Show favors the old fashioned grandmother by JEAN NEWTON WO grandchildren of the financier T TWO thomas fortune ryan have asked the court for a new guardian they say their grandmother is too old fash toned A girl of seventeen and a boy of sixteen the children are part heirs to their grandfathers estate which has been estimated at from one to five hundred million dollars and their grandmother their present guardian Is too old fashioned doubtless their grandmother Is not too old fashioned to love these children if she Is old fashioned she finds the sole object of her existence in their happiness and they want to change guardians I 1 without knowing the details of the situation which has brought these poor rich children into print many of us who do not lightly express opinions opinion ii will be willing to say bay that children with too much money need a guardian who Is old fashioned an old fashioned guardian of course will admonish them to conserve their wealth to make it useful she will point to their wealth as a responsibility not merely a medium for malting making whoopee and that tor for children who have always had everything they wanted who have never dever had bad to give themselves to much serious seright thou thought tastes something like bitter pills A guardian to their liking would be one with just about an opposite train of thought one concerned chiefly with having a good time more to their liking biting but hardly better for their own good and future happiness after hearing bearing argument by lawyers for both sides aides the modern grandchildren and the old fashioned grandmother whom they want to oust as ag guardian the court oh yes this la Is a legal matter reserved decision the old fashioned grandmother has our vote and it if there are any readers of this column who be dont agree with that I 1 should like to hear their argument 0 4 1130 1930 boll bell syndicate |