The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-09-15
Willy HE1TY GREEN.

Willy HE1TY GREEN. |
eEcULIAR,T,Es OF 4 WOMAN WORTH
$6o,ooo,ooo.
she Is Old Fashioned In Appearance. So
verely Plain In Dress, but the Personi1-
cation Of shrewdness When Financial
Transactions Are InvoTved.
Not small part Of thefame of Brook.
lyn can be laid to the credit Of the re.
markable women who have lived and
live now within its borders-women who
have taken rank and honor in almost ev-
cry walk Of life. It Is = we'll known fact
that very large proportion Of the real
estate q the city is held in the names Of
women. Il is not widely known fact
that the woman who Is 1eputed to be the
richest in the United States lives in the
City Of Churches and right in the clas-
Fic section known as the heights too.
Her wealth 10 variously estimated at
from 90, ,000, 900 to $eO, ,0o0, coo, and her
name Is Mrs. Hetty Green. Her name
and personality are more familiar to
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 Ihpetonga ball would Gre
ate sensation indeed, but it Is not like
" that such an occasion will ever be re-
corded by society writers.
Hosts Of people have brushed elbows
with a shrewd and rather calm faced
woman, apparently 80 years old, rather
short, wearing plain, old fashioned
shawl and bonnet so far beyond fash.
IONS pale that NO one would ever suspect
It had been in 1t, even years ago. No
body ever saw her with a dress which
was not severely plain, and seldom has
che been noticed when she did not carry
IN old style and we'll worn black satchel.
Her appearance would never cause the
uninitiated to think that she was any
thing more extraordinary than an old
fashioned woman Of moderate meane
and simple tustes, who was on her way
to the corner grocery or the bakery on
the block below. Yet, if money is pow
er, this same staid looking person is one
Of the most powerful human beings in
the country.
In an old fashioned house ON q corne.
In Pierrepont street Mrs. Green and h :
daughter Sylvia have lived for several
years. The modest apartments they oc
cupy are hired from q pleasant faced
woman, who keeps the house and wh<
has an admiration for Mrs. Green
which she does not conceal. The rich
est woman In the United States has 1
son, who has been spending some tim'
in Florida seeking to improve his health
Mrs. Green has been widow for many
years, and her daughter is about q
years old. Since the death Of her hus
band Hetty Green has become fnaa,
cier of unusual shrewdness. She has in
dicated by her actions that she has small
faith in brokers, and that if she want
anything done the best way is to do
herself.
: The weather beaten satchel has carries
e securities representing millions Of dol
lara. It has knocked about New Yorl
and Brooklyn and other big financia
centers with precious burdens, and Het
ty Green has always had q tight grip O
It. She does dot believe In spending he
money on things she does not want, an
40 she wants very little she spends bu
little. Her children and her fortune ar
the sole objects Of her solicitude. Mr.
, Green is said to be very anxious to hav
her daughter become one Of the leadin
actors in the famous -Four Hundred o
Manhattan island. Something Of an oh
stacle in the way Of this is the daughte
herself, according to report. Miss Gree
is credited with caring as little for th
dazzle and newspaper notoriety Of 60
cial career as her mother. She is gi1
whose tastes are quiet and to whom
dress IL q matter Of little consideration
Mrs. Green, by way Of foundation
for her daughters social debut som
> dme ago settled a large sum Of none,
, ON that young woman In government
bonds. The amount is stated to b
tb,e00, 900.
, Incidents in the career Of this remark
: able woman have stamped her as boil
yet cautious operator IN stocks and &c
. curities. When tho financial panic Q
. 1884 occurred, Mrs. Greea had larg
deposit In q firm Of Canadian banker
named Cisco & Co. of New York. In
formation reached her that the ban
was In an unsafe condition, and withou
waiting to hear more she went to the in
sitution and withdrew her entire d.
posit. The firm had no alternative. an
after paying her her money was CON
: PEELED to suspend and finally failed CON
pletely. Hetty Green is the larget
!: property owner In the city Of Chieagt
J. She holds title to block after block &
land in the business section, and her so
2 assists in looking after her interest
there. For many years she lived in th
2 western metropolis, and she spends muc
2 Of her time there when away from BrDol
: lyn.
Her characteristic bargain with e,
Judge Henry Hilton Is fresh in the mind
81 fnanciers. The money which ii
:. Judge wanted so badly Is generally col
: .oeded to have been used in buying OF
: the interest Of his son. Henry G. Hilton
!. IN the dry goods firms Of Hilton, Hugh,
q Co. and Hilton Bros. He went
!. Mrs. Green, or his lawyers did, and mat
: request for . loan of 81 ,25O. 600 in cas-
:, Mrs. Green was willing to lend, but il
" sisted on having mortgage on the ma
!. BILE palace at the corner Ut Broadws
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