The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-14
TO HELP OTHERS.
Eight American Women Who
Spend Immense Sums
1nCharitable, PhilanthrOpic and
Educational Work.
MRS. STANFORD LEADS
With Her Thirty Mil len Dollar
University Endowment.
Mrs. Sage Is Giving Away S.
100000 Year.
s1O9,7OO,OOO


New York. October 14.-Eight of
Americas well known lady philan-
thropists have given or are about to
give $10s,7OO,0OO of their husbands
or fathers money to help others.
Such is the responsibility felt by the
wives and daughters Of SCrcesSf1I
1nanciers, end SUCH is the ACrk en-
While the $109,7O0,OGO IS Cnly a drop
in the bucket com3a-sd to the total
amount of phiIanth - g work lone BY
american women c inrIu1.,s the +s'T-
mated contributes -; many a the
most prominent phiIa7t1copists. Tne
monument erected through the gener-
osity of Mrs. Leland Stanford i'll the
magnificent $30,000,000 endowment
fund for Leland Stanford, Jr., univer
Eity will remain for years 10 cuEle to
eless her name.
He Left S65,OOO,OOO.
When Russell Sage died he left $65,
100000 to his widow to dispose of in
philanthropic ways as she saw fit. She
is giving this away at the rate of
about $S,00O,0O0 a year, but within the
next few years it is thought she will
dispose of all the $65, 100000. The
principal single endowment of Mrs.
yielding 100000 annually, which is to
be used to eradicate as far as pos
sible the causes of poverty and ignor-
ance rather than to relieve the suffer-
ant" Other large gifts include ST.
100000 to Rensselaer, Polytechnic in
stitute at Troy, n. Y; $1,O00,000 to
Emma Willard seminary and $780,
600 in gifts to religious institutions
and settlement work.
Miss Helen Gould's gifts likewise
have been widely distributed: She
has spent more than $10,O0O,0O0 of
the fortune left her by her father. Jay
Gould. Miss Gould's personal interest
in charity work has made her famous
ever the world.
Has Given Away 100000.
Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan is noted for
her charities. and it is estimated that
in the last few years she has given
away over 81, 600. 900. Her single largest
donation was for the building and re-
ut Richmond, Va, which cost her near
" a million dollars.
5 The present Mrs. William K. Wander
bi1t has recently given g. million do;-
lars to build model tenement houses
for city jewellers afflicted with tubeT-
culosiS, and she is noted for many other
smaller charities. Miss Anna MorgaI,
daughter of ]. Pferpont Morgan, WORKS
quietly and it is hard to estimate in
collars and cents the amount of finan-
cial help given by this charming girl to
others during the last few years, but il
is conservatively estimated at more
has given literally to charity in the
past, and her gifts exceed the 100000
mark.
Spends Thousands Annually.
Mrs. Harold F. Mccormick. formerly
Miss Edith Rockefeller, spends thou
sands of dollars annually in quiet wo-i<
in various forms of charity. Miss Helen
Frick, daughter of Henry c. F'ricl1
Miss Dorothy Whitney. and Miss Ma, y
Hartman, daughter of the railroad
king, are among the energetic and sir
cere workers in philanthropic fields. |
Miss Harriman'S recent gift to New
York, which included the fitting out of
boats for the accommodation of chii- !
dren afflicted with tuberculosis so they
could enjoy the open air on the sea, has
cost many thousands of dollars and i
is estimated her total gifts of recent
years will exceed 800, 900.
A complete list of Americas leading
philanthropists would include practi- ,
cally every wife and daughter of m I
famed for their money. This was not