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WORLDS RICHEST WOMAN CHATS ABOUT BUSINESS
:ic.Y. VIII ever We have . woman pr.si-

tics? VIII ever We have woman Presi-
dent7"
II should hope not. don't believe
mitch In so-calIed won1an's rights I am
willing to leave politics to the men, all
thougi, l wish women had more rights
In business and elsewhere than they now
have"
chance with me In business 2"
mo. they do not. l could have sue
ceedcd much easier In my career had I
been man. L find men will take ad :
lvantages OF women In business that they
would not attempt with men. I found
this 20 In the courts. where have found
fighting men all my life. 1t Is difficult
TO get lawyers upon whom one can de-
pend, and although I have great respect
for our Judges It seems TO me that the
woman sometimes has the odds against
\ ler with them. I don't want to say
anything against lawyers or Judges. I
respect both, and especially the latter.
although can't say like religious
lawyers" such as my friend Joseph,
4 Choate. now minister to England. I
have had many a tilt with him and shall
probably have more before die"
Hetty Green's Advice to Judge
Gresham.
Yves" continued Mrs. Green, II have
great respect for judges. think an
honest Judge Is the noblest work OF
God, and 1t seems to me high posi- zion
on the bench is moro TO be desired than
4 the presidency OF the United States. In
fact, told Judge Walter @. Gresham
that once. l had had case before him
IN Chicago. You must remember him..
He was Secretary Of state In 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
Gresham. you are fool to let the p,esi-
dental bee get into your bonnet. The
man who is stung by It never RECEIVERS.
and the place you have to-day Is higher
than that Of the White House. Your
decisions are INDEPENDENT If you be-
Congress or you will get into trouble.
I advise you to shoe that bee out OF
your bonnet VI III XXI e, F
I don't think Judge Gresham liked
1t very we'll, '''Scontlnued Mrs. Green. g. Tie
rather frowned as X spoke, and when
he accompanied me to the door and u
went out he slammed the door. I had
to pass through another door before i
got to the hall, and I slammed that door
twice as hard as he slammed his, Ito
show him there was no doubt Of my
opinion
Mrs. Green. said 1, s""you have made
more money by your Individual bra ms
than any woman since time began. You
have made millions. Some people be-
4 lieve that one cannot make a million
dollars honestly. Isl
THAT is a ridiculous idea. replied the
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Hcttic Green, Who Hardly
Knows Her Own Wealth, In.
tcrvicwed by Mr.. Carpenter
for The Tilnes-Dispat:.,.
BY Frank G. Carpenter.

Especial Correspondence OF The Times
Dispatch.) IS
NEW YORK CITY. Dec. Alt was In
tho Chemical National Bank, oil lower
Broadway, that / had my second inter-
view withsthe richest woman OF tho world.
Tho first was held seven years ago, when
Mrs. Hetty Green, IN tho midst OF the
hard times, was worth perhaps $50, 0Oo,-
600. It was then estimated that her
income was $4,000 n day. more than 5000
an hour, and moro than 50 every minute
OF everyday and every night. Since
then she has prospered Will, our pros
4 perity, and what shc Is worth to-day no
one but herself knows. / doubt II even
she could tell OFF hand. She is so busy
watching those who are trying 10 get
what ahe has and Investing tho surplus
10 make more, that she does not stop to
tale account Of stock. She said to me
to-day that she found 1t far easier to
make money than to keep It. and that
she kept making because she liked the
game and wanted to be In the thick OF
things When | asked how long she
would continue Mt 1t she replied Just as
long as the dear Lord gavo her the
mental and physical strength TO do SO.
In the Chemical National.
* 3 E IA.
When L called by appointment Mt the
bank to-day was told to present my
card at the last window in the brass
network which walled the customers out
OF the millions behind. did 50. and
thereby disturbed Mrs. GREEN'S confden-
tinl clerk WHO was busy tearing OF
coupons by means Of little steel square.
Il miniature OF that used by a carpenter
He fitted tho square 80 that the coupon
lay IN, tho inner right angie. and jerked
1T or las though, 1t were waste paper,
instead OF greenback worth many dollars.
He was working faster than the crack
typewriter girl in the OWL service who
writes 20. 900 words a day when l handed
him my card. Ec showed the bonds
aside Ike so much straw, and took tito
Mrs Green. a. moment later he returned
with reply that should 60 into the
second Office at tho right. and that Mrs.
Green would be with me In a moment.
] wctn and waited. The Office WIS n.t
bigger than q hall bed room. and Its
only furniture was desk and two plain
brentwood chairs worth dollar apiece.
took one OF these, and within a few
minutes Mrs. Green entered and, after
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AND DESTINY

