The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-09

AlOOOOOVO although those who know say
'hat thls sum is So tied up by the prdti-
slonS oi her fathers will that her YEAR
~ income Is much smaller than IL As
supposed 20 be- Miss Gould has al
ways been known 10 give largely TO
charity I'm a very quiet way She rs the
patron saint OF the poor children of
New York. What she has done for the
little sufferers VIII probably never be
known. At her home near Irvingtun.
on the Hudson, she Is almost always
entertaining parties OF little waits. and
II is said that she provides the funds
for home FOR poor. crippled ana de-
formed children, toward whom her
heart is particularly tender.
Miss Gould's patriotism was shown
not only i'm her contribution OF large
sums OF money To help the soldiers. bat
also In the interest she has taken i'm "A
quiet way 10 help unfortunate warriors
TO obtain employment which some OF
them had forfeited by their devotion 70
their country
Mrs. Russell Sage Is no less notable
FOR her good works. Mrs Sage is a.
great friend OF the women of the Gould
family She is as simple and unaffected
in her daily life and lives as unostenta-
tiously as many woman who num-
bers her wealth by thousands instead
OF millions The standard newspaper
joke in regard 10 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 never
dreams. Millionaires as a rule object
to having their benefactiOns Iauded. not
,f
cause il makes them the object for ali
the begging letter writer's and charity
beggars in the country. Mrs Sage was
responsible for the building OF Sage
hall at the Troy Female seminary
which she has literally endowed. She
is interested in the higher education OF
women and has assisted no one knows
how many young women 10 obtain a
liberal education.
Mrs. Hetty Green, whose shrewdness
in money matters has made her fa-
nous, has been the object OF many an
III natured newspaper joke in regard
to alleged miserliness, yet she gives her
money where she thinks the assistance
is deserved and will be beneficial. Sne
does not give her money -diFept4y-4-.sr -.srr-
ally 1t is through her son or her daugh-
ter that her aims are given, for Mrs.
Green has 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
young medical student TO Sc
cure his diploma and after that has in
terested herself i'm 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 average
poor young doctor
Mrs. George Gould. like most other
rich women, has her special fads in
charity; she is interested I'm little chill
dren and has each year helped hun
ifeds OF needy or suffering little ones
She founded and supplied the funds for
The Gould free kindergarten and kept
I up until ii was merged into the great |
.ree kindergarten system OF New York |
'ity She was interested in the Potted |
Plant association, organized for the !
purpose of distributing flowers 10 the I
Door In tenemenis Mrs. Gould not only |
gives her money literally. but she takes |
4 personal interest i'm helping many |
worthy individual cases, She likes to |
assist talent that is battling IN OBJ |