Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-02-11
RICH WOMEN.
THEY CAN BOAST OF MILLIONS
How They Game by Their Wealth.

Mrs. Robert l.. Stuart, the widow
OF the successful sugar merchant,
whose refineries were so long objects
OF interest along the North River, in
herited from him S500,00 outright
and life interest in SIC, ,OOO, 900.
"The widow Hamersley," that was,
now Her Grace the Duchess of Marl-
borough, has life interest in So, ,OOO,-
600.
Mrs, Paran Stevens, of whom every
body knows, has million and makes
the most of it, both here and abroad.
Mrs. Robert I. Livingston, who is
Elbridge Gerry's mother-in-law, is
worth s5,OOO,O 900 "if she's worth =
cent"
Mrs. Robert Winthrop has a private
fortune more than adequate to the
maintenance of even such a fine old
family name as hers. She has Sl0,-
10000 Mrs. Percy Pyne has S10,-
OOO,OO of her own. Mrs. Fred Nell
son, Freddy Gebhardt's sister, has >
cool million.
Mrs. Josephine Aver, the widow of
the doctor who made fortune in pat
ent medicine, is said to have received
from him about So 900 600; Mrs. Mar
tin Bates was left by her husband 81,
900, 900, which he made in dry goods,
and Mrs. James Brown, who lives in
fine house on Park avenue and
Thirty-seventh street, received from
her husbands estate about 81 900 900,
which he accumulated as a banker;
Mrs. W. h. Dodge is worth S4,OOO,-
900, much of the income of which she
sends to the heathen. Mrs. Robert
Geolet is worth 50, 200, 600, and Mrs.
John G. Green, the widow of the
Princeton College patron, is reputed
to be worth 100000 Mrs. John
MintWn is another wealthy New York
widow; she is said to be worth 50 ,0OO,-
600 and her father was an AspinwalI;
GOV. Morgan's widow is worth several
millions; Clarkson Potter's widow has
an immense income from his estate and
Mrs. Edward Stevens, who owns
Castle Point" at Hoboken, is one of
the richest widows in America counts
her wealth by millions; Mrs. Paran
Stevens husband made Sc 900 900 in
hotels and left her the Victoria and
share in the Fifth Avenue.
Mrs. Craig Wadsworth, who lives in
Washington, but is New Yorker, is
said to be worth million. Mrs. Sarah
Hitchcock is not only society woman
but is said to have in her own right,
several millions with which to COM
mand society. Mrs. Levi P. Morton
is said to have well over a million of
her own.
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant from the pen
sion and book of her famous husband,
has, it is said, an income which entities
her to rank among the very rich wo-
men of New York, although her capi-
tai is small. Mrs. Cleveland has about
el5O, 900 of her own. Mrs. Garfield
is millionaire, judged by the standard
of income. OF the other three surviv-
ing ex-queens of the White House
Mrs. Polk and Mrs. johnson are poor,
and Mrs. Hayes is rich.
But after this plethora of millions
feminine, which is the richest woman
in New York and consequently, with
out much doubt, the richest woman in
the United States and perhaps in the
worldr She isn't young and she isn't
handsome, but she made her money
and keeps it. Where does "Hctty"
Green live? Look in directories and |
you won't find out. Ask the Chemical |
Bank people and you might, if they
thought proper to tell you. Who
knows where "the richest woman ir |
New York lives?
She is about forty-seven years old |
and is worth at a conservative estimate |
about S25, 900, 900. She married E.
IL. Green, of New York. Mr.. Green |
was worth about 100000, and it is
said Miss Hetty had an ante-nuptial
contract with him whereby he agreed |
to pay all of the household expenses /
and to leave her property of $50 ,0OO,-
O00 and more in her own name. After
her wedding she kept up her activity,
and through her husband got into Wall
Street speculation. She did the spec
ulating herself, and made while her
husband lost. She could buy large
blocks of stock, and would bull and
bear the market as she thought best.
She made money right along, and is
now "reputed' to be worth forty odd
millions. She is very economical
withal, and though her income must
be immense her total household expen-
ses are not over $1,000. She rides
down Broadway in street car carry
ing perhaps, 800, 900 in her handbag,
and she used, it is said, in her younger
days, to walk to parties through the
snow, pulling old woollen stock
ings over her shoes to keep her feet
dry and save buying rubbers. When
she got to the place of entertainment
she would pull off her socks and hang
them on the hat-rack to dry. She kept
her securities and silver at John Cisco's
Bank, and the bankers said she came
periodically to the bank with box of