Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-09-29

tributors who divide the honors in the
noble work of aiding to save the lives
of those stricken by disease or bullet in
their country's cause.
Miss Gould Of late years has been
identified in many a movement ealcu-
lated to benefit the suffering and the
poor. Her acts of generosity range all
the way from money contributions to
entertaining the poor, and especially
the children of the poor, at her own
home. She cannot be accused of eccen-
tricity in her acts of charity. for if ev-
er woman is careful to distinguish be-
tween the deserving and the undeserv-
ing that woman is Miss Helen Gould.
She is a new woman in one sense of the
word, but not in the sense from which
humorists derive an inexhaustible stock
of wit. She believes in the ballot for
women, holding that suffrage would
dignity and elevate her sex, but she does
not carry her idesa to extecns9a. She is
an advocate Of woman's rights, but an
advocate of very different type from
Mrs. Mary Walker
One of the most benefcent of her
many acts of kindness and one deserv-
ing especial mention was the founding
at Woodyorest, three miles out of Tar
rytown, N. Y, of a home for 25 chill
dren rescued from poverty and disease.
This home is maintained at no small
annual expense to the generous woman
The children are selected each year
from the hospitals and missions of New
York. If incurable, but possessing a
chance for life and work, they are not
rejected, but taken to the cozy retreat
in the woods and placed in the care of
most mothelly matron. Then if they
are able to become self supporting Miss
Gould sees that they have chance.
Ostentatious charity never enters in
to the scheme. When the children go to
Woodycrest. they find real home
there, a place of refuge from the world
wherein they are SO heavily handicap
ped. Many little heart has beat the
lighter because of Miss Gould's pres
ence in the world, been filed with glad
ness and joy in the depths of this syl-
van retreat.
At the outbreak of the war with
Spain Miss Gould became, under pro-
test, one of the most talked of women
in America by a gift of 500, 600 to the
government to be used for war purposes.
The gift was accepted officially by Ellis
H. Roberts, United States treasurer,
and Miss Gould name went on record
as patriot with large heart and an
open purse. Ever since the first day of
the war she has watched the progress
of events with keen eye. On June s
she supplemented her first gift by do
mating $1,000 to the national relief
fund. When the hospital ship Relief
was fitted out, $500 of the Gould for
tune went into it. A few days later she
presented $500 to the Woman's Relief
association and OH Aug. IL told Colonel
Farwood to draw on her for any amount
ne might require for the sick soldiers
Then came another donation of 81, 900
and most recently the gift of $25, 900
to the Women's Relief association.
Thus her total gifts in connection
with the war approximate almost $130,
900, and there is no telling what fur.
ther act of generosity she has in mind
The hospitals wherein the sick and
wounded heroes are being treated are
indebted to her in another manner. As
is we'll known, Miss Gould is an ardent
lover of flowers. The conservatories of
her country seat at Irvington-on Hud-
son are marvels of beauty, heterogeneous
masses of palms. ferns, orchids and ma
tive floral triumphs of every description.
She has drawn literally from these
realms of beauty, and many humble
soldiers cot is adorned with flowers
that money could not buy. She visits
the hospitals and camps for better
knowledge. as she says, of the needs of
The men. In short, this woman of
wealth, position, influence, has put for
the present great part OF her time at
the disposal of her country's defenders.
MILDRED MERRIAM.