Samuel (Ffjartte, Mtmnb? r 



r I 'HE loss of Samuel Thome, philanthropist and 

 -*• friend of man, is a loss to humanity, and a 

 great loss to the wild life of the world. 



In the great city in which he lived, and wrought, 

 and died, a thousand causes for the succor, the pro- 

 tection and the uplift of humanity constantly stretch 

 out their hands. 



Partly through those agencies Mr. Xhorne con- 

 stantly used his time, his influence and his material 

 means for good. His quick eye and unerring judg- 

 ment taught him to discriminate between the needed 

 and not needed, the necessary and desirable rather 

 than the unnecessary and the not- worth- while. 



Hundreds of humanitarian causes felt the stim- 

 ulating influence of Samuel Thorne s helping hand. 

 There were few good causes which he did not sup- 

 port. In 1897 he became one of the founders of the 

 New i ork Zoological Society, and to the close of 

 his life he continued to he one of it s strongest sup- 

 porters. For fifteen years he was a member of the 

 Executive Committee. 



Beginning in 1906 Mr. Thorne became a con- 

 stant and liberal supporter of the wild life protection 

 cause; and it is very fitting that through this Fund 

 the name of so good a friend to wild life will be 

 permanently associated with wild life defense. 



