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Show co lH IS SATISFIED WITH ONLY $3,000,000 New York, Aug 21 A formal state- 'H ment given out by counsel for Mrs. H Madeline Astor, In reply to persistent lH reports that a contract of the John jH Jacob Astor will is being contemplat. ed, says til "Mrs. Astor has always expressed entire satisfaction with the provisions H made for her by her late husband. H She has not now, nor has she ever H had any desire or intention to die- H pule tho valadiiy of the ante-nup- H tial agreements or the will. H "As for setting aside the will, any H lawyer of the slightest experience H would not advise that it could posslb- H Iy be done. All of the provisions H strictly comply with tho laws of the H state. In reference to the article H if the will providing for posthumous H children, It must be said that while H :he fund of $3,000,000 seems to bo H rathor small in view of the largo estate Colonel Astor left, and aa com' wed with the sum William Vincent stor will receive, it is, nevertheless H l large fortune and ample for the fl leir's maintenance and education. It ' s likely, moreover, that this trust ! state will quadruple by the time the -1 ihlld is 21 vears old." H |