New-York tribune., 1916-07-04
Hon. Mrs. Hetty Green
Won Her Great Fortune
Inhertine SO 100000 from Her Father She Increased
This by Shrewd lnvesments-Lived Kindly,
Simply and Frugally.

Green. however. from ministering to
him during his illnesses. and she was
most faithful nurse in the period
preceding his death.
Many stories have been told Of
Mrs Green's economy. The fact tina.
she preferred 10 live. simply. at Bel
lows Falls. Vt, in a single room with
her daughter and later rented cheap
fat in Hoboken subjected her 10 much
jest and comment. In referring 70 her
mode Of life she once said:
81 know people talk about me sno
shout the way l live. They simply
don't understand all the trouble and
worry have. have plenty Of money,
but everywhere | 60 the opinion seems
to be that | must either give IL away
or let them take il from me as they
feel like doing"
In referring 70 the panic in 1907 and
the hard times which followed. Mrs.
Green blamed conditions largely on
the extravaganza Of women. She said:
The women Of America have helped
10 make our times. All they
live for, all they care for, is clothes
the latest shape in hats, the newest
tangled skirts" she said. And they
are none too particular how they get
what they want or who pays for II. Oh,
am not saying that Anne. ican women
are not moral, but DO say that they do
not care what price their husbands
and fathers and brothers pay for the
luxury and fnery they demand. More
men are driven TO dishonesty by the
white hand Of a woman stuck all over
with Jewels than by their own love Of
horses. rich food and gay times. The
Rockefeller could stop the hard times
to-day but they will not do it. /:
will cost the United States government
s2S,oOo,OOO to collect that s29,oOo,oOO
fine"
Blamed T. r. for Times.
Continuing along the same line, Mrs.
Green attacked the administration OF
Roosevelt, holding 10 the opinion that
ne was largely to blame for the hard
times. She said plainly that Roosevelt
had failed TO make good and called him
"a trust buster who didn't bust trusts "
81 saw this situation coming went on
Mrs. Green. land predicted II. saw
that the rich were approaching the
brink and that panic was inevitable.
Some of the solidest men in the
Street came TO me and wanted TO un-
load all sorts Of things. from palatial
residences TO automobiles. When the
crash came had money, and was one
Of the very few who really had II. The
others had their securities and their
values. ] had the cash and they had TO
come 10 me-"
Mrs. Green found much fault with
the training given 10 the American
child. She said that the policy of the
American mother was TO give her child
everything il wanted, so long as she
had the price or credit. THE American
mother" she went on. 'is raising ma
tion Of sperdthrifts, whose one thought
is 70 get what they want when they
want il. That is why men and women,
the few who know how to save, will in
time be the masters of those who
know only how to spend
She had herself a son and a daughter,
TO whose bringing up she gave even
closer attention than 10 the manage
ment and enhancement OF her great
fortune. When her daughter, Sylvia,
was sought in marriage by Matthew
Astor Wilks, of Gait, Ontario. a con-
nection Of the Astor family Of this city,
she carefully investigated his charac-
ter and habits and insisted upon hav-
ing a long trial talk with him 10 as
sure herself that he was no mere for
tune hunter. Finally satisfied with
him. she gave her assent \ the mar
riage. and the ceremony tOt place at
MorristoVn. y. j., IN February, 1909.
il was quiet and unprctentious affair,
with only a score of guests present,
whom Mrs. Green conveyed from Ho-
boken in private car Morristown
was chosen because it had long before
been Mrs. Green's summer home.
Son Birdman.
The son. Colonel Edward Rowland
Robinson Green. was for years one of