The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-16
HETTY GREEN
HAS NO HOME
She Is Sill Richest Woman in
America, However.
SHE NOW ESCAPES TAXATION
As She Lives Nowhere In P'tlcuIu-Vlslls
New York, Chicago, Vermont, IsIis
and Other Places,

New York. March is-Het1y Green Is
without a home. This oAlAmitous situa-
tion is not due To any dlsPossesSon. nor
has Mrs. Green lost her fortuna To tel
the truth she does not want home
Taxes have to be paid where you have
homo
..I am simply rotating between here
and Chicago" Mrs. Green told a reporter
saturday. She was at the time In the
Chemical bank on Broadway. which TOT
many years she has made her business
heSdouarters II was proved non-resi-
dent OF New York several years ago. so
of course I don't pay any taxes mere 4
have had friends here In this bank Tor
many years and they allow me TO come
hare and get my mail and my telegrams
II has always been supposed that MIS-
Green was large stockholder In the
Chemical bank and that her reasons TOT
oeing there were largely of business
character. Mrs Green's personal aoid-
ing place here has always been somewhat
nebulous At one time she occupied
email fat In Hoboken, the name Dewey
appearing above the bell at the entrance
below.
JUST A wANDBRER.
..since my husband died" continued
the richest woman in America, i nave
had no special home OF my own. MY son
Is In Texas. My business calls me mere
and to Chicago. so simply keep going
back and forth"
Fred NibJo. chief clerk OF the Hotel st.
George I'm Brooklyn, was quoted yester-
day as saying that Mrs Green had told
him that taxes were driving all the rich
men out of New York. Mrs. Green was
asked about this and she responded:
.T don't know what other people are
doing Let me give you one piece OF
advice. Never pry into other peoples
business and you will get along very well
vourself It's none OF my business what
other people do about their taxes, or
where they live. or what they may do l
had myself proved a nonresident ana
that was all that concerned me.
II was suggested that some OF the rich
men of New York had declared them
selves to be non-residents, but because
of their large realty holdings here vol
unteered To pay taxes on a certain
amount OF personality. Hetty Green was
asked II she approved of this policy.
Just let me tell you she replied firm
ly. they won't get any OF my money In
that way. The others can do IL al they
want to. / pay what have to, and no
more"
WOULDN'T BE A DIRECTOR.
Fred Niblo has said that he was trying
10 get Mrs. Green to become a director
tn his gold mining concern. Mrs. Green
was asked II she intended TO do this
No" she answered instantly. why.
wouldn't be q director In my own rail-
roads"
why notY' was asked.
Because / don't think it's woman's
place to be director. Lot the men be
the directors"
You think the women can own the
companies and collect the dividends on
the stock, but that the men should do the
directing?"
Yes. that's my idea"
Mrs. Green said that she had vast
number Of people appealing TO her con-
stantly for advice as 10 what they should
do about property they owned. She said
she nearly always advised them to form
q corporation to take care OF II. That
was the advice she gave Niblo. That
was all the interest she felt In 1t, she
Asrlorad