Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-05

philadelphia Evening Bulletln)
Having proven that she knows how
TO keep a reasonable number Of mil
lions and likewise, that she knows how
10 adj 10 them. Hetty Green Is now, IN
her Relieving sixties, willing 10 impait
some of her guiding maxims TO the
world II is unnecessary to. say that
the world Is always ready. even eager.
20 listen respectfully TO the millionaire.
Who can teach with such authority 10
= race where the million has taken the
place OF he old-fashioned sentimentali-
ties Il at moved mankind? As rule,
the millionaire IS chary OF his words.
Hence the value OF the aphorisms OF
the richest woman I'm America. II Will pro-
baby bring temporary confusion 10 the
new" woman 10 learn that Mrs. Green
Is Opposed to the sway Of the new IDEAS.
The true woman. she declares. IL the
woman who stays az home and makes
homo happy.
Now this has m engaging significance
I'm the saying. but the new woman VIII
probably make answer: How can we
make home happy II the man does not
likewise stay AT home and contribute
his share 10 the happiness? To this
the milllonairess has the somewhat
orphic response: Good food IS the basis
of hardness" Thereupon, she declares
that =, woman should be mistress or
her own kitchen: should be able TO en-
ter THAI mysterious adytum, and, n need
be. digest herself OF her gewgaws.
plunge her arms into dough. and turn
out an eatable Loaf In one vigorous
phrase she avenges the prisoners OF
poverty who inhabt boarding houses.
Hash" she declares "has made more
divorces than unfaithfulness." The mo-
mentouy Significance Of this utterance will
impress itself on the student OF sociology
who has marked the varying activity or
the divorce quotation In accordance Win
the carelessness Of the cook.
But IL would be quite impossible TO 10
Justice 10 the pungent expression OF inc
millionaire philosopher by the mere repe-
ttion Of her aphorisms. 10 ID enough 10
call attention 10 the cogency OF her oD-
servati0ns. TO apprise the country mat we
have another philosopher among us, that
she has views on all the burning questions
of the day. and that her place for time
at leagt Is on the rostrum. She would be
the very strongest argument that could DO
made for the stlll disputed right or wo-
man 60 vote. and hold any or all ofnces
now usurped by men. Just at TINS tihe
she IA waging war against trusts, when
she condemns because, as she shrewdiy
observes. they bar the way 10 young men
with limited means from getting INTO pu'i-
ness I'm a small way. To war on these
baleful cormorants she would not attack
the corporations; she would go ior 'nS
individuals composing them. There Is not,
for example a mother IN America that
will not be struck by the subtle instinct
of the ruler in the anecdote Mrs. Green
relates apropos her son Ned" While ne
made noise enough in his youthful sports
she had no fear that he was IN miscniei'
but when things were quiet In the neish-
borhood. she had her motherly suspicious.
How many mothers can make such com
ment az the millionairess makes on her
son? He IS worth $4,000 q year to her, ana
she is so well content with him tnat she
objects to his going into politics Inc h."
woman ought TO wrestle with this remark
able mind. Such an aid would very soon
sweep the last defence Of bigotry tron
tho natb Of the apostles Of equalityi