Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-30
WIVES OF M0NEYED MEN.
ABOUT SONG WOMEN WHOSE
HUSBANDS ARE FAMOUS.

Mrs. Jay Gould1s Retiring Disposition
The Wife of the Great Railroad King
Seldom Seen In Society nrs. Cyrus
W. Field at Home-Mrs. Sage and Mrs.
WOerishoffer.
MRS. JAY GOULD.
NEW YoRK, May Pa few Sundays
ago with a friend | attended an uptown
Presbyterian church. The day was Of
summer mildness. Everything was quiet,
and tha warm air from the open window
gently famed those assembled. A soft,
low ripple foom the organ seemed to
enhance the solemnity OF the scene. Sud-
denly there was a slight rustic. The con-
gregatiOn turned towards the aisle to
watch lady, accompanied by three little
boys and a young girl just budding into
womannOOd, entering the church. The
lady was of medium size, and was clad in
dark costume; she was apparently AZ or
43 years Of age, with dark hair, gentle
eyes and an unmistakable air of refine
ment, Quietly she and her family took
their seats, aud then only did the cOngre-
CATION settle themselves back into their
former positions, as the clergyman be-
gan the service. The lady who had SO
claimed their attention was Mrs. Jay
Gould.
For years there has not been day that
Jay Gould's name has not appeared in the
papers. His influence has Deen felt all
over the civilized world, and his face is
familiar to most New Workers, il not to
the rest of the world; but little is
known of the wife, who reigns supreme
m the elegantly appointed mansion on
Eth avenue, at the corner OF Forty
seventh street.
Mrs. Gould is gentle, affable, courteous,
retiring. She would not be called hand
some woman, yet her face is far more at
tractlve than many a beauty. She is well
educated, and possesses an air OF refine.
ment She cOnvinces ali who come within
The sphere OF her influence that through
her retiring nature she has deprived
society OF an important ornament. Her
lnclinations have made her devOtee to
her family; there is her enjoyment, and
she cares little for the pleasures
that do not in some way tend
to bring the entire family to-
gether. She is the contdaut and constant
companion of her daughter Nellie, and
passes several hours each day with the
three young boys, Edward. Frank and
Harold. She participates in their plea
sures and is never so happy as when plan
Ming some surprise for them. Her son
George, a young man Of "A, connected with
his father in business. is a source Of great
pride to her.
Mrs Gould was Miss Miller, whose
father was a successful grocer of New
York. She was brought up in a well-ap-
pointed home and has been accustomed
TO all that wealth and refinement bring
from her childhood. Mr.. Gould was a
partner of a Mr.. Leupp in the leather
business at the time he married Miss
Miller, and she brought him consider
a0le fortune. The grOcer's daughter and
magnate's wife cares nothing for society
and takes no pleasure in entertaining,
beyond a pleasant dinner party OF her few
intimate friends. Yet the fine residence
and great wealth of the GOulds well bit
them to entertain in the most elaborate
manner. Anything that savOrs of ostenta-
ton is particularly dstasteful to Mrs
Gould. 1t is said that while naturally of
retiring nature and adverse to display,
she became more 50 at the time her hus-
baud was connected with the late Jim
Fisk" Fisk's blatant manner and vulgar
prominence, bis open carriages drawn by
four horses, his loud style of dress and
display Of jewelry, were all very ObnoXi-
Gus to Mrs, Gould and the fact that her
husbands name was so continually
linked with that of Fisk gave her an even
stronger desire to appear modest and 10
make q marked contrast. While Mrs.
Gould possesses some very valuable
jewels, they are unObtrusive, and she is
more apt to wear them when alone with
her husband and family than in public. In
her dress she is also modest in color and
style, although her costum are of very
rich material.