| Show women give away the millions men have fought for A YORK how Is the amer lean woman spending the for NEW tune which the american man Is amassing 9 how docs the american wife or daughter act as almoner for the american multimillionaire 9 writers there have been both amer lean and foreign who have declared that the american man s money went to create a nation of human butterflies but social history goes to prove that the average wife or daughter of the average american man of enormous fortune stops between butterfly flights in social realms to study the desires and ambitions of husband and father as to the disposition of the millions he Is eo industriously acquiring mrs leand stanford was the pioneer in executing the charitable de signs of her husband she spent 33 for the educational ad van cement of california at stanford university alone mrs russell sage Is a close second with at her command which she is dispensing at tho rate of about 25 per day or about 25 in the three years following her husbands death russell sage gave 50 years of his life to acquire 65 at her present rate of expend ture mrs sage will spend it all in carrying out her husbands plans for the betterment of the human race in five years she has endowed the work of the russell sage foundation whose mission Is to better the condl alon of the poor through investigation and education she has lifted mort gages from churches and schools en dowed chairs of learning built and equipped industrial schools for girls lifted the debt from hospitals and shown interest in new york city to the extent of renovating renova ting the govern ors room in the city hall purchasing the oxbow for the metropolitan museum of art planting a mile of rhododendrons in central park and installing a window in the building of the new york historical work of miss helen gould miss helen gould comes third in the list with more than 10 in gifts from the enormous fortune left by her father jay gould while her un ostentatious charities had always been a matter of interest it was nit until the war with spain that the na alon widely interested in fier gifts at that time she sent her check for to the united states gov eminent to be applied to the general relief work among united states sol diers and within three months as a member of the women s relief association cia tion she increased her gift by some from that time on miss gould s in terest in american soldiers and jack les has never flagged wherever the united states flag floats her name Is cheered by the men who serve under it the naval Y M C A branch on sands street brooklyn was built at her expense as a memorial to her par ants later she met the expenses of building a large addition and the en tire output tor this one institution la said to approach closely fo 1 to the naval Y M C A at norfolk va she gave 25 the railroad men s Y AI C A next aroused her in terest and she gave to build a new homo for the Y M C A at st louis mo this also a memorial to her father among her gifts cited to show the breadth of her interests kiy be mentioned innumerable dona alons to the salvation army 5 given to the establishment of a cupl versley hospital at to the Y M C A at tarry town N Y tor the american college tor girls at constantinople 10 to the who had been conducting tent meetings in varl ous parts of hew york city and who were face to face with financial fail ure for a club house at tarry town gymnasium and cooking school tor the poor 40 to endow a chair of blell literature at mt holyoke college in memory of her mother tor a scholarship at vassar to be named for her mother helen daiy diy gould the endowment of a church for indians at guthorle Gu thrle okla could millions well spent over 10 of jay gould s leg acy to his daughter have gone for char ity and almost invariably as a memo rial to father or mother miss gould is assisted in her work by a staff of trained social workers mrs thomas F ryan wife of the traction magnate comes next to miss gould in the size of her gifts to churches and charities A devout catholic her gifts to the church have amounted to many million dollars nearly 1 went to the building and furnishing of the cathedral of st peter at richmond va at washing ton D C she established a branch of the order of the perpetual adoration building tor the orders use a chapel and convent five french nuns were installed there one of whom is al ways engaged in prayer before the altar the chapel cost and under its altar mrs ryan has built a crypt in which will rest the members of her family aside from her church charities mrs ryan is particularly in te rested in the fight on the white plague and has endowed sanitariums and colonies in arizona and the catskills A virginian by birth she has presented to her native state suitable monuments to mark the scenes of all battles fought in virginia in recognition of her gifts to the church pope plus X bestowed upon mrs ryan the title of countess but she has never availed herself of the privilege another gift at the hand of the vatican which she does use is the privilege of owning a traveling chapel which was installed in her private car pere marquette this as the only traveling chapel in america and there Is only one other in the world the property of the queen dowager of spain mrs charities mrs william K former ly mrs rutherford has just given for the erection of model tenement houses for the use of city sufferers with tuberculosis these tenements will be built on plans especially drawn for mrs and the scheme includes outside stair cases roots arranged tor the accod mod atlon of convalescents with log glis toilet rooms and a sun screen of glass balconies that can be trans formed into outdoor sleeping rooms and air passages from street to street insuring perfect ventilation these apartments will not be rent tree they may even prove an interest paying in vestment for the but they will be under the patronage of the presbyterian hospital