The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-27
GEO. GOULD'S SWEETHEART.
A Rumored Wedding Which Excites a
Very Lively Interest in New York.
The Peculiar Mania That Affects John g. Haz-
ard-Pauline Markham's Ambitious Efforts
"A DecOy Robber Sent to Prison.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal
New YORK. June ga report that George
Gould, the eldest son of Jay Gould, has gone to
London to wed Miss Edith Kingdom, an actress,
excites a wider range of interest than would be
the case if the thing concerned any other man
in New York. That is because the world Of
fashion, the world of finance and the world Of
theatricals are all perturbed by the rumor The
certainties of the matter may be quickly stated
Mr. Gould and Miss Kingdom were for six
months Individually sentimental companions
They were to be seen on horseback together in
They frequently lunched at modish restaurants
in the afternoons. Whenever she was unem-
ployed the stage in the evening they usually
went to some public place Of amusement, and
especially the opera Several times they sat in
Jay Gould's proprietary box at the Metropoli-
tan Opera-house. though never when others
of the Gould family were there. When she was
on dramatic duty, his cab frequently waited for
her at the stage door, and q late supper prefaced
her retirement to her home. Miss Kingdom de-
clared that she was betrothed to George Gould
and to her fellow actors showed a ring which,
she said was pledge of the engagement. AT
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destroy her usefulness in Days company, of
which she was minor member, and the man
ager had to put her under rigid discipline. This
was the more necessary because she was then
enacting role so cleverly that the newspaper
critics were praising her. Georges attentions
were so strong and enduring-for she was not
the first pretty actress to whom he had paid
court-that the story Of a forthcoming marriage
gained belief-the more so as he would not
deny it.
The DAILY company went to London in May.
Immediately after their arrival in the British
metropolis the heaviest private correspondence
ever conveyed by ocean cable began between
George Gould and Edith Kingdom. Intense
competition has lowered the cable tariff tenn
porarily, and George Gould's cash allowance
from his father is said to be twenty five thou
sand year; but it is improbable that the
couple would have exchanged daily kilograms Of
thousand words each had not George held a
deadhead frank. These cabled love letters, if
such they were, are. of course inviolate. The
ntimation is that they were written in CIPHER
anyhow. This lasted until the sudden an
nouncement that George had started for London.
He said that urgent business connected with
Western Union securities held abroad made an
unexpected and imperative errand Tor him. He
sailed in the Etruria, along with Henry Ward
Beecher, and should arrive in Liverpool to-day,
in time to meet Miss Kingdom for Sunday.
News of his marriage, however, is not expected
by those who know him best.
Miss Kingdom is just about quarter Of GEN.
fury old. She is a decided brunette, with hand
some features of rather an aggressive expression.
Her wit and vivacity are remarkable. She
came from Boston, where she was an elocution-
ist before making her debut four years ago, at
the Boston Theater. She is well educated, she
commands fashionable style of dress and man.
ner, and. while seemingly not destined to ever
accomplish great things as an actress, she might
grace Fifth-avenue mansion as the wife Of a
multiple millionaire.