Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-05-26
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II is an old saying you know
that "it is but three generations from
shirt sleeves TO shirt sleeves" 1t Il
interesting to note that the maker OI
tho latest bequest OF nearly three
quarters of million Of dollars to the
Cathedral Of ~. John the Divine came
to New York q comparatively short
time ago as m orrand boy, aud with
ont q penny in his pocket. You hav,
doubtless noticed that most Of iii,
large gifts that are made to charitable
and benevolent institutions nova
days come from people who have
amassed their wealth during their
lifetime, rather than from those
who have inherited it, 1t is the ten
dency Of the beneticiaries OF inherited
wealth to bequeath it to their own,
rather than to dispose of it otherwise.
1t is so in the cases Of Mr.. Carnegie
and Mr.. Rockefeller, while the vast
riches of the Astors and the Wander.
bilts are passed down from one gener.
alton to anothe". Generally speaking,
it may be said that it is the wealth
that is most rapidly accumulated that
does the most good in this world and
that is soonest scattered for good or
for ill.
There is something altogether beau.
tiful in the protest which Mr., Jacob H.
Schitf of this city has felt called upon
to make against the effort that is be.
ing made to collect a fund for mon
ument to the late Baron and Baroness
de Hirsch, the fame of whose benefac.
tions to their race is worldwide. Mr..
Schiif, whose personal and official re-
lations with the Hrsch family entitle
him to speak with authority on the sub
ject, says that nothing could have been
further from their desires than that the
aspirations of their noble lives should
become perpetuated through q monu-
ment in stone and iron. Indeed, it
was the last request of the Baroness
Sde Hirsch that no addresses or eulogies
DE pronounced over her grave. The
noble woman felt that if the ideas and
endeavors which she aud the baron
had embodied permanently into the
princely foundations the world over
which they ha instituted could not
secure honor and permanency to their
memory, no mere artisans work, how
ever skillful or beautiful, could sup
ply the lack.
1t is seriously proposed to run
James j. Corbett, the prize fighter. for
Congress in this city from the district
now represented by George B. Nc
|Clellan, son of the general. Corbett's
chief qualification of curse lies in the
fact that he stood up before Jefflies,
hnother big bruiser, last week, for %
POUNDS. 1t is scarcely to be expected
|that Corbett will get to be an NJ. c.,
but there is the precedent of John
Iorrissey, who was member
pf the 4Oth and 4lst Congresses.
That able statesman, some of the
younger generation may care to
be told, fought and won many battles,
the last with John G. Heenan. Then
he left the prize ring, aud became
proprietor Of gambling houses in New
York city and Saratoga, aud practi-
|cally owned the Saratoga race track.
When he tried for Congress he won
over both an independent Democratic
candidate aud the Republican. Cor.
|bett, however, is by no means intel.
ectually comparable with John Nor
|tissey.
One of the most beneficent societies
here and one the least known is the
Peoples University Extension society,
whose Office is the giving OF free prsc-
.tical and industrial education to the
poor, and which carries on pay classes
Tor those who can afford to pay, and
Hoes these things as auxiliary to a
great many settlements, missions, nur-
series, churches and clubs-mothers',
girls, mems, boys clubs - active
among our people who need such
help. The society, at its own expense,
furnishes to the various small organ
fzations trained teachers of hygiene,
sanitation, housekeeping, economic
cooking, sewing, dressmaking, ele.
manual work and other prac-
ticsl subjects. This important free
instruction is supported entirely by
voluntary contributions. Rossiter
johnson is president Of the society.
There are few men who know enough
10 quit when they are possessed of a
fortune, but such man has just died
here in the person of Addison Gould
Jerome, one Of the three sons Of an
Onondaga county farmer, all Of whom
became we'll known in New York.
The three were Addison, Leonard and
Lawrence Larry. Many years ago
Mr.. Jerome was one Of the best-known
brokers in Wall street. In the Black
Friday panic he lost several millions
Of dollars, but eventually won back
his fortune: then he retired. He has
been sick for two or three years. He
Was great lover Of horses, owned
half Of Jerome park and was the first
whip TO drive four in hand and tandem
in Central park here.
Here is an instance of the way thing,
go htre in this great cosmopolitan
city: James NJ. Constable, the head oi
one of he greatest establishments in
the country. has just died. and his
estate , rated at s14. OOO, 600. And
yet his ,esth has occasionsd little
notice AMI less comment
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