The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-27

New York, Nov. 26.-Hetty How
land Robinson Green. who is more
easily recognizable as NSs. Hetty
Green, il today receiving the congrat-
ulatiOns of friends upon reaching her
seventy-third birthday. Despite the
fate that sac is weighed down by the
cares and troubles entailed by the
possession of millions. and the further
misfortune of living in Hoboken, the
richest woman in the world is still
a spry old person, able and ready to
hold up her end in any transaction
involving the Interchange of the coin
of. the realm.
When the aged but lively Hetty
took up her residence some months
ago in fashionable New York hotel,
the fawning sycophants of New York
society gathered about the feminine
tnancier, hoping to receive some
small crumbs from her table. In this
expectation they were. disappointed
Hetty received her new friends with
politenesS, but the strangle-hold which
she always keeps on her purse strings
was not relaxed for moment
Taken by and large, Mrs. Green is
a sensible old woman, and it didn I
require any extended period for her
t Operceive the empty-patedness of
what is called society. Then she gath
cred up her faded and worn skirts,
took a firmer hold on her pocket
book and hied herself back to Hobo
ken, where she now resides. Her
present Adde'S is No. 1909 Bloomfield
street, Hoboken, y. J., where a capac-
iOus waste basket awaits the beg
ging letters" which pour in upon Mrs.
Green in every mail.
At that, Mrs. Green is not so stingy
as is generally believed. While she
does not employ a brass band to at
tract a crowd while she brags of her
benefactionS, there l. reason to be-
lieve that the worlds richest woman
is not utterly lacking in charitable
instincts
Few tinancierS have more extensive
interests than has Mrs. Green. Near
ly every important corporation in the
world has some of its stocks or bonds
in Hetty'S strong box, and she has eX-
tensive real estate possessions in
New York, Chicago and elsewhere
She personally Superintends this vast
estate, and the man shrewd enough
to cheat her in a trade has not yet
been born. In fact, many famous f.
nancierF have in the past been saw
ed from disaster by appealing to Mrs
Green. Incidentally, they have paid
roundly for their salvation.
Mrs. Green's first husband was Ed
ward Mott Robinson, who died in 1865,
leaving her a large fortune, which
she mas doubled many times by shrewd
and judicious investments. In 1867
Mrs. Green, then a wealthy widow. &C
CURED her present cognomen by mar
rying Edward H. Green, who died in
1902. Since then. many and divers
men have made goo-goo eyes at the
spr-ghtly widow, but without effect.
Bond Issue.
1t takes a lot of money to conduct
the municipal government of a big
town like New York. Tnis statement
will be vouched for by Comptroller
Metz, upon whose shoulders\r ests the
formidable burden of providing for
the financial Solvency of the city Just
now the treasury isn't overlooking
with coin. and in order to raise the
wind" and keep the receipts within
hailing distance of the expenditures,
the comptroller has had to arrange
another bond issue.
The new issue will be of the tidy
sum of S12,500,00O and will be sold
Monday. Twelve millions will run for
fifty years, while the small balance
will be redeemable in a decade. The
bonds will bear per cent interest.
The last two public sales of city bonds
have been at a 1-2 per cent, but
toe comptroller believes that the cleo
ton of q new Theodore of the United
States. in the person of William How
ard Taft, has restored confidence to
such an extent that the new issue of
As will be greedily licked UP by the
investors
For the convenience of out-of-town
capitalists desiring to invest in these
bonds, the writer will gladly act as
broker for a reasonable commission.
Cash must accompany the communi-