The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-21
JAY oouLp,s SISTER.
She Teaches School. and HIs Old sweet-
heart KeepA BoarderA

The mild-looking, rather petite. but
dignifcd. woman just passing, must
have been quite pretty In her youth,
though she never probably could have
been called handsome. There is cer-
tain something, however, about her--a
| sweetness In her looks and manner
that is more charming in a woman Of
her years, than any remains Of physical
beauty would be. She is very simply
attired in black, and n black bonnet
modestly covers her silvery-gray hair.
Who is shep
She is Jay Gould's sister. She hao
como over from her home in Camden
| quiet little town across tho river---to
do some shopping, probably. Ono
often meets her in the busy streets, but
as her identity is known to few, shc
escapes the ogling and comment that
sho would otherwise be subjected to.
She is not rich, by any means. Indeed,
aside from moderate allowance that
the speculating CrDsus makes her,
she derives her living from a school for
girls that her daughters conduct. Tho
school, 1t is said, Is an excellent one,
and, Gould-like, it gets the cream Of
the business in South Jersey.
The school house was erected at Jay
Gould's expense. jay knew that his
sister had not married we'll from a
financial point Of view, and that her
daughters were struggling for living.
but he was too busy piling up his mill
ions to give the matter much personal
attention. But his wife had her eye on
the girl, and she was so pleased with
her earnestncss that she brought the
matter to the attention of her husband
and insisted on his building the girls a
school. Gould did not object, and,
now that his attention was directed to
the matter, he gave orders that no ex-
pense should be spar ed in making the
building model one in every respect.
He himself takes as much pride in it
and in tho success Of the nieces rs any
one whenever he permits himself the
luxury of five minutes thought on q
subject SO far removed fl ON stocks and
bonds. His sister and the girls were
spending part of the summer up Mt
Plattsburg, N. Y, with jay Gould's
first love, who keeps boarding house
up there. She is elderly and gray.
haired now. and is not strikingly hand
some, but in her day she was blithesome
and pretty. She was the daughter of
a country storc-keeper. Jay Gould.
after leaving his fathers farm, went to
work in the store and promptly fell in
love with the rosy-che eked maiden.
But the old man had much higher
views of his daughters future than q
marriage with IL young man in his own
shop would realize. He not only gave
young Gould to understand that
marriage was out of the question, but
dispensed with his services as well.
Jay took his rejection philos ophically
enough and gave himself up to tho
work of making a fortune. While lie
was growing richer and richer, and
piling million on million. his old love
was vainly trying to battle with mis-
fortune. Her father, who had plumed
himself so proudly on the ownership of
his general store" failed; the hus-
band whom she took after Jay Gould
had gone away brought little to her;
and so at the end she endeavors to
eke out an income by opening her
house to summer boarders. She has Il
wondrous amount of philosophy in her
makeup and very little envy. She is
bright, good-natured and contented
with what fortune has brought-or
ought one to say left--her. Some of
Jay Gould's relatives spend q few
weeks at her farmhouse every year,
but Jay himself never goes there
Cor. Chicago Tribune.