The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-12-24

MISS L u
The Wealthy and Loyable Daughter Of the
Late Wizard.

ENrINH
New York, Dec. 12.-Miss Helen
Gould. who only a little while ago
made her social debut in long frocks, is
today n social m~agnate-an envied
American lady only 10 years old, with
an income OF s1oo, 600 4 year and n of
the most magnificent homes in the
country, says Nym Krinkle in the
World. by the terms of her fathers
will she is, or will be, one of the
wealthiest young woinenin the country.
1t is safe to say that 10o,o 900 delicate
fingers have been figuring out with
tiny pencils for two days, at least, just
what Miss Gould's fortune will amount
to in the next twenty years, and all
kinds of hypothetical theories have
been made of what could be done with
$50 0 a month.
of this family Miss Helen Gould is in
many respects the most interesting
member. Her youth, her intelligence,
her unassuming grace and her attrac-
tive appearance, entirely aside from her
wealth, make her, in spite of her mod
esfy, conspicuous at this moment. Ma
Il has her recompense and her re-
venge as Il rule, in spite of mems sell
t!shness. 1T has been thought and said
recently that Jay Gould entirely evaded
the law of equilibrium and rave noth-
ing back to the world from which he
had taken so much. The philosopher
who came to this conclusion overlooked
Miss Helen Gould.
Jay Gould has given her to the
world, whether he would Of not. 1t IS
just a year ago hat this young woman
stepped, one might say, out of the
schoolroom into the parlor. Those
who remember the petite figure
in blue and brocade that re-
celvcd the compliments OF Il host of
notabilities with a simple, unpretentious
glrlish winsomenessin which there was
just Il hint of reserve power, can hardly
realize that now she is one of the
wealthiest and may be nj of the most
influential women in America. There
were many obscrvant women at that
debut who formed an instructive iudg-
ment of the little miss. They may have
been influenced in their conclusions by
what they know of her life and habits,
but the opinion arrived at took her out
of the atmosphere of her fathers life
part of his life with which the public is
acquainted.
This is not, in a strict sense, II society
girl. She does not live on parade. Oh.
viously she is too scrious-mindea.
Otherwise, why does she go to the asy-
lnm on Lexington avenue quietly
and regularly and read to the
poor people who arc b%cdridden.
Perhaps all girls have q weakness
that way. But all girls don't think of
it, and might want II brass band if tAey
did. just how far the fathers char
actcr was operative in Developing that
girls character it would be hard to say.
10 the mere %onlooiier it would appear
that he was chiefly cilicacious in
not bringing his character 10 bear at
all. Perhaps nature. if she said any
thing. merely remarked to him, "You
keep your hands Off and watch me-
And then we can imagine the father
regarding this growth with reticent
wonder md admiration. Nobody has
said n word about the mother. And
yet it is quite possible that the silent
influence of the almost unknown fac
tor has found a tongue in this girls
character. Those of us who remember
her at Saratoga viii recall a rather
demnre maiden with pretty brown hair
n pretty teeth, who showed two
tiimples when she laughed, but who
laughed rot half enough for the
dilmples; Il girl who would be called
pretty anywhere, but who was singu-
larly reserved and appeared to think
more OF her younger sisters company
thai of any other persons.