Arizona republican., 1919-04-14
PHOEBE \. HEARST. ANSWERS bECKON
 IT GRIM REAPER
Gen erous Philanthropist Passes On-Contributions to Art, Education and Charity Notable-W Widow of U. s. Senator Mother of Wealthy Publisher

PLEASANTON, Cal, April 1S.-Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, widow of the late George Hearst of California, and mother of William Randolph Hearst, The publisher, died at her home here today after an illness of several weeks She was 76 years of age. Mrs. Hearst was known throughout the country for her philatropic work.
 MT. Hearst was with his mother when the end came. When it became apparent some time ago that because of Mrs. Hearst's advanced age, her ill., ness probably would result fatally, he hurried from New York 10 be with her. He was her only child.
 Phoebe Apperson- Hearst gentle reared, was of those hardy American pioneers who went into the west of trackless deserts and dangerous noun tains, endured hardships and fought life's battle, until won. She shared the hardships and adventures of her hus- band, the late Senator Hearst, who won millions from mines.
 Mrs. Hearst, educated under the care of a governess, gave to the unfor- tunates in rough mining camps, some thing of her own courage and devel- oped early the rule of help the indi- vidual to help himself This maxim she took as her guide in the life of philanthropic work to which she de- voted herself. She gave much of her time and probably millions of her mon ey to many institutions and individuals. She was a patron of the arts. Many of her gifts and loans to art institu- tions are considered of great value. Her only child was William Randolph Hearst born in San Francisco April e9, 1863, whose career began when he took over the San Francisco Examiner, which his father bought in 1886.
 Married at 19 Years
 Mrs. Hearst was 19 years old when she was married. Her husband then was beginning the career that made him one of the most noted figures in western financial and mining circles.
 She was born December 5, 1S42, on large farm bordering the Merrimack river in Franklin county, Missouri. Her ancestors were English and her father was of the Apperson family that settled in Culpepper county. Ken lucky. She taught school for a time in Crawford county, Missouri. and then leaving her home in St. Louis and her many friends, went west with her husband"
 The route lay by the Isthmus of Panama Often she rode with her hus- band on trips into the mountains. She came to know the excitement of hold ups, landslides, runaways and all the incidents of frontier lief. She worked with her husband and was with him when he located some of the richest mines. The trips took them into Ne vada, Utah, Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas.
 With the success of her husbands h eIo +1 States senate, Mrs. Hearst moved to Washington where she became one ot the leaders in the social life of the capital, beginning in 1886.
 House Filled With Art
 Then followed various visits abroad including a trip around the world. She was living in Paris when the news oi the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 reached her. She re- turned to California and since then has lived in Pleasanton, near San Fran cisco. Her home was filled with art treasures picked up in all parts of the world. So many were there that a specially constructed store room of re- inforced concrete was built to hold suct valuables as Mrs. Hearst had moi loaned or given to museum, both ir California and the east.
 MrS. Hearst proDaDly was pest known for her interest in charitable and edu- cational work. Her gifts to the Uni versity of California alone were ir excess of s1,000,0 900. These included the Hearst memorial mining building erected at a cost of $500, 900 and twenty scholarships for women. She estab- lished and maintained kindergarten r schools in various cities and the na- tional cathedral school for girls al . Washington was one of her gifts. ShC founded a number of libraries in min ing towns with which her husband hac been associated.
 Mrs. Hearst also was actively inter- ested in all manner of organizations having to do with women and theil welfare. Hundreds of needy individuals and institutions annually were in re- ceipt of her bounty at the Christina: