Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-08

himself with the collection Of the rent
for he father. Jay Could George
/ Gould has some ideas about thc Hnst
| aud Dis friends believe that i is only 2
\ neestion of time when b. will employ Q
/ competent manager furnish Mm WIZ
sufficient money aud tell him 90 develop
/ these ideas A suspicion exists That some
/ Of these ideas are not wholly nrfinni.
/ and that tley may come RON SITS
/ Gould. who was ono Of the most chWni-
/ ing actresses who ever played in o slpfh
company in New York City. Shc was
Edith Kingdom. and her dark cyes mad
I looked with Indifference on gO0d many
ndmircr until they fcll upon TIE bespcch-
lug glancos that George Gould shot 10
her from iis own black eyes.
George Could. however. would never
20 upon the stage himself. His father,
jay Could might have made on actor.
Roscoe tOnkiug once said that u Jay
Gould had gone into diplomacy he would
have made the ablesi diplomat Of his
grnorati0n. canabe oil matching and over
matching the most brilliant dipl0mntes
educated m European cOurts. Gould
sometimes acted in pfivnte llfe There
never was q more COusummutn bit Of
acting than when this little man perched
high unon the witness stand. facing q
stern and irriaied lawyer, who asked
about his political inclination And he
answered with ma accent aud a quaint
smile that would have done Joe Jener-
son credit. IL am Republican IN q
Republican county aud Democrat in @
Democratic county. Int ] am always an
Eric man. And then when everybody
broke out INTO merry laughter. Gould's
fuce relaxed Into that quiet spidnX-likc
look which was q mask he wore at Will
and which was In the highest sense a
Bit of acting
Only short time before his death
Jay Could played pure and high comedy
in tho directors room OF the Western
Union Telegraph company, SO that those
multi-millouod men who sat around the
table gave vent 60 their mprrIment as
though they had seen q play upon the
stage. hc comedy could have been
transferred TO the stage without the
change Of word or The alteration Of
o look or gesture \ d02on mon sat
around that board. They were types
who suvG -ted the successful New York
fuaucier Jay Gould, smaller than amy
OF them. with his little h0ds drawn into
ita smallest compass seemingly. ns he
sat in that big armchair found Occupn-
ton for bis fingers ly tearing ~ bits of
paper. A proposition was made In which
was contained suggestion about the
disposition Of Sl3,UU0.Ouu of wealth.
With one exception Ull of these men
were ia favor of the suggestion. but there
was one who dared to oppose Il. lie
rose lie offered q cuuuterrrsoutun.
II was directly opposed 90 the PROPOSE
ton Mr.. Gould had made. II represent
cd interests Zoo the proportion of about
one 90 100. When this fiery stock
holor had flung liH resolution iu
the face of thcEc directors and glarcd
around 90 SEQ what they would do with
H. Jay Gould continued 10 tpnr bits OF
paper but boz elevated his eyebrows.
east his black eyes upon thc obicctor
aud with dcliciOusly comic accent ~
his voice snid II second thc motion"
Thcn hc lnt his eyes fall upon his p1pcr.
Of course, when the motiou was put,
Mr. Gould voted ngniust &c. This come
dy was repeated "a second Time aud then
Goull'8 exquisite prt ms an actor upon
the rcnl stage OF affairs. and mighty ~
iliri too was so apparent that the dig.
nihrd mon about him give way TO en-
tlrrly scpnily bot considerably prolonged
laughter mud Gould's face all the Time
wus nH solemn nN the carved outlines
of the god Mercury, which decorated
% part ol the walls of thnt grent build
ing
AliNiNlIfN NnNIN TO UNfNalDu hulNflent
to hll many columns az uoWspUprr
which would thus Illustrate Mr. Goud's
power ag nu actor in comedy, and there
are some which would SEQ him forth ns
q tlngcdinu, Of mighty capacity. George
Gould hOwevcni luf none of this Ouulity.
II lac Is not awkward he certainly Is
not graceful in BIS daily habit The
only power of acting whicl, hc suggests
W tllt ot rIurr tl' can Ouul Ms
lntheTa capacity Zoe holding his tongue.
although he has not JAY GOuld's power
ot scanning ha face with silence; ud 10
is rather a curious fact that while Jay
Gould was b cDn-umWntc actor Dr. cnrcl
comparatively little about the thcater
excepting now ana then for n good farce,
while George who could hardly get rm-
plOymeut Is suunmWrrnry ON his
merits has hut little fmducss For other
rccrcntons than the thonter affords.
II George Gould had boon cut oil with.
ont q shilling he never would have turn.
ed his ewes to he sugc as Cutting has
done lie would have gone to work TO
make q fortune, ard would probably
have done it Tie iuhcrits his fathers
ncQuisiiiNr sense, and That quality has
hcen highly developed under the sl,illml
trimming of Jay GOuld Rich men I'm
New York think that Jay Gould was
posscssed with the ambition a. herOme
the richest man iu America W not In
the world, but that few years ago lac