The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-04

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On this occasion. unlike others. the
names OF the George Goulds were not
erased. They passed muster and escaped
Mrs. Astor's great gold cancellfng pen.
Furthermore, Mrs Elisha Dyer, Jr,
and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish were sent as
epecial emtssaries TO assure Mrs. Gould
welcome
1t was noticed how cordially Mr. and
Mrs. Gould were received by Mrs. John
Jacob Astor. and after that society in
general paid her equally extreme no
mage.
Mrs. Gould was most magnifcently
gowned. and was one of the most dis
tinguished women at the ball. She wore
an elaborate costume of delicate blue
panne velvet, the skirt OF which, with
its sweeping train, fitted snuggly yet
gracefully about the hips The disting-
uishing feature OF bhe bodice was the
overfall of rare Duchesse lace, caught
here andthere by smart twists of velvet
1t was cut in extreme decolete and had
the narrow shoulder straps so fashion
able this seanso. Mrs. Gould did not
wear all her jewels A white aigrette
sparkling with diamonds nested in her
dark hair. and many twinkled from the
folds of the lace, but otherwise, in a
matter of jewels. her gown was rather
conspicuous in it's simplicity
Few know all the romance in the court
ship of Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould. She
was pretty Edith Kingdom. of the late
Augustin Days forces, and an actress
of considerable note. Like many other
young women of good family, she was
poor, and in addition had her mother to
care for. Seeking the quickest way to
make a sufficient income, Edith Kingdom
went on the stage.
One night a dark eyed, dark haired.
we'll dressed young man sauntered into
a box at Days Theatre. Two men
friends were with him During the play,
which was a little comedy entieled,
Love on Crutches,' the young man dis
played marked interest IN one of the
characters-yet not so much IN the char
acter as the young woman who was i'm
personating It. She was then slender
slip of girl with dark hair and eyes
and an extremely graceful figure, and
the young man saw by the bill that she
was Edith Kingdom He fell in love on
the spot $50
The next night the young man came
alone. He came for nights after that,
in fact, hired the box for the season.
He sat there till he had made up his
mind He was GeorgeJ. Gould.
The next thing he did was to go to
Augustin DAILY personally
Mr.. DAY. he said, II have come to
ask you to Introduce me to Edith King
dom"
Augustin Daily looked him over for a
moment. then spoke in his usually gruff
and decisive manner.
NO. ] won't introduce you to Miss
kingdom. We don't want any foolishness
about this theatre"
But my intentions are not foolish"
well. that's a different thing. Edith
Kingdom is a lady every inch OF her AT
the proper time / will introduce YOU"
George Gould met Edith Kingdom and
her mother who entertained him in their
modest little fiat His mind never chaned
And one day Edith Kingdom blushingly
rendered her resignation to Augustin
DAILY
well. he did mean business, then"
said hte great manager.
Yes. Mr. DAILY. Mr. Gould and I are
to be married next month.
They were and this is the Mrs. Gould
who finds herself today received open
armed BY society.
But the knocks that came first were
hard to bear. After many vain efforts
TO storm the intrenchments OF society
the Goulds were once forced with con-
siderable loss to retire 10 the quiet of
their own home life and to what crush
ing about the world in their yacht suited
her fancy. They have five beautiful chill
dren. so Mrs G0uld's early married life
has not been spent idly. and even society
loves a good mother.
The late Mrs Paran Stevens first es-
poused their cause. She was the auto
crat OF society. The millions of George
Gould attracted her
She asked the Goulds to her villa at
Newport and forced society to meet
them. But when the Goulds gave a fare
well dinner at the Casino only twenty OF
the ffty invited came.
Then Mrs Stevens played a master
stroke She advised George Gould to buy