Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-11-06
HETTY GREEN Is
ALWAYS ACTIVE
AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE WAS
ONCE PRETTY
FATHER WAS A QUAKER
Can't Take Fine Clothes Along When
She Dies, ~ She Wont
Wear Them

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Green, one Of Americas richest Wom-
en-. with an income Of $4,000 a day,
waited five hours the other afternoon
on the rickety steps OF her former
home here while workmen removed
several Old crumbling stone posts
from the wall in front Of the house,
Pm SO tired, / wish could so and
lie down, bul / couldn't rest n did
until / knew those posts had been
hauled into the Woodshcd and ! had
turned the key on them,' she sald
10 woman reporter.
Mrs, Green Is not as reticent as
most women about telling their age,
Tor she freely divulgcd that secret
suC.eu 10 every WOmun's heart.
Il m 20 years old, She said, "and
got tired more quickly than / used
10, and I'm growing To look so Ola
that I'm ashamed 20 have my picture
In the newspapers,
"Io look at me now you would
scarcely believe that ] was a hand
some woman once" she continued 81
had the most beautiful long eyelashes
land my hair was golden brown aud
so long that / could sit on It. My
nostrls were thin and my cheeks so
pink and pretty Just YOU feel how
soft my flesh Is" and Mrs. Green
rolled up the sleeve If her dlngy black
.N'ist.
How does it feel TO be so rich"'
Mrs. Green was asked.
Il don't feel any different from any
one else. I've always worked hard, and
there Is D living Tor everyone If ne
only viii work TOT it. My father used
10 say thai If you put me on "A log
in the back yard I'd find something
10 do, I'm so active.
II am a religious woman. My father
was a quaker and he brought me up
never to speak when | was angry.
Sometimes / would not speak for an
huu., and sometimes | 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 ascend
ed into heaven he didn't take his
clothes with him. and | can't take my
clothes and that Is why | don't want
fine ones.
Mrs. Green lives up to her belief In
this respect. She wore an old black
cloth skirt and, although It was a
warm day, she wore waist made OF
black yelycteen and over her shoul-
ders was her customary black cape
Her hat was particularly shabby II
was black straw affair covered with
black netting and Il bunch of faded
cotton roses. The cost of her entire
costume when II was new was prob
ably less than $50.
Il own only forty houses she re-
marked. Il put most of my money IN
mortgages and let other people worry
about the taxes. l saved seven widows
\ in Chicago from being put out OF theii
houses, Some one was going to fore
close the mortgages aud ] bought the
| them up
Have you Travelled mucn, Mrs
Green%
u have been all over the world anC
have lived in five countries. But ! an
too old to travel very far nowadays
81 am going back to New York tC
meet my son Ned AT the Waldorf-Asto
ria. Ned, that $ my son, you know
Is a smart boy He has been made az
officer of bank in New York" Mrs
/ Green ran on.
40 you like New York; she wa
asked
Yes, ] like New York. like III,
hustle and the noise of the city anC
liz does not tire me Again, 1 thinl
1T would be enjoyable TO have n plac,
! In the country where | could keep {
COW and few hens and a horse, foi
am very fond OF horses. / woulC
want 1t near 10 New York, though
So that ! could go back and fortl
every day without having to ride too
| far | have to go to business every
day.
New York is filled with convcts
| you can buy any mans vote dowr
/ there
81 have lived In Hoboken for five
years in the same apartment house
and have had the same janitor. and
have never had afight with him yet
! think that Is a pretty good recon-
mendation for me-
Mrs. Green laughed heartily, FOL
she has a good sense OF humor.
"a German family who lived IN
tho flat over mine was going TO have
In party one night and one Of the
members told me they would probably
try and keep as quiet as possible un-
der the circumstances. | told them 10
20 ahead and enjoy themselves-just
10 deave the ceiling over my head and
the chandelier Since then ! have
been popular with my neighbors,
The men finished hauling the last
one Of the posts around to the wood
she'd and Mrs. Green hurried around
to lock them up As she was crossing
her spacious lawn she called back:
young woman-oh. young woman
If you notice this fall that the wind
has blown the dead leaves up against
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