The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-16
Mrs. jaw Gould.

The wife of the great railroad mag
nate is gentle, affable, courteous, re-
tiring. She would not be called hand
some woman, yet her face is far more
attractive than many n 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
deprived society of an important orna-
ment Her inclinations 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 each day with the
three young boys, Edward, Frank, and
Harold. She participates in their pleas
ures and Is never so happy as when
planning some surprise for them. Her
son George, a young man of -, con-
nected with his father in business, is b
source of great pride to her.
Mrs Gould was Miss Miller, whose
father was 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. MIR. Gould
was q partner of a Mr.. Leupp in the
leather business ut 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 a pleasant dinner
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the fine residence and great wealth Of
the Goulds would well fit them to enter
tain in the most elaborate manner.
Anything that savors of ostentation r.
particularly distasteful to Mrs. Gould.
1t is said that while naturally of q re-
firing nature and averse TO display, she
became more so at the time her husband
was connected with the late Jim Fisk"
Fisks blatant manner and vulgar
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 con-
tinually linked with that of Fisk gave
her an even stronger desire to appear
modest and to make marked contrast.
While Mrs. Gould possesses some very
valuable jewels, they are unobtrusive.
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 Irvington, 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 par
ticularly for his wife, who is fond of
flowers, and she spends portion of
each day among them. Anything that
her husband and children can enjoy
with her without intrusion from out-
siders 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 il Mrs. Gould were asked what she
most desired in this world she would
answer to have her husband relinquish
all business and devote his time TO home
enjoyments with his family.