The evening times., 1900-04-13
DEMANDS ON MISS GOULD.
BegEine Letters of "A Week Received
by the PhiIanthropssf


NEW YORK, April 13.-Those members
OF the community. who write letters TO
Miss Helen Gould. asking for money and
are astCnished that they do not receive
checks by return mail may better under
stand the reason when they learn some
facts as to the emo nous number of de-
mands made upon Miss Gould. In one week
Miss Gould received 1903 letters asking
for charity. The sum expected OF her was
about 81. 600 600 All the correspondents
did not name the cost Of satisfying them
and the sum named is an estimate Those
who asked for cash needed In all just 81
54S.502
One writer wished a certified check for
81 600 900 with which TO start a colony in
Cuba Others wanted COWS. farms. trous-
seaus. lace, autographs. church organs
pianos, and 50 on. The following is the
classified list in part. One plaI 10 form
colony in Cuba. amount asked for. $780,
000; 23l requests fyr money G49 not nam
ing SUMS. SlS7 .sS0; 81 requests FOR loans
Cl6 not naming sum-. S1562O3. 149 re-
quests 10 raise mortgages a not naming
(27 not naming sum-. $56.SS1: q re-
quests TO aid educational Ingti,ut, ,Ons C22
NOT naming sum-, So, 400: "a dora, ,iOns 10
Libraries "a not naming sunni. SIC 0GO.
five requests 10 buy places. s.. 200. one
ant-saloCn league Of Idaho. s. 600. 81 Ie-
quests to aid religious and charitable in
stltuuCIs go not naming sum- s. 600,
one wishes 10 sell farah. 81 600.
Four wish help toward trousseaus three
not naming sum. s.. 0C5. eleven requests
for pianos (tbree not naming sum-. 81 400;
twelve requests to buy inventions tten not
naming sum- Sl2CO. one wishes to sell
ring. Sl.2CO; one wishes 10 sell brooch
S525' one wishes donations 10 patriotic
league $500. one wishes 10 sell Sevres
vase $500; one wishes monument TO pa
rents. $500: one wishes help 70 redeem Jew
els $50. one church organ, S1-5. thirteen
treatment toancer. morphine, Keeley. etc-)
$50. one wishes passage TO England. $50
one wishes To sell quilt $50, one wishes
expenses betrayed 10 secure prison release.
$50; one wishes 10 get goods from storage.
$50; one wishes help 70 public music SZ5;
one wishes 20 buy set Of teeth So. one
wishes help 10 get watch from pawn IS,
ten requests TO aid church fairs. IO7 re-
quests for aid presumably mopey; thirty
four requests for OLD clothes. three re-
scholarships. seventeen requests for ad-
vice. fifteen requests for tickets OF passes
one request 10 buy railroad stock. eighteen
requests 10 nave embroidery or lace work
sold One wishes farm and three COWS
one wishes 20 sell hay claim and COWS. one
wishes help 10 open photograph gallery.
One wishes peddling horse and cart. one
wishes money TO print = 600 hymnals one
minister wishes horse and buggy. one
wishes house so that girl can marry az
once. one wishes money TO enter Old Folks
Home one wishes invalid chair one
wishes place TO get up timetable sched-
ules. one wishes 10 sell photographs OF
Miss Gould for his own profit one wishes
air pillows furnished TO regiment Of SOL
dieTs. one wishes team OF Horses. one wish
IS 10 90 shares on alfalfa in California.
l26 personal letters. % newspapers. mark
ed copies. 2 aimanacs. six books. 81 cat
alogues. pamphlets etc. and magazines.