The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
GOULO'S CHARITIES
Her Noble Work Among tho
Soldiers in Camp.
ACTIVE IN THE RED CROSS
She Il . Popular Idol and Occupies q
Unique Position Among Women of
weslth-eeif-Reli and De-
termined.

The popular idol of the hour is Miss
Helen Gould, n her name bids fair
to go down into history side by side
with that of Florence Nightingale.
Those possessing the wherewithal to 80
materially comfort and alleviate the
su6erings Of their fellow creatures are.
as a rule. disincrned to share their
surplus with their less favored breth-
rem. but in Miss Gould's case 1t is not
only duty. but inclination.
Before the opening of the war one
heard now and again of Miss Gould's
quiet. transformations good works, and
the echoes of her o~pen-handed but ST.
lent charity came to us as though
from afar.
At the first call to arms she respond
ed In the only way in which she then
thought h could be of service to her
country, by giving to the government
500, 900 toward the war expenses.
Then she became interested in the
Red Cross society. and was very act
i've In the auxiliaries of that ~organiza-
ton which a been formed and which
were In active operation along the Hud-
son. Somehow this did not seem to
satisfy her. She longed for more active
b~enevolence. to be able to reach the
soldiers more personally. to stand
ttots - Ahoio n HtlIllk manu- "
theth when they fell wounded by bull
let's or were stricken by fever.
For some time she had been associ-
ated with the Women's War Relief as
ISOLATION, says the New York Herald,
merely as an honorary member. md
had donated sums varying i'm ~largeness
from time to time. She had, one may
say, divided her money between the
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active work in either. She was merely
a rich woman who lac requested to
serve on a committee. and whose name
carried weight.
Her first really active participation
in war relief work may be dated from
Saturday about six weeks ago when
she made her visit to the soldiers.
wounded and sick, who had been land
ed at the marine hospital. the Smith
infirmary and Fort Wadsworth hospit-
al. on Staten island. The personal con
tact which she experienced that day,
the insight Into the misery and suffer
ings OF the first men who were brought
from that Cuban inferno. Santiago.
which h gained, opened her eyes to
a work which seemed mapped out -for
her-a work which she has underta-
ken. and which no mou of fatigue.
nervousness or even illness has tempt
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she sat her foot in the path which she
considered II her duty to tread.
The duty which Helen Goul saw
that day has led to wonderful results
which the m who co-op-
crate with her never dreamed OF wher
they first met together and incorpor
ated the Women's Wal Relief associa-
tion. Following closely upon her visit
to the Staten island hospitals came the
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fer of Mrs. Helen Hardin walworth
general of the association, from
Fort Monroe to Montauk Point. Then
a head was needed, a managing spirit,
an brain, to direct and plan
and carry out the necessary alienation
which h fast arriving transports
made an almost herculean task. II
Mrs. Walworth's absence a director
was Imperative. and. whether by chance
or design. Miss Helen Gould was cho- |
sen to represent Mrs. Walworth in New
York city.
/ doubt IL the women who voted Miss
Gould to the chair realized or under
stood the step they were taking. The
quiet, slim. dark eyed young woman
who had taken so small a part so far |
in their executive committee, had i'm
them with little faith in her abil- |
NAtc oOAAt At" may NAVE Dttn QulCk |
to discern under that unassum-
Ing yet fully possessed demeanor some
OF the indomitable will which had
her father. Jay Gould, what he
But / doubt it. 1 think Miss
subsequent development of
great executive ability was a revela- |
hon to them. Upon assuming COM
mand, Miss Gould set herself to work
to organize the war relief into a bust
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enormity Of the work in hand she re-
duced 1t TO a system, and the result
has been that perhaps in the annals
Of woman's work no association of
women has ever accomplished such
results.
The men who were coming by the |
where but hundreds were
expected. u be cared for. and cared
for at once. There must be no red
tape or applying to the government
FOR money to defray which |
permit of no delay. They need
ed money. They could not wait for a
public appeal. The men were suffer-
ing, were dying, many of them. In
care was needed. With the quick
ness of a brain born for execution Mis-
Gould acted. She telegraphed to Mrs. |
.alworth to raw on her to the extent |
of $4,000 for necessaries at Montauk.
No feu ldDt, NO utldy. mere was In |
action. And this principle seems
10 actuate her through all her dealings
as director OF the women's wal relief.
Wikoff was to be practically aban-
ioned. The men were pouring into the
city. some still sick. some not sufficient
convalescent to be sent adrift, many
without means of transportation. She
At once arranged that they should be
cared for, some pm Staten island, otn-
ers on Governors and Bedloe's islands.
many of them in the neighborhood
Of her own home. They must have
good. wholesome fod. Therefore she
starts diet kitchens. hires cooks and
certain members of the asso-
to certain territories. and holds
them responsible for the carrying out
Of her plans.
One of her co-workers, speaking of
her. said: Il admire Miss Gould more
more every day i know her. I
franklv admit that had a, not bao- o..