Perpetuating the Spirit of Charitable Bequests for Children Through the Assistance of the Courts

FOREVER is a long day. A man who makes provision forever has great courage. Men, who, by their wills, leave money for charitable purposes, come within this group. The casual observer is inclined to wonder by what magical power these testators can read the future so that they feel justified in making certain bequests which we hear of from time to time. For instance, one testator left money for a military band to be called by his name. The duty laid upon this band was to march to the decedent's grave on each anniversary of his death, on public holidays and on other proper occasions and there to play appropriate music. (Detweiler v. Hartmen, 37 N. J. Eq. 347.) There is something pathetic in the thought of that band marching to the grave three or four times a year for the first thousand years. The enormity of having the money devoted to this purpose at the end of a million years becomes apparent when we realize that the testator wanted the proceedings to go on for

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