The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-27
4 STUDY Of MISS GOULD.
Frank Gould, the Youngest Son, Ii
His Sisters Idol. aad she II Try
ing to Make . Good Business Man
of Hfm-Her Three Tasks In Life.

Miss Helen Gould has again under pro
teri, come before the public In the role OF
tbs most remarkable young woman in
America
This tine Il Is as the donor Of $40. 90 10
the government % the United States 10 be
used for the prosecution Of the war with
Spain The gift mas been officially ac-
cepted by Ellis II. Roberts. United States
treasurer. and the name OF Helen Gould
has beer placed on the calendar of Amerl-
can patricia
Mss Gouid's love OF country g not con-
fined in the matter OF exhibition, 10 tho
trou5ious period Of war Two years ago
she caused 5000 copies of the national
hymn, America" TO be printed and dis
triouted among the pupils Of the pubic
schools IN New York
81 believe every one should know that
hymn. and sing il il he sings no other. I
would Ike the children 10 sing II into their
very souls TIL II becomes part OF them.
she said.
Mics Could strongly favors patriotic serv-
Ices in the churches on the Sunday pre-
ceaing the Fourth OF July. when she would
like 20 hear such airs "a America Hail
Columbia" and '"T-he star-Spangiea ~ n
ner' and see the sacred edifice draped in
the red. white and blue American regalia.
1T is difficult. but ii can be done was
her fathers rule OF action. She has made
It hera Because OF her infiexibiiity of
purpose her family and friends have given
TO her the title OF 1.-The no-cornpromLse
woman"
Her dauntlesSness was shown In her re-
fusal to sell her elevated railway stocks
when her brother George strongly urged
her 10 make the sale. By her refusal. she
defeated a gigantic business movement for
the consolidation Of the elevated railroads
the traction and part OF the trolley system
OF New York and Brooklyn. Some Of the
directors who were anxious to see the
deal conslmmated We're ungauant
enough to be angry with this slip of Il girl
who couldn't be moved from her purpose
with derrick
1t was this same dauntiess spirit that
prevented compromise with Mrs Angel
the impostor who claimed in the courts
that she was the first and only legal wife
OF Jay Gould, the companion OF his young
er ard struggling years
Lets give her a thousand or two and
save ourselves any more annoyance" s;lg-
gested George Gould in the family councils
Never" declared Miss Helen. II will
spend my life. If necessary. In clearing UP
this mystery. The family shall not have
that awful brand upon tt
Miss Helen ts credited by the family with
having secured all the evidence which had
the case come TO trial. would have proved
=
She secured II by extensive c0rresaondcnee
and many visits to the friends of her faith
er's youth
No member OF the family was SO wouna-
ed by the attacks made upon her fathers
character after his death as Helen Gould
II was to her the bitter experience. in
separable from life. Of seeing the cav feet
Of her idol Right bravely she combated
the fierce attacks. To the world she an,
ais
innocence In the presence of a few close
friends she wept the saddest tears Of her
young life. the tears of doubt of a loved
one. But II was hardly doubt after all :
only a question.
ont of her grief grew n purpose. II shall
find ont If my father was a bad man." she
said TO an old and trusted friend and right
theoretically she set about it. She read ali
the Old letters the magnate left Among
those she found names OF friends OF his
early manhood, the period swallowed up
In the memories OF his la:er achievements
BY dint OF much perseverance she sue
ceeded in finding these friends some 4
whom had removed TO the far West One
81 them was :. r. Champion, the vener-
able editor OF the Stanford n Y. Mirror.
VINO had aided Jay Gould in his work Of
making a map and writing a history o.
Delaware county.
Miss Gould found that Mr. Champion wa.
familiar with the earlier years Of her IA
theirs life especially the years between
1850 and lsGo the period tina. his family
knew least about. and which were the
basis or the Angel contention. She invited
the editor and his wife TO be- her guests
n her Fifth avenue home. They rema n
"a f9r ten days and almost every evening
during their stay Mr. and Mrs Russell
Sage were other guests ar dinner
II knew your father thoroughly In his