Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-25
Col. Green in New Yak
To Assist Mother.
Son Of Asity Gtssn Gives
Women a Wide Berth.
Plans TO Bsy AlrshIp---AdyIs6s
Young Men TO 6e TO Texas.

| arrived, in the refinement of the seer
| sucker suit from Dallas. Tex. at the
| Waldorf yesterday. He was glorious
| ly enthusiastic about the increase in
population of the city of Dallas. where
he has made a great number of
friends and dollars. He was genial and
! intelligent on the subject Of the recent
prize fight. announced again with a
flourish his intention to buy flying
machine and was illuminating on the
| subject of raising orchids for the
wholesale trade. But even the climate
and the hospitality of superior Texas
| inspired him to less eloquence than
| did the subject of women and the
number who are anxious to become his
| wife.
| Colonel Green, with all his response
bilities of financial nature, had time
yesterday to talk about marriage. Not
| that the colonel has decided to mary,
| for he has not. He hasn't decided not
to marry, either. He just objects to
having women from Wahoo, Iowa, and
| other places proposing to him all the
time. His mail is heavy with feminine
cows of constancy and affection. He
has trunkful of photographs that ac-
comranied them. That is bad enough.
he says, but that is not all. Women
call on him at his hotel in other
places. and he has no doubt they will
do so here-call on him in person and
| talk to Colonel Green about marrying
| him..
Great Lord" said the colonel yester-
| day afternoon when it Comes to marry
ing-if it ever does come to that-not that
T, ~ vndnY
stand-Td rather pick mine than have
her pick me. And if l keep my health
and my inner lights don't go out on me,
I'll do the picking in matter of that
kind if there's any picking done.
when it comes to women, though, I
| find it's best to give all of them a wide
berth. I think I've got along easier by
| doing that. I've seen SO many Of my
| friends get bumped because they don't
side-step soon enough. Speaking of let
| ters from women" he added, John, have
you got that one from Jane out in Mil
waukee?" addressing his man.
Jane made so much of an impression on
Colonel Green that he carries her letter
around with him in his serving mans
breast pocket.
| Jane has a way with her." chuekled
the colonel, who is fair, fat, and fully 40.
She wants me to come to Milwaukee.
Listen: E HI. r. Green. worry no long
err. The Milwaukee girls would not take
you-with or without your millions. We
are very fussy here. and you would be
perfectly safe. Jane Drew
| That's heap better than the other
kind" he said. 1t seemed there was a
better chance for Jane.
| I'm the champion recipient Of mail
from the mentally infirm of both sexes.''
| continued the colonel. I'm in the market
| for flying machine and there isn't an
| inventor of the downright crazy class
who hasn't gone into a trance and told
me all about the diameter and the square
| foot of area of his dream ship. 1 don't
| think there's one.
| Now, the fact that somebody's air.
ship can be built with planes IA feet,
by 'steen inches don't draw any money
from me. l want to buy a machine
that will fly. and l want to see it fly
before l buy it. Always when 1 go to
i see flying Of any sort the air men are
anchored to the ground by winds or
something. I'd be willing to buy a
| flying machine. and I'd be willing to
hire a man to run it just for the fun
of sending it down to Dallas and Civ
ing the boys there something to talk
| about" -.
Asked if he had left Dallas perma-
nently, Colonel Green said:
I'm going to try to wean myself.
No place like Texas! Wonderful town,
Dallas. I'm director in 81 different
companies in Dallas. You might al
most think was in the pickle bust
ness. I've been producing great varie-
ties of flowers. instead--orchids, Amer
|ican Beauties. lilies Of the valley, car
nations-all kinds of fine flowers, you
know, for the wholesale trade Some
days we gather 100000 blooms"
1t was suggested that the sight on
such days must be beautiful, and all
that kind of thing.
Well replied the colonel, "Ameri-
can Beauties bring as much as 81
apiece down there at Christmas. OF
course, they have to have long stems
to bring that-say. six feet long. The
Is and 24-inch stems don't sell fol
more than SO or 81 dozen. have
q acres covered with greenhouses, un-
der four managers. each having 10(
workmen I've got half million dol.
lars in the business. 1 got into it by
accident Six years ago. and fount
there was money in flowers, SO. Of
course stuck to it. Who Wouldn't
You win rapidly assume the re-
sponsbilities so long borne by YOU
mother? he was asked. =.
Yes; she called on me almost al
soon rs arrived. Isn't it most ma
ltural thing for a son to assume the bur
dens of his mother when he can?' HI
replied. with a very genial smile. 81
will make my headquarters here at tn
Seaboard National Bank. A good dea
of the time shall have to be in Chi
cago. In about a month mother and
shall go up to Bellows Falls. VT. for {
rest" he said, changing the subjec
I suddenly "In front of this electric
I fan it's almost as cool as it is in deal
, old Texas. To man who has ono,
F lived down there, no other place suit.
him. he added.
, what is its chiefest charm"
+ "Everyhody's sociable," he reptile,
: with enthusiasm. One hundred and
r twelve degrees down In Dallas is NOR
: comfortable than IS degrees up here
l Dry. you know. We're just as refine,