Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-11-24
ACTOR WOODRUFF THE LUCKY
YOUNG trI1I4OW.
rHE fItlIRESS OF MILLIONS
SHOWS MUCH SPIRIT.
She Refuses to Give Up Her Lover
at Her Brothers Behest-Woodruff
to Go to Yale, Become Il Lawyer
and Prepare for His New Luxurious
Life.

the late wizard OF Wall street and he4r-
ess OF $1O,OOO,OOO, has followed in the
footsteps or her brother George and
chosen Il hfe partner from the stage.
The fortunate man is Harry Woodruff,
Il young actor, known i'll the profession
as the boy ingenue and now playing
III the Charleys Aunt company ut the
Standard rheuter i'll this city THIS
will be Actor Woodrutf's last season
on the stage, ut least for some time.
he handed i'll his resignation,
which took effect tonight, and
upon his retirement will so to Yale
College to study law, preliminary to
eSpouSinS Miss Helen in wedlock
The courtshlp of Actor Woodruff and
Miss Gould has been going on for Il
long time and George Gould until
lately has been bitterly opposed to it,
1t Is only recently, after leaving no
stone unturned To break off the affair."
that he has given his consent on con-
dition that Woodruff retire from the
stage and take a two years course at
Yale. George Gould has consented to
pay all his college expenses and is
said to have given the young man So,
OOO to keep his mouth closed about
the matter until the expiration of the
tive years of probation. Ii ut tine end
Of that time the young couple are still
i'll love George Gould has agreed that
| they shall get married. Woodruff, al
though he always acts the parts of
young boys and has carved for himself
! the nickname of The Boy Ingenuc, is
by no means rs young as he looks In
| fact, his next birthday will be his
! thirtieth
When Edith Kingdom, now Mrs.
George Gould, was playing at Daly's
thc:lter eight years ago, Harry Wood
ruff was Il member of the company.
After her marriage Mrs. Gould invited
Woodruff to her house, and it was then
that he met Helen Gould. He was
only Il casual visitor, however, and Miss
Helen did not take II fancy to him at
the time. He frequently called at the
Gould family residence, and it is said
that old Jay Gould used to quiz his
daughter about her theatrical hero and
ask if she We're going to follow. in the
footsteps of George. He frequently
conyersed with Mrs. George Gould
,, about Woodruff and charged her, it is
said, with being a matchmaker. Mrs.
Gould, of course, denied the soft i'm
parchment. Jay Gould used to say
that one member of the theatrical pro-
fession in the family was enough.
| Last fail, just before JAY Gould died,
matters came to a crisis. Woodruff,
| who had dropped out of sight for Il
year, reippeared at that time and laid
siege to Miss Gould's heart. After the
death of the wizard" the friendship
| between the actor and the heiress be-
came u matter Of gossip. An engage
mnt was settled OH soon afterWard.
| George Gould rubidly opposed the
! match, but Helen possessed will of
| her OWN and informed him that she
liked Woodruff and would see as much
Of him as she liked. Geroge forbade
her to correspond with her lover, and
thereafter all love markings were con-
cealed i'll the bottom OF the postman'S
boxes. A thriving postal service was
| cOncOctel, and the GOuldS own box
trade received boom just about this
| time. One day last winter matters
came to Il climax at Il concert ut CaIne-
gle hall. Woodruff had accompanied
Miss Gould and her aunt to the matinee
by special invitation George Gould
entered the box, found Woodruff there
/ and told him to get out. Before Wood
ruff could reply Helen Gould jumped
| to her feet and exclaimed:
George, if he goes, | go; understand
! that distinctly
J Miss Goulds quick action obliged her
brother to take water. Woodruff was
permitted to sit out the performance
and then under protest George allowed
him to accompany the young Lady to
her home. He was not allowed to go
! into the house, however.
1t was shortly after this that George
| Gould discovered the billet-dOux plot
One of WoOdruff's letters was inter
cepted. George Gould started with it
for Inspector Byrnes' office. An hour
later young Woodruff was brought to
police headquarters in cab. He, In
spector Byrnes and George Gould held
a long private session, from which
Woodruff ( emerged victorious, He
made a plain and straightforward
statement. He declared that Helen
Gould loved him, and as there was
nothing against his character beyond
the fact that he was an actor, he had
no intention of giving up Miss Gould,
particularly as she did not want him
| to do so.
1t is said that the younger Gould
boys have been in sympathy with
Helen and Woodruff from the outset.
Mrs. George Gould is said to have
smiled at the cortship on the sly, al
though before her husband she was
obliged to protest against it with
might and main Since Charley's
Aunt was put on at the Standard
Miss Gould has attended several of
/; the nlatinees. In the play Woodruff,
who plays the part of Charlie, has to
make violent love to Miss Hattie Har-
ivey, a Chicago girl. On one occasion
lit is said that Miss Gould was heard
to refer to her as that horrid girl
with the gold teeth
| The friendship of Miss Gould for
Actor Woodruff has been known at the
Lambs Club where Woodruff has
rooms, for several weeks. Woodruff
used to get heavy mail A good deal
of ingenuity has been expended
by his fellow clubmen in trying to find
out the girl that wrote the letters.
! Tho euoa cement of Miss Gould to