The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-06
MADAM C.. ]. WALKER, GREAT
PHILANTHOPIST, LAID TO REST.

her business has developed thousand
fold, extending throughout North Amer
ica, the West Indies and South America.
The Nine. G. j. Walker Manufacturing
Co. now employs $4,000 agents, her an
nual business exceeding 100000. Her
Irvington home is worth quarter of a
million dollars. r...
Her Beautiful Home.
For her home she could hardly have
chosen more attractive spot. The site
is in the most exclusive part of Irving
ton Village, on Broadway near Fargo
Lane, commanding a magnificent view
rof the Hudson, the hills beyond and the
surrounding country. 1t sweeps the
Hudson for miles about, and may be
plainly viewed by pleasure craft pass
ing up and down the river. The struc-
ture, a three story and basement affair
with roof of red tile, is in the italian
renaissance style of architecture and
was designed by v. w. Tandy, col
ored architect 1t is 113 feet long, 60
wide and stands in the center of four
and a quarter acre tract. 1t is freproof,
of structural tile with an outer cover
ing of cream colored stucco, and has "a
rooms. In the basement are gym
nasium, baths and showers, kitchen and
pantry, servants dining room, power
room for an organ and storage vaults
for valuables.
The main entrance is on the north
side. The visitor enters a marble room,
where a marble stairway leads to the
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library and conservatory, living room
81 by 32 feet, furnished in italian style,
a Louis XIV drawing room IS by 45
feet, and dining room with hand
painted ceiling Adjoining the kwo
drawing rooms is chamber for an
$4,000 organ, which may be played au-
tomatically or by hand. Nine. Walker
likes music. When the organ is played
sounding pipes will carry the strains to
different rooms in the house.
The second floor contains bedrooms,
bathrooms, showers, dressing rooms,
sewing rooms and two sleeping
porches On the third floor are SER
wants quarters. The owner employs
eight servants.
Had Distinguished Friends.
Nine. Walker was member of the
colored committee that visited Presi-
dent Wilson to protest against the East
St. Louis riot. A few months ago she
was deeply interested in league OF
darker peoples, and offered to contrib
ute $25, 900 toward such a league, which
was to fight for the worldwide rights
of darker peoples. The picture in which
she is shown, taken in the Waldorf
Astoria, Jan. 7, at conference WIN the
japanese delegates to the peace confer
ence, is her last photo ever made. She
is paying the expenses of several stu
dents at Tuskegee Institute and she IS
assisting colored people in other lnstl-
tutions to get an education. She num-
hers among her friends professors,
teachers, physicians, lawyers, merchants
and preachers, and also had many
friends among the poor of the race. She
is self educated, Of course. Her taste
in books runs to history, especially
American history. She regularly reads
the works of colored authors. Her IN
terest in politics, commerce and current
events was always in her conversations.
Her recreation were the theatre, Dase-
ball, football and basketball.
Nine. Walked became i'll in st. Louis
last Easter Sunday, while visiting at
the home Of c. X. Robinson, editor OF
the st. Louis Clarion.
Besides Drs. Ward and Kennedy at
the bedside when death occurred were:
Mr and Mrs. F. B. Ransom, Mrs. Edna
Thomas, Mrs. Lulu Thompson, madam !
three nieces, Anpetta, Gladys and Mat