St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13

10 what they shall do with their possessions.
At the same time it is perfectly safe to say
that the majority of rich women in New
York, and indeed in all parts of the country,
virtually handle their own money. They
know where it is, how much there is of it,
and what it is yielding them from time to
time.
There are women who inherited wealth
and added to it by their own brains and
energy. There are still others who have
Gmassed their own fortunes. Hetty Green
had a few millions to start with that she got
from her father. She made the rest of her
enormous fortune herself. Mrs. Frank Les
ie-Wilde was comparatively poor when her
first husband, Frank Leslie died. She is now
worth So, 900 and has regular income of
S125,000 Mrs. BradleyMartin, inherited
snug fun from her father, Isaac Sherman
the stove manufacturer. she invested it care
fully and managed it shrewdly and now she
has 10000, 900 She can call her own. Mrs.
Arson Phelps Stokes inherited S100000 900
from her father, Isaac n. Phelps, the banker.
she has kept it all and has annual revenue
of $500 Geo.. The Misses Cementina and
Sophia Furniss divided the estate of 500
100000 left by the late William P. Furniss,
and they have managed it with commemorate
sagacity. Mr.. Furniss made a large part of
his fortune out of real estate, and his
daughters, following his example, UNDER
stand how to invest in houses and lots to
advantage. 4a ..l4-
There are American women of riches
who married titles and have not allowed
their husbands to receive their wealth
in exchange for the titles bestowed.
When Isaac M. Singer, the famous sewing
machine manufacturer, died, he left his
daughter, Isabella $4,000, 900. She married
the Duke DecaZes. But she put her in
heritance in solid real estate and gilt-edged
bonds, and realizes S100, 600 year, which
does not slip away from her. Banker Charles
f. Livermore departed this life and left his
wife 81, 10000 She afterward married the
Baron De Selliere. She is worth more now
than when she was left widow. Another of
the Singer. girls, Winneretta, received ST.
00o,0 900 and married Prince Sceymontbeliard.
She is very rich and stays SO. It is worthy
of note that not only the Singer girls, but
also their mother, the widow Singer, were
united in wedlock to the nobility, and live
abroad a greatar portion of the time. Loring
Andrews got very rich from making leather.
His daughter Isabella got several millions
when he died. She is now the Countess Won
Linden, but takes care of what her father
left. a3- s1a
There are Mrs. Rachel NJ. and Lucy
Gilsey. The former is the widow of John
.Gilsey and the other of Merry Gilsey They
received some of the wealth that came down
from old Peter Gilsey, after whom the
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widows is worth at least 81, 100000 They
learned from their husbands the value of
real estate and also acquired the art of buying
at the right time and selling at heavy
advance. Mrs. Lucy Gilseys father was
George NJ. Yarian. He owned a farm in
what was considered suburb of New York.
She saw its prospective value and refused to
sell it when it came to her by her fathers
will She waited until the city grew up to
the farm and then she divided the land up
into lots and made another fortune. Her
income is nearly three hundred and fifty
dollars day.
William G. Fargo, of Wells Fargo Ex-
press Company fame, left his daughter
Georgana 81, 0G0 0G0. She is said not only
to have every cent of it, but to have added
hundreds of thousands of dollars to it. Over
81, 000,000 that old Samuel Willetts made
out of whaling years and years ago have
come down to his granddaughter, Mrs.
Caroline France. She is clever woman, it
is stated, and is increasing her grandfathers
wealth. Over So, 100000 of Lorillard money
belongs to Mrs. Louisa NJ and Mrs. James P.
Kernochan of New York. Mrs. Louisa Ker-
nochan is a widow, and handles her fortune
almost without help. Mrs. Mary IL. Heck
seher had S1,0O0,0O0 willed to her by her
uncle, the celebrated William r. Travers.
Mrs. Maria L. Wadsworth, who was daugh-
ter of Mr.. Travers, has S1.5O0,oOO that she
inherited from her father. Stephen Whitney,
one of the leading metropolitan merchants in
his day, left his daughter, who married
William Whitney, s2,5Oo,oOo. Mrs. Charles J.
Folsom has a similar amount, which was
left her by her husband. Mrs. Cortland De
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