The evening world., 1894-03-31
HOWARD GOULD ASKS PAPA.
Gen. Kirkland Gave Consent to His
Daughter Bessie's Marriage.
The Prospective Father-in-Law Is a
Clerk In the Post-Omce.

Howard Gould acted the part Of a
dutiful prospective son-in-law when he
made up his mind to propose marriage
to Miss Odette Tyler, the actress, or
Miss BESSIE Kirkland, as she is known
in private life and blue-blloded 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
II clerk In the general Post-Ofice, 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
who Is to be as a man of refined in
stincts. lie 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
than Howard, n 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 4, and there he was found.
Gen, Kirkland is the typical ex-Con-
height. with which mustache and i'm
perial, and wears an air of quiet dig
nifty. When he was shown the savan-
nah despa,ehes he was indisnant
body wanted to find out anything about
my daughters birth, family. SC. that
t rhEE You'd hrst apply to me; Any one
North Carolina.
~ do not know whether a record of
births is kept In Savannah, in which city
my daughter Bessie was born. Her
uncle. DR.. Bullock. who was present at
her birth, is dead. She vas a mere child
when we left Savannah in 1873.
Most of my old friends in Savannah
Savannah Col. " ". Gordon, George H.
Mercer, who is probably the head OF the
Minister to Mexico, and Mr.. Lawton, who
was Minister TO Austria under Mr.. Cleve-
lands first administration They all
know nCo the =, nis SC of my family from Its
"Have you met Howard Could" was
asked.
Why certainly. All through this aair
Mr.. Gould has acted like a man Of re-
fined instincts. He approached me be-
fore he ever spoke to my daughter"
wv N'u S"N' soAt
"Of curse | did"
Gen. Kirkland was asked II he believed
the brothers and sisters of Mr.. Gould
had instituted the inquiry concerning
his daughter, wnich Is now being made
in Savannah.
lie replied that he had not the slight
est idea. lie did not know that there
was any opposition to the marriage on
the part of Mr.. Gould's brothers and sis
ters:
You would probably have heard II
such opposition existed" was suggested,
and he replied:
II should certainly think So"
One of the dispatches said that the
mission of the man In Savannah was
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.
ragcous,.. | have never dreamed of such
a thing"
A clipping from a Savannah news,
paper was shown to Gen. Kirkland tell.
ING of his family history. He said tina,
the facts recIted were correct.
The clipping says that Miss kirkland
was born of IN excellent family in Sa.
yannah, and that her mother was the
daughter of Noble A. Hordel, a cotton
factor and piano factory representative
and a man of means. He was a brother
OF eGn. Hordel, Gen. Kirkland. before
Corps, but cast his fortunes with tbs
Confeieracy and was appointed by tn,
Governor of North Carolina Colonel OF
the T~wcnty-frst Regiment of kemble'
brigade. Afterwards he rose to tn,
rank OF BriSadier-Gencral.