"She is as silent as Ulysses S. Grant. . . . She is as wise as Benjamin Franklin and just as self contained. . . . Napoleon fought his battles with his marshals and so does Mrs. Netcher."
The object of this Elbert Hubbard rhapsody was Mrs. Mollie Netcher Newbury. He might better have compared her to Hetty Green. From her huge office, bare except for a big rolltop desk and green velvet couch, Mrs. Newbury had run Chicago's Boston Store for 42 years with a hand as firm as it was unknown....
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