Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-11-08
They Are Americans, With Two Ex-
ceptions, and Their Fortunes 3
Aggregate Half a Billion. :,

Everyone hI1OWo IAS WIN - oAA
richest men are-Li Hung Chang, John
D. Rockefeller, the young Duke of West
Woh Qua, Cecil Rhodes and
Albert Beit-but it is doubtful if more
than ten persons can name the six Wo-
men of the world who are the Queens
of wealth. Here they are and the to-
tai of their ~rtune
Sonora Isidora Cousino, ....$200, 900, 900
Hettv Green. so. 900, 900
Miss Rothchilds, ............. &c, 900, 900
Helen Gould, ................. l5,O 600
Miss Rockefeller, ............. 10, 900, 600
Mrs. George Law, ...-.....-.. lO,000,09O
The fortune of Hetty Green is vari-
ously She has been credit
ed by one authority with $65, 600, 900.
h above figure Of $50, 900, 900 is proba-
bly, approximately correct.
UNTOLD WEALTH.
Isidora Cousino, of Santiago, Chilli,
heads the list of enormously wealthy
women. She has two hundred millions
Of dollars. She is getting on" as folks
say in this country, in years, and al
though possibly neal the half century,
is still remarkably beautiful, and ap-
pears more youthful han do many wo-I
men who have spent their thirty years
in those gayeties which tend to age
them.
Sonora Cousino lives and spends her
money without regard to public opin-
ion, which, however, is not supposed
to be censorious in Chilli, especially to
one SO generous. She would think lit
tie of giving away a million to any one
she might fancy.
Her houses are finer than any pal
aces anywhere, and h is really a
queen without assuming to be one. Her
coal lands alone pay her $50, 900 a
month, or nearly q million a year.
A CHARITABLE HEIRESS.
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 m~agnihcently furnish
ed, and a big conservatory is one of
the features. An army OF servants
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. and 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-
una
A RICH WOMAN ABROAD.
Few Americans living abroad are as
popular as the beautiful Mrs. George
Law who makes her home in Paris,
Nice and London, according to the so
1io1 oo~@nc H. l.~-,
tably more money in her own right
than any woman in French society.
Her house in Paris is a marvel in ele-
gance and is the scene of many lavish
entertainments. Every day is a gala
one with her, and every notable per-
son in the country worth knowing has
been her guest. She is a great patron
of the arts, and has brought many a
struggling artist or writer to the front.
In appearance she is very progresses
ing, tall and with a fine figure.
Eft GREEN.
Hetty Green. the richest woman in
the United States, though over sixty
years of age, is as spry as a young
girl. In fact her vitality counts in a
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 attire6 her.
self IN a plainly mad black dress and
a d bonnet to match. Thus armed
she could go TO . trust draw
$1,000, 900 in $1,000 bills and carry if in
an old satchel without the Slightest
fear of being robbed.
Her daughter, Sylvia, is a go,1-1r
in O. ~ -sL <1t6
common sense. She has been eai 0
a great deal by ambitious yc eoufte'
but has cared for hone of Jung men
Green some time ago ar eAena. MIS-
the successful man M inounced ina
honest, and as a resi- JSE pc poor Oh
dred applications E LII about i've hun
received by her. or prefernent We
that none of t. IT is needless to ad
agenent to .,e4a received any encoul
The GREAT MUSICIAN.
sexte talented young woman Of tn
bri t Is Miss Rockefeller. who is
IIiane musician. She "a play an.
ching from an accordion to a piano b1
the Harp is her favorite. Miss Rocl
fe1ler has recently entered society, b
III does not let her fondness for II
gay world interfere with her Christie
duties, and with all of her many el
gagements finds time for a great de
of church work.
Miss Rotnchilds, whose very name
a synonym for wealth, is a member
the great European family of Rot
childs. Village after village is W
by her. Although, of course, h h
hundreds of agents to collect her ren
and look after her property she is
thorough business woman and spen
two or three hours every day in goi
over her accounts with her head ste
ards.
She is up to date, too, and has Sc
much of the world.
Miss Rothchilds is generous to a fal
and the Sums which she gives to chi