St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-26

not wish for. There are five of
them: George, Edwin, Frank, Har-
old aud Miss Helen. No children ever
had better mother than they had.
Until they were old enough to know
right from wrong in print. they were
not allowed to read anything till Mrs.
Gould had inspected it. Mrs. Gould
was as generous as her hus-
band, too, end i: the same
quiet way. She dreaded seeing her
name in the papers. For years MIR.
Gould has lived at the corner of Forty
seventh street and Fifth avenue in the
winter. In the summer he is either on
his yacht. i'll Europe, OIL up at Irvington.
He bought his place up there in 1880 for
$4,000 and it is worth over 81 Zoo, 600 TO.
day. 1t has twenty rooms above the
basement, is 5000 feet from the Hud-
son, has All art gallery running the
depth of the house, lawn of ninety
five acres. and road leading to the ell
trance quarter of mile long. There
are sheep, cows, horses and blooded
fowl upon the estate, dollhouse, con-
SerVat0ry, and an army of gardeners.
The conservatory is 900 feet long by
400 feet wide, and is valued at $500
MIR. Gould rarely looks at the one he
Is listening to, L suppose he thinks it
isn't worth while, after he flashes one
penetrating look at the average man.
But if he talks to you he generally
keeps his bright brown eyes upon you.
He is splendid listener apparently.
But l should never advise
man to flatter himself that Mr..
GOuld's thoughts aren't occasionally
miles away when he is talking with him.
Mr.: Gould goes regularly to DR.. Pax
toms church in Forty-second street.
Both Mr.. Sage and Mr.. Gould like DR..
Paxton and his methods very much. J
may say that the doctor looks more like
club man than minister. Mr.. Gould
PAID 81. 500 for his pew, $500 more than
the next highest bidders bid.
MIR. Gould rarely takes any notice of
the bitter things written of him. He
can write as well himself as anyone who
has ever written about him. He said,
years ago. that he was accused of things
ne had never done, and abused for the
doings of others. He can truthfully
say the same in 1890. lie is phi
losOpher enough to realize that no
his position. He thinks that his bitter
est enemies have always been the ones
to whom he has been kind. That is a
deplorable phase in human nature, he
thinks. He tries to be on good terms
with all the people he meets.
He is anything but qaarrelsome
man; but, unfortunately" he says,
IL am not sOciable.'' He is not sport
as Keene, Osborne, Woerlshoetfer.
BloodgoOd and dozens of other Wall
street men men were. He is fonder of
the library than of the casino. He pre-
ters the home to the dress circle. Hell
the most domestic of men. have never
heard him speak i'll Of anybody, unless
the hnnu dQcnrx,nh fha, I,o
said little. Mr.. Gould is a man of
action, not of words. Many people
think that he is lacking in physical
courage. Well, he's got the quiet cour-
age of a Caesar, although he cannot
weigh more than ITO pounds.
have told you now all know of Mr..
Gould, / think. What l have written
here are the shreds and patches of men,
ory and observation. l do not think
that Mr.. Gould will go to Mr.. Sage's
funeral, for [ think that Mr.. Sage is
likely to live to be ninety-four-
that is, twenty years longer. Mr..
Muldoon. the handsome cham
pion and gentlemanly wrestler,
is "stringy" neck, that is, neck with
hollows in it deep enough to put ones
knuckles in. Well, Mr.. Gould's neck
is that kind of one, am sorry to say.
The whole trouble with Mr.. Gould is a
most miserable stomach. | hope, for
one, that he will live for years to come.
But he's got to die to have his great
work universally appreciated.
| suppose that Mr.. Gould is richer
than Mr.. Sage, because all those who
know nothing about it say that he is.
But if they both were to die tomorrow,
and | had choice, | would choose Mr..
Sage's savings. Mr.. Sage makes money
almost as fast as Mr.. Gould, and doesn't
spend it half so fast. That's my argu-
ment.