Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-11
MRS. HARTMAN IS
WOMAN
Hetty Green the Fourth and Mrs
Russell Sage the Second Null.
timillionaire.

Mrs. Frederick e. Penfield..... 60O1O.oct
Yrs. DEITY Rowland Green...... 81, ooo Oot/
Miss Helen Miller Gould......... 25,ooorE
Mrs. o. II. 7. acknowledgements. 5.0n'cN
Mrs. G. Oliver iselin............... 10,oQ,cot
Mrs. II. II. Rorers................3 .Op0.or
Mrs. Daniel =. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 5.f0oO0t
Nrs. Archiha G. Thompson.. T,co0pi
Mrs. Marshall Field.............. 100000
Mrs. Morris X. Jesup............. 300 COZ
Mrs. T. Angela Scully............. l2,NncT
Mrs. William y. Leeds. .......... 10ro1oro
Mrs. James Henry Smith......... 500 .oo'
Mrs. Mary 6. Thav............... 10 on0,rt
In a will containing 20 words Hartman
eft all his property to his widow They
lad reached a thorough understanding as
10 the MANAGEMENT of his vast estate
and his faith in her good Judgment was
50 thorough that he dbl not deem {,
necessary to cucumber his Will with
or conditions, Since his death
she has devoted her tim, to the MASTERING
# the task. She has been assisted By the
'ervlccs Of Charles A. Peabody. presiden,
'i tn" Mutual Life Insurance company.
BY and by she will give more time ia
charity
Mrs. Hetty Green got 100000 when
her father, Edward Robinson, died. AZ
FEARS ago, leaving an estate of ss.Oono0o
The remaining IS 10000 was left in trust
to her children. Soon an aunt. Sylvia
Ann Rowland, died and added about 81
100000 70 Mrs. Green's store. She has
redouhled her fortune 1t Is now est
mated at St5oo0.0t0 Her daughter Svl-
via, Is the wife Of Matthew A. Wilkes.
a New York cluhman. Mrs. Green has
preferred for many years to live in
little Hoboken fat because it was cheap.
MRS. sAGE's HARD TASK.
Mrs. Russell Sage had the task Of
spending s55.oo0,O00 Russell Sage lad ac-
quired. In the first three years after his
death she disposed OF So. 100 900. She has
endowed the Russell Sage foundation.
the mission of which is 70 make the
condition of the poor happier. She has
lifted the debts from hospitals. schools
and churches. built churches outright.
shown civic interests in renovating the
governors room at city hall equipped in
dustral schools for girls. given to art
and given to the city shrubs
for Central Park.
Miss Helen NJ. Gould got more than
SO, coz. 600 from the estate Of her father,
Jaw Gould. By wise investments she bo,
added to this sum- It is estimated thai
she has more than Sc, 100000. Always
loving children. though she never mar
ried, she has undertaken to make GLAD
the hearts of thousands of little ones
whose parents are too poor to do much
for them. Appearing seldom in society,
she has turned the activities of a natur.
ally restless mind into the channels Of
In the Spanish War she
gave soo,@0 for relief work among sol.
diers and $4,000 for the work of the
Woman's Relief association. naval, army
and railroad Y. NJ. c. As everywhers
attest to her interest
,,1,1,ro>-r No~rv no ,ocprr,
Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont received from
her husbands estate $4,000. One of her
large gifts was 100000 10 tho Nassau
hospital at Mineola, l.. !.
tnder he will of her father, Col. Will
lam Goddard, Mrs. c. Oliver 1selin Of
New York became very wealthy in 1907.
Eventually she will receive practically
the whole Of her fathers estate Of from
-, pr,,.,sanaa o,,, ~, Ts,l;,,s
second wife.
Mrs. Emma r. Kennedy, widow Of
John S. Kennedy Of New York, headed
New York women on the tax list this
year, the estate OF her husband being
estimated at s5o,cNcNo. The figure oppo-
site her name was 100000 while that
opposite Mrs. Margaret o. Sage's name
was $4,000.
Though Mrs. Emile Rogers, widow o.
Ii II. Rogers, apparently las only the
income from securities Waited at 5000,
0r. which is about 10000 a year 1t is
known that more than that sum is at
her call. She was Mrs l.. Randel Hart
before her marriage to Rogers
Mrs. Daniel S. Lamont. whose husband
was secretary of war IN President Cleve.
lands second administration. has abou;
S5,Go,o0o
Mrs. Archibald G. Thompson of Phia-
delphia. whose first husband was Thorn
a. T.. Wanamaker. received at his death
s.. 100000 out of an estate of S200s)rN.
She was Miss Mary l.. Welsh. grand.
ia lighter OF John Welsh once United
States minister to England
NNH' FIELDS WEDDING PRESENT
Mrs. Della s. Field. widow Of Mar.
shall Field of Chicago. who loft sss.
45Q,O32 received $4,000. 600 ar her we'd
ding.
Mrs Morris X. Jessup received 50.
Gl7O00 from the IS. 900 goo estate n.
her husband Since his death she ba,
assisted in managaing the estate. Iasl
year she gave $4,000 to Yale to com.
sup chair in the forestry school.