The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-18

million dollars. At FIVE per cent. her
income must be over s., go day. or more
than & a minute. day and night. year in
and year out. Her property Il of many
kinds and her Investments stand oat Ike
great frcckles on the face Of the United
States With the grip OF an octopus her
mortgages embrace some Of the largest
properties OF our biggest cities between
Boston and San Francisco. aud the dol
lars roll Ia to her from every part OF the
country bet tween Maine and Texas. In
railroads and steamboats,. in mines q
gold. coal and iron. in the telegraph and
telephone. her stocks cover ali kinds OF
property and almost every variety OF in
dnstry. The greater part OF this vast
wealth b. due to her own talents and she
manages 1t all herself She rad been at
work for more than an hour when met
her at the bank ST III O'Clock yesterday
morning and Il 8a& an hour more before
she could get rid of the men who ere
present with business matters by previous
appointments before she could see me.
where Hstty Green Does business.
During ,art OF this time | waited for
her In her private office In the bann. 1t
Is not easy to get access 10 this office. .or
IL Is "a part Of the bank itself II Is mere
Is one corner of the big room in which
tae cashiers teliers aud clerks. penned
up In Guided cages carry on one OF the
nlE.aat banking businesses In she United
States. iletsy Green's corner Is lighted
from the rotf. At one side she is faced
off by n long walnut desk. such as hank
era use fer sorting hank notes or papers.
aud on the opposite side IL the wall. The
space beiw forms the Office. II is not
as wide an ordinary alley and ali the
furniture IN IT would not bring sl5 at
auction. There are TWO little walnut desks
Ia the office. One of these has Hat
top II Is here that Mrs. Green's STEM
ographer and typewriter. Il pretty young
woman OF about eighteen years of age
sits. The other desk Is Hetty Green's
II is small roller top affair with a set
Of drawers running on one side from the
table 10 the floor. The desk Is I judge
about three feet wide. and the pigeon
holes Within i; are stuffed with papers
Upon the top lies Mrs Green's bonnet aud
cape just she has thrown them there.
on coming into the Office and upon the
desk "a the steel pen with which If she
wishes she can sign checks for millions.
There Is little sign OF comfort or luxury
about this little Office. Were Mrs Green
and her secretary not present you would
rot imagine that II belonged 30 a woman.
There Is not sofa nor cushion nor
rocking chair In sight The four chairs
which form the only furniture in add
tion to the desks and n table. are straight
backed caEc+seated ones such as are uset
Ia other parts Of the bank There is no
tatting or crochet work to be seen and
the only feminine signs visible are Mrs
Green's bonnet and cape and six pins
each al least two inches long. which are
probably to he used for fastening papers
together. Upon the table Is hox about
eighteen inches square and foot deep
OF last about the size Of those in which
= grocer keeps soap This box is Of Tin.
Painted black and as you look you think
Of the icaden caslxet Of Poriia in tho
Merchant Of Venice" II is Mrs Green's
box for valuable papers. and although its
outside Is hat homely tin. doubt no;
that there are millions in IT,
Chat with Uetty Green
wish ! could show YOU Mrs. Green as
she chatted with me after her business
callers had gone. She Is q far different
woman than the orc YOU know I'm the
newspapers. She makes me think of one
OF the good cid mothers whom you viii
hHd by the dozen In almost any country
town q woman who has brought an n
family and dome II well and who now
w her sixties although her life has been
Il hani one. Is stat in sympathy with M
n8ntty and Is ready 10 battle on TO the
close. dent believe a woman can Ftve
a face Ike Hetty Green and not have a
heart prom" tn sympathy and love Her
evFs are blue and friendly Her mouth
though determined has motheYlv lines
atoat &C. ard q strong character shines
Out ~ every feature She Is Stili fine
l'"Ain5s- 4td she must have hnen mast
hfeUif1l girl pUgiuS ruy chat she showed
ne some daguerroiypes taken of herself
NHfn She was the daughter of the mill
fsonatre Robinson. IL an transformations
way she tela me something of her simple
NE before her father 1lod and how she
Was forced Into business BY having 10
tsht the biggest lawyers sn the country
'"f ht'f estate Mrs. Green dresses very
iiainlN Tho costume she wore ycster-
"aF wou'd not have been ont OF place
upon The mofherly ola lady whom I re-
ferfe~i - Rh1re IIer dress waist WIS
81 some hlack goods trimmed with velvet,
which was rather rusty than new The
SKIRT was Sateen ~ black spotted with
WHITE. art upon hss head she wore a welt
which was twisted about So as - lock Ike
"an- Although she speaks four Ian
Eaa*@S The words she used were plain
N0Eio-Sss1n. ara she never hsSitatea %
'ah q spade a spade She has 3 siirF.
Yankee scent. which comes 7 suppose
rom hNT having be@n raised ln Vermont
There MS rot ths slightest anectasion
about her. Ga rot see au atom ~
trieklnes~ hardness or Of the suspicious
character usually associated wtth the 10
SffiDt'ons - her found her. I'm fact
rather modest than anything else
where Hcts, Green cot Her Business
ore Of nv first questions was as &c
wheH she nrSt discovered shag she had
BUSINESS ability she rspltesl
= dnns know that I have much husF-
ness ability but such business ability as
Z possess hss heea Developed nv the ne
cee~1ty % taking care az NV fortune
Nes eee Z was noe fsoTn poeF We have
taen rfch for three generations TIE
Ne~se tg which ] was tseru fn Vermont
Aa3 t~erty~fwa rooms end two hsfN.
raon1s an3 NV father. ErsndEatser ara
tfsa that ~Ve~ gos ~ business was from
r1V Ersnifsfhnr. used "a Aeap htsa "
ats .asF-oa3emce sna aoxartsa saase
ct a.s business me He6s sfilE I hss ma A.
ine realty ~ So wSeh business until nv
father Hie5
II wss Sheer tAss You began your axA,
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