The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-12-29
The Two GouIds.

New York, Dec. 25.-Never were sixteen
children happier than the EttlefeIiows who
are the guests OF Miss Helen Gould at
Woody Crest. These youngsters have been
at Woody Crest since October last. Nine
| are from the Hospital for the Relief of the
Crippled. six from the New York City Ms
son, and one little chap from Bellevue
Hospital.
Woody Crest is Miss Gould's present
charity. Here it is that many of this great
city's poorest children have their only out
ing, the memory of which elings 10 them
throughout Life. Everyb body was on pins
and needles. because Miss Gould had said
that Santa Claus was going to visit them
after dinner, and when Miss Gould said so
it was sure to be right All over the house
were signs of Christmas. Picture frames
were hung with garlands, wreaths were
everywhere, and il the assembly room
hung an enormous bell, from which were
streamers running to the four corners of
the room.
The little chaps had agreed among them
selves that something should be done by
way OF surprise for Miss Gould, their good
angel 1t was decided to present a pro-
gramme of songs and recitations- Every
thing went with a swing. All during the
evening. however, the little ones. kept
watching the door for Santa Claus. Sud-
denly there was rat-a-tat-tat
Or shrieked thes mallest boy, cts nm,
it's him. The door slowly opened and
Santa Claus in all his glory poked in his
bewhiskered head and said: rs this Woody
Crest?' And what lot of great things his
pack held. There were steabboats and
milk wagons and Noahs arks and puzzle
blocks and dancing n:ggers and jumping
jacks and packages of candy, and ali the
other treasures dear TO the heart of boy.
Never had the little cripples suon Christ
mas eve. And then today there was
Christmas spread. Bouillon, turkey, cram
berry sauce, turnips, potatoes, corn, plum
pudding, and fruit and Sweetmeats enough
10 gorge grown up giants.
Mss Gould did not confine her gifts to the
chsdren on the hill. a sixteen-foot Christ
mas tree was erected in the capac;ops re-
ception room of Lyndhurst for the benefit
of the children of her employees. The tree
was lighted with several hundred mean
descent lamps. Seventy children enjoyed
this treat, in which Miss Gould was as
sisted by Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin. Gould, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles A. Gould, and other members of the
family.
New York, Dec. 25.-The much-talked-of
dinner given by Howard Gould and Miss
Katherine Clemens took place this evening
at the Holland House. The guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Kemble, who have
just returned from their wedding trip; Mr.
and Mrs. V. p. Snyder, Alden S. Swan, G.
n. Kirkpatrick, Leroy ". Baldwin, Elijah
Sells, Mrs. Robert Marshall Jr, and Dr.
Arthur S. Vosburgh. The dinner was, of
course, a costly one, and a triumph of the
chefs art. The menu cards were hand
painted, and in the left-hand corner was
picture which in each case was hit on the
guest at whose plate it was.
The dinner was given III the gilt room
and the table was most deliberately dec
GRATED with costly flowers, while on a
side-taDle were heaps of strawberries, hot
house grapes and other fruits. The decora-
tons were in pink and at each cover was
a bunch of American Beauty roses, with
the name of the guest printed on the rib
bon with which ii was tied.
After the dinner the guests were invited
to Mss Clemens parlors, which had been
most beautifully decorated, and where stood
a large Christmas tree. DR.. Vosburgh, in
Costume, played the part of Santa Claus,
aid the presents were intended 10 hit off
some fo.ble of each guest. Miss Clemens
received, for instance, a large doll with
golj,en hair, ard Mr. Baldwin, who is very
fond of coaching, was presented with a toy
tally-ho coach.
1t had been rumored that Mr.. Gould
would at this dinner announce his engage
ment to Miss Clemons but no such an
was made-Special dispatch to
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