The state herald., 1899-03-17
SAID OF HELEN GOULD
SIMPLE LIFE OF A MOST BEAU
TIFUL CHARACTER.
Though She Has Millions Of Dollars at
Her Call She Goes About in Ordi-
nary Dress Doing Good Wherever She
Can.
New York Letter.)

Helen Gould suggests in no way the
owner Of millions. She goes about
in her sitting-room, which is the sec
ond-story front of the old house at SIS
Fifth avenue. New York. dressed in the
sort OF gown which a maid or coun-
try seamstress might have made. her
hair brushed soberly away from her
face, and sometimes even an old-fash-
ioned white apron to protect her dress.
There are thousands of girls in New
York whose fathers wonder where the
money to buy their clothes and mat
inee tickets is to come from who lead
a more elegant existence than this SIM
pie young woman.
Miss Gould has all the old-fashioned
habits Of thought as well as the old
fashioned virtues. Four years ago she
made confidence to an intimate
friend.
There are." she said, three things
that l want to do. / want to bring
Frank up to be fine man, as good a
man as my father was, for believe
he was the best man who ever lived.
l want to make the world understand
how fine and tender man my father
was, and | want to make the name OF
Gould as loved in New York as that OF
Burdett-Coutts in London"
Frank Gould has just attained his
majority, and he bids fair to carry out
his sisters plans for him. He is
clear-headed, good-looking. grave and
tender toward his sister, and he gives
her the worship for her devotion which
she deserves.
mailer who tried to prove that Jay
Gould had been bigamist his reputa-
ton was more or less gone over by
the press. One morning Helen threw
down newspaper in which she had
just read the statement that II Jay
Gould was not a bigamist he had
taken the money of widows and or
phans.
And what, should like to know"
Miss Gould said scornfully to her pri-
vate secretary, ARE widows and or
phans speculating in Wall street for?
being on earth knew him. knew he
never heard of case of sorrow or
distress which he did not try to re-
lieve.'
The final idea OF Helen Gould to be
a second Baroness Burdett- Coutts has
been discovered by persons who live
by their wits. As consequence she
is besieged on every hand by people
with schemes. philanthropic and per-
sonal, as well as by frank beggars.
They write TO her for all sorts of
things One day she is invited to ap-
pear at church fair TO be exhibited
Ia Hobson. Another day somebody
wants her to help church out of deb,
or pay for the education of a young
girl who has "a fortune in her voice"
Then there are the schemes. They
range from daily newspapers and the
atrical ventures to boarding schools
for young ladies and patent incuba-
tors. On an average of two week
come ideas for everything from n fiy-
ing machine to thumb thimble that
would triple the Gould millions II
there was only enough money to ex-
ploit II.
As for the offers OF marriage, they
are legion. These letters are by no
means from illIterate or ignorant per-
sons in all cases. The names signed
to some OF them would surprise the
world were they published.
She has a card engraved as dalntily
as an invitation. II reads;
Miss Gould does not feel that she
can respond to your request. Not. she
hopes you will believe, from any lack
OF sympathy or interest in the matter
you present. but because numerous
and exacting demands. together with