The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-27


ION dollars was made 70 the New York
university n 1866 on condition that the
name OF the donor remain q secret II -
believed thai this was the GIT o. Miss
Gould. She 51Is memorial church upon
the site OF her fathers boy hood home a,
Rox5u-y, " 7. At Woody Crest, near
Lyndhurst, her home at Irving ton-on-the>
HUDSON. Is the faro-!,e form her eeneyo-
hence has taken. homo for the children
OF the poor Her personal supervision of
this home Mss Gould styles her rscrea-
ton
She was the devoted nurse and INSOFAR
able companion OF her invalid mother, and
Il was 4 heavy blow when the sad parting
came. The love between her father and
herself was a u1sngling Of hiial anec'ion
ard comradeship. She was his aznanuensis
his pupil in the science OF business. the
chosen companion OF his leisure hours. his
favorite child. He was her Ideal and idol
She took a course at the New York law
university in order that she might nave
better grasp OF the details OF business
She has managed the affairs o, the vast
estate left her by her father. and she has
superintendent the education Of her young
es: brother, Frank Jay Gould, who re-
sembies his father more than do any OF
his soIs. She has gwen much time TO The
henevoIence OF her founding or fostering,
the home at Woody Crest and the kinder
garten and Potted Plant associations.
I0ey nave DSeH pussy lEuEtIEl year,
though lacking the diversions that most
wealthy young women find necessary e
their happiness.
For Helen Gould will have none Of So
Getty.
Il do not dislike society" she says. II
am simply too busy for it,
Her simplicity of dress is remarked. She
affects black and violet Her hats are
always small and of the toque and turban
variety. It was noticed that when she at
tended the recent Moody meetings, which
she did every evening. she wore the same
hat she had worn year before. This ii
waa argued. was a remarkable iDiiffer-
ence to externalS IN a young woman
worth $aO00,eoo.
Frank Gould Is the person in whom Miss
Goulds wealth OF affection centers. He is
the being whom she loves best earth.
1t is whispered among those who know
her best that her devotion TO her young
est brother and her deep interest in his
education and the development of his
business tastes have precluded any
thought of marriage. But Frank Gould's
education IS completed He has developed
business tastes entirely to his sisters sat
sfactioH.
In December he will have reached his
majority, and there Will be no longer need
OF her loving guardianship. Will Mss
Gould consider marriage then? good
natured gossips are asking.
Those who know her best are sure that
the fortunate sutton VIII be "seif-made
man" They recall with what earnestness
she has often been heard 10 say: There
Is a well done in the next world If not
in this, for the self-made man.
In Delaware county lives a 5-year-old
maiden. gray-eyed. merry-voiced elf,
named Helen Gould Church. She is the
granddaughter of S. b. Champion and the
namesake of Helen Gould. Every birth
day and holiday sees large check or
other substantial gift from the elder to
the younger Helen. When the little one
- Ill there Is always visit or gift from
Miss Gould.
Miss Gould's fondness for children Is lit
tie short Of mania. She has well-nigh a
passion for flowers. Her coHservatories at
Lyndhurst are among the largest and
finest in the world. Bowling is her favor
tie sport. She Is an expert at rolling the
balls. Her score never falls below 200.
She is a skillful cycl.st. she and Mrs. Ed
WIN Gould taking long spins on the coun-
try roads along the Hudson.
Il is well known that Count Bonisace de
Castellane paid court 10 Helen Gould I'M
til she ignored his attentions when he be
slowed them upon her younger. palmer
and more appreciative sister, who became
| his wife. Society. to whom Helen Gou,i
viii always be impenetrable. and the
deeds OF Helen Gould inscrutable. mar
veied at this rich nobody's'' refusal of
an alliance with The descendant OF a Cru
sader. 1t would have been surprised had
Miss Gould taken tho trouble To prove. as
she says she can-and the person is yet
10 be found who ever impugned her word
that the Gould sprang from family
as well known and almost as old as the
Casiellanes. AS for the mere matter OK
title, Helen Gould's inherent American
ism spurns that the bagatelle It H.
Col. Abraham Gould, who died in de-
% hi
war. sleeps beneath a stone that bears
| that legend in the cemetery OF Fairfield
! Conn. He was a member OF the Connec-
| ucut council when he died. Abram Gould
| Jennings, of Brooklyn. was The proud
! possessor OF the sword of this kero an
| cestor. The American ancestor OF the
| Goulds was Major Nathan Gould who
| emigrated from England 10 Connecticut
| IN 1876 HIS name is in the lis. OF nine
| teen s.gners OF the petition for the Con-
| nectcut charter. document watch only
| gentlemen who had been in high standing
| IN England were permittet. to sign
Baron Fredegar. OF the English house
| OF lords. is paternaIly a Could, lis ances-
! tor. SIR Charles Gould. baronet. Judge ad-
| vocate general OF all the British forces
| having assumed the surname Of Gould
| upon his inherit.ng the estates OF MS
wife's father. Sir Charles Morgan, baro-
| net BurkeS Peera2e confirms this story
and therein Will be found quartered with
! the arms Of Morgan those of Gould ard
! there is also established the relationship
or that branch OF the Gould family to the
Marquis Of Conyngham and the Viscoun.
Hertord. Remotely, too. is the multi
m.l5onairess related u the famous Cath
ole rontroversialist. Thomas Gould. high
IN favor with Louis KY. Of France. and
the Rev. James Aiipius Gould. who was
the first Roman Catholic archbishop Of
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