Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-03-17
Willy HETTY GREEN.
prcuLlAmrIEs or A WOMAN WORTH
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she IL Old Fashioned I'm Appearance va
vereiy Plain In Dress. bat the pers"nih- |
cation Of shrswdness When Financial
transactions Are Taseissd.
Not a small part of che fame OF Crook
lynn can be laid to the credit OF the re-
marketable women who have lived and
live now within its boriers-women who
ave taken rank and honor in almost ev-
cry walk of life. II IL well known fact
that very large proportion OF tine rel
estate Of the city is held in the names OF
women. II is not a widely known fact
that the woman who Is reputed TO be the
richest In the United States dives in the
City of Churches and right In the elias
sic section known ms the heights too.
Her wealth Is vnriously estimated ut
from $40. COO. 900 to eco. 600 900. and her
name IL Mrs IIetty Green. Her name
and personality are more familiar &c
Wall street than they are to brooklyn
society. That Is because Mrs. Green has
chosen to devote all her time TO theman-
ipulation of her fortune and has let So
ciety get along without her. Hetty
Green at an Ihpetunga ball would Gre
ate a sensation indeed. but IL Is not like
ly that such AN occasion will ever be re-
corded by society writers.
Hosts of people have brushed elbows
with n shrewd and rather calm faced
woman, apparently 20 years old. rather
short. wearing plain. old fashioned
shawl and a bonnet SO far beyond fash
ions pale that no one would ever suspect
II had been in 1t. even years ago. No
body ever saw her with a dress which
was not severely plain. and seldom has
abe been noticed when she did not carry
an old style and well worn black satchcl.
| Her appearance would never cause the
uninitiated to think that she was any
thing more extraordinary than an old
fashioned woman Of moderate means
and simple tastes. who was on her way
to the corner grocery or the bakery on
the block below. Yet, IL money is pow
err, this sauna staid looking person is one
of the most powerful human beings in
the country.
In an old fashioned house ON corner
In Pierrepont street Mrs. Green and her
daughter Sylvia have lived for several
years. The modest apartments they oc-
cupy arc hired from pleasant faced
woman. who Eecps the house and who
has m admiration for Mrs. Green.
which she does not conceal. The rich
est woman in the United States has a
son. who has been spending some timc
In Florida seeking TO improve his health.
Mrs. Green has been widow for many
years. and her daughter Is about 20
years old. Since the death Of her hus-
and Hetty Green has become finan-
cier of unusual shrewdness. She has in
dictated by her actions that she has small
faith In brokers, and that IL che wants
anything Como the best way is 10 60 IL
herself.
The weather beaten satchel has carried
securities representing millions of dol
lara. II has knocked about New Yori
and Brooklyn and other big financial
centers with precious burdens. and Het
Ity Green has always Lad tight grip o.
it. She does dot believe in spending her
money ON things she does not want. anc
as she wants very little she spends but
little. Her children and her fortune ar,
the sole objects of her solicitude. Mrs
Green is said to lie very anxious to hay,
her daughter become one of the leading
actors in the famous Four Hundred o.
Manhattan island. Something of an ob
stacle in the way of this Is the daughter
herself, according TO report. Miss Greer
Is credited with caring as little for tn,
dazzle and newspaper notoriety Of u 70
cial career as her mother. She Is cir
whose tastes are quiet ind TO whom
dress Is q matter Of little consideration
Mrs Green, by way of foundation
for her daughters social debut. SOM
time ago settled large sum of none,
ON that young woman In government
bonds. The amount Is stated to b
g, 000. 900.
Incidents In the career of this remark
able woman have stamped her as Dol,
yet cautious operator IN stocks and sc
curities. When the financial panic O
, 1884 occurred. Mrs. Green had larg
! deposit in firm Of Canadian banker
: named Cisco & Co. Of New York. In
formation reached her that the ban
J was in an unsafe condition, and withou
waiting 10 hear more she went to the in
, stitution and withdrew her entire de
posir. The firm had no alternative. an
after paying her her money was com
ielled 10 suspend and finally failed con-
, plefely. Hstiy Green Ia the larges
! property owner In the city OF Chicago
She holds title 10 block after block @
! land Ina the business section. mnd her no
: assists In looking after her interest
there. For many years she lived in th
; western metropolis. and she spends muc
o. her time there when nway from Broo.
Ign.
Her characteristic bargain with Q,
Judge Henry Hilton Is fresh In the mind
Of financiers. The money which IN
judge wanted so badly Is generally cor
> coded TO have been used In buying on
the interest OF his son. Henry q. Hilto,
in the dry goods firms Of Hilton. Hughs
. Il Co. and Hilton Bros. He went I
: Mrs. Green. or his lawyers did. and maj
! q request for loan Of 81 .eb0. 900 in casl
Mira. Green was willing TO lend. hut n
: sisted vn having mortgage on the msi
BILE palace at the corner of Droadwa
and Chambers street. New York, Il
, Stewart building. which. with the Ian,
! is supposed TO be worth $1,000. 900. 81
! would take no other security. and aft,
q two months search of the title rhs Ia
gesf mortgage ever given on single pies
Of property in New York was recorde,
But Judge Hilton needed the money b
|. fore the search had BEEN concluded, an
.af8ar he hal x,lnrazl ss chs h.. a., - lFs.