The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-31

strong CharRcteristics-An Is
Determination to Protect Her
Fathers Name From Attack by
BIacknaaiIers.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean
Two totally dissimiar actions, both
showing true vigor ana Independence have
brought Miss Helen Could again consp,o
uously before the American public. One
is the presentation to the United States o,
100000 in cash to be used in prosecuting
the war with Spain. the other is her an
nounced determination to punish the wo-
man who sought to cast a cloud over the
matrimonial history of Jay Could
On the 20th of next month Miss Could
win have rounded out thirty years Tho
record in the old family Bible OF the
Goulds proves this But the casual obscrv-
er would not believe she had reached her
twenty-ffth year. There is not the shu-
dow of a line upon her bright, dark face.
1t has the serenity of a chid's The brown
eyes brighten at some intellect piquing
thought, or soften under tender emotion,
but they are always the mirror of a calm.
reflective soul. Her forehead is fun and
broad, her nose of delicate yet pronounced
outline, her lips full and firm. Her eye.
brows are heavy, ana give a distinctive
character to her face.
Her complexion is a clear dark olive Her
teeth are small, regular aud of ivory
whiteness, unmarked by any CLEAN OF
gold. AT the rare moments when she smiles
in a pretty. spontaneous fashion of her
own, Helen Goulda face is beautiful. Her
friends wish she smiled oftener, for hers
is a gravity beyond her years She is slight
ly below the medium stature and has a
well-rounded figure. Tier carriage is mark
cd by dignity, tempered by gentleness.
Modesty is her most marked character
istic. She shuns The publicity that is a pen
atty of wealth. 1t is a positive pain to
me TO see my name In print she writes,
and, siugularly enough, Miss Gould means
1t.
She is not Pharisaical. Her magnificent
gift of 100000 TO the government for war
purposes was made under pledge of secrecy
by the Intermediates, and il was a matter
of genuine regret that 1t was made public
Miss Gould donated 10000 to the New
York University Law School. She gave
500, 600 to Rutgers College The Hall of the
Christ at Chautauqua is monument Of
her benevolence. she having given the
large sum necessary to complete
It.. She was among the earliest
anu MOST generous NOutilDulOIS 10
The fund for the victims of the
st. Louis tornado. She has founded
a scholarship at Wellesley and another az
Mount Holyoko College, Not long ago she
gave $4,000 to the University of New
York for the School of Engineering.
A contribution of 600 was made to
the New York University in 1895. on condi-
ton that the name OF the donor remain
a secret. 1t is believed that this was the
gift of Miss Gould.
She built a memorial church upon the
site Of her fathers boyhood home at Rox-
bury, N. Y. Al Woody Crest, near Lynd-
hurst, her home at Irvington-on-the-Hu
son, is the faVOrite form her benevolencc
has taken, home for the children of the
poor. Her personal supervision of this
home Miss Gould styles her recreation"
She was the devoted nurse and insepara-
BILE companion of her invalid mother and
it was a heavy blow when the sad parting
came. The love between her father ana
herself was a mingling of filial affection
and comradeship. She was his amanuen-
sis, 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 in the New York Law
University in order that she might have a
better grasp of the details of business.
estate left by her father, and she has su-
perintended the education Of her youngest
brother Frank law Gould. who resembles
his father more than do any of his sons
She has given much time TO the benevo-
lences If her founding or fostering the
home at Woody Crest and the kindergar-
ten and Potted Plant associations They
have been busv fruitful wears. though
LACKING the diversions that most wealthy
vounp women find necessary TO their hap
nIness
Fbr Helen Gould will have none Of socIe-
nv It's closely guarded doors would have
SWING hack for her long ago had she
lxnocfed unon them or even shown that
she was aware that aueht existed for her
bebind them Rut the muIti-millionaires
lives az tbougb society were not
"T d. not dislike society" she saws IT
an, sinnIv too husv for H."
As modestv Is the KEYNOTE of her char
acter SO simplicity is the KEYNOTE of her
,,e,,ai attire she affects black and violet.
Her hats are always small and of the
tocue and furban variety.
r. ,yas noticed that when she attended
+be recont Moody meetings which she did
e,.o,.,, evening she wore The same hat sbe
haa v,or,7 a year before This II was ar
a,,,ad vas a remarlabIe Indifference 10
ewternaIs IN = Young woman. worth $40 OC0. :
40
I1rani, c.o,id is tho narson In whom Miss
c,enid's wealth Of affection centers He