The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31

TO the founder Trustees were named to
administer the estate and TO carry out TIE
ideas Of the testator. They received wide
They might found hospitals or orphanages,
the only limitation being that such institu-
lions should be known as the Amherst II.
Wider Hospital or the Amherst n.
Wilder .orphanags,' and no discrimination
They We're to be avilahle for the poor Of
ST., Paul regardless Of age, sex, race or
religion.
Wilder's fear Of impending disaster
was not realized. He and his family re-
turned to st. Paul. where he died Ave years
the Wilder millions became the property
OF the widow and daughter That was
the last heard Of "The Wilder Charity
for more than eight years.
Last January Mre. Appeby. the daughter.
public it made sensation. Mrs. Appleby
had left her husband an income of $40 ,oco
a year; she he'd left small legacies to old
servants and friends, and had provide d
funds for few unimportant pentions.
found --the Wilder Charity" for the benefit
Of the worthy poor" Of ST. Paul.
Distrusting all existent forms Of organized
charity, she carefully spe cited that none OF
the money should BE applied to any hos
pital, asylum, ,orpharase. church, school
IL
organized, and that none Of il should 60
to founding such charities. Nor did she
wish her bounty to become the prey OF
politicians. for She directed that all city,
county and State officcholders, Judges OF
courts Of record excepted, should be forever
segment Of the Wilder Charity" She
Worthy Hr poo n Of St. PRs Pa was ali.
The mother did not long survive her
daughter, She sank into decline whic
in lev weeks terminated in her. death.
her daughters. except that she made
few minor beuuests to favorite charities,
set az ide sea. 600 for the building Of public
bath for the poor. and pro vided for Its main
finance, and provided, for day nursery
wise It was provide d that her fortune ehou d
be merged with that Of her daughter n
founding the "Amhcrst H, Wilder Charity
for the worthy poor Of St. Paul.
The city has not yet come 70 realization
of the scope of TIE Wilder Charity: ~
what cannot be done under the wills. 1t
Is known. however. that a score or more
Of the best business and professional men
in the city have lately undertaken to raise
a million dollars to build and endow gen,
what the Johns Hopkin. Hospital !. to
treai. Not dollar Of the Wilder money
can 20 to such an enterprise The Young
Mems Christian Association Is ra's,ng
500 400 to erect an association building
In ST. raul. but not dollar Of Wilder money
will 20 into that building The parish
TO which Mrs. Wilder and her daughter
belonged Is now building . new church,
hit aside from the he!r the. women may
have given while alive, the church will be
no richer after the Wilder estate Is admin
istered, save for the gift OF now font
Tie CITY is full Of benevolent enterprises,
most OF them limited in the good they
might do because Of q lack OF funds but no
Wilder money can relieve them.
The income from the Wilder millions
must co to St. Paul's worthy poor through
the ninistration az "The Wilder Charity. F"
How the money can be spent when. under
existing conditions. st. Paul people album.
dainty care for their worthy poor; what erect
the Charity will have on the wel-cprings
az the palrer charity that have never proved
iyadeouate, what effect The Wilder harity
will have on the worthy poor. themselyes
when they fully appreciate that II "a theirs
II thew can prove their claims how tne
CITY car, avoid becoming Mecca Tor that
class of sworthy poor who, like birds OF
paseage, migrate to the hest Seeding
Grounds; and how the hne. can 30 drawn
Between tie worthy roor and those who
are not strictly unworthy. are que@acnf
caicuI ted to confound tho mighty.