The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-08-10
Twenty Years of En-.
Joined B~achelorhood
Are Ended
PROBLEM FOR HIM
He Has Told OF His Envy of
Poor Man in Counting
His Love

New York City.-Having kept his
word to his mother when she gave
him charge of all her interest in
Texas. that he would remain single
twenty years, Col. Edward NJ. Green,
son of Hetty green, the richest wom-
an in the world said today maj he
planned to we'd within a year. Just
who he has in mind to make Mrs.
Green he did not say intimating that
he still "a heart whole and fancy
free. But he said he had come to the
conclusion that ne needed a wife and
he intends to get one.
Since he came here from Texas. a
year ago. to take charge of his moth
er's business affairs, he has~received
800 proposals of marriage. from all
parts of the country. Some enclosed
pictures but both letters and photo
graphs, have been destroyed.
Many Attempts to Marry Him."
1t has been one of the chief diver
sions of New York society reporters.
when not otherwise engaged, to
frame up" matrimonial alliances for
Edwardl Rowland Robinson Green,
who will inherit the millions of Het-
.ty Green, his mother, and add them
to a few small stacks he has accumu-
lated for himself. When he is not
engaged in telling other reporters
that these matrimonial stories, are
not true he bosses the Texas Midland
Railroad, and makes a thorough job
of it, keeps a weather eye out for
his W and his mothers invest
ments, dabbles a little in politics
and works or inventions. He is great
ly interested in wireless. telegraph
and has patented a system of his
own.
In appearance Colonel Green as
he is known in Texas, is a youthful!
replica of Thomas b. Reed, once
speaker of the House, and might pass
for a twin brother of Senator Ver-
non Green of Kansas City. He walks
with a slight limp, due to a. cork leg
He injured one Of his knees, and
fourteen years later it was found
necessary to amputate the leg. In
later years he has taken on considl
cradle weight.
A year or so ago a newspaper re-
porter quoted him as saying that he
was lonely and might marry if he
could find the right girl, the result
OF which was that a lot of girls in va
rious parts of the country who
thought they could cheer him up,
seeing that he had plenty of cash to
carry out the plans, offered themselv-
es as wives. Mr.. Green received a
bushel basket full of letters but he
never answered them.
Another time, talking about mar
riage, he said the reason he, has new
er married is because, he has found
it impossible to disguise himself anG
live incognito in order to win a bride
for himself alone and not for his
millions.
The Problem of aNirriage.
The problem of marriage he
said. does not lie as heavily on the
mind OF the poor man as it does on
that of a rich one. The poor man has
at least the comforting thought that
he is the loved head of the house
hold and not the treasury vault.
What a fine thing it would be if
a man burdened with wealth could
eliminate the, million side of his
personality and fit away for a year.
How gratifying it would be if he
could WOO like other men. He would
get a girl who wanted, him. Then.
when he had won a wife by mutual
choice. the money would be no OBJ
lection"
Mr.. Green is 43 years old, is six
feet four inches tall, weighs two hum
dred and fifty pounds, and is popu-
lar with everybody who knows him.
He Is modest, kind and generous to
all with whom he comes in contact.
He owns the Texas Midland Rail
road, is a director in several banks
in Texas and the East, has. also in
vested freely in lands and mines in
Texas and is largely interested in
Chicago real estate.
Mr.. Green is a lover of art, litera-
ture, science, music and the drama.
He possesses a large library. and is
an enthusiastic collector of art OBJ
Mr.. Green is fond of all kinds Of out
dor sports, particularly motoring.
fishing and yachting and is greatly in
.terested in the. development of aer-
ial navigation.
He is identified with the Republic
can party in Texas and was elected
unanimously for three successive
terms as state chairman. He has at
least half a dozen times declined the
Republican nomination for governor
OF Texas and ono was nominated.