authorities who are making a tremendous fight on the white plague mrs smaller charities are alo along the same lines she gave the presbyterian hospital its fresh air ward and she has paid the expenses of sending trained nurses into the tenements to look after the sick and to train mothers in the rals ing of children she also established a email in paris under the direction of dr gietler Gi and when in the french ehe visits this dally ministering to the sick and lifting their financial burdens another section of the fortune is going into english social work the duchess of marlborough formerly consuelo has es in london a much needed home for the and children of prisoners serving long sentences she is also interested in the west him hospital london and it Is whispered that under the influence of the church army she Is a most ab sobbed social worker among the poor and wretched of london miss morgan in good work miss anne morgan daughter of J pierpont morgan la a typical social worker of today to day devoting her sifts and energies to the educational movement for the classes As a affe ff fe SA member of the national civic fadera alon she investigates conditions under which women labor and she has donated much of the funds necessary to establish clubs and restaurants tor working people such aa the new club rooms and restaurant tor street car employed emp loyes on third avenue and the restaurant for workers at the brook lyn navy yard where food Is sold at cost and men are made comfortable with baths and gymnasiums miss morgans idea Is to help the poo and those working on small sa lales to help themselves to create better con dillons not merely to alleviate two young new york women miss dorothy whitney who inherited a largo portion of the william C whit ney fortune and miss mary harri man daughter of the late railroad king are interested in the junior league w ork among new yorks public school children and will donate the money to start dental clinics for poor children miss has recent ly equipped an old staten island fer ry boat and donated it to the red cross committee of brooklyn to be used in the fight on the white plague it will accommodate patients and three meals will be served dally on the floating hospital miss whitney has also given liberal ly to diet kitchens among the poor and Is interested in the equal movement interested in woman suffrage two ne york matrona matrons promise to spend goodly of their tor tunes to advance the cause of votes lor women these are mrs clarence mackay who has personally assumed the expenses of headquarters for the equal franchise society of which she la the founder on the twenty ninth floor of the metropolitan life bryld ing and mrs 0 H P belmont who as the leader of the equal Sut fage party has assumed the responsibility of headquarters at fifth avenue mrs mackay before entering apon her career as a leader in the franchise fight gave large sums to support long island ch aralles to the building of a new church for trinity episcopal parish at roslyn L I 1 and to its nev ne v parish house large sums she gave also for the betterment of the public schools of which she was a director and to arouse patriotism in the minds of public school children in ew york city and its environs mrs 0 tl P belmont donated to the nassau hospital at myneola Ml neola L I 1 and has been inter ested in diet kitchens among the poor of new york miss elulia who inherited of infectious diseases with shortly after the death of her son jack from scarlet fever her interest in the rockefeller institute tor med leal research has also been very great dut her individual charities are to her the most absorbing th baptist church of which she Is s member has been her chief beno and many a tired church work er and unappreciated pastor has re calved from her a check a long rest or a trip abroad mrs andrew carnegie Is greatly in te rested in the fight on the white plague and has given liberally to san particularly tor children she also gives to orphanages and in homes tor girls and Is intel ested in young art students and iana in pittsburg the name of margaret carnegie Is not unknown for in the name of his little daughter mr car negle has endowed many social move ments including kingsley settlement house hospital beds etc the margaret carrlson Marr lson carnegie school for women part of the carnegie institute scheme of education Is named for his mother and it Is generally thought that mar garet carnegie aged 12 years will be trained to carry out her fathers scheme of benefactions bene factions the bulk of the many millions by her father P the iliew york banker who ald a year ago spends large sums eliy ing the perpetual role of lady bouhl tul for the benefit of needy ones aal particularly children in the bront and at christmas time she is lacy lac y santa claus distributing wagon loads of dolls and dollar bills and other gifts among the poor her donations to charitable and other worthy alons are large A young bomin who Is making pittsburg sit up and take notice of her methods of spending money Is miss helen falck daughter of a millionaire father who is himself a most liberal giver miss prick s name Is on tho endowment list of kingsley settlement house and nearly every charity in pittsburg but it is arf individual cases that her lib c almly shines most clearly her loyally to her native city from which sho will not be lured by new york london or paris la a cause of rejoicing among pittsburg social fights infectious diseases the two american millionaires billionaires billion aires john 3 rockefeller and andrew carnegie still order the management of the charities but their women folk are by no means idle mrs rockefeller his always been a home loving woman who left charities their investigation and relief to her husband but mrs harold F mccormack McCorm lck formerly edith rockefeller has her own methods of conducting charity work with her husband she endowed a new journal E |
