The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-19
JAPANESE WOMAN LEFT S15O,O0OBY SEATTLE MAN
TELLS REPORTER HOW SHE WILL ENJOY new Veal TH|

Miss Joe susuki, a little Jap.
ancse woman. has inherited sub.
stantial fortune from Seattle
white man. William Holt.
He died Wednesday night
Thursday II became known that
he had left the little woman from
the Orient property valued al
$4,000.
II was reward for faithful serv.
ice rendered.
For Is years she had guarded his |
Interests at the old Grand Central |
hotel. and had looked after him
like mother.
Holt was 50 years old when he !
died. lie had never married. He
led comparatively secluded life.
lie died OF tuberculosis In his |
rooms at the hotel.
Unaffected by Wealth
To the Occidental eve, Miss Su. |
suki seems not 20 be affected In |
the least By the big change which !
has come Into her life.
A Star reporter called on her
Thursday afternoon and she out
lined her plans.
Il think shah spend most OF
my time on the fruit ranch which |
he left me, In Yakima county" she
said. In almost perfect English.
She displayed no more excite.
ment than n she had been plan.
ming tomorrow's dinner menu.
Next year. perhaps. she would
journey TO her home In the old !
country and see her parents. who /
live In Central Japan. Perhaps /
she would bring som. OF her rels. |
tiyes back with her.
Has no Definite plans
u will need some one TO work |
the ranch" she explained. Il can. |
not look after II alone"
That was all she had 10 say.
You ask me so soon. she said. !
her peari.white teeth flashing In
smile. Il have mado no plans yet |
no definite plans"
She talked quietly. Unconditional. |
~, discussing what she would do as
n she had always possessed thou
sands u was not SO. however. |
when she was asked TO tell about
Holt.
The smile vanished. She rested
chubby cheek on one chubby !
finger and cared medi,ativcly out |
the window thru the raiay rftcr.
moons gloom to dlngy First ave s.
Always Tried 20 % Good
lie wa. always a nice man"
k. al - ~ has
words carefully. He was kind and |
gentle and good lie was always
trying 10 do good You met him |
once and then you liked him al |
ways after that. Everybody did. |
lie had many friends"
Besides the fruit ranch. Holt left |
Miss susnki his half interest In the |
hotel.
sixteen years ago she came 10 |
Seattle from Japan. and year |
later drifted into the Grand Cen. |
trial hotel. as ehambermaid. with |
other Japanese women
Holt recognized In her capable |
executive with a cool head and an |
eye for business Details. lie finally |
made her manager ~ tho hotel.
His euainsss Adviser
To show her gratitude for his |
faith In her. she worked nisht and |
day IN his interests and became hts |
business iieutsnsni. his ccnfidant. |
adviser and friend
At times hc- tisks murt have |
been unpleasant.
The Grand Central hotel has
gone from had 10 worse In the |
days since Semitic moved away |
from: Y. irt'iward bound.
Al que tinis. ~ the early days.
when First avenue Wa TIE |
street. 'hs Gram Central stood
proudly fortn ~ ngs ~ the bix
hotels u tho city Flu, s.ooiif Z |
galleries and secondhand stores |
and wholesale houses have sur.
rounded II and now II ls pitifuliy |
dingy to what u once was
Excepting for the japanese peo-
pie who work with Miss Susuki.
the hotel shelters mon who cannot
afford expensive ioiginEs--ioggers.
and railroad workers and such like.
Its once brightly painted walls
have become black with age.
Has PIeaSant quarters
But the quarters in which Holt |
resided. and which Miss Susuki /
looked after. on the fourth floor
are pleasant enough.
There Ia in the living room
piano. on which Holt played oe-
casionaily. a small library. desk,
and a Morris chair
Altho the view Is not inviting.
outside. the rooms are high up /
from the street. and there Is plenty Il
OF light.
Miss Susuki Ia short. Plump /
woman. who speaks with dignity /
and quiet authority TO the hotel
employees who come TO her for or.
ders.
She was clad In tasty black
Thursday. and she moved about the
living room with the ease and
grace OF dowager.