Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
A Woman's World

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woman Yields her greatest
A~ fascination AMI power, backed
Iokf&0V by wealth, reared TO luxury and
49, the pursuit of pleasure, and II
suddenly fate laid at your feet a fortune Of
Sl00,OO,oO to manage. what would you do?
Go right on pursuing more extravagdnt
pleasures, p~lunging more deeply into lux
ury. seeking new social worlds to conquer?
Perhaps. but not II you were a cir, like
she whom fate has thus recently envel-
oped with a mantle Of enormous wealth,
for she Is a real American girl. springing
from good. old-fashioned American stock.
believing firmly in her duty to the in
dividual and to the community, and fully
alive to her grave responsibilities.
Such a girl is Mary Hartman. who, it is
believed, shares with her dead fathers
closest men friends and advisers the secret
of carrying out the late financier's wishes,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Edward II. Hartman left his mighty
fortune, real and personal, unbroken by so
much as a tiny bcquest, TO his wife, who
was Mary ANcril. Of Rochester. n. Y. It
IS hers to give or to hold, hers to divide
OF retain intact. 'hers to lose or to increase,
But to a woman Of Mrs. Harrlman's tenn
permanent, distinctly feminine; above all
things a devoted wife and mother. the
burden OF managing such a fortune would
prove beyond her strength, especially in
her first hours of gri f.. for a happier couple
than Mr.. ana Mrs. Hartman was seldom
seen.
The Russell Sage fortune is managed by
a syndicate or committee, working under
Mrs. Sage's directions to carry out every
wish Of the onc-time wizard Of Wal street.
The Hartman fortune promises to be man
aop1 I'm ysgrN much fla ~, u-,, t,t -
individuals appointed by the widow.
The eldest son, Walter Averill Hartman.
Just out OF college, is studying practical
lailroading in order to safeguard the
family's enormous railroad holdings.
Cornclia, the eldest daughter, is married
20 Robert J.. Gerry, and is a gentle,
wCmanly type, willing to leave all bust
ness responsibilities resting upon the
shoulders of her husband. a son Of Com
modore Eldridge 4. Gerry. Miss Carol,
the fourth child, is just out Of her teens,
her debut in society deferred BY her
fathers unfortunate death, while Roland,
the fifth child, is preparing for college.
This leaves the second daughter, Mary,
as the real rock of strength upon which
the mother Will lean in carrying out her
husbGnds's wishes. And Mary Hartman
will turn her back on social conquests,
N@ 49, NAANh Will taAA bhee
ON her many civic and philanthropic in
terests, to help her mother carry the
burden and administer the expenditure Of
a fortune of upward of $50, 1000, 900.
This girl, who Will touch in a dozen
ways the fortunes Of the family, is of
medium height, admirable carriage, with
determination written in every line of
face and figure. She has a clear olive
complexion, regular but not striking fea-
lures, dark brown hair and eyes a trifle
lighter. In speech she is incisive, often
abrupt. She reaches conclusions quickly
and often makes mistakes which she is
slow to admit, but quick to undo, dis
playing resourcefulness rather than great
caution. a fault which time, with great
responsibility, win eliminate. on the
other hand she is intensely practical
and business-like, always just and fair.
She has inherited much of her fathers
indomitable spirit and marvellous capac-
iy for securing results, while her sisters
have the more domestic and social traits
of their mother.
Mrs. Hartman was regarded by all who
knew her as an ideal wife, helping her
husband by saving his nervous strength
and sparing him all petty domestic annoy
ances. In the administration of household
and social affairs it has always been to
the daughter Mary that she turned for
practical help. 1t was Mary who audited
accounts and cut down bills and o. K-'d
statements for the dead financier's final
inspection and payment. In the last hard
fight FOR the life of husband and father
it was Mary's resourcefulnesS and practical
ability which never failed the brave wife.
And now it is Mary whose will and sxecu-
tive ability have taken the helm in the
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Mary Hartman has been trained well for
her task. Hers has been essentially an
outdoor life, which accounts for her per-
feet health, her clear eye, her fine COM
plexion, as well as her steady hand