Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-10
Is Now Ashamed to Have Her Picture
in the PAPERS.
100 BUSY TO THINK OF CLOTHES
Discovers that Daughter, Sylvia,
Wears Corsets and Dresses Up.
HAS NO USE Eos FRIzzLED HAIR
Declares that BciuE Rich Docs Not
Make Her Have FeeIlngs that Are
Different From other
People.

People,
BELLOWS SPRINGS, Vt. Oct s-(Spe.
cial Telegram)- )-Hetty Green, one Of Amer.
ica's richest women with an income OF
$4,000 day, waited five hours the other
afternoon on the rckety steps OF her for.
mer home here while workmen removed
several old, crumbHng stone posts from the
wall in front Of the house.
I'm so tired. l wish I could lie down
but l couldn't rest II I did until 1 know
those posts had been hauled in the wood.
shed and l had turned the key on them"
she said
Mrs, Green is not as reticent as mos
women are about telling their age, for she
freely divulged that secret, sacred to every
woman's heart.
Il am 20 years OF age, and l get tired
much more quickly than ] used to- and I'm
growing to look so old that I'm ashamed
to have my picture in the papers. To look
at me you would scarcely believe l was
a handsome woman once" she continued
Twenty thosand people came 20 look al
me when 1 used to go to Saratoga Presi.
dent Van Buren of the United States, Lord
this and Lady that'-and Mrs Green
ratified off many names--"used to entertain
me. But / have been too busy spanking
people and fighting Of late years to think
much about clothes. Now, there is my
daughter Sylvia, who married Matthew
Astor Wilkes a short time ago. She wears
corsets all day and keeps dressed up, aud
her hair frizzled and does a lot of enter
taining When she came TO see me a
while ago In New York City she was 50
tired that she went to bed and staid two
days"
Misses Her Daughter.
Don't you miss your daughter very
much since she married?" Mrs. Green was
asked.
"Yes / do Nobody knows how much.
and l want her and Wilkes TO come here
and live in this house. But Wilkes don't
like this place.''A
How does it feel to be so rich2" Mrs.
Green was asked
Il don't fell any different from any one
else. I've always worked hard and there
is a living for everyone IL they will work
for it My father used to say that II you
sat me on log in the back yard l would
find something to do. I'm so active.
You see that little white cloud up there?
That cloud puts in mind of a stained glass
window l saw in Trinity church in New
York City once when l went in to pray.
was being sued for several thousand
dollars and 1t looked as II / would lose
my case. l prayed to God that II it was
right for me to lose my case, to make me
reconciled, but l didn't think 1t was right
that / should lose 1 told God that l didn't
have any one in this world to help me and
that needed His help. Well, there were
three supreme court judges connected with
the case One Of the judges lied for three
days and the third day they caught him
in a lie and / won my case,
Father "A Quaker.
Il am a religious woman My father
was a Quaker and he brought me up
never to speak when 1 was angry. Some
times i would not speak for an hour.
and sometimes l would not speak for a
whole day, as / could not get over my
angry mood
Il believe that ones soul lives after
death You know when Elijah ascended
into heaven he didn't take his clothes.
and that's why don't have fine ones"
Il am going back to New York" she
continued, ITO meet my son Ned at the
Waldorf Astoria. Ned Is a smart boy. He
has been made an officer Of a bank IN
New York"
DO you like New York city2" Mrs.
Green was asked.
Yes, / like New York. / like the hustle
M
me, Again, l think II would be ENJOYABLE
to have place in the country. where I
could keep COW and a few hens and a
horse, for 1 am very fond Of horses.
would want il near enough to New York
City so l could go back and forth every
day. / have to 90 to business every day.
New York City is filled with convicts?
and you can buy any mans vote down
there.
No Fight with Janitor.
Il have lived In Hoboken for five years
in the same apartment house and had
the same janitor and ! never had a fight
with him yet. 1 think that Is pretty
good recommendation for me-"
Mrs. Green laughed heartily for she has
good sense Of humor.
Did you live at the Plaza hotel at ono
timer"
"Oh, that was where I gave the dinner
to Sylvia and we ate off OF golden dishes
do YOU like hotel lfe?"
We'll, WE'LL / hate to see those lazy
women sitting around the hotel, with their
soft white hands and with pink satin
slippers which they can't put On the
ground. / believe in an active life. I spend
most Of my time in the Park bank, where
we employ 240 people. All day i hear the
tramp Of their feet and the rustic OF
papers. but like IL and don't know what
II Is TO be nervous.
Il own only forty houses" she remarked
i put the most OF my money in mort
cages and let other people worry about
the taxes. saved seven widows in
Chicago from being put out OF their
homes. Some one was going TO foreclose
the mortgages and bought them up"
Mrs. Green spoke with pride Of this
benevolence on her part