The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-02-04
HOWARD GOULD.

that II any Of his children married against
the wishes of the other members of the
family the offender should forfeit just half
the inheritance. This penalty has already
prevented Howard Gould from contracting
at least one marriage which his brothers
and some others thought would be an un-
wise one. Howard seems to be the most
impressionable Of all the Gould boys He
has a decided preference for actresses. OF
course he can plead that his big brother
George set an example by marrying Edith
Kingdom, but the Goulds well know that
not every actress would make as good u
wife as she has made.
Howard's first fancy was for Odette
Tyler. This was more than three years
ago, when he was barely 23. For several
months he frequented stage doors and went
from city to city, all the time paying as
siduous court to Miss Tyler. He sent her
bushels Of roses and gave her a 50, 900 en-
gagoment ring as well as other expensive
jewelry. But when his big brother threat
ened to cut down his patrimony from S10,-
600, 900 to S., 900, 600 and excommunicate
him from the family, he was brought to
his senses and announced that his engage
ment to Miss Tyler was off.
1t Is evident that this abrupt ending to
his first love affair did not inflict q very
| deep heart wound, for 1t was not more than
| 12 months after this that the world was
| told that he had fallen heels over head In
love with Miss Clemmons, the California
beauty whom Buffalo Bill tried to intro
duce to theater goers as a second Mary
| Anderson. They met in London, and II
was Colonel Cody who introduced them
Later they returned to New York on the
same steamer. 1t was during that six day
ocean voyage that Howard forgot that sucf
person as Odette Tyler ever existed. Sinc'
then he has bought another diamond en-
gagement ring, has neglected business
made desperate attempts to cultivate {
mustache and has generally behaved like {
young man very much in love.
The rest of the Goulds have been signifl
cantly silent regarding the engagement
Both Edwin and George Gould have per
sistently declared that they were ignoran
i, of any engagement. Miss Clemmons' moth
er seems to be better posted, and she frank
ly admits that her daughter Is to MARI
young Mr. Gould. 1t is supposed that tn
Goulds are decidedly opposed to havin
another actress in the family, and that
Howard insists he will lose half his mi
lions and be dropped.
About all that Howard has done to gal
distinction of any kind has been to engag
) himself to actresses and sail his yacht n
agara in English waters. The only bus
ness position which he holds is that of az
wiser to his brothers in the management {
, the Gould estate. He has an office In til
: Western Union building in New York, br
b. his desk has been unopened for months {
@ q time.
Miss Clemmons is really a beautifl
young woman, and If the only reason whiC
e the Gould family can offer for opposing IL
f match is that she Is an actress 1t Is poo
one, for the dramatic critics have unan
y mously decided that she is nothing of I'll
4 sort. She has tried to be, though, and
!. may be that the critics were wrong.
q Miss Clemmons' real name in Viola d
van, and her father was an army ofiic
who was killed by Sitting Bulls band