Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-18

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'->''ii "'l' I'M i'''''''-'' Do ''
say that the great multo millionaire LETT
out aii charity REQUESTS for n eot reason.
and that The reason was "A good ON, and
Gfnr from a selfish one.
FOR years the children oc Jay Gould had
been giving away money. ana always viii
their fathers permission. For tho last ton
wears preceding MI Gould's death the
charities OF Miss Helcn Gould were onor-
nous. Nobody knew how much ON the
very dav when jaw Gould. AT his daugh-
ter's solicitation. gave $1,000 20 the
church-that much-dlscussed $lof'-his
-, o,..,t,t... ..d ,.o,hi,,- ~ All was
-, -. 81,
IT,, ,i..,. a., =. ,t, ,,,,,, has. .l,,a,.e boon
% t.li,,A, 80 .,~ c,.,,l5 r,,ril,. and ,4 Law
conf ,,,s.,,nst.iv i,ya1 lis children. d.
,lc,.r,ri-.1 t,.f INV slo-,ld hav. AN the
,.la,s,,,o or DIVINE. tn,, v.,s d, be-. had. and
:, n. d.-ii.l >, allow tn.,u TO give in
CD ~ la,vin, b.ou..ts i1 his will
.r,.,,.. is 80, Io,,bt that law ,;ouli knew
',,. t.,,~,.,.,. tfol,n ,.ol,ll b. rro.iieal
49, ,l~ ~.f,s .q .ooo ,,s sn. should come
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-. ,.,,,t,,,rs. tb, o..ids' Hudson
-. h,.,,,. ,,,rheps Two miles back Of
.. -. e., -, ,,rticp Of land which is the
,.,..tirst in Tar,vtown. II Is owned by The
c,,i4s and If they were 4, put il in the
-, 81. l. no saving what they
N'"'' g.. tt,, t...l.r.i.rr and
Nv W.. 1,..',,',. AMI ,I.,h estates. II
- -. ,t,,',,sa,l I.lI3r. Der acre.
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\ PRICELESS 'lf D.
. ro,. ,,.ceiss AGO 2 kind rlrtcn assoc
Ill, az Nc,, YORK. which numbers ten
80 ,ho su.,,loet women of \,w York sl-
-. ,,~,op,. H. natro,,s t.c,i vol "A modest
1,,,,o noto rom Mics Helen Gould. SAYING
~ ebe vould be pleased 10 donate
e,~,,,,,b la,,d nj Tarrvtoyyu for the build
- - y .,,r,,,ner homo for Door children
"a ,ho, les, tho co,nmitt.. b, ernbar-
80 ..ssoS ~, the nossession of a plot of
"a ,no1 which no building now stood.
- Nf,sa Cou,d bepcod To- enclose Dor
81, Cor. go ana for the purtose of erect.
a.. a,,oh q huiidipo
Ana ,hen followed a hin OF sale ~ sovc-
-. 90 en- ,.,Iu,tl, .r,rrvtov.p land
IA -, 90 a., to e,tisr,, laqal claims
Io' eo ~ 1a,d ro,lv tb. pr,n.rtv
anu mar 1it,I. ,,,i,',t. mott.
:. =. -" - =, ,ha rotroross,.s f. tbe effect
~, a, enc nlav-qrounde vcre too small
or ~ the building should need ever 10
Iva enlarged. there could be more land
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spc,e". -,.. oo,,,, 90. o. >.y.-vc,r.s rreeon.
"e "' ...l,,l.,..o. - a.. ...-.,i,,i,
anu INC p.1.I -, -, '.-.i... .r,..
w. w.. - Ia Mr. S,,tro tho e.cratorv of
$50, 1-1.,.,~,, .,,h,, Nfiss co,,lj r.lt
al,,,,i,, ,,tcrested in tho uttIo obone'
49, aro non, conductiny II Tarrvtown
nm, we had no idea that she would give
nc generously as this"
Tn these Individual charities Miss Could
never includes anything which belongs
10 the family home Though I.yndhuist
was left 10 her. personally. with its mil
lion dollars worth Of grounds. conserva-
tories ana stock. she never gives away
aucht which NAV be said TO belong to II.
Nor does she appropriate any part Of the
81 n.lo n month NillCd her for keeping
mn the house" to the carrying out of
charitable schemes. Lyndhurst and the
monthly allowance. Miss Gould reasons
were merely put IN her care To preserve
q family home.
The kindergarten, now at IarlSto"n, or
rather the child nome - ior poor - T,"
uTen VINO are "iso sun NJ 90. -
70 the country i"'ttaI anu "'s h'F'
until they are wei
On one OF the Forties In New 1orh
there lives IN a basement a scrub-womah'
who Is highly worthy OF all Sood thinss,
but so wretchediy poor thal shV anu ilvi
nusoana h't ,n. " ch,dren actually hide be-
hind the coal OF upstairs tenants 10 Keep
warm. For many weeks the la'her has
been. In the language OF inc poor iuu
up" with acute rheuihatishi'
This case reached MISS Gould.s ears
through the superintendent OF httle ms
sion. where the children went 10 sunday
school; and one day there drove up TO the
house fine carriage ana INTO the base
sment went so'SeouS -, WI, VIZ a.,
nounced that he had come 10 TAKE the
children up IN inc country 10 get strong
and have good tune. vi course 20
startling an ertthu loon an t'e i".n'' pu'
into the street hylns, anu ,n,Ie '',e , ,1.,
dren saw tne ne nIs,W roo u "a, ,he mIes,o ,
-. - 80. ga
ih'o u'c ooi '''se 80 ~, ,ho foo,,nan
al, "'I VIZ. -. - - ~ srasr,',o,,n Thev
ana away t,~y sp.u W I"iy ,o"H "a
nave zen Zen, 'nen s, mr. on '.Om nv alter them