The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
MILLIONS WOMEN GAVE.
NOTABLE REcORD or PHTLANTHRoPIo
GIF7S ~ 1899.

of the Money Devoted to Educational
Purposes go Many Charities Assisted.
While the following is not complete record
OF womcn's notable gifts for purposes Of public
good during 1890. il approximate the sum u
SIG 0OO.0O0. or this amount tho largest single
sum is Mrs Sianford's SlOO0OO0O and Mrs
Bradlcy's $500, 0CO is the next largest gift. The
total of gifts and requests for the five years
1903 through 1897 in this country was more
than sl65, 900. 900 that is gifts from private
fortunes for public uses. OF this Si5, 900. 00O
was given during 1897. In 1898. in Now York
city alync S25, 600 00O was given away In charity.
During tho same year, tho gifts 81 thirty four
women in the United States for higher education
amounted 10 -, ti6 400; Of this sum. Cora J.
Flood gave the largest amount, or S2,OOO,OoO.
and Helen Gould. beside her donation TO the Gov
eminent gave s37. 900 for educational purposes
The record Of gifts 10 charity and for educational
purposes by women in this country for the year
now ending is q notable onc.
Half million dollars. given by Mrs. Lydia
Bradley Of Peoria, ILL., comes next TO Mrs. STAN
fords gift. II was presented last summer TO
the Bradley Polytechnic Institute and constituted
her second donation the first being gift Of the
land on which the institute was built and the
money TO build IL. That involved n sum approx
mating s250,00O. In addition Mrs. Bradley has
given TO Peoria 49, acres Of land for park she
has built a church. a home for aged and
many other smaller institutions.
Miss Floods Presentation Of her fathers coun-
try place at MEMO rarE. to the University Of Cali
fornin, made last year. has been supplemented
recently by gift of money The house and lis
contents are valued at $1,000 900. and tract
Of nearly 5000 acres Is included in the transfer
Another California woman has been muniAcent
in her gifts: this is Mrs T.. j.. Croker, who has
conveyed 10 the Benevolent and Protective Order
81 Elks her home in Sacramento as
Zoo TS 81 b. husband ssoT and is MI rslqsd Gland
Stamford are constantly adding 10 their gifts TO
the universities they have BULL up in California.
Mrs Stanfords latest contribution made during
the summer vas one Of SlO, OOO,OO0
nounccd that She would found a College Of peda-
gORy, thr institution 10 b. started with a fund II
several HUNDRED thousand dollars Shc has had
sire TO accomplish practical good for poor girls
by giving them An opportunity TO bcomc teachers
She b'slows permanent benefit upon them. Tho
new college 81 lcdns' sy. built and endowed by
Mrs blaine, will represent NJ outlay Of $500 600
juno ii was announced that MSS kaiharino
Iuitlg mad given trn''housand d3Iiat schoiins;.
S1iit hiwntcr Of Poughkccpsic 10 build a new
inhrmnry had donated -, 900
From Mrs v illIam lcldon Noble Of Washing
ton Harvard University has received q gift 81
s2OO 600 TO cndow lcciurcship In M mury u her
husband, u graduate Of Tho class Of 1888. An
sity from the family o. John S'mTkins for tho
Lawrence Scientific SCHOOL, and sill another
600 from M H. [ nn t. rh'lps Of ST
the income 81 which is 10 h" expended annually
IN IN pu5"h"s. OF books f2t ne college library n
Is IN memory OF The donor broth,r
4 new dofmitory, 10 be erected al wellesley
Martha $. pomeroy Of Washington. Mrs. lrcno
b. Lewis 81 Hamilton; j.; } has recently made
three scholarship, for the purpose Of aiding young
men studying for the Bapnst ministry IN that
Miss Marie HOPPER Of Philadelphia has given
$4,000 to bryG Mnwr College for scholarship
foundation fund.
given property 10 The value Of $50 900 10 the cn.
