The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-23
MRS. HETTY GREEN ID FOUND GIRLS SCHOOL Will Educate Girls for a Home
 Life BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD Mrs. Green Is Wnrm-Hearted, Philan- thropic Woman and Not a Miser. 
 Plan of School Not Yet
 Worked Out
MISUNDERSTOOD
BY MARGARErTE W. DE PEYsTER

Ill MARGARETfE W. DE PEt STtH 1 New York, January 22.-(Special.)- J. | Mrs. Hetty Green, the most remarkable and successful business woman of the l day, who Is gradually shifting the
 burden of her gigantic fortune to the shoulders of her son, Col. E. H. R
 Green of Texas, is devoting much oi
 her time to perfecting plans for great foundation to be endowed with millions and which will have for it's object the improvement of the condition of Ameri- can women.
 This statement was made today by a close friend of Mrs. Green who is con yersant with her plans so far as they have been developed.
 Like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Mrs. Rus sell Sage, and other rich people, Mrs Green believes the owners of large for tunes are to be regarded in some meas
 ure, at least, as trustees who must
 use part of their great possessions for the public good.
 She has not as yet worked out even
 in her own mind the full scope of her proposed benefaction. One feature
 however, which has been practically decided upon will be a general scheme for the education of American girls
 along the lines which will make them competent housewives and effective 0elpIlldIeS TOT nuSDanQS WHO I1uSI ue- pend upon their pay for the support of themselves and their families. Mrs. Green Is essentially a practical woman and while she has been very successful in business she realizes that the career of vast majority of womer lies in the making of homes and ir rearing families and further that most of tn em do this under conditions where 1t is necessary to make every cent ha ic not
 called divorce evil is largely due to | the fact that the present methods ol education for women don't recognize this fact. She believes it is just as necessary to give woman practica and technical education in home mak- ing as 1t Is to specialize the education
 of young men along the line of their flu. ture trade or profession.
 The foundation which she proposes tc establish will give an opportunity fol the young women of the country tc secure such raining. This is simply one of the ideas for the improvement
 of the condition of women which Mrs Green has in mind. Provision will be
 made for the study of the conditions under which women work, the child labor situation and cognate subjects so that exact information gathered by experts may be at hand when they are to be discussed and dealt with.
 No public announcement ot Mrs Greens plans will be made until they have been worked out in detail. Ir speaking of the matter my informant said: Mrs. Green has been a greatly
 misunderstood woman.
 This is due largely to her eccen- tricies. From the fact that she has lived quietly and cheaply for woman of her great wealth and has been 8 stickler for her rights in both, 1t has been the custom to hold her up to ridi-
 eule-as aaclose-f listed miser. intent, only on the accumulation of money. Nothing could be more erroneous. Mrs, Greer lives simply because she enjoys liv. | ing that way: she is hard in business | because she deals with business mer who are hard but outside of this, sh. is a warm h earted. sympathetic woman who In quiet way is constantly do. ing great deal of good. She is keen ly interested in the welfare of the | women of the country and has for a long time had under consideration the idea of doing something practica along this line. In her benefactions, as in her business affairs, Mrs. Green is a shrewd far-seeing woman who
 knows how to get a dollars worth IT | results for every dollar expended Wher she Is ready to announce her plans | for the Green foundation 1t will be l found it will accomplish the result | she has in view and with little if any wasted energy.