The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-02
HETTY GREEN TO
QUIT HER WORK
WILL TRANSFER FORTUNE TO
SHOULDERS OF DAUoHTER-
son LACKS TALENT FINANCE

New York. May Mrs. Hctty
Green. one OF the worlds richest
women. and the most picturesqu,
figure in American fn ncial circles
Aas begun 20 shift her burdens upon
the shoulders OF her daughter. Mrs
sylvia Wilkes Mrs. Green IS not 90.
ing To retire altogether from the
arena OF business. She could not
possibly do that. even though she Is
% years of age. and her health has
begun 10 fail but she Is going to
transfer large burden OF her
business responsibilities 10 the young.
or shoulders. she said today. and
at the same time she breaches an
eloquent sermon 10 the American
woman. praising her native shrewd.
mes, but criticising her with frank
ness.
Mrs. Green thinks that the men
are as eNtraNagant as the women.
many men. she believes. are more eX.
trayagant than women. The rich
people of today live amidst too
much adornment and think too much
of their personal pleasures She says
. Il Is just as easy to make money
now as il ever was. that the women
now have a far better opportunity
to acquire wealth than they had
twenty years ago.
While Mrs. Green did not say so
Il Is believed that she will prac'
tically give the entire management
of her $jO.00O.0OO fortune to her
daughter She had hopes that her son
Edward II. r. Green, might prove
master OF finance. but the money
making traits seemed to skip the
son and settle in the daughter
" airing her proyerbial blacl
dress and bonnet, with her white
hair combcd back over her head
Mrs. Green sat at her desk in th'
Chemical National bank, lookins
somewhat pale and wan. although
her keen eyes were just as shrewdl!
alert as ever.
You couldn't expect me to mak'
. public my plans she said, "as /
has never been my custom. But it Il
true that my health has been bad 70
months. and my physicians have con
Z yinced me that must not c5ntinu
/ personally conducting the detail
, of my business affairs Here sh
, smiled quantity, and continued: 'NoI
, know my financial affairs are rathe
, large. | believe the newspapers hav
. said so. and they call me the rich
. like TO dispute the new wspapers, s.
| shall allow them 70 continue put
liehing their stories about me.
II have been handling busines
and financial affairs for a grea
many years. 1t has become a par
, os my life. | get my recreation fror
it. Where another woman might &c
, joy from a trip get pleasure fror
business. Not that need NOR
money. but just because | have a
, inherent liking for It.
u have been pleased at the AZ
titudc which my daughter shows 10
business. ! have tried quietly I
train her for business and insti
, a liking for it in her nature, 70
some day she will have a very bi
estate 10 handle"
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j changes in the faculty of the stat
y normal are as follows;
= r. H. Hcnshaw. vice president c
70 the Duraut normal. loses mis- plac
l. as a result of trying To oust Pres
j dent Moore. w. ). Bryan. vice pre-
! idcnt of the Edmond normal, lose
his place for trying to oust Pres
dent Mclaughlin L. q. Griffith {
the AlNa faculty was elected vic
president of the Edmond norma
after trying IN vain for the pres
4 dcncy of the NlNa school. VIM
Smith. of the Alva faculty, wa
y eliminated after failing to land IN
presidency. j. H. Scott, biologist ,
, the Tahicquah normal, was ousted, a
> was j. l.. Glover. biologist of IN
Weatherford normal