The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-28
|nETTY GREEN HAS
DECIDED TO QUIT
ACTIVE BUSINESS
Fortune Of $50, 900 Will Be
Handed Over to Young
Woman to Handle.

New York, Apr. 2S.-Mrs. Hettie Green,
n of the worlds richest women, and
the most picturesque figure in .Ameri-
car financial circles, has begun to shift
daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Wilkes. Mrs.
Green is not going to retire altogether
from the arena of business; she could
IS 73 years of age, and her health
has begun to fail; but h is going
to transfer q large burden of her
business responsibilities to younger
shoulders. she said today, n at the
same time she breaches an eloquent
sermon to the American women, prais-
Ing her native shrewdness, but criti-
cising her with frankness.
Mrs. Green thinks that the men are
as extravagant as the women; many
men, h believes, are more e%xtrava-
gRnt than The rich people Of
today live amidst too much adorn-
ment M think too much of their per-
sonal pleasures. She says it is just as
easy to make money now as 1t ever
was; that the women now have a far
better opportunity to acquire wealth
than they had 20 years ago..
Son Not q Money Maker.
While Mrs. Green did not say so, it
Is believed that she will practically
give the entire management Of her
$50, 900. 900 fortune to her daughter.
She had hopes tina her son, Edward
finance, but the money-making traits
seemed to skip the son and settle in
the daughter.
Wearing her proverbial black dress
and bonnet, with her white hair comb
ed back v e her head, Mrs. Green sat
az EHoRt HnaGr IN tho M nro{ao1 National
bank, looking somewhat pale and wan.
although her keen eyes were just as
ehrewdly alert as ever.
Declines to Give Public Plans.
"You couldn't expect me to make
public my plans" h said. 'as it
beer my custom. But it IL
true that my health has been bad for
months, and my physicians have con-
Sv1nced me that / must not continue
personally conducting the details of
nv business affairs" Here she smiled
my financial affairs are rather large. I
the newspapers rave said SO,
and they call me the richest woman in
the world. I do not like to dispute
the newspapers, so I shall allow them
10 continue publishing their stories
II have been handling business and
financial affairs for q great many
years. It has become a part Of my
life; I get my recreation from 1t.
Where another woman might get joy
rom q trim I get pleasure from busi-
but Just because I have an inherent
liking for 1t.
Daughter Has Aptitude.
q have been pleased at the apti-
stude which my daughter shows for
business. ! have tried quietly to train
her for business and instill a liking
1forait In her nature, for some day she
Will have q very big estate to handle"
This seemed to give the woman
nnancier 9 new thought, for she con-
tinued: 'sThe possibilities of the wom-
en- In business are without limit. Con-
dttions have changed In the past score
OF years so that the American woman
stands an equal chance with her hus-
band or father In the amassing of a
fortune. Few women, however, Inn
other women will take their chances
until some day there will be a keen
race In the chase for wealth between
men and women. The American wom-
ants naturally bright and shrewd. She
1sawell educated and the newspapers
keep her informed Of doings IN the
them instead OF the society coll
and the bargain counter adver-
tisements. Why, from my own exper-
ience some OF the brightest bargainers
4 shaye met have been A wom-
an In business can still retain all the
womanly grace that men admire.
New Race sprinoins Up.
some women are spoiled by indul-
3gence, but q new race Of women IL
up. They think for them
selves and they act for themselves,
and they r independent" AT this
juncture Mrs. Green tackled again, and
She gaxed searchingly at her inter-
viewer. AZ she said: People talk Of
3 extravaganza Of women causing
the high cost Of living. Please allow
gtravagant than women. / cannot see
why persons Of wealth cannot live
lives Of comfort in q healthy environ
|snent. instead Of allowing their money
bags to get the best Of them.
Many rich men and women reside
among too much adornment in the
fashionable hotels and apartment
houses. and their lives are artificial
and extremely unhealthy. That nat
breeds discomfort among the
poorer people, too. OF course, every
person is entitled to live the way he
Wishes and enjoys most, If within
forget the simplicity of the old-fash-
toned home and the farm, when wealth
comes. That is one OF its bad agen-
cies.''
CUBAN REBELS WILL
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