The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
A RETIRING WOMAN.
The Disposition of Mrs. Jay Gould-Who
 and What She Was and Is.

The Disposition of Mrs. Jay Gould-whO and What She Was and Is.
 The wife of the great railroad mag nate is gentle, affable, courteous, retir- ing. She would not be called a hand some woman. yet her face is far more attractive than many beauty. She is well educated, and possesses an air of refinement. She convinces all who come within the sphere of her influence that through her retiring nature she has de- prived society af an important orna- ment. Her inclinations have made her a 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 together. She is the confidant and constant com panion of her daughter Nellie. and passes several hours daily with the three young boys, Edward, Frank and Har- old. She participates in their pleas ures, and is never so happy as when planning some surprise for them. Her son George, young man of twenty four, connected with his father in busi- ness, 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 we'll appointed home and has been accus- toned to all that wealth and refinement bring from her childhood. MT. Gould was partner of MT. Leupp in the leather bus. ness at the time he married ha lara11orhf siderable fortune. The grocer's daugh- ter and magnate's wife cares nothing for society and takes no pleasure in en- tertaining, beyond pleasant dinner party of her few intimate friends. Yet the fine residence and great wealth of the Goulds would well fit them to en- certain in the most elaborate manner. Anything that savers of ostentation is particularly distasteful to Mrs. Gould. It is said that while naturally of a retir- ing nature and adverse to display, she became more so at the time her hus- band was connected with the late ''Jim Fisk" Fisk's blatant manner and vul- gar prominence, his open carriages drawn by four horses, his loud style of dress and display of jewelry, were all very obnoxious 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 ap- pear modest and to make marked contrast. While Mrs. Gould posses ,es some very valuable jewels, they are un- obtrusive, 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 costumes are of very rich material.
 Mrs. Gould is very fond of their coun- try residence at lrvington, as there she can enjoy the society of her husband, to whom she is greatly attached, without fear of his being interrupted. Mr. Gould built his fine greenhouses partic- ularly for his wife, who is fond of flow CTS, and she spends portien of each day among them. Anything that her husband and children can enjoy with her without intrusion from outsiders is her special delight For this reason she is very fond of their yacht Atalanta, aboard of which they can sail away out of the reach of stocks or bonds or Wall street.
 Mrs. Gould enjoys fine pictures, bronzes and rare bric-a-brac, and her houses are filled with the finest She is fond of music and is therefore giving her daughter Nellie very thorough musical training. There is little doubt that if Mrs. Gould were asked what she most desired in this world she would answer to have her husband reiinquish all business and devote his time to home enjoyments with his family. -PhttadeI- plsia Tunes.