ed on tho birth Of things, then when
speech was yet hushed. for fear lest com :
naand Or forbiddlng should issue forth. un-
She will never cross the threshold OF
that gate, and she awaits US within,
where are the foun ain heads. And when
we come and knock from " lthout and
she opens 70 GU. BID ding. her hand gill
will look for one instant at the man who
has been semitic. her and in that brief
moment she has learned all that had to
be- learned. and the years to come have
$tremb led to the end Of time. "a
Who shall tell of wha. consists the
first look Of. love. that magic wand made
has issued forth from the eternal home
of our being. that has transformed two
souls ana given them twenty centuries
OF youth? The door may open again or
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The Business Training Of Girls.

OF the poorest Is undistinguishable from
tho ransom OF a queen 81 u y
With reverence must We draw near TO
them. be they lowly or arrogant. inatten-
tive or lost In dreams. be they. SIN ilinS. it'll
or plunged in tears, for they know the
things that we do not know and have a
lamp that we have lost.
Their abiding place ;is at the foot itself
OF the Inevitable. whose well worn paths
are visible to them more clearly than to
us. And thence It is that their strange
intuitions have come to them; their gray
that even In their most ftrihtng actions
they ares conscious of being upheld by
the strong. .unerring hands Of the godsss
TO the gates OF our being: verify might
we believe when we are with them. that
that %primevaI gate is opening, amid the,
.hewildering whispers that doubtless wait
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should be made to understand Shat.sn
bank account Is, what Interest means and
how 1t accumulates, the character OF
mort cages ind bonds and how to know
whether they4are good or not. think
fathers should always talk such things
with their sons. 1fthey did 80 for
short time each day the girls would learn
: to think along business lines, and they
would not be at the mercy OF the money
sharps who prey up the weaker sex.
How Widows Can Learn to In
vest.
But suppose e. woman has no such
training said r. Suppose her father
or husband dies leaving her something,
more or less. how can she 60 about TO
! make the most OF It? suppose 1t Is
only $4,000 or 100000. or perhaps mill
lion. what can she dor
FOR large sum- said Mrs. Green
there Is nothing better for s,rcl1 n
woman than government bonds. and after
that good mortgages. invested the
greater part Of my Inheritance IN gov
eminent bonds and Rock Island railroad
stock. Government E 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 a living income from
them they are best. st4E3
THE woman with I'VE or ten thou
sand had better put her money into such
bonds at;snrst. or Into a good savings
bank. She can then know It, Is secure,
and go about learning no VITO make more
out OF It. 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
proportion Of them are male. Besides,
learn to do It for herself. II she lives
ina city she can study real estate and
play at investment. Let her take what
she considers desirable locality and pick
out several pieces Of renting property,
such as her money can buy, and note
down from time to time what they sell
for. She can pretend TO herself that
she has bought them. and when the
pieces sell again can play whether she
has made or lost. OF course. this Is
all pretence, Just as children Win stand
outside store window and each claim
ing 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 21dea Of values,
and II she buys rented property only she
IS pretty sure to have her income and
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"
sSis How about stock and bonds in Wall
Street, Mrs Green 2" said 4.
Wall Street is no place for the unso--
woman, and I doubt whether
1t is sood placs for any woman.
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We visit them as one visits pleasant
things we approach them with caution
and suspicion, and . t IS scarcely possible
for the soul ito enter. Y.
525 We question them mistrustingly-the
who know already answer naught; and
we go away struggling our shoulders
convinced that they do not understand.
But what need for them to Eunder-s
stand, = answers the poet who is always
right, what need for them to understand.
those thrice happy one who have chosen
the better part and who even as a pure
flame Of love In this earth4of ours. taken
OF the celestial irest hat irradiates all
Giles Of temples ana the mastheads Eof
ships that wander ~ Sc i$ 5s s
Some Of natures strangest IDEAS are
often revealed at sacred moments, y to
these maidens who live, and ingeniously5
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smile at 1t with the intimate grace Of the
child to whom its father inspires no fear.
the pure fragrance Of our soul. like
some jewel from heaven, which none.
know how to use,2 and were they to d e;
part the spirit would reign In solitude
In desert Theirs are still the$ divine
emotions OF the first days, and the
sources OF their being lie deeper far than,
q Those who com plain. Of them know not
the heights where TRUE kisses are to be
found. and verify do I pity them.
tsiAnd yet; how insignificant do women
BY! We see them moving a bout in cir
little HON es-this one is bending forward
down there another is sobblng, q third
sings, and the last sews, and there is
not one OF. us who UNDERTAKING.. -.
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Advice as to How to Educats
Rich Mems DaughtersPoints
on Investments Of Widows
With Money.

