Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-15
GEORGE GOULD SMITTEN.
A Millionaire's Sons Filtration with an Ac-
treSS.
Indianapolis Journal.

| treSS.
Indianapolis Journal.
| New York correspondent to the Jour
nal writes:
| A report that George Gould, the eldest
son of Jay Gould, has gone to London to
wed Miss Edith Kingdom, an actress, ex-
cites 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 per-
turbed by the rumor. The certainties of
the matter may be quickly stated. Mr..
Gould and Miss Kingdom were for six
months Individually sentimental compan-
ions. They were to be seen on horseback
together in Central Park nearly every
pleasant morning. They frequently
lunched at modish restaurants in the af-
ternOons. Whenever she was unemplov-
ed on the stagein the evening they usual
ly went to some public place of amuse
ment, and especially the opera. Several
times they sat in Jay Gould's propriety
box at the Metropolitan 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 late sup
per prefaced her retirement to her home.
Miss Cingdom declared that she was be-
trothed to George Gould, and to her fell
lowactors showed ring which. she said,
was pledge of the engagement. At one
time the distinction seemed to destroy
her usefulness in Days company, of |
which she was minor member, and the |
manager had to put her under rigid dis
cipline. This was the more necessary
because she was then enacting role so |
hot 40.
praising her. Georges attentions were |
so strong and enduring-for she was not |
the first pretty actress he had paid court
that the story of a forthcoming mar
riage 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 pri- |
vate correspondence ever conveyed by |
ocean cable began between George Gould |
and Edith Kingdom. Intense competi- |
ton has allowed the cable tariff tenn
porarily, and George Gould's cash allow
ance from his father is said to be $685.
900 year, but it is improbable that the |
couple would have exchanged daily tele-
grams of thousand words each had not /
George held a deadhead frank. Those
cabled love letters, if such the y were, are
Of course, lnvlOlate. The lntlmatiOn is |
that they were written IN cipher anyhow.
This lasted until the sudden announce
ment that George had started for London
He said that urgent business connected
with Western Union securities held |
abroad made an unexpected and impera
tive errand for 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 a century old. She is decided brun-
cite, with decided features of rather an
aggressive expression. Her wit and Wv
acity are remarkable. She came from
Boston, where she was an elocutionist |
before making her debut, four years ago,
at the Boston theater. She is well edu- |
Gated, she commands a fashionable style |
of dress and manner, and while seeming
ly not destined to ever accomplish great
things as an actress, she might grace
Fifth avenue mansion as the wife of
millionaire.