The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02
MAY BE A DUCHESS.
RumOr Selects Miss Gould as the
Duke of Mnnchester's Bride.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia's Record.
New York, July 29-The Duchess of
Manchester. whose arrival here is hourly
expected. will. it is said, select an Ameri-
can heiress for her son, the Duke Of Man
chester, who is only 10 years old. and it is
rumored in society that the coming Ouch
ess will be Miss Alice Northrup Gould.
daughter of the late Jay Gould.
Miss Gould is IS years old, pretty. bright
lively and vivacious, and the richest of the
trio of Gould heiresses. Since the death
of her father she has lived at Odontz
when not with her sister, Miss Helen
| Gould, in whose care she was left. Another
sister is Anna Gould, now Countess Bon
| mace de Castellane Of Paris. Miss Alice
has a fortune of several millions. and is
likely TO receive 900 as a dot on her
wedding. She has not yet been formally
presented to society, but during the past
| Few months she accompanied her sister,
| Miss Helen Gould, to some of the festiv-
| tiles at the Ardsley casino.
1t is said that the marriage of the duke
| and his sister would meet with the ap-
| proval of George Gould. This signifies a
| good deal, as the care of all the combin-
| ed fortunes of the family is in his hands.
Neither would any opposition be likely to
| be mace by other members of the family.
II VIII be recalled that by the will of Jay
Gould the appreciation of all the other
| members of the family is necessary for
! the marriage of either.
The Duke of Manchester can confer on
| his bride one of the greatest English I'll
| ties and a social position equal to any in
! the court circles. The duke is big, manly,
| good-loOking and prepared to enjoy every
| moment of his stay in America. The
| Duchess of Manchester is in poor
| health, having been a prey for sevral
years to a nervous disease, and naturally
| she wishes to see her son well married
| and to have hand in the matter
| The Duchess of Manchester has been
| so great a friend of the Vanderbilts that
| the natural inference might be that she
would select a member of that family to
| be her sons bride.
| This, as it happens. is out of the ques-
| ton. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is on the
| point of marrying Harry Payne Whitney.
| II the Duke of Manchester desired TO wait
| Gladys Vanderbilt, now in her 18th year.
| would be on the carpet. Cornelius Van
| derbilt is, however decided as to his pre-
| ference for American sons-in-Iaw
| Miss Elizabeth Perkins is on protract-
| ed European tour. accompanied by Miss
| Maud Howe Elliott Miss Perkins in two
years VIII come into ST 100000 left by her
| grandfather.
Miss Virginia NJ. Gammeu will have pos
| sibly IS, 600 600 some day Miss Mary B.
ago from her father. and will some time
| come into half as much more from her
| mother. There are some other rich girls
! at Newport, including the Misses Gerry.
| Havemeyer. Brooks, Hoffman, Winthrop,
! Burden, Sherman, Van Allen, Brice and
| Taylor. None of these can compete with
| Miss Gould as an Independent heiress, IN
| less possibly, the Misses Gerry. Miss MAY
! Goelet will have millions some day, and is
! about the same age as Miss Gould Miss
! Goelet is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
| Ogden Goelet, and niece of the prospec-
| tive bride of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.