The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-11-10
SIX WOMEN OF
VAST WEALTH.
They Are Americans, With Two E1.
ceptiOnS, and Their Fortunes 4
Aggregate Halt a Billion.

oSSA SHotS Aui1 - OAllA0As
There are six rich women who de-
serve to be placed up hear the top of
the list of the worlds great milliona-
Tres. This is a really significant fact.
1t was not so long ago that woman
had nc legal rights, and therefore
couldn't hold property. Nowadays a
woman may rejoice in having undis-
puted control of all her wealth. This
is something she owes to the much
abused legislators. Ever pagan
tries nowadays concede her right 10
possess things.
Everyone knows who the worlds six
richest men are-Li Hung Chang. John
D. Rockefeller, h young Duke of West
minister, Won Qua. Cecil Rhodes and
Albert Beit-but it is doubtful if more
than ten persons can name the sin wo-
men Of the world who are the Queens
of wealth. Here they are and the to-
tai of their fortunes:
Sonora Isidora Cousino, $500. 600. 900
Hetty Green, -.......-....... II ,O0O,O 900
Miss R~othchiidS, ............. 20, 600. 000
Helen Gould, ................ Il. coo, 600
Miss Rockefeller, ............. 10, geo, GOO
Mrs. George Law, ............ Q ,Gp0, coo
Tine fortune of He.ty Green is vari-
ously estimated. She has been credit
ed by n authority with $s5. 900, 900.
The above figure of $50. 900, 600 is proba-
bly, approximately correct.
UNTOLD WEALTH.
Isidora Cousino, of Santiago, Chill,
heads the list of enormously wealthy
ONE She has two hundred millions
Of dollars She is getting on" as folks
say in this country, in years, and al
though possibly near the half century,
is still remarkably beautiful, and ap-
pears more youthful thar do many wO-
men who "a spent their thirty years
in those gayetiaS which tend to age
them.
Sonora Cousin lives and spends her
money without regard to public opin-
ion, which, however, is not supposed
to be censoricus in Chilli, especially to
one so generous. She would think lit
tie of giving avTay a million to any one
she might fancy.
Her houses are iner than any pal
queen without assuming to be one. Her
coa lands alone pay her $50, 900 a
month, or nearly a million a year.
~ HAN DIE ftE1ltSESS.
Miss Helen Gould possesses a fortune
which is so large that she is unable
to figure how large it is. She lives in
solemn grandeur in a magnificent
house on Fifth Avenue. in New York.
The residence is magnificently furnish
ed. and a big conservatory is one of
the features. An army OF ervan
preside over the establishment. and a
French chef looks out for toothsome
dainties for Miss Gould. The money
she possesses was made in the railroad
business.
Miss Gould is a student, and a bust
ness woman as well, Strange as this
may seem. She is fond of clever per-
sons. ana the receptions she and her
youngest brother, Frank. give are fea-
lures OF Gotham society. She is a Greek
and Latin scholar, versed in law and a
skilful hand at embroidery.
Charity is with her almost a hobby,
and a large part OF her great income is
devoted to charitable work and to the
alienation OF the woes OF the unfor-
tundte.
a RICH WOMAN ABROAD.
Few Americans living abroad are as
l'l'A'i'A - IN 81 NA''I -
Law who makes her home in Paris,
Nice and London. according 20 the So
cal seasons. She possesses ind;spu-
tltiy more money in her own right
than any wCman in French society
her house n Paris is Il marvel in ele-
ance ard is the scene Of many lavish
entertainments. Every day is a gala
one WITH. re:. ana every notable per
So, - IL. .,t,p4r,- ,t-,rtl I-,,v-f-r L.r
been hcr GUgst. she is 4 great patron
oc the arts. and has brought mary a
struggling artist or writer u the front.
Ii appearance she is YER 7rep"ssoss-
ing. tall and with a fine figure.
GETTY GREEN.
Hetty Green. the richest woman in
the United States, though over sixty
years of age, is as spy as a young
girl. In fact her vitality counts in I
measure for her success in handling
her vast properties. OF Quaker stock,
she was born in Rhode Island. Her
$50, 900. 900, more or less. was largely in
herited. although by her own shrewd
methods she added much to it.
For years Mrs. Green has attired her
self in a plainly made black dress and
a faded bonnet to match. Thus armed
she could go TO a trust company, draw
1000, 900 in &c. 900 bills and carry it in
an old satchel without the slightest
fear of being robbed.
Her daughter, Sylvia. is a cookbook
ing young with a great deal of
common sense. She has been courted
a great deal by ambitious young men.
but has cared for non of them. Mrs.
Green some time ago announced that
the successful man must be poor but
honest. and as a result o five hum
dred applications for preferment were
received by her. 1t is needless to add
that zone of them received any encour-
agement to speak of.
A GREAT MUSICIAN.