The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-01
10 WATCH THEIR PUBLIC GIFTS.
Women Of New Orleans Donating Money
While Alive to Worthy Institutions.

NEW ORLEANS, March 80 The endowment
by Mrs. Caroline 1Ylton of n fund for a library at
Tulane University, IN this city, in memory Of
her husband, Mr. l. ". 1ilton, calls attention TO
the fact that almost without exception, all the
donations recently made here for charitable and
educ tional purposes have come from women. and
have been made during the lives Of the donors,
SO that they could sac and superintsnd the work
they started or assisted. The donations have
been numerous recently and have oil been signally
practical and successful
The history Of such donations IN New Orleans Is
peculiar In the Grlier history up TO the time
Of the Ilvll War, no city IN the Union received
more or larger donations for public purposes.
Mr. John McDonoGh gave 81 900, 900 for an
asylum and a fund 10 provide dowues Tor
DOOR girls; Judah Touro, for an mfr
mary and hospital. All these donations were
male by men, and made as lcgacies; and in nearly
an cases, the funds were maladministered until
about twenty five years ago when by some Tor
tuna,e accident what remains Of these shrunk and
depleted donations were invested In premium
bonds, depreciated municipcl bonds, which on
several occasions were discredited by the city
itself \ decision Of the Supreme Court declared
the premium bonds legal and constitutional and
sent them up from 20 Ia nearly 200. and the Nc
Douogh and Fisk. Seckles and other funds be-
came very valuable.
The McDonogh fund, which At one time, was
believed to be nearly entirely eaten up in the lFiga'
ton over 1t, became very valuable. II has already
Welded revenue sufficient " construct thirty TWO
handsome schoolIhouses, and nineteen-twentieth
Of the public school children in New Orleans are
housed in these McDonogh schools; and what Is
true Of the McDonogh fund is true of all the others
They have increased greatly in value and have
succeeded in accomplishing important practical
results,
n is poss,bly the benefcent results Of these
donations that have sta rted a new Hood oi dona'
tons for they ceased nltog cther for over a quarter
Of century. The donors Ia day, nearly all women,
have given the money durng their lives so as
To make SUR that il is properly administered
and so that they can enjoy the pleasure of seeing
the good II does.
Mrs. 1ilton. who has given the library to Tulane
University, is only one Of a hall dozen women
who have made donations Tor similar, pubic educa-
,iunal or charitable institutions. Her dOnnuOn
is IN memory Of her husband. MISS ANNE now
arl now Mrs. PanotD also built AND endowed a
me mnnal library in honor Of her father thc, late
Tbnrlns r. Howard, a. well as established the
C"nf,Gcrate Memorial Hall adjacentto the library
for The collection and preservation OF Inc '"'led'
rrn r. IN perS, rllcS and ncmnnnI%
In he educational line t. Nevcomb College,
which il a mart of Tulane Uniyerity and Is for
th. higher education II girls, giving them the
sanc chanccO ~ education as young men at Tulane'
iii; Wa endowed by Mrs. Josephine Newcomp'
i'm memory Of her daughter Sophie Nc"como'
who died lust as she was budding into woman
hood Mrs. Newcomb has provided not only
he funds for the foundation Of the college 1t Is
one OF The handsome buildings In New Orlean.
hut has contributed yearly To the support OF
the institution, and has taken a house opposite
lie college 81 that she can see the GOOD results
81 The work she has undertaken. Her donation
has been followed by many. other women In New
orleans, notably Mrs. II. IL Baker. who have given
money Tor tie support OF Newcomb Ollegc or
he endowment Of schools or scholarshipsin MIS-
ida Richardson did for the. medical depart
rrut Of Tulane University what Mrs Newconlb
id Tor the girls DEPARTMENT. giving a liberal
Imnntion for the Richardson Mcmona Medical
crilrgc, in which her husband was at one time
In Inc way II charity is the Milliken Hospital
f,r children, al addition ~ the Charity Hos.
ni,ai, and administered as q part 81 thai grca,
In Stitution and Just completed. The hospital
IL he iruit II n donation made by MIS-. Deborah
siillikrn, and was built and endowed In memory
~ her husband, Richard Milliken, who was killed
in a street car accident a few years ago.
=" There are several other minor memona dona-
lions. but nearly all without exception are made
hy women. and all have been .signally successful.
fSr more 70 than those made by the men, VINO are
H. pdnipal donors In ante bellum times.