New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-26
MRS. ANDERSON'S GIFT
The $500, 900 for Chappaqua SanG-
toriun Came from Artists Wife.

c. Loring Brace manager OF the Childrens AID
Society Fourth avenue md 22d street. announces
yesterday that the contributor OF SoVe,VN for the
Chappaqua Mountain Sanatorium was Mrs Eliza
beth Milbank Anderson. wife Of A A Anderson
the artist of No. S West Ssth street Tne gltt was
made through the recommendation OF Dr. francis
P Kinnicutt OF No 80 East s5th street Dr. kinni-
cult is a trustee of the Chidren's Aid society anq
for number of years has been family physician
for the Andersons
For a long time" said Mr.. Brace. 1.-The society
has wanted home of this sort TO supplement tne
work of its Coney Island Health home which
because OF It's location, has been aole 10 AOO
rnodate sick mothers and children only IN the sum
mer The needs of such an institution were out
lined the last annual report OF the society IL
Kinnicutt, of trustees, brought inc MAJ
ter to the attention of Mrs. Anderson VINO IL
vestgated its possibilities and six months ago saNe
ms s5G0 600 We used $50 900 OF this IN purchasing
and altering the Chappaqua Mountain Institute
used since 1885 as boarding school by the society
of Friends The rest OF the fund was invested ana
will yield an income of $4,000. This VIII pay one
half the cost Of maintenance, and we are hopins
that the remainder will be forthcoming from 'N0
good people OF the city.
'eThe estate consists OF seventy acres OF lano'
heavily wooded situated on the slope OF Cnappaqu7
Mountain In the valley is an arnphitheatre pro-
tected on the north east and west and open 10
the south A stream flows down the valley and
provides for a lake, which is damned for shatiIS
In the winter In summer the level sward IS
,,sad for baseball tennis and croQueG On INC
north side are twenty acres which we snaH
build an infrmary for contagious diseases
THE main building is $50 feet long ana % re-
wide and when the alterations are completed ~HI
accommodate three hundred persons Inc hrse
story is Of stone, and the remaining three stories
are of brick We shall build an ADDITION 10 tne
dining ROOM which will give US hail 50 1eet wlu9
and SO feet long. The dormitory on the nFst HOoi
will be extended to provide accommodations loI
cripples On the south side we shall build VeranuA
100 feet long. -.
Near the gate is a cottage, where all patients
will be received Their clothing will be fumigateu
here and they will be introduced to the bath anu
examined by a physician before going 10 the man
building. There is a gymnasium on the estate.
where the boys and girls may exercise during bad
weather The floor is large enough for basket
bell. 80,
I'VE will cooperate with the Sick Children
Mission and shall be able TO accommodate whole
families when occasion requires it
Mrs Anderson's gift to the Chidrens Ala
Society is by no means her first public Deques1'
OF the 100000 left to Mrs. Anderson and hsr
brother Joseph Mibank, some twenty years aso
bv her father jeremiah Milbank, the BANKER anu
founder OF the Chicago. Milwaukee & ST Faul
Railroad she has given literally In conjunctoh
with her brother she gave $4,000 to Barnard CoI-
lege sixteen years ago. In 1893 she gave SiV"V'Vy'
more to the same institution, which was useo III
the purchase of land and in the building or MHoaIlN
Hall She gave s150.0o0 for the MAoank Puohc
Baths and over 500, 600 to Greenwich, Conn., Vnsre
She has summer home. besides giving constantly
quietly and anonymously TO the support OF the poor
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are at present IN Call
fornia. They are expected home April s.