The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-16
Mr.. stewards Will.

There is nothing in Mr.. STEWARDS will
10 occasion surprise. 1t is entirely in line
with his character, and OF piece with the
manner of his life He was always n sccrc-
tive man, not deficient in public spirit, and
yet distru.tful of the ordinary methods
Of benovolence, What lhe did, he did in
his own way. Ills main idea was
that in order TO help men you
must assist them to get work to help them
selves, not foster IN them spirit Of de-
pcudcuce by giving them money outright.
Himself man of strong sclf-roliance he
believed that the best service you could do
men was 10 teach them TO rely on them
sclves-to present them opportunities
which only could he improved by individ-
ual effort. He had no charity for idleness,
or the ambition to reap where you had
not sown.
When he made his will. he fully exem-
pliled these qualities OF his character. lie
did not wish TO exhibit in detail his plans
for bencfiting society. He did not care TO
intrust their execution TO boards OF trus-
tees or 10 any organized Institutions of
charity. He wished only to so provide
that his ideas and not somebody else's
joined upon his wife and her appointed adj
wiser the duty of fulfilling as he had in
tended 10 fulhl himself, If he lived long
enough, the plans he had laid out,
and with which they were familiar
Thus Mr.. STEWART chose rs the almoners
of his bounty the person nearest TO him
by the ties OF affection aud the man who
was closest in his confidence. The former
| he felt he could trust implicitly; that she
wolLd perform the task laid out for her as
pious duty. The latter Judge Hilton,
he provided for by munincent bequest,
and made it with him an impulse Of graft
tudo TO exactly carry out the designs of
the man who had SO generously treated
him.
so far ne the public knows, the only Iii
rcctly charitable project OF Mr.. STEWART
was the Working Women Hotel on Fourth
avenue. This was planned by Mr.. STEW
ART so that it should be an and aud an in
centive to industry, not an announcement
Of the desire for eleemosynary aid. The
idea Is of n home for work girls which
| shall be commodious, convenient. salutary,
| and adapted to their needs; and for which
they shall pay price within their means.
Judge Hutton says this great institution
viii be promptly pushed to completion.
The projects he had under way, and
from which he expected to derive profit,
while they should also contribute to the
public welfare, we are told will be carried
forward after ms death rs If he had lived.
The Garden City on Long Island will be
laid out and improved according to the
original plans; the Grand Union Hotel at
Saratoga VIII be enlarged as its dead owner
proposedi the carpet mills Mt Glenham
VIII be completed, and the 1900 employees
In his business Will be gwen work rs OF
old. None of the industries which he kept
in motion will bestopped. His business will
be conducted by Judge HILTON and Mr.
LIBBEY, his surviving partner, and thus hi
loss will be as little felt In the commercial
world as possible. He provided for hand
some gifts to his old employees, Tut mos
of them are left to be distributed by tn
two persons he trusted, without any dis