Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-07

tace IS she dropped The pin as if it
we're something hot. and walked away.
Poor soul. remarked the salesgirl
TO her sto.em;lte. Il think she was
Just diving for that pin, II it's II good
nhe Tor me money. too. Honest. don't
t lIst make YOU wish YOU had MONEY
sometimes. and could give things Ia
folks that want hem so dreadgfully2''
Poor little %shopeiri. And. poorer still.
poorer Hetty Green,
c there was the girl at the kimono
eounter-bui lets go back to the very
beginning.
Inquisitivc Eyes.
A days shopping with Hetty Green,
Just think what wonderful possibilities
eight hours of shopping might unfold.
If Mrs. Hetty Green would only loosen
The almoSt limitless strings of her
purse. But the real days shopping
with the woman financier is a different
story n one that can be told only by
the companion of her shopping tour.
Whenever Mrs. Hctty Green makes a
trip to Boston she notifies in advance
Miss F1oretta Nining. a robust. kindly
woman OF middle age. who is a member
OF half Il dozen patriotic societies.. Miss
Nining acts as companion to the rich
woman during her stay. though quite
frequently Mrs. Green elects to spend
n few hours by herself. dismissing her
companion at will.
On this last trip Mrs. Green arrived
ms usual. burdened only with such bag
gage as she could carry in a satchel
and handbag. Why pay an express
man or two for handling our trunk.
when dress. coat and bonnet suf-
flee for you stay?
She took Il street ear to her favorite
Boston hotel. which overlooks the
graveyard behind the church built by
Colonial Governor Adams as n fitting
| OlHCp nf NOrchin for N ic :. ., ict NE, T.. rs
Mrs. Green has always liked the sur
roundings. she says. and her room is
as modest as the hotel affords, being
situated where privacy II economy
unite. Her travelling dress was the ono
familiar to the men and women who
meet her daily in the money marts OF
New York. and her tewelry consisted
of her wedding ring. Il small seal ring
worn on the third finger of her right
hand. jet earrings and IA bar pin at hei
throat.
Nothing for the Cables.
Not once during her stay did Hetty
Green board a ear or cab to do hei
errands about town. Often. trudgink
along the sidewalks. che glanced VI
grimly at beautifully dressed womer
flashing past her in cabs-wome,
whose husbands or fathers she coult
buy out a dozen times over. Ever
when she wen into the ofiice-buildinf
district TO consult her new attorney re
gardinE IA suit brought by a former
lawyer for SILL 900 counsel fees. which
h holds as outrageous, she walked
every step. Down State street sh,
made her way. quite unattended, int,
the financial district. where she stoo.
looking at the Lawson office Windows
and peering Al the bank notes displaye,
by the money changers. And alone sh,
wandered into the federal building
seeking the Office " Miss l.. e. Tucker
deputy clerk of the United States cir
cult court. Miss Tucker is an oil,
friend of hers and as such had tn
honor of entertaining her at luncheon
In truth. however. this was not n cost,
honor. for Mrs. Green is n spare eater
Al the hotel she ate only her break
lasts, carrying the roll of fruit remain
ing from the mea;---AcT rom ss.- !ate
use. Her l%uncheons and dinners sh
picked up wherever she happened to be
But. oh. the joys of that first aft
ernoon's shopping. In Boston non
knew her as Mrs. Hetty Green. Sh
would not be followed by curious eye
anG 0pen c0mincnt, She wandered a
Mar tne s.6fes' and Dice,
things 10 her hearts content. Her
was Il great tray OF fancy pins, tn