Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03

good mortgages. invested the greater
part OF my inheritance In government bonds
and Rock Island railroad stock. Govern
| ment bonds at the present market value
| bring but low rate of interest but they
are absolutely safe. and for the woman
who has enough money to bring her liv-
| ing income from them they are best.
The woman with five or ten thousand
| had better put her money into such bonds
at first. or into a good savings bank She
can then know it is secure and go
| about learning how to make more out
OF 1t. In order to do this she must
not rely merely upon the suggestions of
her masculine friends. There are many
wolves in Sleeps clothing. and good pro-
portion of them are male. Besides If the
| woman Is to do anything she must learn to
| do 1t for herself. If she lives I'm a city she
can study real estate and play at invest
ment. Let her take what she considers
desirable locality and pick out several
pieces of renting property, such as her
money could buy, and note down from time
to time what they sell for. She can pre-
tend to herself that she has bought them
ana when the pieces sell again can play
whether she has made or lost OF course
TINS is all pretence. just as children will
stand outside store window and each
claiming to own certain of the objects
within, trade with one another. BY this
means. however. the woman learns the
trend OF the market, she gets an idea of
VaIues, and IL she buys rented property
only she is pretty sure to have her income
ana at the same time the benefit from the
growth of the city in which she lives That
Is one way to learn how to make money in
real estate"
How about stocks and bonds in Wall
street Mrs. Green?" said l.
wall street Is no place for the unso-
phisticated woman, and I doubt whether il
IS good place for any woman. 1 do not
peieve in speculation. and as for myself
try to steer clear of Wall street. Any
woman who has not big fortune to back
her and at the same time excellent iudy-
ment and knowledge of all the securities
dealt in and influences at work had better
keep out"
The Business Woman Permanency.
"Are not our women learning more about
business every year, Mrs. Green? The mod
ern business woman is a twentieth century
product. Has she come to stay?"
YES The world OF today could not get
along without its business women. They
are rapidly taking the place of men as
bookkeepers stenographers and typewrlt-
ers: they act as cashiers In many of the
stores and new fields are steadily opening
1 DelieVe that women will do more and
more as time goes on. Nevertheless II
seems to me that the chief sphere of wo-
man Is nome. and that her most important
duties are those of wife and mother Every
girl should be taught that: although she
should at the same time have her business
education. There is no reason why the
married woman should not alsoabe a BUSH
ness woman"
Don't Want a Woman President.
"What do you think of women in poll
TICS! VIII we ever have a woman Presi-
6ent?'
Il should hope not don't believe much
In so-called woman's rights. 1 am willing
to leave politics to the men, although wish
women had more rights in business and
elsewhere than thew now have"
"But do not women have an equal chance
with men in business?'
NO they do not. I could have sue
ceeded much easier In my career had
L been man. l find men will take
advantages of women in business that
they would not attempt with men. L found
this so in the courts, where l have been
hghting men all my life. 1t Is difficult to
get lawyers upon whom one can depend
and although | have great respect for our
judges 1t seems to that the woman
sometimes has the odds against her with
them don't want to say anything against
lawyers or judges. l respect both and es-
pecially the latter. although 1 can't say 1
like religious lawyers such as my friend
Joseph Choate, now minister to England I
have had many tilt with him and I shall
probably have more before 1 die
Her Advice to Judge Gresham.
Yes" continued Mrs. Green. 81 have a
judge Is the noblest work of God, and 1t
seems to me a high position on the bench
is more to be desired than the presidency
of the United States. In fact. told Judge
Walter Q. Gresham that once. had had
case before him In Chicago. You must re-
Cleveland's cabinet and he was spoken of
as a possible candidate for the presidency
1t was at that time that I met him in his
private Office and said to him: Judge
f0nl tn OF he
dental bee get into your bonnet. The man
who Is stung by 1t never RECEIVERS. and
the place you have today is higher than
that of the White House Your decisions
here are Independent. II you become Presi-
dent you will be bossed by Congress or you
will get into trouble. I advise you to shoe
that bee out Of your bonnet
Il don't think Judge Gresham liked 1t
very well" continued Mrs. Green. He
rather frowned as I spoke, and when he
accompanied me to the door and / went
through another door before 1 got to the
hall, and l slammed that door twice as
hard as he slammed his, to show him there
was no doubt Of my opinion"
Can One Make Million HonestIyp
Mrs. Green" said I, you have made
more money by your individual brains than
any woman since time began. You have
made millions. Some people believe that
one cannot make a million dollars hon.
estly."
THAT is a ridiculous idea" replied the |
great woman financer. II have made a |
million several times and 1 have never |
done dishonest act in my whole life.
have never Intentionally wronged one poor |
person and I have helped thousands Mol |
do my work in the fear of the Lord, and |
believe that the good Lord has blessed !
me in the success ! have had Why, do |
you suppose 1 could have gone through all |
my troubles If the good Lord had not helped |
me? l can see His work all along the lines
of my life. He is helping me now. have
learned to trust Him and to not worry /
about small things"
'Then you believe in Christianity"
"Of course / do and l try to practice it.
My parents were Quakers and 1 was
brought up with fine sense of right and
wrong l was taught to believe that he
who condoned a felony is half felon, and
that he who allows others to rob or is a re-
ceiver of stolen goods is himself half rob-
ber.'
Can Rich Women Get to Heaven.
.'Then Mrs. Green, If you believe in the |
Bible how about the difficulty of rich man
getting into the kingdom of heaven? The
word man in that sense is general term.
VIII rich women go there?"
81 believe that the honest, truthful and |
deserving rich have as fair chance of get
ting to heaven as the poor" said Mrs
Green 1.-The BibIe does not preach against |