The record-union., 1894-02-03

but powerful move in stocks was traced
to her, yet always when it was too late to
thwart her designs. She adroitly man.
lpulated several corners in Reading, IN
Wnlch the unfortunate shorts" were
squeezed without mercy, and she was
frequent and heavy operator in Louis
Vile and Nashville. For time she owned
controlling interest in the latter prop
erty, and was powerful enough to make
her husband its President and member
OF its Board of Directors.
| BUYS DIAMONDS, BUT NEVER HIRES A
CAB.
Her husband is an acute and level
headed hnancier, but Mrs. Green early
proved herself the better man of the two.
1t is generally believed that her fortune
had increased from Sl3, ,000, 900 to Sc, ,000,-
OOO before she was married, and the sum
last named, by accumulations and sue
ceSstuI operations, she has since more
than doubled. For many years John j.
Cisco was her banker, and when he
failed in 1885 it was found that she had on
deposit with him S25, ,000, 600 in Govern
ment bonds and first-class securities
These, moreover, represented only a
portion of her vast wealth. She now
keeps her bonds and securities with the
Chemical National Bank and also has
deposited there one of the finest cOllec-
ton Of diamonds in America. She picks
up her diamonds as an investment which
Will not depreciate IN value and can in
stantly be turned into cash. and it is very
doubtful if she ever wore one OF them in
her life. She would scorn such a display
| as evidence Of prodigality and vanity.
! OF late years she has, To all practical pur-
poses, Withdrawn from the street, and
now devotes her time to the manage
ment of her widely scattered properties
and the judicious investm ent OF her divl-
dends.
Mrs. Green is the embodiment of hon.
esy, but is always on the lookout to save
an honest penny. Her household eX
year, and she is never seen with an out
lit that cost over $50 on the outside. She
patronizes the elevated and surface cars
whenever possible and was never known
to hire a cab. One day John j. Cisco saw
her crossing the crowded street in the di-
rection of his office carrying a leather bag.
When she reached the office and opened
| the bag her banker found that it was filled
with securities worth million or more.
Surprised at the risk she had taken in
carrying the bag through the streets in
such a careless and unguarded way, he
said:
Mrs. Green, what in the world makes
you take such risk? You might have
been robbed. Why didn't you take a
cab ?"
"You may be able to ride in cabs, Cisco,
but am not" was the cool reply of the
female CrpSuS.
She used also to keep her family plate
in the Cisco vaults and once a month
would visit the bank and burnish it up
with her own hands. She will permit
no one but her husband to aid her in
clipping the matured coupons from the
bonds she has stored at the Chemical,
XNyh of
missing organized a search that lasted
for an hour and demanded the attention
of all the employees of the bank. When
Reading affairs were undergoing a peri
Odical reorganization a few years ago
Mrs. Green went TO the company's bank
ers to have her old bonds sent over to
Philadelphia for exchange. She was in
formed that a small tee would be charged
for the transfer, sum slightly in excess
of the cost of round trip to Philadel-
phia-and so, without moment s delay,
she returned the bonds to her satchel
and took them to the Quaker city herself,
PLEADED POVERTY TO A DOCTOR.
A prominent doctor, a noted specialist
in the diseases of children, tells a story Of
Mrs. Green that throws a curious light
on her character. One day, a dozen years
or more ago, he was called upon by a
plainly-dressed woman, accompanied by
a halt-grown boy, afflicted by a serious
knee trouble. The woman said she was
very poor and the doctor though for some
time he treated the child regularly for
bore in consequence to speak of payment.
One day, quite by accident, the doctor
| learned the identity of his customer, and
lost no time in sending her bill for a
handsome sum. This bill, after some de-
lay and protest, was paid.
One of the peculiaritIes for which Mrs.
Green is noted is fondness for keeping
her whereabouts secret FRAN the public.
Her bankers and agents, Of course, know
where she is at all times, but the tax col
lector, process server or reporter who
goes in search of her soon learns that she
is about as hard 10 find as the proverbial
needle in the haystack. Desire TO avoid
taxation is said to be the reason
for her living in hiding all the time.
For some years she passed her sum-
mers in very modest cottage at Mas
peth, l.. l., but in recent years has
spent the greater part of her time in Bel
lows Falls, the Vermont birthplace of her
husband. When in Bellows Falls she
stops at the leading hotel Of the town, but
selects the cheapest apartments to be had
in the house, and INDUCES neither herself
nor her family in any luxuries. She is
standing source of wonder to the people
of the town. Her costumes, though by no
IleduS COSt1yg are O4tCh hS plOIOuiiOOQ III
effect as those worn upon the stage. She
often rides or promenades wearing hat
in which are com bined all the colors of
the rainbow, and in winter she wears old
hosiery for overshoes.
Mrs. Green is now worth not less than
$50, 900, 600, and her wealth is variously,
yet almost always wisely, invested. She
owns Government bonds galore, holds
stock i'll dozen different railroads, con-
trols big blocks of real estate in dozen
cities, is largely interested in New Eng
land manufactures and her check is good
at any time for two or three millions.
When she dies her wealth will go to her
son and daughter. The son, Edward II.
X. Green, is now 25 years Of age,
and is six-foot specimen of
sturdy manhood. He is an exceedingly
bright and shrewd young man, and for
several years has had charge of his
mothers interests in Chicago. where she
owns $4,000, 900 in real estate and has
nearly as much more invested in first
mortgages. He was educated at Ford
ham College, and tersely describes
himself as "born a Quaker, brought
up Protestant, educated a Cath
olic, and by business a jew" Aside
from her love for money, Mrs. Green
is distinguished for her devotion to her
children, and it is said to be her fondest
am bition to make the cynical young man
the richest in America-an aim worthy of
the richest and shrewdest woman OF her
time.
For the RECoRD-UNIoN.