The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-25

scurty and poverty TO obtain reccxr,.
zion and uses not only her checkb0nk.
but her personal influence to trims this
about.
IN Catholic charitabic ciltlts no name
/ y more beloved than that of Miss Anne
Leary. Miss Leary Is member OF tho
4 most exclusive circle of the so callcd
one Hundred and FIFTY and belongs' to
! an old New York family which amaSsed
the foundation OF SIS iniiliona through
4 the money made I'm commerce IA tsc
early days Of the republic. she lives IN
a quaint, old fashioned house on iowe,
Z Fifth avenue. on her OF home DAYS ono
I viii as likely as not and her dispensing
hospitality TO one or more of the dicni-
tarics OF the church as Weli as to n,efn-
bers Of the haut monde. II was Miss
Leary who donated the money roi The
handsome Catholic chapel ot Bellevue
hospital, New York. in honor OF her
brotcer who died a few years ago. She
ig the mainstay OF many q struggling
Catholic charity I'm the poorer parts of
New York city. She gives literally 10
all Catholic institutions and many prot
estant ones. too but Is par cxcellence
the lady bountifu of the Catholic char
tiles in New York. Now and then she
undertakes the management OF some
bazaar or other entertainment iu be-
half OF some worthy cause and on such
occasions so popular IS she socially that
the one Hundred and Fifty turn out to
a member TO spend their dollars aud
give the eclat of their presence 10 thc
affair, because it pleases Miss Loaty.
you know"
on the other side OF the ocean. IN
France particularly. whore the Fau-
bourg ST. Germain Is not cordial 20
Americans, Miss Lcary's position q
probably better than that OF any other
American woman, even than many who
have married titles. There arc in New
York converts and sisterhoods many
Frcnchwomen OF noble birth, and
through the relatives OF these religious
ladies', not 10 mention Miss Leory's own
personal friends and acquaintances i'm
European high society when she goes
abroad she probably enjoys more social
[ attention from the exclusive circles IN
\ the Latin countries where the Catholic
! church is the church Of tho fashion,
ables than any other woman on this
side of the Atlantic.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt whose re-
cent bereavement Is still fresh in the
public mind. is also a member OF fash
onabe New York society who gives
literally and unostentatiously 10 the
poor Mrs Harry Payne Whitney IS
IN this much like the gentle lady who
Is her mother Mrs. Vanderbilt. like
her husband, gave much TO organized
charity with the understanding that
\ her benefactions should not be made
/ known. She keeps in touch with the
4
I opportunities FOR observation are better
than her own. she has done much good
in quiet way for members OF her own
sex.
Mrs. William Astor Is too much the
grande dame not TO remember the OBJ
legation Of noblesse obIlge. Mrs Astor
is a woman Of the old fashioned type.
and her church and the various benevo-
lences fostered by IL receive her first
attention but general charities are also
most generously remembered. Every
winter a little circle OF Mrs Astur's
friends hold a series OF afternoon sew
( inss for the poor The ladies meet I'm
the homes OF the members and the gar
ments made during the winter are.
when finished, distributed 10 the poor
The benevolence OF Mrs. Leland Stan-
ford. who. Ike Isabella OF Spain, was
ready to sell her Jewels to advance the
interests of learning. is too well known
% need repetition. Her husbands Mill
lions endowed Leland Stanford univer-
sity and once in the dark days after his
death. when the college needed funds
and there seemed no other way 30 OBJ
tain them. Mrs Stanford took her 81
600 collection OF jewels, finer than
those of many crowned heads OF Flu
rope Onciuding treasures from the jewel
caskets of Marie Antoinette and E,u-
genie) and sailing across the ocean.
tried TO sell them for the benefit OF
the institution.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst the widow OF
another California millionaire, has edu-