1 am marrying for love she told her astonished astonished as as- to friends at that time Money is a secondary secondary sec sec- consideration I I. Garland whom she divorced and then remarried remarried re mar ried tied asserted in his will that if his wife married again gain she would forfeit her share shafe 0 the estate the annual income of which amounted to more than And Green was only the superintendent superintendent superintendent super super- of the Garland country estate She later divorced him L 1 Now it goes without saying that most women with such an income would not experience great difficulty in spending spendin it on the luxuries of life lif and nd the pleasures that such wealth co could ld give Mrs Garland was different As Marie Tudor of Boston one of the first families in that aristocratic aristocratic aristo cratic commonwealth she had enjoyed the so- so called butterfly life and had tired of or it So most of the income merely collected interest interest in in- t terest rest in the banks while Mrs Garland worked for suffrage became actively interested in the thel l labor bor party and wrote verses Her verses by the tho way way were recently published in book form and created quite a stir in the various circles among which Mrs Garland moves They represented the sentimental side of this sided mapy-sided and gifted gifted gift gift- ed id woman fk Green whom Mrs Garland divorced in 1914 was was tras at the time of their marriage superintendent Garland estates She never expressed re reo retreat treat great for having married him him thereby losing her herbig herbig big jig inheritance The rho money simply did not in in- interest t rest terest her Women whose lives are bounded by pc pearl necklaces Paris Paris' gowns and costly amuse amuse- ments would have carefully kept audit of this sized good fortune fortne But wealth to Mrs rs Garland Galiand fe f Y I 1 I or Mrs Hale as she will wiIl be known henceforth did not represent her chief interest in life What would James Garland that fine old man working saving building up the great fortune it represents today today to to- day of long accumulated in interest interest interest in- in terest because the heirs refuse to accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac it think of this attitude toward wealth he so carefully cherished in the days when he was one of that famous group roup of early financiers including Russell Sage Jay Gould James J. J Hill HilI Cornelius Vanderbilt and scores of others whose fortunes were so inti inti- intimately associated with the of the industrial financial and railroad interests of this country J James ames Garland the second husband of Mrs Hale was one of the children to inherit the enormous estate In In Tn stead tead of f fd d devoting ti g gi himself i li untiringly iY to business business busi busi- ness a as his wealthy parent had done he passed a good share of his time in yachting his hobby After Mrs Garland divorced him himlie he lie made a cruise which covered a period of several several sev sev- eral months Returning he put in at Newport Walking down the street one of the first persons he met was his former wife Both stopped and chatted for several minutes A few days later when the Garland yacht lifted anchor it carried Mr and Mrs Garland who had been remarried It Itis is largely due to their mothers mother's ideas and ideals that her two sons have come to share her views concerning the use of wealth which they had no non n n Hn n n part pare in m creating A Genuine Contempt for Money When Charles Garland the handsome son of Mrs Hale recently announced ed that he would not accept the inheritance which came to him when he reached his majority last Novem ber bel ho he took a stand that set him apart as a most extraordinary young man He Ire and his young wife and baby girl are living on his mothers mother's farm a short ride from Buzzards Buzzard's Bay For the tho past year he has been farming and frankly admits ad ad- mits that his future as yet is uncertain His pretty young wife wiC the former May Wrenn daughter of a well known New York and Boston banker not only shares her husbands husband's views but she herself has intimated that the fortune which will ViII descend to her from her family she will not accept As for the baby girl who is unable to sp speak ak for herself h her hr r mother declares that baby will be better off without all that money But this family contempt for money does not w Jr rF v. v Y x 00 f yS j o p r l i i t J i I t I. I i i tf l' l Lt k l P m j f Wm l 7 v j. j r J Jbf bf r t M r. r B g 1 N 1 wk i v y 7 v Jr Yo sal 1 df F tz-o tz v f fit ar 1 Y t 3 I ift fL- fL Wf t 1 f. f 1 5 D jJ lt X i y f jd jf i t. t t t i J v p f y 1 r 9 r 3 y vl 5 N 9 z H nf rf if i. i rf fl t b l lW Jt iwi r. r ii 4 H Ho Y 7 o m d r. r WJ 1 7 V Y xi z J nR 0 f f yf 1 t i J.