The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29
A BUSINESS WOMAN.
WEALTH AND As,iIrr Borz.
Ms. Beay Green .. . carr,.ss sr.ssr

The richest American with the exception q
juss kaif a dozen vanderbilts. Astors. and John
d Rockefeller is . woman. Mrs. Hetty How
land Robinson Green.
Mrs Green will neither tell her age nor the
extont OF her fortune. but SO years and 500
OOo.O IN are fair estimates.
or course she Is q remarkably constituted
woman. and there is very little that IL feminiae
or techle about her face.
Mrs Green's head is shapely. but lis SQUARE.
PROPORTIONS: take a keen Ratchet. sqcare the
sides. front. and back. square the chin. acSen-
bumps indicstins REASONING powers and reso.
luton. omit the swelling on either side OF the
give this square head n firm. straight nose. q
noses generally are: thin out the lips. but
ting them back we'll under The bonr gables;
make them ~furtiye. watchful. perhaps sus-
the Hss's eyes: d sassre the the e nsEesE Hess n nos 10 s sse:s
thin lips. keen eyes. and high cheek bones
and there is the richest woman In the United
Her dress is ordinarily a simple woollen
g GSSrs mat rast sest perhaps @ si io, IL covers q strong
Mrs Green. recently told the. story OF her life
and fortune building She said; - u,-
ally feii into the habit Of reading his BUSINESS
ovE IL. knowledge Of the many kinds OF in.
NesZuenI IN winch ne was cOnceTnC0. We
G~nJ$rnment building"
HEN you must have known Hawthorne7"
suggested her Interviewer.
Mn Green shook her head. She had not
heart her father mention nny, one Of that
name: she did not know any Hawthorne in
My father was ono OF the pioneers OF the
first street railroad IN San Francisco. He MAS
largely Interested also In commerce. and many
s 81 e@s he sn' %sns sG"e Or 's ssni y, On e With s ssrss Gu. a
married Edward Henry Green. whom / mes
i insG N sss %s ,"ss' Mr. GqssS mh w,I Is . ssn- ~.
ingl " was in the East 1nLia trade and had Q
our commercial Affairs" Mrs. Green went
Suent!y to New YORK, , 1 was married. ,SieeS,
franklin lived there for a time while the ex.
Eed,tt1n was gone in search Of Sir John
".kh.' said Mrs. GREEN'S friend. again do
rsm ieise es see pras ycS 81 sa ST e = s s fsTsG anal
S,i m!, lin To ssnnn s # a time when rsss rathos
I'D $il sse SssS, How did ia she ssiiEs You saw
the eacerness OF the questions, There Want
for Mrs. Green is unaffected in her language.
,,pnr SHIPS Went pretty much ~ over the
Ny father was i'll fora long time before his
sshsn' and a' w Sas T SsSs fe,.' to ev pTStlds iG Pn m nis
WAS :,e male heavy purchases. especially in
the Gr.nt Locomotive Works section that un-
from me. Chicago is an awful place" Mrs.
Green continued.
few Judges aud no iuries. They Just want to
get everything out OF you they can"
ton Mro 81 f ia%yer wa sh spdf istlas ST ae and fdh1S adses x.
was certain were rurchasabie. and she ex-
ceEted only one on the United States bench
iieient to give her personal grounds for her
better OF her caim and reasonable judgment.
re-" .sat . s".' q :sa IS ;, E,!G J. s FL ;s &ls Gr sEanry
Rowland and my daughter"
and s1I Neither her IS sh nslnis.s ss se Tssss sh %si aqsaS:
that will be theirs to do as they please with in
vhsp he comes into his share OF her millions
Mrs Green 2" asked the friendly caller:
business" was the simple. terse. and conn
i he special training for business1
Bless you: nc; Just out Of the university.
Young Mr.. Green is q graduate Of Yale.
h.v Whit h. Ea.t,eu Ia,T business do you Droposeto
cHBeGinninc now with a carriage factory in
n, rThsR q carriage factory is among your
contemplated tho great field OF her interests.
srs Gr,en; how did you come to own .
MORTGAGE. Lent money to #. before the
No s2,IhoG carriages fought there Tor a year or
Two: Had to take the carriage factory to save
for your ST rect car fare. Won 90 ont IN the ear.
rage factory and look into its affairs. Door
out there needs painting; You buy a little
and paint that door. You know how much the
You can watch how long it takes to paint that
door. Then you will Know what painting 2
after these little .hines. they run away with
lot o. money. Men swindled me dreadfully
81. s mgr, s,t sSsSssi' to it = & ssseiGs and 1 no% it' vent ri
Ibid Mr.. Green take to the carriage factory"
Big concern. Hook after everything in it my.
Yes" apd she smiled as she saw In her
#'Caiiiofnia: colorade. North caselins. Massa:
shusetts: Chicago; Mishigan. Vermont. Ala
India. South America-oh. pretty much every:
where money can 20 and bring back N
The richest woman in the United s:ates :
wears no rings. except a couple OF antiquated
bands with small and not valuable jewels In
monds fash in brooch or hair.
She lives. when West. in the cheapest hotels.
and on the highest floor in the cheapest room.
In New York she is well known in many board
Ing houses that are not expensive. That she
mas oeen Tor many years n formidable figure
In Wall street goes without saying.
VIII you tell me some OF yonr experiences
quaintance.
oh | never speculate" instantly replied
Mrs. Green. with a 900 twinkle In her
gray eye. As she looked down on her weli-worn
$40 gown.
Mrs. Green. you must take wonderful de-
light In your gigantic basiness affairs 2"
oh. no. indeed. l hate business Just
attend to II for my ohiidren's sake. Iwoulda
great deal rather be- a society woman"
NO MORE KNOCKING DOWN
The Old and the New Relations or Conduet.
ers to the Railroads..