The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-07
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est man IN America. and that IS the Sc
cret OF her saving Get the good Will or
her SON and you have hers. one Of his
hobbies has been to help young doctors.
on his recommendations Hetty has lent
| $4,000 without security to half a dozen
youthful physicians In New York Nor
was that enough, for then she went out
and drummed up patients for them.
once Hetty told her washerW0man, "You
needn't mind washing the tops of my
skirts; just wash the bottom where the
dirt shows, but be sure to deduct half
from your BILL
The washerwoman laughed. II was such
good Joke. When she sent IN her hill
next week, she found her employer was
| IN sober earnest.
Here's a story to balance that. Three
| years ago one Of Hetty's lawyers was
| called on him every day. Learning that
| the doctor had recommended settler and
milk, she hunted up dealer whose self
zer was said to be- the best in the city,
| second street to Harlem.
Hetty was married In Henry GrinnelFs
house IN Bond street-a house in which
| Lady hrankiin lived for a time while
! the expedition was searching for Sir John
/ Franklin. The Grnnelis were connections
Of her mother. Hettys father died at No.
| In 1866
Hetty has other heirs than her hus-
| band and two children. Among the mill
! ions left her by her father was a fund
| Vi 9osVVViDVDt 10 ne UtiQ by nGI during neT
| lifetime for her cousins John Rowland.
VINO is a night Watchman on a San Fran
eiseo wharf, and his brother, Jonathan
Rowland OF Napa, Cal. Robinson's first
! success IN life was made through his
| tather-in-laW, Gideon Rowland, and Rob-
inson resolved 70 remember his wife's
relatives. But the remembrance was de-
| ferred in o queer way, for of the original
seven heirs only one Is living The two
| Rowland brothers are the sons OF one
| Of the seven heirs Hetty has outlivod
| all the heirs, but one. The brothers,
| probably, viii not see the 100000 but
| their sons may.
When Hetty dies there may be a Jolly
| scramble for her millions, for the How
| lands and Robinsons still live In Massa-
chusetts in considerable numbers. No
matter If all Of Hetty's wealth rs left
to her son and daughter. there's sure 10
be a. contest. Equally certain Is II that
the heirs will have the leftover OF the
undetermined law suits In which Hetty
has been engaged for thirty years
Mrs. Green in Wall street was an in--
vestor rather than Spectator, which
is Just the difference between her course
and her husbands She risks nothing or
next to nothing. She has engineered cor
ners in Reading, in which the Gould quail
lty Of mercy was shown to the shorts
Mrs. Green also played Louisville and
| Nashville. Her bonds and securities she
keeps in the Chemical National Bank
where she does all her business. There,
too. she has her diamonds, the finest col
lection on the continent. She doesn't
wear them. But nothing IS easier to get
at reduced prices, or to convert into cash.
and their value never depreciates
OF course, Mrs. Green has Travelled
much. To begin with. her first seven
years Of married life were spent in Lon
don. Then the personal attention she
gives to her property demands her pres
ence frequently from Maine to Texas
and from Connecticut to California She
lives as cheaply as possible But she
has a method IN her madness. She goes
to one Of the best hotels in a town.
but demands the cheapest rooms. She
changes her residence in and about
Greater New York to avoid paying taxes
She owns tho old homestead Of her father
at New Bedford, Mass, and the house at
Bellows Falls, Vt, in which her nus
band was born.
Hetty Green Is not a new woman. nor
the mother Of new woman She thinks
the ladies are better out Of politics and
IN their own homo with their children
politics" she says, may sometimes help
o man in business, but seldom q woman
/ don't quarrel with the women who
want to vote, but / don't want to vote
myself I am said to be fond Of Htiga-
ton, but / am not. I'm perfectly viii
ling to defend my own at any time I am
O Quakeress. ] can the and thou with
the best Of them. ! am not a Hicksite
but q Gurneyite. I go to the Quaker
church sometimes, in Brooklyn NY
daughter, Sylvia, is an Episcopalian"
As for litigation there never was a
minute when Hetty wasn't in It. She
herselfs Says Since my father mas TAX