The age-herald., 1902-01-05

property until her death but has volun tarily relinquished 1t However, she is still worth several millions of dollars, of which she is giving to a number of California charities.
 It is coincidence that another of the most generous givers is California wo- man. and that she is interested In build ing up a rival university in the Golden State. The rivalry which existed between Senators Stanford and Hearst seems to have been inherited by their widows, though the latter are acting in good spirit, as becomes gentlewomen. Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst has given her alleg- lance to the University of California, the state institution at Berkeley. She is to be carrying out plans involving an ulti- mate expenditure of about s40,0000 900 for the benefit of that college. for which she has already done much. One of her first donations was $S00,000 for a mining build ing as a memorial to her husband. This led to consideration of 8 harmonious plan for the university, and Mrs. Hearst offered $30,0 fin prizes to tempt the best architect of the world to devise plans for fine system of buildings. The re- suit was the choice of the splendid plan of Bernard of Paris, depiciting the most magnificent university buildings in the world, and Mrs. Hearst is exerting her influence to bring about the realization of the architects beautiful dream.
 But this Lady BountifuI is scattering her money in a golden shower upon many worthy objects. and her gifts are bestow- ed without distinction of race, color or religion. She is supporting eight per petual and a number of temporary schol- arships for girls at the State Univer- sity of California. She is interested in kindergarten work, and at times sup ports as many as eighteen such schools, some in Washington and some in San Francisco. One of the Washington kin dergartens is for negroes, and another trains kindergarten teachers She con tinues her generosity toward the Phoebe Hearst School for Girls, an Episcopal in stitution founded at Washington, Ly a gift of $200 900, and is a liberal contri
 butor to the American University. the great Methodist school being established at the national capital. She is support CT of the Little Sisters of the Poor. an order under the patronage of the French embassy, and she aids the Old Woman's Home at Washington. Several girls clubs are maintained by her bounty, which provides lunches for many hun dreds of working girls A boys school in Washington is another of her benevolent undertakings. but these are so numer- GUS and so widely scattered a brief news paper article cannot do justice to all of them.
 Among the largest gifts of the year . was the donation of $1 .000, 900 made joint ly by Mrs. P. D. Armour and J. Ogden Armour to the Armour Institute. The late P. D. Armour had already given be- tween $3,500,000 and s4,00O000 for the es- tablishment and upbuidlng of the insti- tuition. and the gift by his widow is prob ably only the forerunner of others to carry out the work begun by MT Ar mour. This handsome donation put the institute in a position to erect splendid machinery hall. with a fine equipment for instruction in foundry. lathe and drill work.
 Miss Helen Gould's name is another that comes to mind in connection with this subject of woman's giving. She Is supporting several charitable works, and is generous giver to various Young Mems Christian Association. Mrs. Elm mons Blaine of Chicago. who has won an enviable place in the respect and es- teem of the public for her keen sense of civic integrity, as we'll as for her bene- volent work. continues her contributions to the cause of education. A report of the University of Chicago, in speaking of her fund for providing college work for teachers in the city schools" says: 'It is quite certain that no money thus far em ployed by the university has &C., complished larger results" The univer- sity also received $155oo from Mrs Hiram Kelly of Chicago for books for the de- pertinent of history. Among the notable gifts for education during the year was that of Mrs. Indiana McWilliams, who