also my duty. You may remember the
parable where the man gave to each OF (
his servants a certain amount OF money y
and then departed to a far country.
When he returned he asked each to give (
an account Of his stewardship. He COM
,nended those who had increased their
trust and denounced the tinid ono who
had buried his talent in. the sand. The
fortune which was left me have all
ways looked upon as such a tr,ist--one i
which / was to care for and increase
Suppose you should give me two or three \
hundred thousand dollars to invest for
you, and l should putt In the safe de-
post or let 1t be frettered away, what
would you think OF meg
mo, / feel that am doing my dutyin
taking care OF and increasing the trust
left me by my family, and that the Lord
Is blessing me in It." 3i5
Her Secret Of Success.
what, Mrs Green, has been the secret
Of your success ~ 5$s 81
II cannot say, save that have tried
to use common sense In my business.
Before deciding upon an investment \ 4
have sought out every source OF informa- y
tion, and have only acted when knew
the facts. Having decided upon my
course have stuck to 1t. There Is no n
great secret IN fortune making. Sue
cess Is based upon the principle OF buy-Saii
ing when things are cheap and selling
when they arc dear When good things
are so low that no one wants them 81
buy them and lay them away in the safe,
and when, owing to some new develop-
ment, they go up and my shares are 50 y
needed that men will pay well for them
T am ready to SELL Il
"But how is one to know when stocks
are low r. 81 .5 * III t3 DIS Z
Fly their history. their dividend pay
Ing possibilities, and what they have sold
Tor infthc past. If one, can buy a good \
thing at lower cost than It has ever
sold for before he ma be fairl sure
s OF getting It Cheap gtS3 y. $lst gySs
'.Ifow about railroad stocks - gl(1sS
2 There are some few good ones. t5;Ss
33..I don't believe in investing In bank
stock as "a rule, although have some.
i would n rather II have NOR tgages sgs Or
bonds?'' 81 II. E . ~.
a7S5.'yVhat do you think OF industrlals ~
81 don't know anythin e about hem AS
+ soon as I was told that FIVE billion dol-s
lars worth Of ouch stock had been sold
II ri plied that my arr thn1e tict did not goS
into the billions, al d ~ Is stopped KurhngS
npon them &c Copyright 1904, n by Frank
8G.6 Carpen ter.J l5 NJ
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close, pay no heed nor make further ef-
fort, for all is decided. She knows. She
D things you do or sayFor even think, and
I IL she notice them, It will be but WITH a.
smile. and tunconsclouslyi she will fling
firm the certitudes OF that first glance.
And II you think you have deceived her,
and that her in1pr ession is wrong, be;
you yourself who are mistaken. q.
H / would that all those WHO have suffered
from Womens ,ands would :, loudly pre-
those reasons be- we'll founded we shall
indeed BE SURPRISED and shall have ad-99
women are indeed thesyeiled sisters of all
the great things we do not see. They;
are indeed nearest Of kin to the Infinite
that Is about us and they alone can stlll
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shaking my hand. took tho other. She
began to talk at once. and for ar, hour.
In answer to my questions, chatted mos.
Interestingly about the buslnesBwofnan
and women In business.
Hetty Green's Business Training
The world has Il wrong idea OF Mrs.
Hetty Gree, She Ilas been represented
as illiterate. She is not. Shc conner;
OF a very rich family Her fit'er. grand
father and great grandfather were all
among the rich men OF this country.
She was raised in the lap OF luxury, her
home had Twenty-Five rooms and two
bath rooms. She was well educated
and can speak several languages. She
got some Of her schooling II lsnatni1
where sile was taught by relative OF
James Russell Lowell. She WAS n noted
social figure during her young lndyhood,
and was celebrated as dancer and as
horseback rider. She had MI the
athlctii tendencies. In fact, Of tic pres
eled In Europe, and aftei. her grand.
( fathers death lived for half-dozcn years
IN London. while her father was operating
In stocks and bonds OF that country and
this.
Indeed, Mrs. Green may be said to have
had the disadvantages OF wealth toward
Becoming PRACTICAL business woman
Il w nat SaVeQ HcF W as NeE SsTdUuiAtuSIS
poor health and poor eyesight, which were
succeeded by similar weaknesscs on the
part Of her father. She read the papers
to her grandfather and especially the
financial news and the stock reports.
She sometimes acted as his confidential
clerk, writing his letters for him and q t.
tending to some OF his business. He was
man Of many investments, and he told
IIctty what was good and why
She learned the fluctuations OF tho mar
ketH and at fifteeu knew all about bulls
and bears, and much better then. she
thinks than many a man who is opera
ting in Wall Street to-day Sho did
the Same work for her father. botn|in
thts country and Europe. SO that when
her father died she was ready to manage
for herself the property she Inherited.
Her father left altogether seven OF more
millions, and OF this Miss Hetty received
one million. There was a law suit be-
gun shortly after as to the settlement
]; Of the estate. Hetty Green thought
then, and thinks still. that the la yers
and others have been trying to& defraud
tho heirs and she has been fighting that
suit from that day until now.
The Business Training Of Girls.
During our talk !. l asked her whether
slio thought that girls shot3d have bust
ness educatiors. She, replied:
II do. Every girl should be taught
the ordinary lines OF business tnvestmen>~
This Is especially SO II she Is likely to
Inherit money. It. is also the case II
her parents are poor, for. no one can
toll what may be her future through
marriage or the changes OF fortune. She
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.BV MAURICE NlAE[TERLINCK

