The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-31
A RETIRING WOMAN.
The Disposition of Mrs. Jay Gould-Who
and What She Was and IL.

The Disposition of Mrs. Jay Gould-Who
and What She Was and Is.
The wife of the great railroad mag
nate is gentle, aifable, courteous, retr-
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 inclinatons 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 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 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 homo and has been accus-
toned to all that wealth and refinement
bring from her childhood. Mr.. Gould
was a partner of Mr.. Leupp in the
leather business at the time he married
Miss Miller and she brought him con-
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-
tertain in the most elaborate manner.
Anything that savors of ostentation is
particularly dstasteful to Mrs. Gould.
1t il said that while naturally of retir-
ing nature and adverse to display, she
became more so mt 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 Mt 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'
uarly for his wife, who is fond of flow
ers, and she spends II portien of each
day among them. Anything that hel
husband and children can enjoy with hel
without intrusion from outsiders Is hel
special delight For this reason she il
very fond of their yacht Atalanta, aboare
of which they can sail away out OF TIN
reach of stocks or bonds or Wall street
| Mrs. Gould enjoys fine pictures
bronzcs and rare bric-a-brac, and he
houses are filled with the finest. She