The times., 1899-12-24

a church. a home for aged women and
many other smaller institutions.
Mis- Floods presentation of her faith
( er's country place. at Menl0 Park. to the
University CT California. made last year.
has been supplemented recently b. a gift
( of money. The house and its contents ara
valued at 81 GOO coo. and tract OF nearly
5000 acres is Included in the transfer
Another California lady has been muuIa-
7 cent in her gifts; it is Mrs. E. 3. Crocker,
who has conveyed 20 the Benevolent ana
Protective Order Of E.ks h-r home ia S1c-
ramenlO. Il is presented IS a memorial Of
her husband AMI > valued g, S3oG10- Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst ant Mrs Leland Stanford
arc constantly adding 20 -acir zits % tie
universities they have built up in Califor-
MIA and their benefactions 90 up into tha
millions Mrs. Stanf0rd's latest cOn-riSu-
tIon, made during the summer, was one OF
| $4,000. eco.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine. of Chicago. in May.
announced that she would found a college
Of pedagogy. the institution 10 be started
with fund Of several hundred thousand
dollars. She has had this idea in mind for
some years. it being her desire to accom-
plish practical good for poor girls. By
giving them an opportunity 70 become
teachers she bestOws upon them a perma-
nCut benefit. The new college OF peda-
gogy, built and endowed by 3irs. Blaine,
viii represent an outlay Of S599.990
At the commencement at Fassar CO.
lege, in June. it was announced thai Miss
Katharine TUtue had given a $1,000
scholarship IN memory OF her sister. and
Mrs. Caroline Swift Atwatsr, Of PGugh-
keepsie. to build a new indrmary had
donated IS eco.
From Mrs. William Beidon Noble. OF
Washington. Harvard University has re-
ceived a gift of $20. .0t0. to endow a lecture
ship. in memCry Of her husband. q g-adI-
ate Of the class OF 1855.
Mrs Joseph Monatt CT Los Angeles.
Cal. has given property TO the value 0f
$50 0C9 to the endowment fund OF tha Ma
tionaI Florence CritJentou 3Iiss.0n-a
charity which was founded sixteen years
ago by Charles y. CrilJentOu CT New York
in memory of his daughter.
A noble charity is that founded during
the past few months By Mrs. Alfred Corn
ing Clark, in memory OF her husband
more value and efficient form Of charity
/ does not exist in ew York city than ne
Alfred Corning Clark NeighbOrhOod House,
/ which stands in the very heart OF Jas
crowded lower east side. Men, wOmen's,
! boys and girls clubs. kin 3e-gartens
libraries, CO1seTyatOries and roof gardens
are included in the work Of the Institution
"a work which is thorough appreciated BY
the people in whose behalf i5 is being do-e-
IL has been established and endowed at
cost OF about $4CQ. 600
During last summer. q new floating hos
pital for St. Johns Guild was built by Mrs.
Augustus o. Juiliard Of New York, at a
cost of $50. 600: it was named. in honor Of
The donor. the Helen c.. Juiiiard. The En-
ma Abbott another barge, built from the
munifceuCe of the singer. and named IN
her honor was alsC placed in commission
during the hot weather
The generous and lavish gifts Of Miss
Helen Miller Gould are coupled with an un-
obTusive and noble manner, and sucA an
| absence Of display as is rarely met Wila-
This unostsrtatioa makes it extremely tlf-
fcult-sndeed impOzzible-tO do more than
mention a gifr here and there She is sup
posed TO be the donor of $3.50 coo sCbscrio-
ed TO build the new library for the CaI-
versitv OF the city Of New YORK Her sIlt5
10 Chautaugua have also been muridce1t-
To the endowment fund OF the University
of Chicago she has recently contributed
S25. 600 a second scholarship cf Ss.111 "a
Vassar College was announced ar ta5 COM
meucemeut in Juue-these scholarships are
given in memory OF her mother
Miss Elizabeth FIaEkintOn- Of At-Wau-
kee. gives SI60 coo for q Young Woueu'a
Christian Association in that city.
Through the generous gift OF S1H-ag' from
a Iady residing In Sew England bishop
Grafton. tf Fond ia Lac Wis. recently
announced that the Indebtedness on the
cathedral had been wiped Oul and tbs
school fund augmented.
A quarter OF UiIlicu dollars was left
bv Mrs. Eugene Kelly within the year 70
build a lady chapel for St Patricks Ca
tbedral New York. and to provide a fund
for the sick poor. OF the Baroness dt
/ Hirsch's SI01 00e 900 left to- charity. ST.
200 GOO comes to America-to &c Hirsch's
foundation in New York The cara dt
Hirsch Home in SiXty-secOnd Street
founded about two wears ago by the Ba-
roness. receives an additional legacy Of
S25O.000
By the death Of Mrs. Elizabeth Thomps
son in July. the poor seamstresses o.
Rhiuebeck- -on-FfudsOn find themselves
heirs TO an estate OF $500 900. which is "a
be equally divided among them.
For est knehouys Bread. Mrs Francis
Br0ckhOlsJ Cutting contributes $1,000 3
year The charity was founded a year ago
in memory OF Mrs. Cuttings son. Brock
hoist Cutting The fund is for the sick
poor within the limits Of ST. Mary's parish.
Newport. which is more than halt OF Jhs
town. but the fund is distributed without
regard TO creed, color or nationality st.
Nary's Is q Roman Catholic Church. and
requiem mass is celebrated Tor the dead
man upon each anniversary OF his death
He died three years ago.