The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-05-02
FUNDS FOR ODD CHARITIES.
The Practice of Establishing Them
Is Growing.
New York Sun.)

private trusts or funds for specific be
nevolent purposes.
Curiously enough, although New
Workers have always given away larg
sums every year to charity, and in al
probability will always continue 20 d,
So the great bulk of the money, so far
mas been divided among organized cha
rites. Every now and again, it is true
some unusually generous bequest ha
led to the establishment of home o.
a hospital, but as a rule the enterpris,
later has had to depend en- subscrip
tons from the many.
Machine made, rather than hanC
made, charity, some people say, has al.
ways been in the lead for the reason
that the machine made variety saves
the individual a lot of trouble. But i
seems certain that the private fund
plan of benevolence is coming into
vogue.
Many people first began to realize
this circumstance about a year age
when John NJ Burke, whose name
hitherto had never appeared promi-
nently in charity subscription lists
calmly announced that it was his wish
and purpose to set aside the income
! in perpetuity of $4,00O,O00 or practic-
ally his entire fortune for charity, and
that this large sum would be distribut-
ed by almoners appointed by himself.
Mr.. Burkes determination was dis
| cussed industriously the length and
breadth of the country. Questions by
mall came pouring in from all points
OF the compass. In answer to these
queries it was announced that the OBJ
Ject of the fund was two fold-first.
to establish a convalescent hospital
SpNOnH fO afd 10 ~
persons who through illness or accident
were in financial straits. That Mr..
Burke was thoroughly in earnest was
proven by the fact that legal machinery
was at once put to work to arrange for
the Incorporation of the "Winifred Mas
terson Burke Relief Foundation" as the
fund is called, and the preparing of a
trust deed and the appointment of four
trustees
This, in brief, is the history of one of
the largest private funds ever estab-
llshed in New York in the name of
CHARITY. 1t is predicted, though. that
1t will be followed by many others, so
contagious is example.
Only the other day word came from
st. Paul, Mimi, that under the terms
OF the will of Mrs. Cornelia Day Will
der Appleby, the bulk of her estate, val
ued at more than $1,000, 900, is to be in
vested for the benefit of the worthy
poor of st. Paul, regardless of color or
creed and Independently of any organ
lied charity Mrs. Appleby makes the
somewhat curious proviso that no poli-
tlcian nor any public officer who may
become a politician, shall have any
thing to do with the administration of
the charity.
The history of private charity funds
In New York begins so far back as the
year 1872 with the establishment of the
dole by John Leake, a wealthy phi
lanthrop1st Gas wealth was counted in
those days., who was a member of
Trinity church. One clause in his will
specifically stated: 81 hereby give and
bequeath to the rector and vestrymen
of Trinity parish 91,000 ($5,0O0), put out
at interest, the income to be laid out
IN six-penny wheaton loaves of bread
to be distributed among the poor"
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
Mr.. Leake's wish has been faithfully
executed for more than 100 years. The
distributing station for "the Leake dole
of bread" is now at st. Johns chapel.
in Varick street, where every SATURDAY.
morning, rain or shine, sixty-seven
loaves of bread are distributed to poor
women and children of the parish who
come after them. In all probability. so
long as there are any poor on Manhat-
tan island, which doubtless will be
until the millennium sets in, Mr. |
Leake's dole of six-penny bread will |
to feed the hungry once a
week.
There have been three interesting
private funds established of late years I
IN New York, all of which are due to |
the generosity of women. One is the |
Ravens Relief, established in 1886 at |
the death of Mrs. Charles Ravens. who |
left large sum in trust and specific |
directions for its disposal. The interest |
If the money is absolutely at the COM
mand of committee of almoners
named by Mrs. Ravens, whose places
will be filled from time to time by
friends willing to carry on the work
fhe beneticiaries are the poor and dis
-ressed of either sex who need help.
The Du Bots fund, which was started
year later, is managed on much the
same lines, although its aim, which is
n fulfillment of the wishes of Mrs. Du
3ois, the donor, is to help respectable
lick persons to get the care of trained
nurses. Mrs. Talbot Olyphant is
tlmoner-in- chief, and no one knows
better than she the tremendous need
here is in some quarters of New York
or not only the interest of the Du
3ois fund, but of sum ten times as
arge if it was forthcoming.
The Sophia fund of $4,000 estab-
lshed in 1900 to help children under 6
ears of age, is due to the generosity
f Mrs. Hudgons, who long before her
eath was planning and working for
IS establishment. BY the provisions
I her will the interest of the fund is
ct apart for rescuing small children
rom disreputable surroundings and ;
iacing them with respectable caretak-
RS and for looking after them if nee
ssary until they are able to earn a
wing.
purely personal enterprise which
ill undoubtedly lead to the establish
lent of large private fund for its ;
if, indeed, the fund is !
OF already set aside. is the Fresh Air (
ark at Richmond Beach, Staten ISL
nd, which Charles M. Schwab, presi-
ent of the United States Steel corpora
on. is putting at the disposal of the
chwab alone is responsible for the in
option of the Fresh Air park. and
ON beginning to end the project. in
udlng running expenses, will cost no ! i
ne, other than the protector, one cent i
Ihe S1Xty-fve acres of land, the COM o
rtable pavilions and buildings erected 4
ear the beach and the big iron steamer e
Apply Day, built at the Crescent ship
ird, EliZabethport, are owned abso- ?
tely by this man of steel with a | i
arm heart for children" as one of his
imirers called him the other day
men the Happy Day goes into COM !,
lsslon, which will probably be early :
the summer, 1000 New. York chill.
en- will be on board bound for days 4
ee outing by the sea, with plenty to a
t thrown in Retfar still thie at | u