Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-15
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BALTIMORE, April 1j.-'The bulk of the
! Garrett millions will go toward further
! Ing the development of Bryn Mawr Col
lege and widening the scope of its activi-
| ties.
This statement was made here today
by Mrs. Elizabeth Garrett White the de-
ceased phlanthropist's aunt and closest
blood relative John w. Garrett the
father of Bryn Mawrs benefactor, was
the brother of Mrs. White.
At her home here on Mt, Vernon place
she expressed the opinion that virtually
all the money left to Miss NJ. Carey
Thomas Internationally by her niece,
Mary Garrett, would be devoted to put
ting Bryn Mawr on plane that would
make the Main Line college without a
peer among feminine institutions of
learning in the world
"The advancement OF women" said
Mrs. White, was tho thing above all
others in the world that my niece was
interested in. She not only believed in
woman suffrage, but she thought that
women should be so trained and so de-
veloped that they could take their place
side by side with men in any line of work.
simple tastes. l think her fortune will
amount to more than 4OO0,00O J."
Mrs. White added further that she
thought it had been Miss CARROTS aim
to advance the cause of woman suffrage
indirectly by providing for women col
lege which would offer to them every ad-
vantage and every avenue of development
that the best mans college affords.
She has not met Miss Thomas yet,
despite the fact that the latter is estab-
lshed In the Mary Garrett mansion, left
to her along with tho millions, just n
stones throw from the White residence,
and, although Mrs. White said positively
that the Garrett relatives would not con-
test the will, her voice was tinged with
regret when she spoke of the house which
her brother had built and left to his
daughter passing out of Garrett hands
The scene at the big old gray mansion
Is different now than It was two weeks
ago. Then the front was darkened, and
only the caretakers living i'm the rear
gave 1t any sign of habitation. Because
of the infrequency of Miss CARROTS
visits to her Baltimore home, and be-
cause of their short duration, passers-
by seldom saw the house opened.
But now the big carved doors have
been thrown wide open. The quiet rooms
are no longer so. All day long the in
cessant clatter of busy typewriters tells
OF aCUNe business going on upstairs.
Miss Thomas win see no one. Her an
swer is that "she is in deep mourning
and cannot be seem"
Many people who knew the two fam
lies here declare that the friendship of
Mary Garrett for NJ. Carey Thomas Is
comparable TO famous friendships that
have gone down In history, and the fact
that 1t was between women makes it all
the more remarkable,
More than 40 years ago, when the
women We're just emerging from young
girlhOod, they were friends. and because
of the similarity OF their taste for learn
ing and their strong attitude on the sub
tect of womans rights they became the
leaders of coterie of girls who were
known as the "Blue Stockings of Baltl-
more"
Although their goal was the same, the
paths which they followed In pursuing
their ambition for learning were widely
divergent. Miss Garrett was of reuluse
habits. She was not a good mixer and
was i'll at ease in the society In which she
was bred, because she did not care for
1t. She was an inveterate reader and
student. but followed no set curriculum
Miss Thomas, who was four years
younger than the friend who was honored
with the great trust of millions, has a