The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-16

worth, the head of the Woman's War
Relief association, to draw upon her
to the extent Of $25, 900 for necessaries
needed at Montauk while she herself
stayed at Camp Wikoff. All at once,
is seemed to her associates, the execu-
tive ability of this quiet, slim little
woman had flashed out, and she was
indeed her fathers daughter. When
the camp was to be broken up it was
Miss Gould who arranged for the care
or cOnValescents, and her home at
beautiful Lyndhurst was. literally
streWn with sewing being made ready
Tor needy soldiers. Instead of a home
it looked like a "sweatshop," one Of
the visitors comically remarked, but 1t
all showed the reality of the work and
the absolute sinking Of all other con-
s1derations in the one great present
fact
At Camp Wikoff Miss Gould went
among the hospital wards with what
an eyewitness called a "motherly air.
and questioned each sick soldier as to
his wants and his woes. There was an
utter lack Of affectation and sham. She
looked upon sights such as would cause
many so-called 'womanly woman"
to cr1nge and faint-for there are
scenes in a sick camp which it is not
we'll that woman should look upon
save with the tender eyes of q nurse
and that was how Miss Gould beheld
them
PEN PICTURE DOES HER PROUD.
A man who met and talked with her
often and who came home filled with
reverence for her personality, said to
the writer: Helen Gould is not the
woman one would pick out in a crowd
Her features are plain, except when
she smiles. when her whole face is IL
Eliminated. She is Of medium height,
quite slim, and her clothes, though Of
costly material, are made with rigid
simplicity. She wears no jewelry. I
think the only thing Of that kind T
ever saw upon her was a plain gold
band ring. Her hair is dark brown.
brushed back perfectly plainly. Her
eyes are of nOndescript color. the
hazel shade predominating She has
what L would call thin complexion-
that of recluse who cared little for
Out-Of-doOr life. Her voice is low and
musical, and she has the sweetest
smile L ever saw. 1t lights up all her
countenance, and her teeth are per
feet. In conversation she is very
practical. To her a spade is a SPADE.
pick pick, and black is black. She
is businesslike and goes straight to the
point in whatever she is saying. There
is none of that idle foolish talk which
so many women seem to think that
men like, and which men pretend to.
though they don't She is we'll read,
especially in current events and the
sciences. Any scientific work of worth
is sure to have her interest, and no
newspaper is too obscure to be disre
garded by her if it contains ANYTHING
of real value. She is a great lover Of
the masses, and believes in practically
helping them. That is, she advocates
better tenements, clean streets and sur
foundlngs. 10 her mind a bath,
clean room and a pleasant outlook will
do more to Christianize a Door child
than all the preaching and psalm
singing on the streets. She is a work
err in true charitable WAYS, but she
does not go Summing neither does
she do what Is often called reform
work. No, she does not look very
young, and l shouldn't be surprised If
she never marries. She doesn't. some
how, look that kind, and 1 believe she
is striving to make her dead fathers
name represent to the world all that it
always did TOT her. Her presence is
most d:gnified, but her speech Is demo-
cratic. BY that mean that her good
morning to the ,colored bell boys III the
hotel was precisely the same as her
salutatiOn to any Of her aristrocratic
friends" y,
This is a glowing word picture of the
American WOman-patriot whose name
may go down in history alongside that
Of Florence Nightingale, and who has
shared her fortune with her country,
not only as matter of duty, but of
inclination and delight.