Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-18
GoULD's DOUBLE MARRIAGE.
Romance of the Young Millionaire's
COurtship of Miss Kingdom.
Prom the PhiIddtlDAia Press

From the PhHddelDAia Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-The marriage of
Jay Gould's son and heir to Miss Edith
Kingdom, yesterday, furnished the basis
for good deal of gossip to-day on the fu-
ture of the house OF the great Spectator.
1t also afforded an opportunity to COM
mend the good sense of the richest man
In America in making of the marriage
ceremony plain, simple union OF two
hearts without any of the ostentation and
display which his vast wealth could have
commanded
The wedding was in every sense as
democratic as possible. There were no
bridesmaids, no ushers, no musc--in
fact, none Of the accessories of the mod
ern ceremony. The Young couple simply
entered one OF the parlors OF Mr.. Gould's
residence, which had been decorated
with flowers from the Conservatives,
and there, in the presence of
their families, were married accord
ing to the ritual of the PresbY-
terrain church. The bride wore a black
silk walking dress, trimmed with dark
beads. 1t WAS made BY Worth while she
was playing in Paris. Mr.. Gould wore an
ordinary business suit. Not dozen
people witnessed the marriage. Mr..
Gould and his bride came at once TO this
| city, accompanied by Mrs. Kingdom.
Alter leaving the latter lady at her home
the newly married ones drove away.
The young husband came down town to
bis business Office this morning as usual.
His father was with MIN, and Jay
Gould seemed to be as happy as his son.
They found hundreds of kilograms from all
parts of the country communicating the
young man on his wedding. After read
ing few Of them father and son lett the
office about noon and drove to Mrs. King
dOn's house, where the young bride was
waiting. Then the father, son and Mrs.
Gould, Jr., drove to the foot of West
Twenty-third street. whence they went on
board the ATLANTA and steamed up the
| Hudson to lrViugton. The young couple
will spend three weeks at Lindhurst, Jay
Gould's summer home, after which
/ George will buy house in the city and
attend to business as usual.
Every theatre gOer in Philadelphia has
| pleasant memories OF Miss Kingdom. par
! ticularly ms "Margery Gwynn," in Love
| on Crutches." in which character her
pretty face and charming ways fast won
her a permanent place in the minds OF
| those who have seen her on the stage OF
| the Chestnut street Opera House. 1t
was as the FASCINATING widow in Mr..
| DAVIS play that Miss kingdom first won
Mr.. Gould's admiration, too, and night
after night he watched her from box In
Days Theatre here. Instead of
a1mirng her through opera
| glasses or throwing flowers at
her feet, the heir 10 millions quietly asked
permission to present himself. and called
| on Miss Kingdom and her mother at their
residence on West Fifty-eighth street.
From that time he has pushed his suit
| arduously, but with so much respect for
her position In the world and the gossip
ing tongue of scandal, that even his near
| ftio nHa hav
from him. Miss Kingdom, too. has been
very discreet. WDen a friend asked her
| about the rumors OF her engagement that
were current last winter, her reply was
"You can rest assured that shall never
marry while am an actress"
A chance visitor at her home last win
ter could frequently have found the heir
| of millions turning the pages OF a love
song for Miss Kingdom.
In the small circle of friends in which
she has hitherto moved here she was re-
garded as a Lady We're de We're, whose
! high spirits aud naughty air would brook
no remOnstrance 10 ner wishes. The
daughter Of well-tO-do parents, and, even
as a school girl, surrounded by AN atmos-
phere OF public applause and universal
favoritlsm, by reason Of her dramatic
talents, it is neither strange nor
unnatural that Msss Kingdom grew
! IN the least bit vain or
conscious of her beauty and her power.
Her mother tried vainly TO prevent her
adopting the stage as a profession, and
many of her relatives pleaded with her
not TO become an actress. She stolldly
refused 10 alter her determination, how
ever, ana after doing some amateur work
in nearby towns. became member Of the
Boston Theatre Company. That was IN
1882. Her advancement WAS quite rapid.
Young Mr.. Gould is one of the three
Wee Presidents OF the Western Union
Company. lie is a director and large
stockhOider IN the N lssourl Pacific, the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas. the Wabash,
st. Louis and Pacific, the st. LOUIS and
lion Mountain. and the Manhattan Ele.
waited roads. Mr.. Russell Sage told re-
porter a short time ago how much he
envied Mr.. Jay Gould in having son
like George Gould.
He is young and strong and capable,
and can take up the reins when hts father
drops Them" Mr.. Sage said. "whlle have
no one TO come after me-"
New York special to the Philadelphia
Times says George Gould was not mar
III d Tor the first time last evening, not
tDat be is widower or a divorced nus.
band Oranythlng else unfortunate or had.
lie IL aud has been since his first mar
riR2e the husband of the once Miss Eduh
Kingdom. The preliminary and really
conclusive wedding took place In London
upwards Of two months ago. IL all came
about IN this way: Nearly year
ago Mr.. Gould's attention TO Miss
Kingdom became the subject OF
comment in theatrical society. Those at.
ten'lons were not obtrusve, but they