El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12
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equally anxious to help their couptry
develop itself edUcatiOnally. The state
OF California owes the equipment of its
two great universities TO the generosity
of two women who wished TO give to
the state the means Of advanced edu-
cation for its young people. Mrs. Jane
LathroD Stanford enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the only woman in the
world who has founded a large uni
versity. The Leland Stanford Junior
university IS not only mothers me-
mortal TO her son. but is. unintention-
ally upon her part, q memorial of much
personal sacrifice. in order that the
most liberal details of the great uni-
versity might be carried out
Mrs. Hearst's PhnanthrOpieS.
Mrs Phoebe AppersOn Hearst. the
benefactor of the University Of CALI
fornia. did not cor fine her philanthrO-
pies to her own safe They We're lib-
orally given tC the national capital
W. ere she made her home for a num-
b-r Of years. She was especially in
tereSted in kindergarten work when IL
was almost in its infancy. and founded
a training school for kindergarten
teachers Of this class to the public
schools of that city. Mrs Hearst also
lars TO the erection and endowment OF
the National Cathedral School for
Girls. in Washington, D. c.
In her work for the univeI Sity OF
her own state. Mrs Hearst was most
liberal paying for the cost of having
plans submitted for rebuilding by the
of Mines which she erected and
equipped as memorial 10 her hus-
band. is the finest building in the
world devoted to mining engineering.
Mrs. Hearst was interested in the es-
IA Enlistment of working girls clubs in
san Francisco. which she maintained
for years. and she has supplied the
town of Lead. in South Dakota. with
a free kindergarten and library
other Countries Benefited.
Other countries of the world are
benefiting b. the philanthrOpies of
American women. None has been re-
ceived with any greater appreciation
than has been shown by the Servian
people for what has been accomplished
for the women Of that country. through
the efforts or Madame SlaVkO -CTrOu-
itch. who before her marriage to
Servian nObleman. was Miss Mabel
Gordon Dunlop, Of west Virginia Since
and go unchaperoned upon the street,
the fact that the advantages OF the
University Of Belgrade are open to
women is Of little use Madame Grou-
itch has interested the wives of the
representatives of the Servian govern
ment at the different courts Of Eu-
rope, to raise money to establish a
boarding school at Belgrade where Ser
Wan girls may be taught the different
sciences The government Of Servia
already has donated the land for this
purpose
Hebrew Women .cffve.
The Hebrew women in America have
always been active in philanthrOpic
work from the time Of the beautiful
Rebecca Graft down to the present
work Miss Sadie American and her
associates are doing for the poor i'm
migrant girl who comes to this coun-
try alone RebecCa Graft helped nurse
Matilda Hoffman, the only love Of
Washington Irving, at a time when
trained nurses were unknown. She so
won the gratitude OF the young author
that he described her to sir Walter
Scott. who made her the heroine OF
his novel "IvanhOe."
Miss Gratz devoted her whole life to
DhilanthrOpic work. The Jewish FOs-
ter Home. of Philadelphia which still
is an active charity. is Of her found
Ing. While the needy and suffering OF
her own race naturally receive the first
consideration, the Jewish women are
active in every branch Of modern phil
anthrOpy.