The evening world., 1894-03-31
HOWARD ASKED PAPA
Gen. Kirkland Willing to Have a
Gould as a Son-in-Law.
The Young Millionaire Tells All About
Miss 0dette Tyler.
Says His Family Has Not Met His
Prospective Bride.

Howard could acted the part OF n
dutiful prospective son-in-law when he
made up his mind to propose marriage
to Miss Odette Tyler, the actress, or
Miss Bess! Kirkland. as she Is known
in private life and blue-blooded circles
of the South.
Before he asked the actress to wear
that superb $500 ruby-diamond engage
ment ring he sought out her father.
Gen. W. W. kirkland, who is now only
a clerk in the general Post-Otice, and
asked his permission to put the mo-
mentous question to Miss Tyler. Need
less to say the permission was granted.
1t is also a matter of moment that
Gen. Kirkland regards his son-in-law
h is to be as a man OF refined in
stincts. He said so to an Evening
World' reporter to-day.
Dispatches which were printed from
Savannah. Ga. this morning. state that
a New York detective or lawyers clerk
was in Savannah gathering information
relative to Miss Tyler. presumably for
| members of the Gould family other
than Howard. and that he had been I'M
able to find the record of Miss Tyler's
birth.
1t was learned to-day that Gen. Kirk
land is a clerk in the inquiry Office for
missing and dead letters of the Post-Of-
flee, room II, and there he was found.
Gen. Kirkland Is the typical ex-Con-
federate officer. He Is of medium
height, with white mustache and i'm
perial. and wears an air OF quiet dig
nifty. When he was shown the Savan-
| nah lnut,utNhnG lA uFnS Indignant
zone would imagine said he, IF any
body wanted TO find out anything about
my daughters birth, family. &c. that
they would first apply to me. Any one
who desires such Information can OBJ
tain II from almost any bubble man In
North Carolina.
births is kept in Savannah, IN which c,ty
my daughter Bessie WAS born. Her
uncle, DIR. Bullock. who was present at
her birth. is dead. She was a mere child
when We left savannah In 1873.
Most OF my old friends in savannah
are dead. However. there remain IN
savannah Col; W w, Gordon George u,
bar Gen. Henry II. Jackson, formerly
Minister to Mexico, and Mr.. Lawton, who
was Minister to Austria under Mr.. Cleve.
lands first administration, They al
know the history of my family from Its
inception to its finish"
"Iiave you met Howard Gould?" was
asked.
Met MINI. III a. l'lt VI hiili%Flll'hN
why certainly. All through this atair
Mr.. Gould has =cted like Il man OF re-
fined instincts. He approached me be-
fore he ever spoke to m daughter"
"And you gave your CONSENT"
"Of course ] did"
Gen. Kirkland was asked II ne believed
the brothers and sisters OF Mr.. Gould
had instituted the inquiry concerning
his daughter, l'ch Is now being made
in Savannah.
He replied that he had not the slight
est idea. He did not know that there
was any opposition 10 the marriage on
the part OF Mr.. Gould's brothers and sis
tiers.
you would probably have heard II
such opposition existed" was suggested.
and he replied;
Il should certainly think So"
one OF tho dispatches said that the
! mission of the man in Savannah mas
probably to secure a certificate of Mrs.
Tyler's birth for her father for use in
| connection with the legal formalities
of an ante-nuptial settlement. When
his attention was called TO this, Gen,
Kirkland said:
why. that is preposterous and out
rageous l have never dreamed OF such
A clipping from . Savannah news