New-York tribune., 1910-01-06

FROM line Springfield Republican
His idea was to help men needing help. in
manner never to injure their self-respect.
and so he put these model hotels OF their
KIND on self-supporting basis He was
man OF the Strictest integrity and demo-
cratic in his manuers-as fine a type as
ever lived OF the business man.
IMPROVED THE LOT OF THE NEEDY.
From The Buffalo Commercial.
One of the great financiers of New York
great amount of good with his money, and
the city owes much to him for works OF
charity and the Improvement of the lot of
the needy and the submerged tenth"
A FRIEND OF HUMANITY.
From The Troy Press
Darius o. Mills had a good heart, as we'll
as a great fortune, and his practical phi
lanthropies blessed myriads, HIS cheap
hotels in New York have provided decent
food and lodging for thousands and thou
sands who would have suffered otherwise
for the want of either Muitimillionaires of
the MillS type are friends of humanity, and
the world is richer rather than poorer on
account of their accumulatiops.
ONE CLAIM TO DISTINCTION
From The New York Globe.
His best claim to fame and distinction Is
that he was among the first to perceive
and to recognize In this any other coun-
try that the philanthrOpic impulse, as To
many ameltorative agencies, should be
guided and directed by business principles
He laid hold of the basic idea that excel
lent things could be made to pay their own
way-that 4 per cent return on capital
was compatible with doing a vast amount
of good. He was supporter in act of the
thesis that Ii is better, as to many things,
TO enable purchase at reasonaoie price
than to give and thus to pauperize and TO
weaken.
PRE- EMINENT"
From The Washington Post.
The life OF this pioneer and prime factor
offers field of study every young man
should avail himself Of For vigor and
sturdiness, those rugged virtues that cleave
the way to achievement, the dead hnancier
and phiianthropist-may he rest we'll among
the master minds in Sleepy Hollow Gene
tery!-stands pre-eminent, In public estima-
ton, among the nation builders of his time.
PRACTICAL CHARITY.
From The Philadelphia Press.
The late D. o. Mills was known and re-
spected in California as financier, banker
and public spirited citizen many years be-
City. His greatest and permanent fame
will rest. doubtless. on his unique and en-
lightened charity in establishing In New
York City three large hotels where re-
spectacle men of limited means can obtain
decent meals and lodging at very moderate
prices. These hotels have proved self-sus-
tanning. Economy of administration and
the elimination of the need of profit for
distribution enable these hotels to give a
is one that viii bear still further develop
ment but it is contribution to socologi-
cal science and practical charity most cred
table to the head and heart OF the multi
millionaire who conceived it.
IAN EXEMPLARY CITIZEN"
From The Boston Journal.
In Darius Ogden Mills. dead in California
at the ripe old age OF eighty-fOur the
United States had an exemplary citizen and
benefactor. By nature aiyenturous and
chivalrous he fairly bounded to success
once he was thrown upon his own re-
good constitution. he started out at the age
of sixteen and before he was twice that.
age had made himself rich and respected.
Later on he turned his wealth and en-
thusiasm to the fields of art. science and
philanthropy. taking an active interest in
projects dedicated to the improvement and
advancement of his fellow men,. Thrice
successful and praiseworthy is the self
made multimillionaire who devotes the
most influential years of his life to the ser
Mills richly deserve place in our hall OF
fame.
LASTING BENEFITS"
From The Troy Times
Darius Ogden Mills. whose death is re-
ported from California, was a typical Amer
lean in Fthe best sense. A veritable argO-
naut and an original ''Forty-niner" lie went
to the Pacific Coast at the beginning of the
gold excitement. But he took with him
qualities already developed in a worthy
career in the East. where his industry and
talents had won him recognition. He be-
came q merchant and later a banker IN
California and gained great wealth through
honorable business methods HIS was a
life of spotIess integrity. and through all
his great business activity there ran the
spirit ef devotion to the best interests OF
his fellow men, His services 10 philan-
thropy art. education and other high
causes were many and conspicuous His
such as to leave lasting benefits. Mr. Mills
was a man of culture and refinement, and
his family life was IDEAL
WELL DIRECTED BENEFACTIONs.
From The New York Times.
Like John s. Kennedy and Charles Stew
art smith, d. o. Mills belonged TO the
older generation OF men OF large affairs
and great fortunes in this city. For 1t was
with this city, even more than with San
life the name and the activities of Mr.
Mills were associated. Mr.. Mills's activities
in New York took many forms. His hene-
factions were numerous and we'll directed
lodging at little more than tenement house
cost, yet in conditions of cleanliness and
comfort that make them acceptable homes
have been a conspicuous example of the
wise use the banker made of his fortune
His active interest in the Geological Gar
den the MetropClitan Museum of Art and
testified to his desire 10 aid In building un
institutions worthy OF the great city and
its civilization. Mr.. Mills was a successful
man of the old-fashioned type. BY old
qualities. his benefactions and his high
character he won and preserved the re-
spect the esteem and the gratitude of the
communities in which his life was spent.