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Evening Star, Issue 14413, 8 July 1910, Page 1

A recent cable mentioned that Mr Isaac Wyman, of Salem (Maes., U.S.), had left three, millions sterling to I’imoeton University, as "a memorial of lasting offec-tion-for my dear Alma Matex.” Some personal characteristics of the donor are supplied by the Now York correspondent of the London ‘ Telegraph.’ The deceased was descended from an English family—the Wymans of Hereford. Tijfe late Mr Wyman, who never married, led the life of a recluse. His thrift extended, to the limits of parsimony. In order to save expense he never had a lire in his office, and, lilte the late Russell Sage, he regaled himself with an apple and a biscuit for lunch, and wore one suit of clothes completely out before he purchased another. The millionaire’s one diversion was the collection of antiques and postage stamps. A ; lawyer hy profession, he annexed his fortune by the practice of severe economy- and.shrewd, bnd (spwttfatiQna, ; -