, 1885-02-13
MRS. EDWARD H. GREEN
WHO IS SAID TO Be THE RICHEST
WOMAN IN AMERICA.
Her szs. 900. 900 Of Securities with Cisco
q son-Her Intimate knowledge OF
Railroad Securities Charaetaristlcs
Husband and

ltuN Auf& Iimt1-l
or the TOO or 800 persons rho had money
on deposit with the banking firm Of john J..
Cl.co & Son Mr.. f. II. Green was tho rich
ct. She not only had about s450, 0o0 in cash
dep0sitei subject TO draft but she also had
about $4,000, 900 Of stocks and government
and railroad bonds securely locked up in tbs
firms faults As a special trust For more
than twenty yearx, It is said. John J. Cisco
& Son cared for Mrs. Green's securities pud
collected tho interest on her bonds AMI the
dividends on her stocks.
Soon after the rumors affecting the credit
OF tho banking firm were started, Mrs. Green
wrots from Bellows Falls. Vt, where she L.
residing, requesting the firm to cioss her &C
count, stating that she desired 10 place her
cash In other banks The letter reached
John J. Cisco & Son while a heavy run was
being made upon them by their depoaitors-
Friends OF the firm say that 10 ha We paid the
Urge amount called for by Mr.. Groen at
TINT time would nave crippled the concern
and caused n sacrifice Of the interests OF
other creditors Tho firm replied to Mira
Green's letter informing her that her hus-
band, Mr.. L. II. Green, formerly ~vico-presi-
dent OF the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
owed them ss00, 900 and requesting her to al
low her deposit to remain for the time being
a. an Offset 10 that loan This she promptly
&AAAN ~ 1kH a. d" AAA| = ~ 100 IA"
variabl rule to keep her own financial mat
ters entirely separate from those OF her
hu shaud.
Mrs. 4. II. Green Is well known. by repu-
tation at least In Wall street she Is be-
loved to be the richest woman in Americn,
a tito earned by her own business sagncity,
energy and watchfnlnesz Her father, a
New Bedford whaler named johnson, died
some yenrs ago and left her, 1t Is said, about
g, 900, 900, She has lived a frugal life, ex-
ercised extraordinary keenness in her invest
ments, and by embracing every COOL oppor-
tunity that the stock market AFFORDED, she
has more than quintupled her heritage.
Old Wall street operators give Mr. Green
credit for having a. intimate n knowledge
Of railroad securities us any person they
know. A broker said that no knew OF more
than one instance whore Mrs. Green had
gotten up a corner II R.ading stock. She Is
50 largely interested in the Louisville &
Nashville securities that it has leen fire.
qrently said that she practically owns the
road
Tho richest woman in America" has some
strongly marked characteristics She does
business on this s~trictest business principles,
regardless OF sentiment or relationship, and
she Is economical in the most elaborate sense
Of the word. She seems TO nave made 1t a
rule Of her life to indulge in no personal
Injuries She has been known to walk from
her hotel In this city TO a social reception
through a heavy snowstorm rather than pay
for the use Of a coach. Il Is related that one
day, when John Jay Cleo was alive, she got
out OF a Broadway stag in front Of his bank
ing ofice in Wall street with a bulky parcel
under her arm. Mr.. Cisco was looking out
OF his Office window at the time, and a fe'
minutes later, when he found that tho bulky
- -.-4-r-.I - nrun mn T.. n
securities, which MEL Green had brought
down to place in the vault, be raid. Don't
you think it was rather risky for you to nave
brought these bonds down town in a publ,
stagel You should hav3 taken a carriage
"a carriage indeediH said she. Perhaps
you eau afford TO ride in a carriage 1 can
not"
A New York Wcril correspondent from
Bellows Falls, writeI as follows con
corning the feminine capitalist: Few per-
sons ia this vicinity have not heard Of Hettie
II. r. Green and her enormous possessions.
Much has been written ON the manner in
which she accumulated her riches, hut little
hos been said regarding the extraordinary
life she leads up here III the Green Mountain
state. There are a great many inhabitants
Of Bellows Falls who can recall tho days OF
MI. Green's youta, when he was a large
hearted, n~oble-dispo itioned lad. Mr.. Green
spends much OF his time in New York city,
leaving Mrs. Green, this boy, Edward, about
Is years OF age, and the girl. Sylvin, nearly
IA, TO live in their chosen economic style at
the local hostelry. OF course the hotel is
first-clasz, but Mrs. Green selects the cheap
est apartments TO be had in the house, and
INDUCES neither herself nor the children in
any Injuries. The son Edward resembles his
father In form. and were it not for lameness
Ia tvorr1A 10 a pnhIa Iratfn. fallC~r lie
is not yet Is years Of age, but when
standing eroct is six feet tall. The
daughter is quito delicate, rather nervous
and very gentle, and is said TO possess her
mothers traits OF character to n remarkable
degree.
Until within a short time Mrs Green's
ambition In life has been to make her son
the wealthiest man in the United States
whom he shall nave attained his majority,
but owing TO the reckless way in which he
disposes Of a nickel whenever he Is fortunate
enough TO nave hat much money at his
command, she has decided that Sylvia shall
inherit the bulk OF her riches because she is
50 much more frugal than Edward
The children have little or no education.
Las autumn the family stopped for a few
weeks at the Eagle hotel, Chariestown, N.
H.. a beautiful summon resort eight miles
north Of this place on the Connecticut river.
and there the young Greens, it Is said, at
attended school for about the first time.
Mrs. Green looks 10 be IS years OLD, h Of
robust form, usually wears her .ron-gray
hair In a French twist and her sharp eyes
continually dart from one object TO another.
She Is a woman OF tremendous will power,
her determination being quite as remarkable
as her parsimony.
AOverdress. according to the towns-people,
is not one OF the wealthy lady,s weakne SIS.
Although 1t is stated that she owns several
very elaborate wardrobes they are never ex-
hibited here. She usually enters the dining
hall clad in a dress Of cheap material, which
hts like a Jersey on one side and like q
Mother Hubbard on the other. Her street
costumes are often more pronounced in effect
than those worn on the stage. Frequently
she rides or pro menndes wearing on her head
a hat In iridescent trimmings and ia cold
weather she invariably uses old hosiery for
oversssea She seemst to have an innate desire
for baa oering, and Notwithstanding the Yam
kee ~shrewdness OF these Vermonters, Mrs.
Green seldom 10 'es a dollar by any OF her
small trades. Health and wealth she may
have, but there Is scarcely a villagcr here
who has lsss happiness or less OF the things
to be enjoyed in life than Mrs Edward H
Green
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