Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14
Gossip Aboat jay Gould.


lrI. written bv himself ingrnioti,ly set
ting forth lis advantages. llr speedily
sold ii in sections i, II large advance on
il cost. evinring then. as he had
eviEcnd from his early teens. a remark
able talent for trading. A. hi, home was
near the line of the Erie Railway. hi'
attention was early directed 10 lis im-
portau"c, and he purciil-r,! >Onr of lis
securities with the first surp'I- money hs
made. He steadily increased his intel
est in the road until he had been chosen
Il Director, and ln:tlly gaincl control of
the corporation. II will ne remembered
that. after he had been forced out OF his
Dictatorship, :,S il virtually was. OWN"
to thr overthrow Of Tweed & Co.. ani
+ after legal proceedings l3,l been in-;i
tutcd against him Cor the recovery of Il
%~eat sum alie~cd IL have been illrgiii
&9.0m,0dD, Knowing he woUld br
Obliged ly the courts 10 10 40.
Tie nine millions. rs they wrr3
| called. are uow said 10 have
consisted tu :. large rXtrn, of dolhful
securities. 50 that the actual cash benefit
10 the Erie Road did not reach much
more than on,-siNth of The amount
named. The report OF the surrender.
however. put up til" stock. and Gotild.
before the matter had become known,
bought large blocks of shares and dis
posed ot them, il is asserted, n The adj
vance, thereby getting back murh E0rc
money than he gave up. The assertion,
no doubt trur. clearly illustrates Gould's
asturiir's and capacity for calculation.
Iii, first appearance III business here
was Il, a leather merchant in the quarter
eas; OF Nassau and north of Brekmau
Street, known as the swamp. Then
very youn@. he exhibited the same alert
ness. di,,crnmrnt and knowledge of tho
market tina: have since distinguished him
in far greater degree He pro>pcrrd.
of course, and while dealing in leather,
fell in love, 50 the story goes. with n
pretty and interesting girl, and, rs her
parents opposed the match on account Of
her tender youth. ran away with and
married her
The marriage turned ont IN nnu,Iialy
happy one. The couple ar. still drvntcd
To one another. Sh. j. wholly domestic.
a very quiet. refined. wril-hrcd woman.
who would rather bG Il; ho.ur with her
husband and children than anvw here
else. She di>likes shuw is hearth. Is
her liege does, and is free from the lras.
| tinc,urc of social ambition. One never
reads, aS one generally reads of the wives
of rich New Workers in the so-callrd So
ciety journals. about her snmptuous en-
tertainments. her magnificent diamonds.
her rayishing toilets. her elegant dinners.
Neither he or she would desire To be 50
advertised. if they cared for such thing,
Which they do not. They live as tran
quilly as anv pair of small trades people
having rooms over their shop in sixth
Avrn;ic. Their rC C'itcncr is at the north
west corner OF Fifth Avenue and Forty
seventh street. i spacious hu; plain
house Of the regular pattern, rni di>;in
guishahlc from hundreds OF others in the
fashionable quarter Ii is very comfort
ably and elegantly furnished. containing
Il number of books, pictures and engraV
ing>, but with no aiiemp, al display. 10
SAVIOR of money.
Gould very rarely gives even dinner
party, and when he does il i, rather com
mercal than social in its objects. His
pleasures are few; but among them is
the theater, where he may frequently be
seen. especially on first nights. generally
with his son Grorgr. hi~ eldest child.
about fifteen or sixteen Years old. He
drives. too. with his boy in the park and
along the boulcyards In very modest
turnout, but spends most Of his evenings
in the bosom nf his family he has four
chillrcn-and among books, of which
he i, fond. He is often seen AT the
Windsor Hotel, 4 kind of stock and rail
way exchange. on the diagonal corner.
where he meets many operators and
money magnates. They talk much TO
him, but he rarely speaks more thxn a
few words ut time, though often as
senting and dissenting by motion of
the head. He must get good deal from
them; thry can get little from him.
In point of manners he is Il model.
His discipline and breeding are perfect;
his face is rs calm and undcciphcrabe
as tie o5cliSh in the park. The most
cunning mind reader could not tell 10y
the closest study of his face whether ht.
was making or losing millions. He al
ways speaks in Il very low voice; he
never gcSliculatcS; he Was never known
~ lItN'i thfii >.litltS. lbiit lt
has not Il prcnccupicd or distracted air;
he is simply grave and cverIa,tinglv Sc
rene. Instead of assuming, rs operators
often do. to know more than i, in his
mind. he prctendS 10 know nothing: he
acts the part of Il financial agnosiic. The
one man who is acquainted with the mon
etary and commercial condition of the
country better than any man in it, will
often affect TO be ignorant uf the COM
monest financial fact. Ii anybudy asks
him about the markets he will he
likely to reply that he has moi been doing
ANYTHING for some time. and has no
me:ina of forming an opinion. If any
body inquiries why money is tight. he
will be- apt Ia sa. that h. is unaware q.
the circumstance. aud refer h,n for in
formation 10 >om"bUiy who is onl y an
a2en. or mouthpierp of the McphiSto-
phrc5 of Wall Street He will Gt;rr
these transparent iiction,, too. with -
sincere al air, in 50 gentle and polite u
tone. that for the moment the bearer is
in danger of believing him. Ovrrrun-
ming with affairs n he always i. he is
never abrupt. impatient Gr irritable, even
To those WHO interrupt and bore him.
Generally when at his Office in lower
Broadway, he is hard To Src. bat when
he is willing to admit any person into his
private Room, he il rs courteous - brrvty
of speech will allow.
Almo>! everybody knows from por-
trait, and carivalurr. how JAY Gould
looks: but when seen he is found TO be
Younger than he is generally thought.
lie il not vet fifty. and his slight, short
figure. and the absence OF gray in his
black hair and full whistler, with mus
tacie adds TO his youthful appearance.
Iii, dark eye is full OF intelligence, and
his aquIine nose is decidedly Intellectual.
'phe indications Of his mouth and chin
are concealed by hair; but they are
unquestionably strong. He generally
dresses in black, and is pink of neat
ness without the least tendency Of dandy