The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-16
MISS HELEN GODLD'S MAIL
She Receives 1000 Begging Let
ters a Week.

New York, April l6.--Miss Helen NJ.
Gould probably receives more letters
every day than any other woman In
New York City, and nearly all Of them
contain requests for financial assis-
tance. Her mail averages between
90 and 1000 letters and packages
week and on single days as many as
COG communications have been deliv-
cred at her house.
To supply the demands In a single
week recently would involve an ex-
penditure of 81 ,5s4, 500. Nearly every
part of the United States was heard
from and everything imaginable was
asked for, from peddling horse and
cart to house for girl who wants
to get married and 81 100000 with
which to found colony in Cuba.
Nevertheless each episile Is careful
ly gone over by two secretaries en-
ployed for that purpose, and II the
case is a worthy one some response is
made. Crank" letters naturally are
ignored Everything imaginable is
asked for by Miss Gould's correspon-
dents and Il she were to grant every
request IL would not take long to dole
out her twenty million dollars,
AS an example Of what Miss Gould
and her secretaries have 10 contend
with here is a classified list of the let
ters received during one week;
One plan to form colony in Cuba,
amount asked for s1,OOO,O 600; 23l re-
quests for money 149 not naming sum,
Ss7, 500; 81 requests sor loans, 16 not
naming sum, $780, 149 requests TO
raise mortgages, not naw'ng sum,
s77, ,575; 43 requests to aid churches, 27
not naming sum, s56, ,9sl; % requests
to aid educational institutions, % not
naming sum, ss5 400; 26 donations to
libraries, "a not naming sum. $4,000;
requests 10 buy places, IS, 200; anti
saloon league of Idaho, $4,000; "a re-
quests TO aid religious and charitable
institutions, 30 not naming sum So, 0o0
one wishes to sell farm, 81 600, 4 wish
help toward trousseau, not naming
sum, So 900; IL requests for pianos, 3
not naming sum, 81 ,4oO 19 requests TO
buy Inventions, 10 not naming sum,
$1,000; wishes t. sell ring, 81, 200;
wishes to sell brooch, s525; / wishes
donation 10 patriotic league, $500; l
wishes help TO redeem jewels, $3.50;
church organ, sl75; 13 treatment, can
Ger, morphine, Keeley, etc $780, /
wishes passage to England, SIS; l
wishes TO sell quilt s5o wishes ex-
penses betrayed to secure prisoners
release, SEQ; wishes to get goods from
storage, $50; l wishes help to publish
music, S25; wishes to buy set Of false
teeth, SIS; wants help to get watch
from pawn, So: 10 requests TO aid
church fairs; lot requests for aid, pre-
sumably money; 81 requests for oid
clothes: three requests for watches
IA requests for scholarships; II re
quests for advice; IS requests for tick
CTS VI paootet ohC AIiuNNN W PAJ AGAA
road stock, IS requests 10 have EN-
broidery or ce work sold; IS crRnks
eight requests for autograph; II Ger
man letters; six French letters; -four
Russian or Swedish letters; Eve wish
ing to sell manuscript; three silk for q
quilt; seven naming child after Miss
Gould; five want sewing machines; two
help to publish a book; three wan
Bibles two want bicycles; 10 adver'
tisements, circulars, etc; SO requests
for places; 80 requests for interviews
Eve wish 20 sell books; Eve wish to us'
Miss Gould's name; ten wish donation
toward church organ, one wishes t.
become medical missionary; one wish
es help to bring out opera; one wishes
help TO bring out orat9riA; one wisheI
electro-plater; one wishes $50 Ameri
can cards. one wishes farm and thre'
COWS; one wishes to sell hay claim an'
COWS; one wishes help to open pho
togrAph gallery; one wishes for 1
peddling horse and cart.