Show i J Richest Woman Woman- c cV V. V S S isi Js S LADY HOUSTON J English Heiress Assumes Role of Lady Bountiful Purchases Scientists Scientist s Archives Ar chives for to Relieve Impend 5 ins ing Want LONDON Jan G 15 A Lady A-Lady Houston who became England's wealthiest when she inherIted inherIted the estate ot of her late husband Sir Robert Houston the shipping magnate has quit the whIrl o of society since her husbands husband's death to become a real live Lad Lady LadyS S Bountiful S Her latest good deed is the purchase purchase pur- pur chase for of the archives of SIr Ronald Ross BrItIsh scientist who thirty years ago discovered that mosquitoes carried malaria germs furnishing a starting point for research which has since saved millIons of lives ll fly By this act she not only relieved the impending want of Sir Ronald but she also gave gayo the archives to the British museum for the benefit of the nation na- na tion S S She says I receive a large number num- num her ber of beggIng letters Some I send to the Charity Organization society Of course I 1 help some peoPle I These letters afford an interesting study of human nature of which I have already been a a. student Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times I put on an old coat and sit on Hampstead Heath at 6 o'cloCk In the morning and talk to the tramps They think I am one of them an and we have some very inter inter- eating talks Lady Houstons Houston's first act efter her husbands husband's death was to give the British government voluntarily 7 1 in death duties She herself her her- self negotiated the sale of securities securities ties for this purpose She gave to the buildIng fund of Liverpool cathedral In memory of my dear husband Sir Robert nobert Paterson Houston Bart who was a SOn of Liverpool was educated there represented the West Vest division of the city as a 3 member of parliament for thir- thir one ty-one years and was one of the first to give a donation for tor the building of the cathedral Lady Houston is a confirmed yachtswoman spendIng six months year afloat Her yacht Lib Lib- costs her more than i a year It Is a ton 1600 vessel She is of an imperative nature I I and nd everyone Is expected to coi form to her will on board ship 1 She once ence had six chefs in ix weeks |