The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12

kindly disposed woman woman Of
the world-the busy mart-but none
the less q. woman of heart, chary as she
is of wearing it On her sleeve. '
She has original views about num-
Der of things-about her own fortune,
for example: "I regard my property
largely as a trust. 1t is not mine abso-
lutely. L take care Of it on much the
same principle as you would foster a
valuable animal left in your charge.
OF course my attitude in the premises
was inherited. My father believed that
the money left to one should be given
over undiminished to the next genera
tion. That also is my idea.
"He believed that one who inherited
property had the right to spend the in
come it yielded, but not to waste the
principal.'
Asked regarding the secret Of her sue
cess, she smiles and habitually dis
claims being the wealthiest woman in
the country. "About all that can be
said is that my investments have been
carefully chosen and have turned out
well as a rule. A fortune cannot be
built up around any fixed idea,' she
believes, cor, in other words, without
the exercise of plain common sense. I
buy when things are low and no one
wants them. l keep them, just as I
keep a considerable number Of dia-
monds OH hand, until they 60 up and
people are anxious to buy. That Is the
general secrat OF business success. Ono
thing, however, has been wrongly at
tributed to me, and that is specializing.
I never speculate. Such stocks as be-
long to me were purchased simply as an
investment, never ON margin
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By a curious antithesis, Edward q.
Green, prior to his death three years
ago, was one of the best dressed club
men In New York, while his wife was
certainly the least fashionably gowned
woman of wealth within leagues of the
city hall. Poor Spendthrift Green, as
Wall street named, after wasting, him!
He and she had very opposite ideas and
ideals. For years the husband divided
his time between his bachelor cham
bers, where he had his large library,
and his club, where he smoked, chatted,
dined, and occasionally played mild
game of cards. Once in a while he saw
play for a change. So passed his days
in q quiet, blameless, clubable way,
while his wife fought lawyers, lodged
taxes, and knitted her fortune more
firmly together.
She frankly admitted the other day
caring nothing about the changing
styles. Yet with equal frankness she
admits having an excellent wardrobe.
But, in her own homely phrasing, if a
thorobred were harnessed to an omni-
bus for forty years, he would begin to
look like an ordinary hack. And as she
passed out into Broadway, taking care
of q fortune, she laughed, was some
thing like omnibus work.
Such is the richest American woman
at three score and ten-the Rockefeller
of her sex-replete with energy, ag.
T gressive, kindly on state occasions
8 shrewd, epigrammatic, honest, fearless
r to the verge Of daring, a firm advocate
Of religion and Of the gertler amenities
: "a Quakeress who has amassed single
} handed so stupendous mountain of
money in the brief space of forty years!
, New York Times.
Brass work can be kept beautifully
bright by occasionally rubbing with
salt and vinegar.
, Tea should be kept In either tin OF
glass vessel, which has lid, as 1t is
necessary to keep it tightly covered.
Rub kerosene on the zinc under the
stove once day and it will always
. look bright. f..
: Sprinkle salt on the carpet in several
= places. No bother from 50 much dust
/ and brightens up the carpet.