The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-13
Hasn't Consented to Engage
ment With "That Mr..
Wilks," She Declares.
SCORES THOSE PEOPLE,
Richest Woman Now Has Desk
in Stuyvesant Fish's Park
Bank Offices.

Mrs. Hetty Green. the richest woman
In the world, announces through The
Evening World that she has mot yet
given her consent to tho marriage OF
her daughter, Sylvia, to Matthew Aston
wilks, the wealthy Canadian whose rel
atives sent out an announcement Of the
engagement from Gait. Ontario. two
days ago.
In an effort to learn son<thiAE from
Mr.. Green Of her daughters engage
meut, It was also learned that Mrs.
Green now shares ofiess with Stuyys-
SAINT Fish. In the National PARK Bank
Building, at No. ~. Broadway. .
Mrs. Green az she grows older docs
rot acquire vanity Of personal adorn.
ment. When she left her home In
Bloomfield street. near Fourteenth
street, Hoboken, to-day her rusty black
skirts were bedraggled with mud. Her
hat Topped YEARLY over one ear, When
4 reporter approached her. she drew
away and looked as though she was
going to call a policeman.
When Mrs. Green reached this side Of
the river she went at once to the Ma
tional Park Bank. She was greeted
there with much consideration and es-
oorted to the door Of the safety deposit
vaults. into which she disappeared.
In Office With Mr.. FI.h.
In q few minutes her secretary, Mr..
Phelps, an employee OF the Chemical
National Bank, Joined her. They 70.
manned In the safety deposit rooms
about a quarter Of an hour. Mrs
Green then entered the bank elevator
and went up to the fourth floor, where
there Is a suite Of offices bearing the
name "Stuyvesant Fish" on the door.
She entered and walked to a parti-
tioned-off office at the opposite end OF
the office from that In which Mr.. Fish
had his desk. She pulled open a desk
here, sat down and busted herself with
papers She still declined to be inter.
viewed.
After opening her mail and going over
documents with Mr.. Phelps. Mrs. Green
left the Park Bank and went TO the
Offices Of the Title Guarantee and Trust
Company at No. l76 Broadway. On the
threshold Of this building she decided
that she had something to say about
her daughters reported engagement.
That engagement OF my daughter,
Sylvia. to Mr.. wIlks,' she said. II
have not yet given my consent to It.
don't know what those Wllks people
mean by telling people that It lie so.
Why, they have even published 1t In
the London Times. But I have not
given my consent"
She would say nothing more.
Left Old Quarters Long Ago.
It Is news to the financial district that
Mrs. Green Is now quartered In Mr..
Fish's Offices. For years she had a
room In the Chemical Bank. where she
transacted most OF her loan business
and which was furnished to her by the
DdHh DcChuse VI tue Importance OF ner
immense account. About year ago
Mrs. Green quarrelled with the Chemical
Bank administration. II was rlimored
that she had transferred her allegiance
to the National Park Bank but In
quiries for her there were always met
with professions OF ignorance as 70 her
whereabouts
II became apparent. to-day, that, In
order 10 hold the great Green account
on their books, the Park Bank had
given her a private Office on the floor
devoted to the Fish estate. Mr.. Fish
was formerly . vlce-president Of the
bank. and Is still one OF It's heaviest
stockholders. Mrs. Green's Office Is a
bare little room. uncarpeted and fur.
nished only with two rolltop desks and
n telephone.
Matthew Astor Wiiks, whose rela-
tiyes announced his engagement to
Miss Green. was the most prominent
quest at Mrs. Green's famous dinner at
the Plaza Hotel a year ago. when she
undertook to silence the rumors tina,
she was s,ingy and did not know how
to spend money.