The Washington herald., 1910-07-24

is their guardian angel and patron saint.
as the New York Clubs for Working
Girls, the Teachers College. branch
of the national Young Woman's Christian
Association, and the Travellers Aid So
ciety testify.
These she established and guides on
their helpful way The Travellers aid
Society has agents al the various rail-
road stations ana ferry landings 10 meet
unaecompanied girls coming TO the me-
tropolis and keep them from harm. In
this work Miss Dodge has been spending
a large part OF her fortune
Miss Elizabeth Plankinton, In Miiwau-
kee. and Mrs. T. Gibson Richardson. OF
New Orleans. are two women who are
always looking % the retirement OF their
respective cities. The special aim OF Miss
Plankinton is 70 beautify the streets and
public buildings OF Milwaukee. and Mrs.
Richardson has done a great deal of the
same work for New Orleans. while she
has given large sums to Tulane Uni
versity
Miss Mary J. Winthrop gave the Prince
NoA- AAANSAOEireA Ai0i IMAM
S1,0Oe,O00; Miss Eliza O. Ropes enriched
Harvard and other colleges by more than
$2.000,0O0. while Miss Anna Jeanes, a
wealthy Philadelphia QUakeress, left ST.
100000 TO educate and uplift the negro.
The pleadings of a lacerated heart
prompted Mrs. Harold F. Mccormick.
formerly Miss Edith Rockefeller, to de-
vote a generous slice OF her fortune to
carrying on a relentless war upon In
fectious diseases, especially those TO
which children are particularly subject
Her great sorrow was the death of her
little son Jack from scarlet fever. This
led to the endowment OF journal of
Infectious Diseases" to the amount OF
N25. 900. Mrs. Mccormick has also given
literally TO he Rockefeller Institute of
Medical Research and TO her church
Perhaps the pioneer in carrying out the
philanthropic designs of a husband was
Mrs. Leland Stanford. of California. who
gave over $SS,OO0.OO0 of the fortune left
her 10 found the Leland Stanford, Jr,
University, something her husband would
have done had he lived a few years
longer.
Generous Youthful Hearts.
Younger women of wealthy parents arc
giving evidences of the helping hand
also. The Pittsburg girl who preferred a
park IN which poor children could play
to ropes Of pearls and strings of dia-
mOnds for a birthday gift was Miss Hell
en- Frick, daughter OF the steel magnate
Later. it is said. Miss Prick persuaded
her father TO establish a park on the
Atlantic coast for poor children OF other
cities.
Miss Margaret Carnegie. daughter OF
Andrew Carnegie. although only little
more than twelve years old. is taking
a deep interest In charitable work She
has had her father endow for her several
social movements including the Kings
ley Settlement House and the Margaret
Morrison Carnegie School for Women
Other young women of wealth and So
cial position are taking considerable In
terest in humanitarian movements. Mrs
Charles c. Rumsey, formerly Miss Mary
Hartman, daughter OF the late railroad
king. began the promotion of settlement
work in New York City before she was
out OF her teens. Recently she pur-
chased . ferrybeat and had 1t fitted out
as a floating hospital II is anchored
in Erie Basin, off Brooklyn. and there
can obtain rest and nee
essary treatment while inhaling the wa
ter breezes. Hiss Dorothy Whitney has
furnished the financial backing for a
number of diet kitchens In New York
and in other ways has manifested her
interest in the unfortunates of that great
city.
Many women whose names are more
familiar TO the general public. because
Of their social doings at Newport and
elsewhere than for other reasons. have
been large and consistent contributors TO
worthy charities. womans heart is
touched more quickly by need than is
that OF man. and she is not so calcu-
lating in her giving. The coming years
VIII probably witness many splendid
gifts TO humanity al her hands