The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-07

Il 4 aice 60 believe that all rich
men are nor wholly bad. That they all
90 a0t gant 20 deyour the substance
Of the poor like 30 many rasenous
wolves. We know that the gif's OF
Mr. Carrs 90 and Nr RocEegelp- sFo
dlscredited By some OF us.
whatever their Interior motives are
we are glad thar sometime has
lmpelled them 20 part wlth their &C.
cumulallons Tor the general good OF
the generations that are TO follow.
TIE colleges and schools. the hos
pitfalls and lnnrmaries. the homes for
the AGED and destitute. the cathe-
drals. churches and libraries. and the
eleemosynary Institutions Of every
description that dot our land 80 plen.
TRULY. whatever may have been the
Inspiring cause Of the donors. must In
tae ead result IN great good 10 all
concerned
Bnt tao Instances De before rs OF
the deeds Of rich mea whose motives
cannot De questioned.
one i that Of bealamln Altman.
one o. the merchant princes OF New
York Clty. recently deceased.
During bis lifetime Mr.. Altman Was
exceedingly transformations and refus.
ed 20 let his left hand proclaim the
gifts OF his rlsht hand. and few knew
Of his beneyolences.
Fex. indeed. knex that hts accmmu
lations amounted 90 the enormous
sum Of sto.eoe.eee.
Mr. Altmaa had never married. so
be had no direct descendants. lie
sas welded 90 his business and to
bis collections Of art. After proyld.
ing Tor his nephess aud nieces. he be-
slowed a number OF large legacies
upon charitable and educational lnsil.
tuli0ns. Including one hundred thou.
sand dollars 20 TIE National Academy
Of Design After giving special gifts
70 friends, he settled the bulk OF his
fortune. upwards % sao.ooo. 0oo. TO his
employees IN a charitable corporation
named The Altman Foundation"
l. there not something ennobllng 20
live . life Of that kind Does Il not
show that there l. still the milk Of
humsn kindness running through our
veins today a. there ever vas az
ans time ia the worlds history
What q monument Mr. Altman has
left 20 perpetuaie hls memory. and
n good deeds make ones eternal sleep
more sweet aud peaceful how tran.
quill indeed. must be his.
But the story yet 20 follow arouses
ones administration in q still larger de-.
gree. n will be remembered that a
IRE occurred some time ago IN the
clofhing factory % Reed n Freeman,
A. Bsnghampton. n y IN this are
thirty factory girls lost their lives.
AZ the time 81 the catastrophe the
proprietor was the possessor Of s..
NNHtH"# HAN NA4rf AtAFN "a JUS HAEA3
Just claim against him b. turned
over every dollar that was left 81 IFS
fortune TO the families Of the giris
sho lost their lives in his factory,
and AZ the age Of g. he begins Tie all
over again.
Re goes out into the world empty.
handed 90 face is viclsslgaeees He
could have kept back a few thousand
90 ease his declining years. bat he
surrendered every penny. and begins
the battle anew hopefully and optim.
isticaily
l. The world not better Tor these
tao men having lived IN IL
Il seems 20 us that their example
ought in a manner 70 bridge the guilt
separating the rich from the poor.
and make Il az least less bitter
When Ne are al striving 50 ylgor'
ously 20 better our conditions Il
seems % rs that az ought 20 BE- more
tolerant o. those Who succeed better
az the wheel 90 fortune than our.
selves. for When the end comes. aud
their inner lives are revealed. se dis.
cover. when Ia h too late. how wrong.
fally a. have judged them.
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