Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-02

mother: $4,000 for a scholarship at
Vassar to be named for her mother,
Helen Day Gould; the endowment of a
church for Indians at Guthrie. Okla.
Gould Millions Well. Spent.
Over 10000 900 of Jay Gould's leg
acy TO his daughter have gone for char
ity, and almost invariably as a memo
rial to father or mother. Miss Gould
is assisted in her work by a stan of
trained social workers.
Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, wife OF the
traction magnate, comes next to Miss
Gould in the size OF her gifts to
churches and charities. A devout
Catholic, her gifts to the church have
amounted to many million dollars.
Nearly s1.O00.O0O went to the building
and furnishing OF the Cathedral of St.
Peter at Richmond. Va. At Washing
ton, ID. c.. she established a branch of
the order of the Perpetual Alteration.
building for the orders use chapel
and convent. Five French nuns were
installed there, one of whom is al
ways engaged in prayer before the al
tar. The chapel cost 100000, and
under it's altar Mrs. Ryan has built a
crypt in which will rest the members
of her family. Aside from her church
charities Mrs. Ryan is particularly in.
terested in the fight on the white
plague and has endowed sanitariums
and consumptives' colonies in Arizona
and the Catskills. A Virglnian by
birth, she has presented to her native
state suitable monuments to mark
the scenes of all battles fought in
Virginia.
In recognition of her gifts to the
church Pope Plus Y bestowed upon
Mrs. Ryan the title OF Countess" but
she has never availed herself of the
privilege. Another gift at the hand OF
the Vatican, which she does use, is the
privilege of owning a travelling chapel
which was installed in her private car
"Pere Marquette" This is the only
travelling chapel in America, and there
is only one other in the world. the
property of the queen dowager o
Spain.
mTS. OndTltlCS.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt, former
/ ly Mrs. Rutherford, has just givel
! $l,000,000 for the erection of mode
! tenement houses for the use of cit,
sufferers with tuberculosis. Thes
| tenements will be built on plans espe
cially drawn for Mrs. Vanderbilt an,
the scheme includes outside staiI
cases, roofs arranged for the accom-
mediation OF convalescents, with log
| gias, toilet rooms and "A sun screen @
glass; balconies that can be trans
formed into outdoor sleeping room
and air passages from street to street
insuring perfect ventilation. Thes
apartments will not be rent-free. The
may even prove an interest-paying il
vestment for the Vanderbilts. but the
will be under the patronage OF tn
Presbyterian hospital authorities. VIII
are making a tremendous fight on tn
White Plague.
Mrs. Vanderbilt's smaller charitie
are also along the same lines. Sh
gave the Presbyterian hospital II
fresh air ward and she has paid tn
expenses OF sending trained nurse
into the tenements to look after tn
sick and to train mothers in the raj
ing of children. She also establishe
small hospital in Paris. under tn
direction OF DR.. Gautier, and whe
in the French capital she visits tn
hospital daily. ministering TO the sic
and lifting their financial burdens.
Another section OF the Vanderbi
fortune is going into English soci
work The duchess OF Marlboroug
formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt, has g
tablished in London much needt
home for the wives and children
prisoners serving long sentences. 81
is also interested in the West Ha
hospital, London. and 1t is whisper,
that under the influence of the ChurC
| Army she is becoming a most a
sorbed social worker among the po
, and wretched of London.
: Miss Morgan In Good Work.
: Miss Anne Morgan, daughter OF
! Pierpont Morgan, is a typical soci
: worker of to-day. devoting her gif
. and energies to the educational NOV
! ment for the working classes As