The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-16


university. 1t is expected that other
large sums viii be given to the trust
from time To time, To he disposed of
similarly.
The names Of the donors and the
individual amounts are not made pub
! lie. BY this system the university
is assured of growing endowment,
while the bencfactors may be salts
| fled that their fortunes will pass ON
in manner satisfactory to them, at
the same time providing for their inn
mediate wants and those of their
families.
Anonymous Iiyers have various
methods of arranging for their philan-
| thropics TWO years ago for instance,
an old gentleman. plainly dressed and
with nothing To suggest that he was
not simply "A retired business man out
Tor morning stroll, walked into the
llahnemaun hospital oilicc in New
York city and said:
Can / see through the wards"
Certainty" replied the supcrntcnd-
cnt 4 am going on my daily rounds
in a few minutes ana will b" clad t.
show you the hospital"
The caller had volley Of questions,
and as ne walked through some partly
'illcd wards asked why there were not
more charity patients there, consider
inG the supposed need of increased
hospital facilities.
we have waiting list of fifty or
more. but haven't the money to take
them, YOU see" explained the sapcrin-
tcndcut, Zach patient would cost u,
50 a day At this rate we would need
about $4,000 additional funds per am
mum. Naerc are We To obtain the
CASH"
The old gentleman said nothing, On
completing the inspection of the hos
lital he declared that he had spent ~
good half-hour," thanked the superin-
tcndcnt, and walked out
Some time afterward this Official
read in the newspapers that a mil
Lonaire had died and left $4,000 to
iIahnemann hospital ON comparing
the name with the visitors register it
developed that this benefactor was
the anonymous caller Of the previous
spring.
ono of the most generous lifts ever
made to the Presbyterian hospital in
New York city was by friend
who preferred to act through third
party. It was trust endowment of
money and securities amounting to.
$l,3Oo,nor The income arising from
this bencfaction is used exclusively
toward the support of the scientific
and educational work connected with
| the hospital ana its affiliated teaching
body, the college of physicians and
surgeons OF Columbia university.
They Gave Through Morgan.
How many millions az dollars were
given anonymously during the past
! few years through the late j. Picrpont
! Morgan will doubtless never be known
! The fact is, however that he found
! tim" To be the almunor of several
wealthy men. who in this way were
in the habit of substantially aiding
various philanthropic works 1t is SUP
posed that there were about a dozen
very rich men giving away money in
this novel manner
Considerable mystery has been
thrown around the matter, but it is
/ possible TO say that at least three of
the men concerned were large con-
tr.butors To- contain charities i'm their
own names. As Mr.. Morgan was al
ways looked upon ass a prnccly givcr
himself, though 10y no means in the
Rockefeller or Carnegie class. it was
| practicable To carry out the arrange
mont without exciting unusual COM
ment If any particular girt seemed
moNplioahlc as coming from him. it
would have been a simple matter for
Mr. Morgan To say that certain eli
cnls of mis- desired a. contribution
made in that manner SO well has the
secret been guarded, however that
PERHAPS not more than a score of pco-
pie are familiar With it.
The assumption is reasonable that
the object Of these philanthropists i'm
r"sortinS 10 such an odd mode of dis
pensing charity, was To save them
solves from the dclugc Of appeals
from societies ana individuals that
dcsccnds upon any donor nowadays
whose bcnefactions become q matter
of public record. Here is discovered "A
motive for some Anonymous gifts.
Often the donors are controlled not by
modesty but 10y a desire for sc'r-pro-
lection against the thousands of letters
that follow widely heraldcd public
giving.
How many persons have a clea. idea
If the size of the mail OF the multi
millionaire phianthropist? In talking
with Charles 6. Tcgethofr, agent Of
the Hartman estate, the writer of this
article was informed that owe, - 900
begging letters had been sent to Mrs
Edward IT. Hartman in two years.
: aver 500 letters month, all the year
around, asking for money. An analy.
sis of but 5000 of these showed an
: aggregate of $267, 100000 or Requests
IT is not surprising that it was ncocs-
Sarl for her To give up the attcmpt 80
read them all. as the task wuuiI have
required her entire time. Had she re-
sponded according to the demands
made, her entire fortune would LONE
ago have bppu disburspd