Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-12-24
MISS HELEN GOULD.
The Wealthy and Lovabie Daughter OF the
Late Wizard.

LAKE WiZafc.
NEW YORK, Dee. I2.-Miss Helen
Gould, who only little while ago
made her social debut in long froclxs, is
today a social magnate-an enviei
American lady only 10 years old, with
an income Of 800. 900 a year and one Of
the most magnificent homes in the
country, says Nym Krinkle in the
World. BY the terms Of her fathers
will she is. or viii be, one of the
wealthiest young women in the country.
il IS safe TO say that 900 delicate
fingers have been figuring out with
tiny pen ills for two days. at least just
what Miss Gould's fortune will amount
70 IN the next twenty years. and all
kinds of hypothetical theories have
been made Of what could be done with
5000 a month.
OF this family Miss Helen Gould is ia
many respects the most interesting
member. Her youth, her intelligence,
her unassuming grace and her attrac-
tive appearance. entirely aside from
wealth. make her. in spite Of her mod
esty, conspicuous at this moment Ma
ture has her recompcnse and her re-
vcn2r as a rule, in spite Of mems sell
fiShncNs. 1t has been thought and said
recently that Jay Gould entirely evaAc1
the law Of equilibrium and gave moth
ing back To the world from which he
had taken 50 much. The philosopher
who came 10 this conclusion overlooked
Miss Helen Gould.
JAY Gould has given her t. the
world. whether he would or not. 1t is
just year ago that this young woman
stepped. one might say. ont OF the
schoolroom into the parlor. Those
, who remember the petite figure
| in blue and brocade that re-
| ceived the compliments Of a host Of
n"tabilities with simple. .unpretentious
| girlish winsomeness in which there was
| just hint OF reserve power, can hardly
rea .izc that now she is one Of the
wcalthest and may be one II the IN Jst
! influential women in America. There
were many observant women at tha.
debut who formed an instructive judy-
| mcnt of the little miss. They may have
been influenced in their conclusions by
I what they know Of her life and habits
but the opinion arrived at took her out
| Of the atmosphere OF her fathers life
| Nlk-Tci nat - u SlN-OuL OF latL
| part of his life with which the public is
acquainted.
! his Is not. in q strict sense. a society
| girl. She does not live on parade %.
| viO,isly she is too serious-minded
! Otherwise. why does She 90 TO the a>y-
lum on Lexington avenue quietly
| and regularly and read 10 the
| poor people who arc bcdridden.
Perhaps all girls have a weakness
that way. But all girls don't Tn al; Of
| it. and might want a brass band il they
| did. Just how far the fathers char
acter was operative in developing that
| girls character il would be hard TO say.
| 10 the mere onlooker il would appear
! that he was chiefly eflcacious IN
| not bringing his character 10 bear az
| all. Perhaps nature. il She said any
! thing, merely remarked 70 him, "lou
keep your hands off and watch me.
And then we can imagine the father
| regarding this growth with reti ent
wonder ana admiration Nobody ha~
! said a word about the mother. And
! yet it is quite possible that the silent
| influence of the almost unknown fl =
tor has found tongue in this girls
| character Those of u who remember
her at Saratoga viii recall a rather
dcmure maiden with pretty brown hair
and pretty teeth. who showed two
dimples when she laughed, hut who
laughed rot half enough for the
! dimples girl who would be- called
pretty anywhere. but who wa, sinyu-
larly reserved and appeared 10 think
more of her younger sisters company
than of any other persons