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

siVVOU'VVO' although those who know saw
tha' TINS sum is so tied up by the proyi-
sloiiS oi her fathers Will that her wear
! income is much smaller than II Is
supposed 10 be. Miss Could has al
ways peen known To give largely to
charlty IN very quiet way. She is the
patron saint OF the poor children OF
New YORK. What she has done for the
niue sufferers win probably never be
known Al her home near Irvington.
on the Hudson, she Is almost always
entertaining parties OF little waits and
II Is SAID that she provides the funds
Tor nome for poor. crippled and de-
formed children, toward whom her
heart Is particularly tender.
MISS Goulds patriotism was sboxvn
not only In her contribution of Iaroo
sums OF money TO help the soldiers but
also IN the interest she has taken fl, -
quiet way 20 help unfortunate ,varrio,s
TO obtain employment which some 80
them had forfeited by their devotion ~
their country
Mrs, Russell Sage is no less notable
fphlhe1 good works. Mrs. sage ~ a
grieatffriend OF the women of the Gould
family. She is as simple and lInaffectad
In her daily life and lives as unostenta-
tiously as many q woman who nuno-
bers her wealth by thousands Instead
OF millions The standard neyspaper
Joke i'm regard 20 Mr. Sage's closeness
in money matters is about as true as
the newspaper mother-in-law Joke. The
Sages give away thousands OF dollars
every year OF which the public meyer
dreams. Millonaires as rule obiecl
TO having their benefactions lauded. no.
only on account Of modesty. but be-
cause 1t makes them the object for al
the begging letter writer's and charity
beggars in the country Mrs Sage va!
responsible for the building OF SAG,
hall at the Troy Female seminar,
which she has literally endowed. Sh,
is interested IN the higher education o
women and has assisted no one know:
how many young women to obtain :
liberal education
Mrs. Hetty Green. whose shrewdness
In money matters has made her ia
nous. has been the object OF many an
IN natured newspaper joke in regard
10 alleged miseriiness. yet she gives her
money where she thinks the assistance
is deserved and Will be beneficial She
does not give her money directly Usu-
ally IL is through her son or her daugh-
ter that her aims are given, for Mrs
Green has a horror OF being made the
target for all the charity beggars in
the country. Consequently very few
people know that she has aided many a
struggling young medical student 60 Sc
cure his diploma and after that has in
terested herself in sending friends 10
him that he might the sooner build up
a paying practice or manage TO struggle
through that probationary period OF
starving that is the lot of the 2vera e
poor young doctor.
Mrs. George Gould like most other
rich women, has her special fads IN
charity; she is Interested i'm little chill
drcn and has each year helped hun
'dreds OF needy or suffering little ones.
She founded and supplied the funds for
the Gould free kindergarten and kept
IL up until II was merged into the great
free kindergarten system of New York
city. She was Interested I'm the Potted
Plant association. organized for the
purpose OF distributing flowers 20 the
poor i'm tenements. Mrs Gould not only
gives her money literally. but she takes
"a personal interest in helping many
worthy individual cases She likes 10
assist talent that is batting in OBJ