and unconsclously will they declare them.
The sage follows q in their footsteps 4 to-
gather up the jewels that in their nno-S
lcence and joy they scatter along their
path. Th poet who feels what they feel
offers homa sc to their 1--we and tries TN
his songs to transplant that love, that Isl
the germ of the age Of gold, to other
times and other coun tries. SS;3Ha
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.Con6sca ting Church Property.

Ecuador3ha given the nuns In the coun-i
try the option Of etirlng to publ c hospi-ls
tails, where they will be cared for at the
expense or thei clues and towns. or OF leav-;
decide to leave the country they viii
receive an indemnity of about s2,400 In
gold each. The converts and other prop
erty are being confiscn ted ~ ~ giss s8
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death tragedy that Cleo
although the slightly different Her beauty
undoing wide
imagination nelghbor Numdian
demanded threatened
Carthage unless his request granted.
Rather than request the Carthaginan de-
cded life funeral
Citing station then her attendants stabbed
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Reynolds Death 81 Dido ii Buckingham Gallery at London

herself 1t is this dramatic which Joshua Reynolds
depicted In his famous painting In the buckingham
eEy London The queenls beautiful this
Yet has been considered wholly English
artist t scarcely suggests ANYTHING that the Ddo stood
suggestion OF the feelings
people death Of their the who founded
empire which eventually liyaled Rome In greatness. M
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DIDO the reputed founder carhage on the African
much romantic interest Of poets artists
Troy Cleopatra and zenobia These
sonages history stormy
but the personality q Dido has about It more
Others empires the others largely
soncerped with the destruction Of their countries a
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Why Hetty Green Works.

