The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-01-22
hRMOUK's MONUMENT IN WORKS OF
CHARITY.
HOW tho millionaire Sought to DO Good In
His Day and Generation. Many Deeds
OF Benevclcucc.
Baltimore Sun.

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tho ArmourInstitute Of Technology
to which but a short timo ago he
gave $75O,00O in ono remembrance.
Asked once what ho considered his
best paying investment, he replied
"The Armour institute"
The institute today represents an
investment on the part of Mr.. Ar
mour and his brother Joseph of
S2,|0O,Oo0, with Il yearly expense
| for maintenance Of 100000 More
than 200 boys eager to be masters
in manual training work are stupy-
lug at the institute each year, and
applications for admission far exceod
the number who can be cared for.
The institute grew from tho Ar
mour mission, Of which it was sni.l
that next to rho Worlds fair it was
the biggest thing in Chicago The
mission contains a day nursery Tor
children, church, Sunday school,
free medicine dispensary and innum~
orabio other good things for tho
children Of the poor. 1t represents
several millions of Armour gifts.
In the connection with the insti
tute it will be Of interest to Balti-
moreans that Rev DR.. Frank w.
Gunsaulus, former pastor of Brown
Memorial Presbyterian church of
Baltimore, was IN instrument of
securing this establishment. In a
discourse ono Sunday morning in
Plymouth church, in Chicago, DR..
Gunsaulus set forth his views on tho
subject of educating children. At
the conclusion Of tho services Mr..
Armour went forward and asked:
"You believe IN those ideas of
yours, do you?"
IL certainly do," replied DR.. Gun
saulus.
Sand would you carry them out if
you had the opportuDity?"
"I would"
"V ell, sir" said Mr.. Armour, "if
you will give me five years Of your
time 1 will give you the money"
"But to carry out my ideas would
take million dollars" exclaimed
DR.. Gunsaulus.
IL have made little money in my
time" returned Mr.. Armour, and go
the famous institute began.
The magnitude of the charities of
Mr.. Armour will Dever be known. 1t
is said that outside of tho money
given to the Armour institute he gave
away more than $1,000 per day.
Much of this went to an army of
pensioners.
Illustrative Of the mans broad hu.
manity the following may be told.
One Sunday at the institute Mr..
Armour WAS showing a friend about
the big pile of buildings. In the
course of conversation the visitor
had referred to the vast business MIR.
Armour had builded, Before reply
ing tho great packer opened door
leading into the big auditorium,
where nearly 5000 children we're
engaged in Sabbath School exercises.
All of them were pupils at the in
stltute as we'll. Waving his hand
from left to sweep the room, Mr.,
Armour, his eyes sparkling, replied; !;
Eyes, we do big things up al the
stock years. We make everything
from porter. house steaks to glue.
But we're doing vastly bigger things
here. We're making mon and wom
en-"
There is one story which every
newspaper man who knew Mr. Ar
mour intimately loved to tell and
they told it many times. Here it is:
A clergyman called on Mr.. Ar.
mour He told the philanthropist
of most distressing case that needed
prompt relief. A young women, he
said, lay in room absolutely devoid
Of furniture save the bed on which
she lay. There was no fire, there was
not food and tho weather was in.
tensely cold. BY her side in that
sqnnlid chamber lay hor child scarce.
Iy day old.
The great heart Of Mr.. Armour
fairly leaped in his bosom. He
rushed over to tho cashier, came back