San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-16

ceatn, whrcn occurred just before the clos
Of the war
WALL STREET AND MARRIAGE.
II is impossible at this distance Of time 70
trace the way in which the fair young girl
gradually dropped out of society, became de
voted TO business, and finally developed into
the Hetty Green whom Wall street knows
today. The girls family connections we're
exceedingly good particularly on her
mothers side, and when she came here first
she was chaperoned by the family of Moses
B. GriunCl, who was a millionaire, to whom,
through her mother, she was related At
that time she lived i'll boarding house on
Twenty second street. near Fifth avenue, and
occupied modes hall room for which she
paid the sum Of IS weekly. These modest ac-
commodations for New York society favor
tie were provided by her father, who was
quite as parsimonious in his day Us his famous
daughter is in ours However, she dressed
well, and people who simply met her ii par.
lors and bathrooms did not, of course, stop to
inquire as 10 the fashion in which she lived
Her appearance in New York society as a
young girl seem TO have extended over four
years or up to the beginning of the war, and
her gradual retirement is variously explained.
One story is TO the effect that she began to
display the parsimonious characteristics that
distinguished her father, and this led to the
wearing of such shabby costumes and the
taking on of so many unattractive habits of
life that the Grinnell family were finally
compelled to withdraw their chaperonage
and support However this may be, it is
known that during the few years which pre-
ceded Mr. Robinson's death the daughter be-
gan faithfully to take on the color OF her
fathers character and when she finally did
marry married on purely business basis.
The marriage into which Hetty Robinson
finally entered was made, as stated, wholly
on a business basis. The man selected finally
was Z. H. Green, who had made fortune in
the China trade. He was reputed to be worth
at the time of his marriage somewhere in the
neighborhood of $150,OO0. The arrangements
for the marriage were concluded before Mr.
Robinson's death, but the marriage did not
occur until a year or more after it. 1t is
said that there was very explicit ante
nuptial agreement entered into between the
young woman, now nearly so years Of age,
whose misery characteristics were unfortun
ately developing very rapidly, whereby Mr.
Green agreed that his wifes fortune should
not be liable for any of his debts or obliga-
tons or for any of their joint expenses. That
is to say, he agreed that he would support
her precisely as though she were without for
tune and provide for the education and main
tenance of whatever children might result
from the marriage. This agreement has been
rigidiy enforced by Mrs Green from first TO
last. The husband lost all his fortune in the
crash Of 1854, and since then he has received
no assistance from his wife to rehabilitate
himself He is still six feet and six inches in
height, but his financial figure has dwindled
almost to nothing. He comes down on the
street two or three times week, but his fly
ors are of the most modest description.
York World