Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-20

her children have reached maturity. and
neither is permitted to waste the fortune
that will be theirs to do as they please with
in few years. The young man Is rather
good looking, disposed to take life more
agreeably than his mother, and will cut a
wide swathe when ne comes into his share
of her millions
'.'What do you propose to do with your
son, Mrs Green?" asked the friendly
caller. ~
A Simple, but Comprehensive Reply.
Cuisines" was the simple, terse and
comprehensive reply.
"Has he any special training for busi-
ness?'
"Bless you, no. Just out of the uni
versity. Don't know thing"
Young Mr.. Green is graduate of
Yale.
"Mrs. Green, how did you come to own a
carriage factory?"
"Mawgage Lent money to it befo' the
Chicago fire. FL ruined every body out
there. No s., 500 ca'ages bought there for a
year or two. Had to take ca'age fact'ry to
save my mawgage. Ned, says 1. here's a
nickle for you street-ca' fare. You 60 out
to the ca age fact'ry and look into its af-
fairs. Door out there needs paintin'. You
buy little paint. put it in an old tin can
lots of 'em out there; buy the cheapest
brush you can find, and paint that door,
You know how much the paint cost, you
know how much the brush cost. You can
watch how long it takes to paint that do.
Then you will know what paintin' a door
ought to cost You see, if we don't look
after these little things they run away with
lot O. money. Men swindled me dreadfuIly
out there repairin' chimbley. Then went
out and attended to it myself and now it's
all right"
"Did Mr.. Green take kindly to the car
riage factory?"
"Oh. bless you, he ant got anything to
say about such things. He does what tell
him. Big concern. I Hook after everything
In it myself When Ned went out there
first folks said the Anarchists would kill
him because he is a rich woman's son. I
said, Ned, don't you be afraid. Mind you
own business; Anarchists mind tn eirS Pay
for everything you want, and d ont spend a
cent on what amt of value to vou.' Got
on frst-rate. Why, after he was out there
six months in that ward, way out on front
yard of Chicago, among rollin' mills and
railroad tracks, they wanted to run him for
Alderman.
Has Little of Everything.
"Your other investments, Mrs. Green?"
'ePretty well scattered, said Mrs Green,
who seemed to dream pleasantly in enumer-
ating them-"coal, iron, copper, lead, tin,
cotton, land, especially on margins of cities
and gr owing towns, where it is easy to hold
it unit il time brings it into town, villages,
and all their plants, railroads, shipping
fact, everything it is prudent to put money
in, but especially real estate. I own q
square mile to the west of Chicago, and
those miserable people have been trying to
steal it from me. To improve it, had
better train service, put on between it and
the city, for you know you can't get nice
! eople to ride in cars that amt nice, and in
every way possible made that property
worth keepin' for my children. Now these
people claim that title was not clear, and
that my father had no claim on it, and
have had to fight that for years, and am
going to keep up the fight to the last court"
Mrs. Green is we'll known as litigant
She knows IS much law as her attorneys
generally do, and sits at their table
during a trial to keep them on the right
tack. That she has been for many wears a
formidable figure in Wall street goes with
out saying.
"Will you tell me some of your expert
ences on Wall street," asked her interested
acquaintance.
'Oh, never speculatev' instantly replied
Mrs. Green, with forty-million-dollar
twinkle in her gray eye, as she looked down
on her well-worn ten-dollar gown.
From which it appears that the richest
woman in the United States is not alto
gether without humor.
Mrs. Green, you must take wonderful
delight in your gigantic business affairs?"
'Oh, no, indeed. hate business 1 Just
attend to it for my children's sake.
would a great deal rather be a society
woman"