Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14

SECURITY and poverty to obtain recognize
ton and uHea not only her chockbook.
but her personal influence 60 BRING this
about
In Catholic charitable circles no mans
is more beloved than that Of Miss AIMS
Lcary. Miss Leary is a member OF the
most exclusive circle OF the 30 called
one Hundred and FIFTY and belongs TO
an old New York family which amaased
the foundation OF its millions through
the money made In commerce In the
early days Of the republic. She lives In
a quaint. old fashioned house on lower
Firth avenue. on her at home daye ono
will as likely On not nnd her dispensing
hospitality 70 one or more Of the dlgni-
tarlca Of the church as wcll as 10 meme
hers Of the haut monde. II was Miss
Leary who donated the money for tho
handsome Catholic chapel at Bellevue
hospital, New York. IA honor Of her
brother who died few years ago. she
o. the mainEtay Of many a struggling
Catholic charity In the poorer parts Of
New York city. She gives literally 20
an Catholic institutions and many Prot
oatant ones. too, but II par excellence
the lady hountiful OF the Catholic char
tiles IN New York Now and then she
undertakes tho management OF some
bazaar or other entertainment IN be-
half Of some worthy cause, aud on such
occasions 90 popular D. she socially that
the one Hundred and Flfty turn out 10
member TO spend their dollars and
give the eciat Of their presence 10 tho
affair, because u plcascs Miss Leary.
you know"
on the other side Of the ocean. In
hourr So. Oornain Or not cordial to
Americans. Miss LcaryH position ~
probably better than that OF any other
American woman. even than many who
have married titles. There are M New
York converts and niaiorh10ds many
Frcnchwomen OF noble birth. and
through the relatives Of these religious
ladies. not 10 mention Miss Leary'n own
personal friends and ucgunintancea M
European hlgh society when she goes
abroad she probably enjoys more social
attention from tho exclusive circles la
tho Latin countries where the Catholic
church IL the church OF the fashion,
nhlcs than any other woman on this
I side of the Atlantic.
Mrs. Cornelius vanderbilt whose re-
| cent bereavement is atill fresh In the
public mind. IL also member Of FASH
| ionnblc New York society who gives
/ literally and unostontatiously 10 tho
poor. Mrs. Harry Payne whitney ~
IN this much like the gentle lady who
IL her mother. Mrs. Vanderbilt. like
her husband. gave much 60 organized
charity with the understanding that
/ hor benofactlona should not be made
/ known. She keeps IN touch with the
| world ana through many friends. whose
]
than her own. she has done much good
In quiet way Tor members Of her own
sex.
Mrs. william Astor ls too much the
graudc dame not to remember tho OBJ
legation OF nobiosao obllEc. Mrs. Aator
~ a woman of the Old fashioned type.
and her church ana the various boncvo-
lencca foHtcred by II receive her nfst
attention, but general charities are also
most generously remembered. Every
winter little circle OF Mrs. Aator'a
friends hold d series " afternoon Sow
inFs FOR the poor The ladies meet Ia
tho homes of the members and the gar
mcnta made during the winter hre.
when finished. distributed 10 the poor.
The bcncvoienco 81 Mrs. Leland Stan.
ford. who. like Isabella Of spain. was
ready TO sell her Jewels TO advance the
interests OF learning, u too wen known
20 need repetition. Her husbands mill
Hons endowed Leland stanford unlvor-
Hity and once In the dark days after his
death. when the college needed funds
and there seemed no other way 10 OBJ.
tain them. Mrs. Stanford took her 81
100000 collection OF Jewels. nnor than
those OF many crowned heads Of Eu-
rope 0ncludlng treasures from the Jewel
! fuHlfta uf Maria Anfoiuetfa and En-.
gcnle) and. sailing across the ocean.
tried 20 soll them for tho benefit Of
the institution.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst tho widow Of
another California millionaire. has edu-