Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17

carry a bag with me. you know, when
came down here to the Office. 1 brought
work at my home. The lawyers circulated
the reports that l had great deal of
money IN that bag i have no doubt but
that they thought some one might assault
me in order TO get possession of 1t. At any
rate policeman called at the bank one
day and told meethat had better give up
carrying 1T. and l have done so'
BY the way" Mrs. Green continued, II
got curious present the other day from
San Francisco. 1t was just after my fight
with c. P. Huntington down in Texas. 1
beat him In the courts there, and the peo-
pie of San Francisco were delighted at my
success. One of them sent me a box con-
tanning 4i-caliber revolver with a lot of
ammunition and a belt, SO that could
hang 1t at my waist. In the letter accom-
pany!nS the box the writer stated that
this was a little buttonhole bouquet from
the citizens of San Francisco and that il
came out there they would meet me at
the depot 10000 strong and we would march
on together to victory against Huntington
and punish him for his outrageous treat
ment of the people of the Pacific SLOPE"
The Rich and the Poor.
What do you think about rich men,
Mrs. Green? Don't you think they are to
large extent the cause of the hard
times?'
mo, 1 do not. replied Mrs. Green AZ
think the chief trouble comes from the men
between the rich and the DOOR. 1t Is the
middle men who are causing the distress.
Ihey want to arouse hatred of the poor
against the rich in order to make money
out of 1t. 1t is the middle men who organ
lie the big corporations and water the
stock and get rich men to buy 1t. 1t Is
they also who stir up disaffection among
the poor"
"Hcw about the anarchists?"
nave never found the anarchists very
bad. said Mrs. Green. Il have just come
Trouble with the anarchists is that they are
m,sled. Most of them will dc the right
ttlHg when they know what it is You NAV
remember that had a fuss with some of
the anarchists few years ago. 1t was
when my boy Ned was Just graduating. I
am trying to teach him business, you
krow. and l wanted him to learn what 1t
cost 10 make building and what went in
10 IL. In that case he would know some
thing of what mortgage on such a build
ing was worth l was putting up a block
IN Chicago, and / told Ned there was
eharee to learn all about painting and
other work So l bought a pair of over
ais Tor him. gave him brush and a keg
OF white lead, and hired man to teach
MIN to paint. He was laying on the stun.
When one OF the anarchists came to him
ana threatened to throw him into the lake
Tor taking the bread out of the working
mar mouth. l reasoned with the man.
and showed him that Ned was not getting
any money for his work; that the lob had
already been let out by contract. and that
the painters would get all that there was
in 1t. The result was that he went away
satisfied"
What is your ambition for your son.
Mrs. Green?" 1 asked.
Il have none,'' replied the woman of
millions. "All that l can ask hope is
that he will make an honorable and up
right man. 1 would like him to be able to
manage his property and to make the most
of himself and it,
Value of Common Sense.
Mrs. Green next spoke of her daughter,
who is an invalid and whom she spends
much time nursing. Mrs. Green Is very
proud of her abilities as a nurse. Said she:
II can take patient and nurse him quite
as we'll as these trained nurses of the hos
pital. 1 took care of my father during his
last Illness. He died before we had trained
nurses. I remember that 1 kept record
of his temperatures. the times he received
nouTishment. and the times l gave him
medicine just as the nurses do now. l have
often nursed people in the hotels where I
have been stopping. and I don't believe
that / have ever had a greater pleasure
than seeing them get we'll under my care
The secret of good nursing is common sense
just as common sense Is the secret of
money making. Common sense is worth
more than doctors sense. I remember a
case l had which illustrates this. 1t was
my laundress. She had been working for
me for many years, and all at once she be-
came sick. She tried the doctors, but
could not get better. She thought she had
worm in her stomach which crawled up
at night and ate at her throat, almost
ohoking her.
AT last said that 1 would come and
nurse her. I first took her out on the.
front porch when the sun was shining, so
that l could get good sight at her, and
look her over. l made her open her mouth
wide. and or looking in I saw that she
had very long palate. and that her ton
sis were quite sore. You see. her palate
had dropped down at night. and she
that l thought 1 could kill the worm,
and sent for some alum. and a
preparation of iron. l put the alum ON
spoon and touched 1t to her palate You
Know how alum acts, 1T Fuckers your pal
ate UP. ! then used the iron preparation
for her tonsils. Well, that night the worm
did not bother her. I continued the treat
ment Tor several days and 1t made her
well.
Now concluded Mrs Green. 'That
cure was accomplished by the use of COM
mon sense. Common sense 1 believe Is the
most valuable possession any one can have.
Such success as l have had in life has been
que to 1t, and to the fact that 1 was not
AFRAID to use such common sense as God
gave me. / believe in the Ten Command
ments and 1 obey them as far as 1 can. I
Try 10 treat every one fairly and 1 think
II IS my duty to defend myself when I am
imposed upon. AS to fashion, 1 care moth
ing for 1t. live simply, because 1 like
10 90 so. and because l believe 1t Is bet
ter for my health. The chief end of INV
HE Is not to make a show. but to do the
work which seems to lie before me inst as
well as / can"