The sun., 1918-11-09
CHARITY MILLIONS
IN MRS. SAGE'S WILL
II. J. Slocum, Jr., Nephew,
Says $35,OOO,OOO VIII Go
to Institutions.
CONFIRMATION LACKING
Half of Estate Given Away by
Financier's Widow in
Her Lifetime.

Announcement that the will of Mrs.
Russell Sage beaueaths between $40, ooo.-
900 and s35 5000. 900 to charitable and
educational institutions was made yes
terday in Syracuse by H. J. Socum, Jr.
one OF Mrs Sages's nephews
Mr.. Slocum is son of II. J. Slocum. a
brother OF Mrs. Sage. 1t is believed that
Col. j. ]. Slocum. another brother, will
receive the bulk OF the estate, the value
OF which has been estimated at $4,000
ooc.
Robert w. De Forest. attorney for the
estate, said yesterday that he could not
confirm the statement nor make public
any of the terms of the will until It Is
offered for probate. He will file 1t In
the Surrogate's Office in this county next
week.
Any attempt to guess what charities
will benefit by the will based upon Mrs.
Sage's activities in her lifetime, is sim
ply bewildering.
Gave Away Many Millions.
After her husbands death Mrs. Sage
gave away 100000. practically one
half the estate. Her private charities,
which we're numerous. were entirely
apart from the work of the Sage Foun-
dalton, which she established in 1907
with a sl0,000.000 donation. for the
improvement OF social and living condl-
lions in the United States"
She was especially fond of the Emma
Willard School at Troy, of which she
was a graduate. In 1907 she gave
S1,l00,0O0 to the school as an endow-
ment and for the building of Russell
Sage Hall, and in 1917 added a $250.00O
gift She gave $l50.00O to Nassar Col
lege in 1910 for a new dormitory. $780,
900 for a teachers college at Syracuse
University, 100000 in 1911 for worn
ans dormitory at Cornell University.
s25O.000 for freshmen's dormitory at
Princeton University, 100000 to Law
renee College. Appleton. Wis. 100000
to the Syrian Protestant College. Bel
rut. Asia Minor Sl.250,O0o TO the Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy,
$500, 900 in lands to the New York Uni
versity. $4,000 to Yale University for
the purchase of the Hillhouse property,
and large sums to Harvard and smaller
colleges.
Donations to Religious Bodies.
Her henefactions to religious and
other activities included Naval Y. NJ.
c. A.. Brooklyn. 100000; Long Island
Y. NJ. c. A, 800. 900 international COM
mittee Of Y. NJ. c. A. 1880 900. Institute
for Seamen. sl50.oo0, endowment fund
American Bible Society 100000. Asso-
citation for the Relief of Respectable
Aged and INDECENT Females $500. 900
Margaret Sage Industrial Home $780,
900. to build the Russell Sage Memorial
Church which she presented to the
First Presbyterian Church of Far Rock
away 100000, numerous donations to
the First Presbyterian Church OF SYRIA
cuse. to the Institute OF Pathology on
Blackwells Island 100000
These are only a part of her many
benefactions.
In 1912 Mrs Sage paid $50, 900 for
scventy-flve acres on Marsh Island I'm
the South as a winter refuge for birds
She was friend of the Metropolitan
Museum OF Art, TO which she donated
the II. Eugene Bolles collection OF fur
niture, and subsequently collections OF
paintings. sculptures and worries. She
presented to the Cathedral Of St John
the Divine $3.50 pulpit
At Christmas each year she gave s.
gold pieces. to all the employees Of Cen
trail Park.