Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-31
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con, ana the daughter, sylvia ALL
Rowland Green, who was born III the
United States soon after the return
Of the Greens from abroad. This
daughter is named after a spinster
aunt Of Hettys, who swelled the be-
ginning Of the present stupendous for
tune with a bequest of her entire es-
tate, worth millions.
If one would know the richest wom-
an in the world to-day as she really
is, one. should follow her from the
Chemical National Bank any evening
down to the Barclay street ferry and
cross the river to Hoboken, n. J. One
would not lose her in the crowds, for
it would be impossible to miss the old
black bonnet and rusty cape which she
| invariably wears. Indeed, she is not
much better dressed than the bank s
scrub woman, whom she passes every
afternoon. When this strange old
woman leaves the New York shore be-
hind, she leaves Hetty Green. Mrs.
G. Morton" lives in the fiat on the Sec
ond floor, which costs $26 a month to
house the being Of one whose gold can
make some kings tremble.
Once Hetty Green enters the Bar
racks Of an evening it is seldom that
the world sees her again until the fol-
| lowing dawn. She is an early riser.
She spends part Of the night in doing
her washing, the little homework that
the fiat demands or outlining some
scheme Of the morrow. She dries her
handkerchiefs by plastering them
against the window panes. The trades
men Of the neighborhood know her,
but not pleasantly. Hardly ever does
she spend a dollar, and she has been
known to haggle over a cent or two in
change from half a dollar.
It might be said that the veriest
street urchin Of New York could tell
in one guess why Hetty Green makes
her home in Hoboken and why she
calls herself when there Mrs. Nor
ton," or Mrs. Dewey" or Mrs. Sara
chem as may suit her purposes and
best mislead the tax gatherer. Hetty
Green will not pay taxes, and that is
all there Is to it. That her son may
be exempt of much, she has made Lon
don his legal residence. Hetty Green's
own legal place of abode is Bellows
Fails, VT.
Once on the New York side of the
river at the beginning of the day-the
beginning is seldom later than $50
she cuts toward Broadway by the
shortest route, and thence to the an
cient and conservative Chemical Ma
tional Bank, where the major portion
Of her ready cash is deposited, and
where she is said to have an unrivalled
collection Of diamonds, purchased, Of
course, solely as investments. From
the moment Hetty Green seats herself
behind a roll-top desk in a room in the
rear Of the bank set apart for her sole
use it is work, work, work. She has
her fingers on the money pulse Of the
world.
And there is Hetty Rowland Robin
son Green, the richest women in the
world. There is her life day after day
- petty chickering's, stupendous
schemes. She is ali alone. Her son,
for whom she is believed to be amass-
ing all her millions to make him the
richest man in the world, is away in
Texas bound down by the demands of
the great funds invested there. Syl-
via Ann, the daughter, is either with
the Countess Annie Leary, who in re-
cent years has taken her under her
social wing, or else in the Green home
in Bellows Falls.
Seventy-one years have settled their
boar on the head Of Hetty Green. How
many more years are left to her no
one can tell, but is all that she has
done and all that she hopes to do
worth while?