St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-24
SET WITH RUBIES,
E neraIds and Diamonds Will
Ee the CoroDet Of Miss
Anna Gould.
HER BROTHER TO PRESENT
It Will Be a Work of Great
Beauty, and Cost About
$4,000.
TROUssEAU OF THE BRIDE.
Lingerie OF Exquisite Beauty
and Silken Night Robes
With FrillS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-It is given
out tonight upon good. authority by
a person who is in a position to know
all the facts that Miss Anna Gould,
who will shortly become the Count
ess de Castellane, will, when she as
sumes the title of royalty on her
wedding, receive a corOnet of gold
and platinum set with precious
stones, principally emeralds, rubies
and diamonds The corOnet will be-
given to her by her brother George
as a wedding present. He will place
it on her fair young head when she
is pronounced the wife of the count.
1t will cost about $40, 600. Those
wko have seen the coronet say it is
equal in workmanship, if not in
value, to any of the old famous cor
onets that ever adorned the head of
a countess. 1t is oval in shape, and
nine hearts, surrounded by emeralds,
rubies and sapphires, are skillfully
set in front. The cOronet is mostly
composed of platinum, only small
proportion of gold being used in the
composition. The entire oval of the
coronet is studded with precious
stones and jewels.
It was stated tonight that Count
de Castellane is not yet aware of
the fact that the coronet has been
made and is ready to adorn the
head of Miss Anna Gould on her
wedding day. George Gould has
made the fact known, it is said,
only to Miss Anna and to several in
innate friends. It is also learned
tonight from a reliable source that
George Gould is giving the arrange
ments for the coming marriage of
his sister his personal attention. He
has made up his mind, it is said, that
it shall be the most brilliant we'd
ding that has ever taken place in
this city, and that all that wealth
can do to make it so will be done.
The cost of the wedding presents. will
exceed several hundred thousand
dollars. The coronet will be one of
the costliest of the presents. By
the gift of the coronet Miss Gould
will be the third American heiress
whose head will be adorned with a
coronet, the highest and most priced
mark of royalty.
THIS ONE A LOVE MATCH.
Since the announcement of Miss An
ma GouId's engagement to Count de
Castellane society has been on the qui
vive for each and every development
in the progress of affairs. No event
of the marriage world has ever crea-
ted a greater sensation in New York
The youth and wealth Of the prospec-
tive bride and the title and social
standing of the count combine to make
the alliance one of finternationalinter
in Importance. From time inlmemorial
American heiresses have had PEN
chant for titled husbands, but no other
instance can be recalled where a no
bleman has been won with so little ap-
parent interest. 1t therefore must be
inferred that the non-marketable COM
modify enters most conspicuOusly into
this union.
Count de Castellane enjoyed the
pleasure of meeting Miss Gould in
Paris in which city she spent the
greater part of her time while abroad.
It was only a renewal of their former
acquaintance when he arrived here.
Their friendship later grew into a
more tender regard, and they will be
married Monday, March T.
Miss Gould is a petite brunette, with
handsome dark eyes, brown hair, and
regular features. She is daintily eX-
quisite in neatness of dress, displaying
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young woman of indefinabIe charm
of manner, who is extremely. winsome.
She is nineteen years old, and has been
in society but a season, making her
debut some few months ago. Miss
Gould was educated at Ogoutz SEM
mary, a Philadelphia suburban insti-
tute of learning.
The all-absorbing topic of conversa-
ton as to where they met and the SUBJ
sequent discussion of when and where
the troth was plighted, now gives
way to the more interesting subject of
the trousseau. The capacity of the es-
tablishment of modiste, ladies' tailor
and rnilIiner, who will contribute to it
are taxed to the utmost in order to
complete the outfit for the future coun-
tess by the wedding day. Keen disap-
pointment has been felt by the makers
of robes and manteauX along the ave-
nue. who have been denied the privil-
ege of fashioning garment for the
now celebrated heiress. For a young
woman with millions at her command
it is rather an unusual procedure and
decidedly democratic to have other
than an imported trousseau entire.
Miss Gould's time has been fully occu-
pied for the last two weeks visiting the
various shops, trying on gowns, and
sele ,tIog the lingerie for the all impor-
tant event. On these expeditions she
has been accompanied only by her
French maid. The promptitude with
which she keeps her engagements and.
the close attention to detail would in
dicate that she possessed some of the
qualities which characterized her
father, the late Jay Gould.
SOME OF MISS GoULD's GOWNS.
AS the count and countess will sail
for Paris almost Immediately after the
ceremony and reception, the BRIDE
| elect is having prepared simply an i'm
promptu wardrobe. Garments needed
for immediate usefulness and gowns
to don at once, as occasion demands,
are all that have been chosen. Great
care and refined taste have been exer-
cised, however, in the selections made.
Upon their arrival at the French capt.
! tai the trousseau proper will be pur-
chased. Golden ducats will be dis
| pensed with magnificent prodigality.
Fancy will run riot in extravagant ere
ations of the modiste's art, which will
no doubt be expressions of the aes-