- J. r 04 4 A ir J Jt i f At w r. r hR t 1 2 6 r de i c Ai 1 rt J 14 r a. a s e Mc a 1 Because She Placed a Higher Value on Love Than Ihan Mere Wealth Yealth Mrs Sirs Marie Tudor Garland Hale Wed a Head Gardener and Thereby Forfeited a Fortune 11 t Y r rv I wi L iA i 4 i h s' s y t tu u Capt Hale Whose Creed Th That Unearned Wealth Should Not Be Accepted Won Ton for Him the Hand of Mrs Marie 1 Tudor udor Garland j Service 1021 1921 I l stop here Hamilton Garland Gar Gar- Garland land a younger brother who is now a n student at Harvard will upon coming of age next year inherit a similar sum from his fathers father's estate He has already al ready expressed h himself regarding regarding regarding re re- re- re garding the fund He says saya he will wilI refuse it Meanwhile the interest is ing Henry D. D Tudor president president dent of tho the Commonwealth Finance Comp Company ny executor of the tle Garland estate says it is is the first case of its kind on record in the country country country coun coun- try and there being no precedent precedent pre pre- there is no statute to guide the executors in indisposing indisposing indisposing disposing pf of the part of the estate that has been refused So the money remains tied in edge gilt b bonds d and d up n securities locked securely behind iron bars cars awaiting await await- ing ng a decision Perhaps there may be a a change in attitude on the part of f future ture heirs The maternal precedent supports the attitude the boys have taken In announcing his reasons for refusing his million antI and a a. quarter of good American dollars young Charles Garland said I am not a Socialist I merely believe in refusing refusing re reo re- re fusing to take this money as I am placing my lifo life on a Christian basis basig I was not even consulted about its disposition All men deserve an equal opportunity in life and as long as the laws of inheritance exist such sucha a condition of equality cannot exist Simple happiness hap hap- for Tor myself and my fellowmen is my chief aim in life I believe pr private prate property is the main cause of our unrest and Most m men n se seek k nothing but material things Young Garland spent three years a ai Eton has traveled extensively in Europe and had had hada a year ear at Harvard He added that he reached these conclusions conclusions conclusions con con- about inherited wealth after long and careful thought hought and anti after haying havin read II H. H II G G. G Wells's New Worlds for Old Bes Besides des ha concluded this money does not belong to me because because be be- cause I did not earn carn any of it You cannot serve God and mammon So many people ready to serve perve the dollars means so many less tp serve servo God As for giving givins it away there are are many opportunities opportunities opportunities op op- to to do good but they are arc in mens men's hearts not in their check book Hales Hale's first wife the the beautiful Beatrice Robertson Forbes actress and ad an novelist who divorced him held the same sam vew views as those of Mr Hales Hale's second and new wife Beatrice Robertson Forbes niece niec of Sir Johnson Johns n Forbes Forbes- J c 1 r Robertson the celebrated English actor held that I every everyone one should earn his or her living by the sweat of the brow and should hould not depend on money earned by others She put this philosophy into working order after her marriage to Hale by returning to the stage until her first child was born The money she had earned herself she said would give her children the the co country home she wanted for them She has three chil chit dren Marriage Shattered Her Ideals r rIn In her book What Women Want Beatrice Robertson Forbes-Robertson who took an active part art in the suffrage campaign outlined her views regarding i ithe the advisability of womans woman's economic independence dence At the time of her marriage to Hale lIale her interesting views were regarded by suffragists and advanced thinkers as a new and ideal foundation foundation foundation foun foun- dation for true domestic happiness But In practical practical practical application to the married state these ideas or ideals did not insure the happiness predicted for them and Beatrice Robertson Forbes-Robertson Hale Hate her ideal shattered sued for divorce and taking taping her children went to England to join her family Mrs Marie Garland Hale is equally brilliant and accomplished and instead of being bothered with check books and balancing accounts and adding up the interest on the family fortune that I just cannot help accumulate has devoted considerable considerable consid erable time to writing r rr In tho the work they did to gain political independence independence dence Bence for women in the children they have borne r in their new ideals of living advocated for both s' s men and women in their literary work and tho the lecture forum these two brilliant women have shown that mere money inherited from some kind relatives does not alone furnish the great big interest interest interest in- in terest in lifo and the happiness every everyone one longs longi to have What of the two sons of James Garland who refuse their fathers father's inherit inheritance nce and who declare they will not live on the money they did not of earn themselves If misfortune should ever overtake them would they be inclined to yield to this or do they possess the business instinct of their grandparent to perhaps make male ia i a million for themselves In the mean time the millions that are arc scornfully ignored by the young Garlands Gallands arc are being carefully treasured in the big I.- I. banks of New York and Boston waiting for lor a a tr trl l lawful po possessor to claim them J There There There-is IS still another son Hope Garland now 1 r fly sa about 15 years ears old od Has he too become r with this new idea of renouncing claim to money he has not earned The trustees of or tRe big estate are anxiously pondering this question When he comes conies of age will he accept the big inheritance inheritance inheritance in- in the tho trust trustees es are arc holding for him TIle They hope hop he may |