IT sometimes wonder Mrs. Green" said
!. 6'why a woman OF your edu ton and
social qualities keeps on working after
your fortune has become 30 great that
neither you nor your children can spend
its income, much less the principal. Why
is it?''
TT Is because enjoy being in the
thick Of things. like to have a part
in the great mocements of the world and
especially Of this country. I like = to-
deal with lig things and with whom
the world calls big men. II would rat Their
do it than play bridge whist which other
won en- so much affect. Indeed. my work
is my amusement and believe tits
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great woman flnanciera Il have made
A million several times and have never
done dishonest act In my whole life.
q I have never Intentionally wronged one
poor person ard I have helped thou-
sands No! 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 could
have gone through all my troubles II
the good Lord had not helped me? I
can see His work all along the lines OF
my life. He Is helping me now. Ithave
learned to trust Him and to not worry
about ANAL things"
Then you believe In Cliristianity?"
"Of course do. and ] try to practice
It. My parents were Quakers and
was brought ZIP with a fine sense Of
right and wrong. I was taught to be-
lfeve that he condones a felony Is half
+ felon, and that he who allows others to
rob or Is a receiver Of stolen goods is
himself half robber," 3E
Can Rich Women Get to Heaven2
''Then. Mrs Green, II you believe In
the Elble, how about the difficulty Of n
rich man getting into the KINGDOM of
heaven? The word man In that sense
Is a general term. Will rich women
go there?"
UclleSe lUG
and deserving rich havo as fair a chance
OF getting to heaven as the poor" said
Mrs. Green. "The Bible does not preach
against riches, but against the evil use
OF them and the sins arising out ofttlle de-
sire for their accumulation. tt dcnounces
those who are rich in their own concelt
and the rich who Cypress the poor
What are duties Of the rich as to
the poor, Mrs. Green? How do you re-
gard such charities MS those Of Andrew
Carnegie aud John Rockefeller
II do not want to critlclse individuals.
I believe in discreet charity, and i have
many calls upon mo. i wish could
show you the begging letters receive
Within the past month my mail has been
full Of them: not only from this coun-
try, but. from nil parts Of Europe. In
deed. 1t seems to me as though my
dear friend Joseph Chonte, had been
advising all his European friends TO write.
to me- 5si 5ay i3
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would seem that women are
more largely swayed by destiny
than ourselves. They submit 70
Its decree with far more Sim
nIfcify nor r. there sin certify In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-24

among the early Dutch settlers ~ the
fiudaau valley. They have uue child.
a daughter who ls thr elfc IT p min
tatrr AZ kiHaHfun.
The judge ia - mIdtla height veil
buiit and Nril dressed amiahis but
sitFntffrd iiu has becumo reserved.
ihoukt. ebii5 THE presidential affair
r. Hu
BE even weHt e. the extent thta
winter ~ 5eeiiuinF Al Invitation 60 At.
tend dinner glvsa ~ the Albany
ue wHpnps4 men.
JudEr HaFkeF Hsfre1 as surrogate -
probate Judge ef iuantrt county ffau
iss1 e. t~8 ffe waH a delegate e. fhs
nnttnual Democratic convention Boz tsst
~ the next year hn Mas chairman q
the ngfgueratle state camrniftsr and
managed she campaign That ntAic TIN
governor
Cleveland offered him thr place 81,
i. flrfs aaetsfant postmaster HfneFst hus
- declined lie WaH elected judge =
the supreme eauri m iaa and heid
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YOUR NERVES

Ar The ne. the vitality. the energy ~
your bfaiT.
II IL the nerves that ehiiae the heart
90 uliaaGe. tie lungs 90 Inhata The aKy-
Ken. tbs hraiH % direct toe motion -
every afHAn = iha hodf. The stomach
g. ulEns1 froa tns liver 90 snrrets the
tile. the kidneys e. filter she blood.
AID the bowels % earrf or tf5u waste.
IS ben the nerves 81 the stomach
tseaiun weakened ~ exhausted. fiidi-
Eestlnn. CunatipH ton ard IHfiamfnn=
tlan result. Leea use TIE stomach la In
active.
.rhis Il true - al The organs = the
- ! L. ----.------
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DIR. Miles Nervine

II the great slsoftfic fuf tia usFN 80.
afad ia bringing them back 81 health
neser fails - Cilfe al eanrH - ~efv-
uifHzsnsas HisrptaaaunHa, &uufa . "a.
tfea.iarhr Hfasuh, haekarha. Mlsseti-
iaf TwffehiHas ~ Nif5zs Dance Epi-
irnaW. stufnArh. Liver an4 Kidney
ffHuhifs
sT+nr grn4a phfairiana ard health
TsnuFfa faiimsi a. relieve sac u com
piH#st8u - afEHuanh- liver sidney. smH
ksarf affrt ttnHs 81 faatties u IT
NI5as' NeFs tma cured me @ ". All
CfI1HOi.n tfrsa-rF Decatur. IuH
IL frst bottle fails a. benefit money
hack
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LITTLE STORIES
FROM MANY WI HERE

A DISPUTE HAS ARISEN over
the payment OF taxes on timber
claims ln southern oregon. the own
ers ar which took up the land ln
1909 aud proved up ia the fan of the
same year. The authorities hay mat
taxes have been levied and must be
paid a. soon the the final payment
has been made,