The World's Most Unusual Millionaire
Hetty Robinson was born in 1834. When her parents died, she was thirty years old. They left her $10 million ($185 million in today's dollars). She was very good at business and soon made more money. Hetty was famous as the riches woman in the United States, but she was also famous because she was very stingy.
Even when she was young, she was stingy. For instance, on her twenty-first birthday, she refused to light the candles on her birthday cake because she did not want to waste them. The next day, she cleaned the candles and returned them to the store to get a refund.
Hetty always thought men wanted to marry her for her money. Finally, at the age of thirty-three, she decided to get married because she did not want her relatives to get her money. She married Edward Green, who was a millionaire. They had a son and a daughter. Soon after, Hetty divorced him because she did not agree with him about money matters.
Hetty was even stingy with her own child. For example, when her son hurt his knee in an accident, Hetty did not call a doctor. She tired to take care of it herself. When her son's knee didn't get better, she dressed him in old clothes and took him to a free clinic. The doctors recognized her and asked for money. Hetty refused to pay and took her son home. The boy did not get medical treatment, and a few years later his leg was amputated.
Hetty was stingy with herself, too. For example, she always wore the same black dress. As the years passed by, the color of the dress changed from black to green and then brown. When the dress became dirty, she went to a cheap laundry and told them to wash only the bottom where it was dirty, and she waited until it was ready. Her undergarments were old newspapers she got from the streets. She rented a cheap apartment with no heat in New Jersey because she did not want to pay taxes in New York. Then she traveled on the train to her office in New York. Her office was a space in a bank, which the bank gave to her for free. All she ate was raw onions and cold oatmeal. She as too stingy to spend money to heat he food. Sometimes, to heat her oatmeal, she put it on the office heater because that was free. She also ate cookies, but regular cookies were too expensive for her, so she walked a long way to get broken cookies, which were much cheaper. One time, she spent half the night looking for a two-cent stamp.
When Hetty Green died in 1916, she had no friends. She left more than $100 million (over $17 billion today) to her son and daughter. Her son and daughter were not stingy like Hetty, and they spent the money freely.
The World's Most Unusual Millionaire Hetty Robinson was born in 1834. When her parents died, she was thirty years old. They left her $10 million ($185 million in today's dollars). She was very good at business and soon made more money. Hetty was famous as the riches woman in the United States, but she was also famous because she was very stingy. Even when she was young, she was stingy. For instance, on her twenty-first birthday, she refused to light the candles on her birthday cake because she did not want to waste them. The next day, she cleaned the candles and returned them to the store to get a refund. Hetty always thought men wanted to marry her for her money. Finally, at the age of thirty-three, she decided to get married because she did not want her relatives to get her money. She married Edward Green, who was a millionaire. They had a son and a daughter. Soon after, Hetty divorced him because she did not agree with him about money matters. Hetty was even stingy with her own child. For example, when her son hurt his knee in an accident, Hetty did not call a doctor. She tired to take care of it herself. When her son's knee didn't get better, she dressed him in old clothes and took him to a free clinic. The doctors recognized her and asked for money. Hetty refused to pay and took her son home. The boy did not get medical treatment, and a few years later his leg was amputated.海蒂是吝啬和她自己,太。例如,她总是穿着同样的黑色衣服。作为岁月的流逝,这件衣服的颜色改变从黑色,绿色和白色,接着变成棕色。当着装变得肮脏时,她去了便宜的洗衣,并告诉他们洗只有底部在哪里它很脏,和她一直等到它是准备好了。她的内衣是她得到了从街头的旧报纸。她租一个便宜的公寓没有暖气在新泽西,因为她不想交税在纽约。然后她走到她的办公室在纽约的火车上。她的办公室是在一家银行,银行给了她自由的空间。她吃的就是生洋葱和冷的麦片粥。她作为太吝啬花钱做热他的食物。有时,热她燕麦粥,她把它放在办公室加热器上因为那是免费。她也吃了饼干,但与常规的 cookie 对她来说,太贵了,所以她走了很长的路要得到碎饼干,非常便宜。有一次,她花了半个晚上寻找一双钱的邮票。当海蒂 ・ 格林于 1916 年逝世时,她没有朋友。她向她的儿子和女儿离开了超过 $ 1 亿 (超过 $ 170 亿今天)。她的儿子和女儿并不像海蒂,吝啬,他们自由地花这笔钱。
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