The herald., 1893-10-23
MRS. STANFORD AS A MANAGER,
4 Most Notable Business Woman
Returns to This Coast.
She Brings the Costly Works of Art
~ from Her Washington Home.
she IsAsIxty-Eight Years of Age, but
Has 1'aken Hold of Properties
Wos4l, Many Millions and Man
akvas Them successfuty.

Mrs. Leila Nd Stanford mas returned
from Washi ugton and has promptly
taken up the administration of the busi
ness affairs Of .Vl estate of many mil
lions with the sssnle vigor and unremit
ting personal attention that she dis
PLAYED from the hotr that the burder
fell upon her, SAYS the San francisco
Examiner.
Mrs. Stanford's br.ief trip to Washing
ton will result in Bringing a grea'
amount of costly art treasures to thu
city at once. She went east mainly tt
dispose Of the Stamford residence at the
national capital and to SEND TO oat
Francisco all her personalN effects there
The magnificent Washing ton home o.
the Stanfords. where many brilliant so
cial events have occurred, and where
many distinguished people and personal
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford were
royally entertained during .sLe years
Senator Stamford was promintht heure
in Washington, has passed 10 otnei
hands, and If the late senator's Wioo"
ever sees the social life of Washington
again it will be as guest.
Senator Stanford never owned tne
residence in Washington which he oecu-
pied from the first year OF bis career >
the senate. When elected senator he
leased large and handsome brick and
stone mansion at the corner OF Seven
teenth and X streets. The place was
richly furnished, and large number OF
the art treasures which Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanford gathered at home and abroad
were added to the adornments OF the
interior.
When the original lease expired it
was renewed for term OF years, and
when Mrs. Stanford started east ABOUT
three weeks ago it had five years to
run, After Senator Stanford's death,
and wh5n Mrs. Stanford began putting
into effect the economical and business
principles with which che took hold OF
the vast estate, the Washington house
was doomed like many other sources OF
expense that had become useless. The
sale of the lease and the removal OF the
household effects became matter OF but
q short time. 1t was hastened when
Senator Murphy of New York opened
negotiations with Mrs. Stanford. Her
opportunity had come and she went
east to embrace it. Senator Murphy
succeeded in acquiring the lease OF the
well-known residence, and will soon be
ready to entertain his friends at l70l X
street during the rest OF his term.
Whether he paid anything for the
lease or merely took it off Mrs. STAN
ford's hands is not known.
The house was filled to overfiowing
with expensive furniture, costly paint
ings, statuary, bric-a- brac, etc., and
there was, too, q well-stocked library
Il - ga IA fa
papers and documents. 1t is said that
Senator Murphy bought some of the
furniture, but the library and most of
the works OF art, together with varied
other personal effects, will arrive in San
Francisco very soon and find places in
the already we'll filled residences on
Califcrnia street. and at Menlo park.
During her short stay in Washington
Mrs. Stanford received many calls from
old friends, in official and unofficial life,
who came TO pay their respects and say
sympathetic words. Among those who
came were many of her husbands old
colleagues in the senate, and the senators
who had spoken eulogies on the day set
apart for that purpose in the senate
called on her in body.
AMERICAS FOREMOST BUSINESS WOMAN.
MIbs ObdnlOIu IObulAO0 tOiy
on Sunday last and at once plunged into
business. She made q visit of inspec-
tion to Palo Alto and conferred with
her business advisers here. Her bert @.
Nash, her private secretary, who ac-
companied her east. returned Wednes-
day, and yesterday went with her to
the Vina ranch. Mrs. Staniord's health
is said to be excellent, and she displays
a great deal of vigor and endurance,
though she is 6S years of age and sor-
row and the hand of time have changed
her appearance considerably from that
shown in her last photograph, which
was taken six years ago.
Mrs. Stanford is undoubtedly today
the foremost business woman in
America. No other woman controls go
many millions, and probably no other
woman of large business affairs displays
so much sagaCity-so intelligent grasp
of business or more confidence in her.
self and independence of others.
She knows what she wants and sees
that she gets it. Many other women
have become Eeirs and administra-
trixes to vast estates, but they have as
q rule depended upon the judgment of
others and let others attend to their
DublLobns 4NO WuAdA al q llho Elbua-
tion has ever had more able men about
herready to advise and assist, but she
keeps the reins we'll in her own hands
and goes on her judgment to a remarka-
BILE degree. Colonel Crocker, Stephen
Gage and others of her friends unite in
saying that since Senator Stanford q
death she has displayed sagacity, de-
termination and energy that are truly
wonderful. She has shown her ability,
they say, by taking hold of vast proper
ties whereon hundreds Of men were en-
ployed, where business shrewdness was
needed in many directions. and which
properties under Senator Stanford'e pol
icy had never been run so as to make
money, and in a time of financial de-
preston putting them ON paying basis
and getting from them quickly the
money wherewith to run the Stanford
university.
SHE o. KS EVERY BILL.
She iH said to be usually at her desk
at Palo Alto earlier in the morning than
most business men are at theirH. and
she keeps herself busy Nae who.s day
through, personally attending even to
minute details. When at home she ap-
proves or dieapproves every requisition
from the superintendent, and all bills
ior the Palo Alto ranch and most of
those from her other estates have to
bear her o. X. before they are paid.
She drives about Palo Alto every day
visiting the heads of departments and