dowmcnt fund 81 the National Florence Criitcn-
, , Missonnh CnatiS MhiSh wss i1unaed SIX,
York in memory Of Eis daughter;
For the maintenance" Of a home for convalcseents
and inyaids al Santa BaTbarn, $50 OG0 has been
.S,s H. She ss% si5sas n T %s;s
Philadelphia, $4,000 and TO Boston hospital
like sum
4 charity has been founded during the past
memory Of her husband Its III" Alfred Coming
S Sss n s.. SlS% St Wash ra s sd' II '
womcns, bpys' md girls clubs, kndetgar,cns.
Libraries. consctratGrIcs, and Roof gatdens are
included in the work Of tie INSTITUTIONAL work
in whose bchNl! it is beng do1c Ii has been
During las, summer a new floating hospital
for 81 il"hn's Gglld XHs er,li by MIS-. h.grotgs s
II was named in honor Of the donor, the Helen
{. Juilliard The Emma Abbott, another barge,
built from the munihccnce 81 The singer, and
named IN her honor, was also placed in commission
during the hot weather.
To the endowment fund Of the University Of
Chicago Miss Helen Miller Gould has recently
contributed sos 900 A second scholarship ~
$1,000 10 Nassar College was announced at tfs
commencement OF June these scholarships are
given In memory ~ her mother Two srhpIHr-
ships of 50, OCu each she has given to Mr. Moodya
schools one for the girls seminary aud one Tor
the boys. To crdOw rec bed IN pcrpriuty in
lhr Manhattan Eye, and Ear lio;rl,ai, Ncw, York,
she rrc, grys g, &"M u, is cost q, nh"n, $3.50 sho
sycio me suS S IN n 'c July sVHS Ss
she sent her check for $3.50
Could gave 500 900 to children soclety in Paris
She Is TO present hall 20 br used for charity
sazaars TO take The place Of the building destroyed
site alone has cos, 100000
v since her husbana,s o death, Mrs; Cornelius
fund, a. recognition of the services rendered
by the police force al tie time Of Mr Vandcrbiiia
her efcck ST. OWE a SEFH cn the Smoun,
TO BE- used in mlniSlcring to the sick poor.
early in the isG iNsTRGIs
e 'RS GS ' s1 :.
Of M Me o S n' SiSc sn r. 'G r
Siding q, Thank sr wing on;crtalrmcnt To ths
Ms ,S; SI IIos spit, q a dMS"p,snd / Mrs E.I
given the sam" amount t. III" hospital
tor "Si. Anthuny's Bread" Mrs. Francis Brock
hoist Cutting cOntrihutCS $4,000 year Tho
charity was founded o year aEp in memory -
Mrs cuttings son. iiFurk hoist Cutting. Tho
fund Tor the sick pour is within the limits ui ST.
Mary parish, NrNpUrt, which IS more than
half oi the town, hut the fund Is distributed WITH
out regard 10 creed, color or nationality,
During the year al an outlay 81 about 81. 900,
Ms hninn Phelps Stokes has continued her
gifts 20 the HON" she presented to the parish ~
The Heavenly Rest New lorK, and has cslab-
lished hbrery and r"crca ion h"us" for the use
Of the crowded Italian colony centred around
Mulberry street, The King nd Queen II Italy
have recognized the charitable work % Mrs Stokes
by sending ;hCT portraits.
Miss Elizabeth llSntmion Of Milwaukee
gives SlOnNW for = Young Womcn's Chris
tian Association IN that city. Through the gem
sIous gil Of S3u,0cU ron a,wuUHn residing ia
New England, Bishop Grafton ui EouI du Lac,
Wis, recently RgnpUnc"d that the Indebtedness
school fund augmented.
Cite by Request have ahoundcd during 1890.
A quarter 81 million dollars Was left Ivy Mrs,
eugene Kelly 10 hulld chapel Tor SL raricE's