The Indianapolis journal., 1883-06-21
THE LITTLE GoULDS.
How They Look, Dress, and Live at Their
Home on the Hudson.

How They Look, Dress aud Live at Their
Home on the Hudson.
New York Morning Journal
Mr.. Jay Gould's brown-stone palace on
Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street, is
closed up, and its treasures are under care of
an antiquated German charwoman and the
watchman. Mr.. Gould has retired with his
family to their summer home at Irvington-
on-the-Hudson, twenty-five miles from the
great city and its pulsatons. Here the great
and th&little Goulds revel in the peaceful re-
treaSof rural domesticity. There are, apart
from Mr. George Gould, the eldest son and
heir who can scarcely be placed in
the category of little Gouldsl five
promising children-three boys and
two girls-children to whom the
ticker is an instrument of profound mys-
terry, much the same as the works of watch
are to an average boy "Calls," puts
''straddles" and "privileges'' have no signif-
canoe for them, except the capricious prlvi-
leges which all the children of wealthy men
naturally expect and regard as right.
The boys are Edward Howard and Frank,
the girls are named Nelly and Belle. Mr.
Jay Gould is essentially domestic, home
loving man. He literally dotes upon his
family, and spares no expense to develop
their study or recreations. Yet, withal, he
is somewhat of disciplinarian and, as much
as he can do, personally satisfies himself
upon the progress they are making
The Oldest of the little Goulds is Edward,
fine, sturdy lad, who somewhat resembles
his mother in features. He is between sew
enteen and eighteen years old, shy and re-
served toward strangers, of studious habits,
and tbs said he is destined to become an en-
gineer, having evinced considerable taste for
mechanical pursuits. Like his elder brother,
George, he is fond of boating and is quite an
expert angler. His manners are extremely
progressing, and although his experience
OF society is yet limited has self-contai
bearing and confidence very characteristic of
Gould, papa His education has so far been
received at the hands of a tutor
In point of age Miss Nelly Gould comes
next-she is sweet sixteen" She is hap
py medium between a blonde and brunette.
Her iavorite colors are warm, bright tints.
SInce leaving school, some four years ago,
she has been educated by governess, with
special masters, at home. For singing and
painting she had a decided preference, es-
pecially for the latter. Her figure Is some
what slender, and her department" shows
an easy grace which promises to become
still more distingue as she grows older. Like
most girls of her age, she is extremely fond
of reading, and although of a sprlghtly,
yivaclous temperament, certain
dignity of carriage is very marked.
Atfectionate and open in her nature
she is as much of q companion as a
dau ghter to her mother, who idolizes Nelly
with the full strength of parents fond af-
fection. Her costumes are tastefully but
plainly made, and she never wears diamonds.
Howard, lad of nearly fourteen, has been
some what delicate in health. He does not
parti .ularly care for books his chief taste
being for all kinds of outdoor sporJs-as
boating, fishing baseball, and the usual
game, which characterize boys at his age.
He is fond of asking all sorts of questions is
cons,j ntly on the go" and is seldom quiet.
He --lss ride well as any lad of his age, is
fair swimmer, and seems to be just the kind
of boy one would expect to make a man of.
His good nature and easy-going disposition
make him a great favorite with all the ser
wants.
Belle, prim little lady, is Nelly's junior
by three years, and is the wise little woman
of the family. Her beautiful eyes and de-
mure expression make her appear older than
she really is. Her quaint sayings and keen
insight into what passes before her incline
her parents to believe that she will grow into
a clever woman. She resent mbles her mother
in appearance
Frank is the "baby" of the family-being
the youngest-the spoiled child, as it were.
He is still senior member of the nursery,
where he holds his own with childish grip
that compels one to suppose that he has con-
siderable of temper of his own.
And here at Irylngton, one of the most
beautiful of the estates along the Hudson,
these children know no care. All his friends
say that it is here that Jay Gould seems to
grow boy again, to lay aside his business
cares and to enters into full enjoyment of
his children's merriment. He will play lawn
tennis, croquet, football, handle a base ball
bat leap, jump, and cut up" like youth
of eighteen. Boats, archery, dogs, sporting
apparatus of all kinds, ponies horses, and in
fact everything that can be summed up as
constituting the auxiliaries of the family's
needs are here. And then, when the lamps
are lighted, solitaire games of chance, or
may be a eursory examination of the boys
lessons will help to pass the evening after
the days business cares.