Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
OVER Two HUNDRED AND Fiji TY MILLION DOLLARSGMY
~ FOR PHILANTHROPY THIS YE.ARye<=z2ea8##N2@

She New York banker 8ho a. his
death; two Years ago amazed the world
by giving Sn.on.e0 to chafity. recently
visited Rome: While there she attended
the Waldensian Protestant Church. She
found the church. which II The oldest
Protestant one in Italy. pitifully poor IN
possessions and it's members disCourag-
ingly few in number. Mrs. Kennedy i'm
mediately gave se1,ooo- to il for it's up
building.
Alexander Smith Cochran of New York
purchased from the HUH Library valus-
bile Shakespearean folios for presentation
10 tn, EhZabethan Club at Yale Tniver-
sity. The value of this gift Is estimated
at $500 Gpo
Ex-senator William 4. CLARK presented
Seio,"o to the Young Mems Christian A.
sociation Of Los Angeles, Cal, in memory
of his mother
Mrs T.. II. Hartman contributed $780,
600 for public purposes during the year.
Deadwood. 5. d. received 100000 for a
city park and public auditorium in the
center of the city. and SSa.o0p was given
for national school fer municipal re-
search. Some years ago r. III. Hartman
became interested in municipal research
as a method OF increasing governmental
efficiency. His widow has been following
the work done in this connection 10y the
New York Bureau Of Municipal ReSearch-
Requests for the extension of IL TO othcr
cities and the inability to secure a sufil-
Client number Of men who are qualified 30
take il up suggested to Mrs. Hartman
the need of providing n training SChOal
for public service Mrs. Harriman's offer
was conditioned on other contributions or
$4,000 a year for four years being oh
tanned. These contributions have been re-
ceived from prominent Americans. among
them being Ohm d. Rockefeller. Andrew
Carnegie. Jacob Schiff. Otto Kahn, Henry
Philips. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Robert Goe-
let. George w. Perkins. Frank 4. Munsev.
Clarence II. Mackay and August Belmont
Thirty-siX men and women gave be-
tween 500 opo and twice that amount.
Gen. Samuel c. Lawrence of Medford.
Mass. willed S171.ooo the bulk OF his
bequest going to Masonic organizations.
Walter f. Duryea Of Montclair. ~ J.,
left $4,000 TO Montclair and New York
city hospitals. Mr.. Duryea broke his neck
by diving in shallow water twelve years
before his death. Practically helpless. he
was nursed devotedly by Miss Eleanor
Peregrne. who was made the chief bene
ficiary Of his two-million-dollar estate.
Edward Il. Butler. prominent mer-
chant of Chicago. gave his collection OF
George 1nness paintings eighteen in num-
Der and valued at $4,000. to the Chi
cago Art Institute. MIR. Butler. although
known as a merchant. is an artist Of con-
siderable merit and for years has been
WiflfllIS prizes paintings, OUT not
even his closest friends suspected in the
artists work the we'll known merchant.
Charles Scribner. the publisher. of New
York city. gave $50 600 to Princeton Uni
versity for Princeton University press
to be operated for excellence and not for
pecuniary profit. Mrs Rose Loersche OF
Hoboken. n. J.. acquired a fortune OF
$l0.oD by acting as manager for the
concert tours of Blind Tom, the famous
negro musician of a generation ago. This
Mrs. l<OprSrhe witlad cha rita HE
institutions p. A. r. Widener, the
Philadelphia street railway magnate. con-
tributed 100000 to the Young Mems As
ISOLATION fund of Philadelphia
SO.
Lispenard Stewart OF; New York city
decided to make charitable gifts in his
lifetime instead of waiting until after his
death. SO he gave the New York Eye and
Ear Infirmary $4,000; Roosevelt Hospi
tai, $4,000; Grace Church, $4,000; ths
New York Geological Society, $1,000. and
$4,000 to various charities.
William T. Wardwell of New York city
{ for many years treasurer of the STANDARD
Oil Company. bequeathed 100000 to th'
Red Cross Hospital of New York, pro
vided it used no alcohol and as few mar
cotic drugs as possible. Charles Il
Crane of. Chicago, the well known manu-
facturer. contributed 100000 to allevlat.
. suffering among the Albanians. The
money was distributed by Miss Edit
Durham, superintendent Of the Fodgo'
rita Hospital.
Among the many. many gifts below
100000 in amount We're the following:
William w. Smith. Poughkeepsie'
philanthropist. gave $4,000 to the old
ladies' home of that place, which he de-
scribed as the "vestibule of heaven
Mr. Smiths benefactions i'm the last few
years have exceeded half a million dol
lars, and it is said that In proportion Il