The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13
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Mrs. George Jay Gould is a lady with
within for personal vassals. She keeps
a secretary, French and German maids.
a nurse for each of the four young
Goulds and last, but most important. a
trained nurse with a diploma, the kind
which receives So a week and all expens-
es paid She is employed as the comman-
der-in-chief of the nursery army, that
there may be skilled knowledge always at
hand, but her Office is almost a sinecuTe,
as the Gould children are remarkably
healthy lot.
When the Goulds sailed away to for
eign shores, last summer, nineteen ser
vitors followed in their wake.
Trained nurses are luxuries which
thrive in the Gould families. Miss Helen
Gould always keeps one near her. who,
except TO a few intimate friends, passes
as her secretary Miss GOuld's health is
never of the most robust, and she is OBJ
liged to guard it carefully. Other i'm
portant members of this young Million
airess' body guard are the two detectives
who guard her residence.
Tramp tramp. tramp, all night long.
from sunset TO sunrise, the men patrol
| the place. This is at ''LyndhurSt, IrV-
| ington-on-H Hudson. Guests who pay Wis
Its for the first time are warned in adj
| vance not TO be alarmed at the ceaseless
/ tramp When the establishment moves
/ to town as was the case this winter for
| the first time since the death of her par
/ ents, the detectives come here on guard
! and when Miss Gould travels they form
/ part of her suite She is petite and IN
| assuming and quietly dressed. and no one
| would ever dream from her appearance
| when in the street that she We're worth
/ a thousand dollars. say. much less mill
/ lions upon millions, Vet she hardly knows
/ what freedom of movement is for she
| never ventures out Of doors unaccom-
panied.
! The Elbridge T Gerrys. other members
/ of the royal American family. who might
| very properly employ q bOdyguard. DO
/ not indulge in the luxury. beyond a pri-
! waite secretary or n valet or two and two
/ French maids. Their menaSe numbers
! thirty-five servants. OF whom all are
| Welsh except the two maids. and it is
said that the Gerrys are better served
| than any other family in America. The
virtues of the Welsh man or woman as
servitOrs have never been exploited TO
| any great extent. although a number Of
New York families employ this national
ity and say that they thus secure per-
! feet service No Intelligence office sup
plies these servants. bU. they can be pro-
| cured through a society. connected with
the Welsh church.
Apropos to the Gerry establishment the
master and mistress are quite consider
ate of their servants: Sundays. the horses
| and the groOms and COachmen have a
day of rest for if a carriage is needed one
is hired. So well ordered is the house
hold that at any moment any one of the
four Gerry homes is ready for occupancy,
either in New York. Newport, Staatsburs
or Delhi
We always look upon Mrs AstOr as the
queen of American society. and her royal
| bearing today. in spite of her years, is
the best evidence of her right to the title,
which she Won so long ago and has held
without challenge or dispute. Here. If in
any household we might expect some
what imposing grandeur in the matter OF
| vassaIs. The opposite is the case Be
yond Il French maid Mrs. Aston has no
personal servant. and if. as happened up
on one occasion. the maid sleeps when her
mistress returns home late, she il allow
ed To sleep on, and Mrs. Aston herself
packs away her tiara and her diamond
necklace and her famous stOmacher.
Mrs. Charles Yerkes keeps among 9TH
or household possessions, a designer.
who plans all her gowns and to whom
almost a royal income is paid The per-
son is both an artist and a dressmakeT
/ and If il should happen that six months
| passed without Mr.. Nerkes' visiting Par
is. all the latest modes would be brought
10 her attention and consideration by
the designer who is sent on a flying
trip to Paris for this purpose.
Perhaps il is hardly fair to give the
name of the blonde lady-a society wOm-
an-whO pays a salary of 5000 10 a
woman who is a skilled dermdtOlOgist
who also understands chiroDody and
hair culture and gives her undivided
time and attention TO her employer.
Mrs Judge Andrews is a fine linguist
and TO keep herself in practice. she en-
ploys more maids than any other lady il
town. French. Spanish. Italian and Ger
man being represented
Mrs Andrew Carnegie, when in Scot.
land has a host of retaiEcrs. all dressed
in picturesque highland costume whC
. march around the house at sunrise every
{ morning TO awaken the family and play
away at the bagpipes during meals.
Mrs. Frances Hodsson Burnett has
: Just taken her departure 10 her LOndOT
home and with her went the usual reti
= nue-a maid servant. man servant.
2 secretary and physician. Upon this
e lady always attend much pOmp and cir
cumstance.